Friday, January 29, 2010

Heat on Shabery

The Sports Minister, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, has come under fire of late following his return from the visit to Everton FC.

Read Satwant Singh Dhaliwal's Come Clean Minister here and Jaiho's Can You Tell Us the Truth, Minister here.

My concerns are:

1. Is Shabery dealing directly with Everton FC or there's a middleman somewhere?

2. Does the discussion centre on the training stint for the Under-23 squad or a comprehensive development programme that is grassroots upwards?

3. Will the technical experts in FAM be involved in the discussion?

4. Is the staggering 1.3 million pound for the programme true?

My take:

1. I remember very well when Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said launched the Everton community project in 2005, it was conducted by a local event management company. So if Shabery deals directly with Everton, then its good.

2. I sincerely hope the plan is for a comprehensive development programme with the stint for the Under-23 team thrown into it as part of the deal.

3. I know Lim Kim Chon, FAM director of coaching, has been tasked to discuss the details with Everton. Since he's the technical expert, let him do his job.

4. Since nothing is decided, we shall wait for the official announcement.

Jaiho highlighted this:

So many other programs are held all over the country, they are starving or dying for the lack of money and funding, and find it hard to continue. Just like the Ken Barnes grassroots programme that was developing players from ages 12-17. NSC was supporting it for a few years, but has stopped now. And this programme had links with the top EPL clubs, having sent some 15 players for attachments in clubs like Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Birmingham, and Wigan.
So how many of the players are actually in the various national teams?

11 comments:

aFiQ said...

Everton said no to Shabery aka Abon..he's a joker!

nstman said...

Something's fishy, as in the past, present and future. Something's rotten in the state of Malaysia football. Now is the chance for Loose Cannon to dig deep into the sordid affair.

Jerry Sinappan said...

My son was in the Ken Barnes program, he went to Manchester City for two week, but he is not good enough for Selangor. He was sitting in the Selangor reserve team for 1 year only played 3 matches. Why because he is Indian.So finally he gave up and is pursuing engineering in Unitar. Indians are never given a chance now. That is why even the Chinese are not playing football anymore.Anyway a pro and racist like you will never understand. That's okay.

Doctor Romario said...

Hmmmm.....Phase 1 very interesting...and Everton advertises CHANG BEER....is that ok for KBS.

Eagerly waiting for Phase 2...Jonathan Price (file with Jabatan Peguam Negara) might pop up again.



For the Game. For the World.

Mister G said...

En. Rizal mungkin sibuk dengan lawatan ke Indonesia untuk promo Piala Dunia dan naik special jet.

Sudah sisat dengan teliti ke hal Everton ini sebelum bagi opinion bro? Its not like the Rizal we all know.

Someone is RUNNING away with the Rakyat's money lah bro. We have been taken for so many rides and these people in power still thinks that the RAKYAT is still BODOH.

Anonymous said...

Jerry sinnapan

How many from ken barnes academy come out and become national player. Don't just because you pay fee to play and been selected to go training stint in UK mean your kid is good enoughm don't be racist ok. Look now selangor is head by an indian and the team comprise malay and indian. Don't just because your kid not been selected to play you accuse everyone else a racist. Maybe your kid not good enough..ever thing about it.

AKADEMI BOLASEPAK KOTA DAMANSARA said...

Pelaburan rm 10 juta kuntuk ke kelab Everton adalah program sia-sia dan kami berharap agar wang itu dapat disalurkan kepada program lain seperti kejohanan bolasepak b-12 n b-14 piala sultan hj ahmad shah kerana disitulah bakat-bakat pemain muda dapat digilap,kepada datuk ahmad shabery chik anda adalah ahli politik jangan buat keputusan ikut suka anda kerana anda bukan footballer sebelum membuat keputusan tanya org yang lebih arif tentang bolasepak...287

Anonymous said...

berjuta-juta RM terpaksa dikorbankan utk jaga airmuka FAM. Rasanya Liga Slovakia dah mula.we just replace another team yg tarik diri. mungkin kita cuma berlawan saja. tidak kira point. Adakah pemain Harimau Muda A adalah yg terbaik? bukankah pemain2 yg menjuarai liga perdana separuh datang dari Harimau Muda B. ada pemain HM A hanya memanaskan bangku semasa liga musim 2009 kerana pemain bawah 18 tahun lebih menyerlah.

MatRock said...

DAN akhirnya pasukan Harimau Muda berjaya juga menyertai 'pertandingan' di Slovakia.
Namun begitu, timbul pertanyaan apakah penglibatan HM di Liga 1 Slovakia itu merupakan 'pertandingan sebenar' atau sekadar melengkapkan jadual perlawanan bagi mengisi kekosongan salah sebuah pasukan yang (mungkin) menarik diri?
Melalui laman web www.futbalsfz.sk, Liga 1 Slovakia ini disertai oleh 12 buah pasukan dan format pertandingan bermain 3 pusingan yang menjadikan keseluruhan jumlah bermain 33 kali.

Liga 2009/2010 telah bermula pada 11 julai 2009 dan berhenti rehat pada 28 Nov 2009 sebelum disambung semula pada 27 Feb ini dengan HM dilaporkan akan menyertai pasukan-pasukan lain menyambung saingan pusingan kedua Liga tersebut.
Salah sebuah pasukan iaitu ZP Sport Podbrezova tidak permah bermain walaupun 1 perlawanan sejak permulaan liga kerana mungkin telah menarik diri setelah jadual dikeluarkan. Kekosongan inilah yang mungkin akan diisi oleh HM.
jika benar, persoalannya di sini, apakah perlawananan yang melibatkan HM akan diambil kira dalam penentuan mata kemenangan buat pasukan lain kerana bukan semua pasukan akan bermain menentang HM bagi baki pusingan ke-2 yang tinggal 6 atau 7 perlawanan?
(8 asukan telah bermain 17 kali dan 3 pasukan bermain 18 kali sementara ZP Sport Podbrezova belum pernah bermain)

Nak bagi senang faham, contohnya macam ini....katakanlah Myteam menarik diri setelah jadual dikeluarkan. Semua perlawanan yang melibatkan Myteam diteruskan tetapi tanpa diberi walkover kpd pasukan lawan.
Setelah 6-7 perlawanan berlangsung, katakan lah pasukan Singa Malaya dibawa masuk untuk menggantikan Myteam bagi baki 6 games pusingan pertama dan 13 games second round. Apakah kiraan mata aklan diambilkira kerana hanya 6 pasukan yang sempat bertemu Singa Malaya di pusingan pertama ini sementara 7 pasukan lain sudah 'terlepas'?

Kemungkinan-kemungkinan bahawa penyertaan HM di Liga Slovakia hanya berupa perlawanan persabahatan yang keputusannya tidak diambil kira dalam carta liga tidak boleh diketepikan jika benar HM dijemput hanya untuk menggantikan pasukan ZP Sport Podbrezova ini....

Anonymous said...

Jika hanya sekadar main friendly dan stay kat Slovakia hampir 3 bulan, ada faedah ke?

Anonymous said...

USAH perabihkan peruntukan RM10 juta hasil wang rakyat itu jika pemergian ke Slovakia hanya sekadar untuk main persahabatan.....