Legalize football betting? Steve Darby has gone too far!

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What the fu*k!?

Like any other arrogant and pompous Englishman, Steve Darby has the audacity to tell Malaysians to legalize football/soccer betting!

Can somebody at Perak Football Association ask Steve Darby, their flamboyant English football/soccer to keep his mouth shut and make him see that he is currently plying his trade here in Malaysia where majority of the citizens are Muslims?!

Football/soccer betting is another form of gambling and that is something that we cannot do and will never do. Perhaps it is time for Perak Football Association to seriously consider terminating his contract; he has gone way too far this time!

What about those lovers and admirers of Steve Darby over at Yob4ever Dot Com? What is your stand on this matter?

I’ll be waiting for Perak Football Association’s reaction to this matter. If they failed to reprimand their obnoxious English football/soccer coach, I will use everything in my power to raise this matter straight to the attention of the Football Association of Malaysia!

The end of the English football dream for Perak

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Even though I am very angry with Perak Football Association for messing up our Perak football/soccer scene once too often, I could not help feeling a little sorry for them.

Perak football/soccer fans now realized that Steve Darby was not the promised Messiah that can bring glory for Perak. Rumors brewing from the corridors of chaos in the office of Perak Football Association also revealed that a lot of people are not happy with Steve Darby’s results so far.

I cannot really blame Perak Football Association for choosing the wrong Messiah to realize our football/soccer dream. Steve Darby’s resume and personal biodata is not exactly confidential, many have seen them here in Malaysia. His resume was outstanding; it was so convincingly written that any glory-seeking idiot might think that he is the right man for the job and Steve Darby certainly can boasts of his past results which were quite extraordinary. Perak Football Association in the end believed that Steve Darby and his promise of delivering fame and glory by introducing English football/soccer style to Perak can bring the desired results. They then shook hands with Steve Darby and together signed the ultimate death contract that will plunge Perak further down the slump.

Perak Football Association has conducted too many experiments that have gone bad in the past. They have tried to inject Perak with German, Brazilian and now English football/soccer styles but the results so far were far from impressive. For the record however, Toni Netto and his injection of Brazilian football/soccer style for Perak have delivered better results than what Steve Darby can show off at the moment.

Perak football/soccer fans must give Perak Football Association some good kicks on the butt, let them know that they have to stop experimenting with foreign football styles that are destructive not only to Perak but also to our Malaysian football/soccer scene. Tell them to rope in a local football/soccer coach to replace Steve Darby next season.

Perak Football Association, it is okay to dream but you idiots have to remember that only Malaysians understand Malaysians and only Perakians understand Perakians. Kedah Football Association truly believes in such policy and look at their results so far.

Are you too blind to see that, Perak Football Association?

 

Match-fixing? Don’t just point fingers at football players and coaches

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The great and mighty Football Association of Malaysia yesterday declared an all-out war against match-fixing. I don’t want to burst Khairy Jamaluddin’s bubble of optimism but you are fighting a pointless battle. Book-makers and bookies are here to stay and it would not be easy to combat them since they are representing a multi-billion dollar industry throughout the whole world!

I wish Khairy Jamaluddin and the Football Association of Malaysia good luck nonetheless. Now, I only have one problem with FAM’s declaration of war against match-fixing.

Why do you guys at the top of the Malaysian football scene target football players and their coaches alone?

You guys have official links with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), ask them to release records, statistics and figures of past cases of match-fixing documented from all around the world in the last 5 years.

Come on guys, book-makers or bookies are much smarter and bolder nowadays. They no longer approach football/soccer players or football/soccer coaches like they used to. The current trend is even more disturbing. There were recorded cases all over the world where we have book-makers or bookies striking up deals to fix matches with football/soccer match officials (referees, assistant referees, fourth officials and the rest).

We all know that the quality of our Malaysian football/soccer match officials sucks but is that the only way for us to explain their poor officiating? What if they were involved in match-fixings?

Khairy Jamaluddin, I know that you are a smart guy. So please ponder upon what I have said earlier and do something for the best interest of our Malaysian football/soccer scene.

 

Perak football players involved in match-fixing?

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Nobody knows for sure but various State Football Associations in Malaysia have raised their concerns on the possibility that match-fixing is back haunting the local football scene. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has even received requests to establish a special task force to investigate such concerns from State Football Associations.

What about Perak football/soccer players? Anyone think that they might be involved in match-fixings?

I have heard people saying it for quite some time, mainly from sports journalists and Perak football/soccer fans themselves but I find it a little hard to believe even though Perak one time ago was made famous by a sensational match-fixing scandal way back in 1994.

No, I don’t think Perak football/soccer players are involved even though their performance so far has been quite shocking and damn disappointing. Their poor showing was caused by poor tactical and team planning and you all know who is behind it. It is none other than that smooth talking English coach, Steve Darby.

Besides, to the best of my knowledge, those walking in the corridors of chaos over at Perak Football Association so far have been good employers. Players’ salaries, perks and benefits have been delivered on time even though Perak Football Association is facing a little financial problem at the moment.

Then again, I could be wrong. I do know that Malaysian football/soccer league has attracted the attention of book-makers (bookies) all the way from Singapore, Hong Kong and even China. Technology nowadays makes it almost impossible to detect transactions leading to match-fixings. The best way to curb match-fixing is still the good old fashioned way though. Monitor bank accounts of football/soccer players and their immediate families from time to time but State Football Associations need to get court orders first before they can do that.

Let us see what happens in future matches. If Perak or any other teams suddenly turn around in a remarkable fashion and deliver spectacular results, then something is definitely wrong somewhere. The chaotic Perak Football Association can then sound the alarm and ask FAM to intervene.

What can Perak FA learn from Kedah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan & Johor FC?

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  1. Malaysian and Perak football scene can do well and deliver results without the help of foreign football/soccer coaches. All four teams (Kedah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan & Johor FC) are coached by local football/soccer coaches and their results so far were much more impressive than Perak’s even though Perak is managed and coached by an English football/soccer coach.
  2. Perak doesn’t need experienced but expensive football/soccer players to succeed. Take a look at Kedah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan & Johor FC. Their teams were built around young and unknown players but yet they have delivered results far superior than Perak.
  3. Perak must replace their over-the-hill football/soccer players (Khalid Jamlus for an example) with fast, young and talented players. This is something that Kedah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Johor FC have in abundance and the advantage of having such players can be clearly seen from their impressive results in the current 2007-2008 Malaysian Super League football/soccer season.
  4. Results can be achieved by spending money on the right players and the right coaches. Hiring expensive foreign football/soccer coaches will not always bring the desired results and Perak should know this well enough. Perak FA’s stubbornness in accepting this simple fact has disappointed their football/soccer fans in and outside the country far too long already.

7 Biggest Mistakes made by Steve Darby

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  1. He failed to appreciate the enormous support given by Perak football/soccer fans.
  2. He failed to create good rapports with Perak football/soccer fan clubs.
  3. Steve Darby has the knack of discovering young and talented football/soccer players but he failed to develop them further.
  4. He failed to realize that English football/soccer style is not suitable for Perak and Malaysian football/soccer players that are rich with individual talents. While other football/soccer coaches build their team around talented football/soccer players, Steve Darby put too much emphasis on teamwork neglecting the fact that individualism played important roles in Malaysian football/soccer scene.
  5. He failed to meet the demands of tight football/soccer scheduling for Perak in the 2007-2008 football/soccer season.
  6. He failed to introduce a good rotation system that can give Perak players their much needed rests. His failure inadvertently pushed the first-eleven players to their limits and now they are too exhausted to play their normal game.
  7. He failed to kick out over-the-hill Perak football/soccer players and replace them with fresh new players.

Perak heading for their worst-ever showing in Malaysian Super League!

Congratulations Perak Football Association!

Thanks to your short sightedness and blind faith in an English football/soccer coach, Perak is now heading towards their worst-ever showing in the Malaysian Super League football/soccer tournament!

Perak’s worst showing so far was back in the 2003-2004 football/soccer season, we were the fourth best football/soccer team in the country then. Toni Netto was the head coach of our football/soccer team at that particular time.

Open your eyes Perak football/soccer fans! Perak is now lying in the fifth position in the current 2007-2008 Malaysian Super League table and we only have two more games left!

It is rather funny to think that Perak Football Association once said that Steve Darby was the best football/soccer coach they ever had. Now, can Perak FA say the same in the 2007-2008 football/soccer season?

Enough is enough!

I strongly call upon all Perak football/soccer fans to stay away from watching future games involving Perak. It is time for Perak football/soccer fans to send a strong message to the chaotic Perak Football Association. Let them know that we need a better football/soccer coach next season. Perak FA should be ashamed of themselves; other top teams are all managed by our own locals but they have certainly performed better than Perak even though Perak is managed by a foreign English coach. :-(

Boycott Yob Boycott!

English football style is not for Perak

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One time ago, Perak was sitting pretty at the top of the 2007-2008 Malaysian Super League table. Then one day, Perak was knocked out of the top by a better team coached by a local soccer coach paid much cheaper than Perak’s own English speaking foreign soccer coach and found themselves sitting not so pretty at number two. A little while after that, Perak was nudged out of their number two position and have to be satisfied with a number three position by another better team coached by a another local soccer coach that is also paid much lower than Perak’s English speaking foreign soccer coach.

Last night was a big moment of joy for many Perak soccer fans that have grown tired of their English speaking foreign soccer coach. Perak was outclassed by Negeri Sembilan; a team quite similar with the ones that I had mentioned above. Negeri Sembilan is also being coached by a local soccer coach who is also paid much cheaper than Perak’s English speaking foreign soccer coach.

It is time for the big Datuk and the rest of the children and nephews of many Datuks in Perak FA to accept the fact that English football/soccer style is not for Perak. Time and time again, the English speaking foreign soccer coach put the blame to Malaysian ‘padangs’ (soccer fields).

In a sense, the English speaking foreign soccer coach is quite right. Malaysian football/soccer fields are not up to the standard that is normally required for modern football/soccer. But, let us ponder on this thought for a moment. Brazil inarguably is one of the giants of world football/soccer. Do you know that most football stadiums in Brazil were also built not up to the standard and requirements of modern football/soccer?

Still, Brazil managed to play outstanding football/soccer! Why? The reason is simple. Brazilians did not bother about the quality of the football pitch. They will find ways to adapt to it and this is something that many English soccer coaches can never do and this includes Steve Darby. The truth maybe a little too big for Perak FA to swallow but they have to swallow it one day.

Besides, what is the chance of FAM ordering all state football/soccer associations to upgrade and reconstruct all major football/soccer fields in Malaysia to comply with the standards required for modern football/soccer in the next two years?

Zero! That would never happen!

One thing certain is that Perak FA can make this happen next season, say thanks to Steve Darby and tell him that he is no longer needed to coach Perak’s soccer team. Just get an accomplished local soccer coach such as Azraai Khor to replace him. Perak FA must save Perak and our talented soccer players from the shackles of English football style fast before they lose all of their individual soccer talents. I can already see that some Perak players such as Subramaniam and Azlan Zainal had already lost their touch due to their long damaging exposure to English football style.

Can you do that, Perak FA?

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Adidas F50 08 Tunit football/soccer boot

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I really like this brand new football/soccer boot from Adidas and it comes in great striking lemon peel black/silver color. Awesome! Perhaps Perak FA should consider using this boot as the official soccer boots for Perak soccer team. :-)

Let’s check out its features:

Upper
2 Density, semi-clear, 3D heel/bottom unit for optimal combination of stability and flexibility. Innovative lace cover for optimal fit and increased kicking area. New engineered lightweight TUNIT microfibre synthetic for soft and glove-like fit.

Lining
AgION anti-microbial. Stops odours, bacterial and fungal growth. Synthetic.

Inlay
New exchangeable TUNIT CC Competition chassis and Insock for maximum weight reduction and breathability.

Outsole
Additional set of SG cleats and HG studs supoplied. TRAXION FG for grip and comfort on firm surfaces.


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Adidas adiPURE TRX football/soccer boot

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Hmm… This brand new football/soccer boot from Adidas looks too plain to me but check out its features down below.

This brand new boot is made from a 100% premium soft K-leather upper giving a glove like fit, incredible lightweight comfort and excellent feel for the ball, alongside added breath ability. It is ideal for both professionals and amateur league players and has a performance fit.

At the heart of this new football boot made of fine, shiny leather is incredible elegance. The name “adiPURE” symbolizes the main features of the handcrafted football boot: simplicity, naturalness and elegance. The key benefits of this football boot are its fantastic fit, high-quality materials, soft leather, and pre-moulded sockliner which provide outstanding comfort as well as an excellent, natural feel for the ball.

With the Adipure football boot unveiled by Brazilian midfield magician Kaka and also worn by England’s Frank Lampard and a host of Adidas footballers - this boot is bound to be popular.


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Thanks to Steve Darby, Perak is losing supporters

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The following photos were taken during the Perak versus Johor FC soccer match in Ipoh last Saturday. Just take a look at those empty seats!




I’m a passionate Perak soccer fan myself but I have to say that it is embarrassing to see Perak playing in front of an empty home stadium. I have heard rumors that Perak soccer fans are boycotting their own soccer team and I guess the above photos prove it all.

Good! Perak soccer fans should continue their boycotts. Send a strong message to Steve Darby and Perak FA that we need a new soccer coach next season. Perak FA should realize that it is better to spend money on quality players such as Keita Mandjou than foreign soccer coaches in the like of Steve Darby.

Why bother to hire foreign soccer coaches when their results are no better than our own local soccer coaches?

Shame on you, Perak FA!

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