Dollah Salleh is a happy man!

Well, he should be happy. His team had whipped and kicked Perak in the butt real good last Tuesday in style and ultimately sent a warning to Kedah that they are gunning for glory in the new MSL 2007-2008 soccer season.


Selangor soccer fans are extremely happy with the win over Perak; nobody can deny that the rivalry between these two soccer teams has always been the highlight of any local soccer tournament in Malaysia. Perak soccer fans must be feeling down at the moment, especially those who were there at the Perak Stadium last Tuesday. It is not easy for any soccer fan to accept such a humiliating defeat!

Congratulations once again to Dollah Salleh for proving that local coaches can deliver results better than foreign coaches such as ‘mat salehs’ like Steve Darby. This is good for the country and I hope that Dollah Salleh and the rest of our local coaches will deliver success and glory for their respective teams in the future. I have my respects for Steve Darby but as a patriot, I will always favor local coaches. You guys out there should know that M. Karathu is my all time favorite local coach. I miss his great fast and furious soccer tactics but I’m glad that current local coaches such as Azrai Khor and Dollah Salleh have the same soccer tactics and they gave us highly entertaining soccer from time to time.

Before I go, I would like to remind Dollah Salleh, his players and their soccer fans that the battle for supremacy is not yet over. Selangor will meet Perak again in other local soccer tournaments; we still have the FA and Malaysia Cup tournaments. We all know that Steve Darby is a slow coach but he is not a stupid bloke. I’m sure that he will pick up the pieces no matter how embarrassing it might be for him and come back stronger. We will meet again, Selangor! :-)

It is time to move on and forget the past. Perak must go forward and forget their humiliating defeat last Tuesday. Life goes on and Steve Darby has to eat ‘roti canai’ and ‘nasi lemak’ for breakfast as usual. The next game against Terengganu over at Kuala Terengganu tomorrow is crucial for Steve and his boys.

Can they pull themselves together and rise back from the ashes of defeat?

I will have my match predictions a few hours before the game tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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