Terengganu 2017 home and away kits is a must-buy

Look at this, it look so good for a team plays in the 2nd tier of Malaysian football. If only they didn't blown away the chance to win the title last year or even trying to stay in the league, Terengganu would look really good on the TV screen.

It's minimal design, with white and black represents the state flag, but because it's so minimal, not too lacking and not too much, it's more than enough as one of the best local kit in 2017. 

I want this, really. I passed by Chicken Cottage so many times and again they surprised me by appearing on Terengganu kit, really a good good job. Each kit will costs you RM129.90.

Want it? Here is the link on how to buy the kit:

https://thesbx.com/produk/jersi-terengganu-fa-home-musim-2017-player-issue/

https://thesbx.com/produk/jersi-terengganu-fa-away-musim-2017-player-issue/

Malaysian football 2016 in review

Never again.

Year 2016 by far was one of the most complicated year for Malaysian football. As long as one can remember, no such year can compare with this year's agenda.

Things normally progress slowly due to the lack of urgency which is something typical in Malaysia. But 2016 is different. This year, there is a push, an urgency to change for the better.

Popular word of 2016 is privatisation. Fans wanted to see an act of professionalism taking place for real this time around, not just for the sake of changing the name.

Unfortunately, despite the optimism, from the beginning of the year, until 31 of December 2016, we barely seen something positive out of it, instead we were forced to read, watch, hear and accept the fact that we are nowhere near the right track of making Malaysian football great again.

Here are some of the best moment in Malaysian football  2016.

January:

DSV became the main sponsor for Kelantan thus changing the team's name, kit colour, stadium and constantly appeared in live games, instantly made everyone hate her.

February:

The most disappointing countdown is when FAM announced the name Harimau Malaya to Harimau Malaysia. So unnecessary. We all thought they are launching a new kit, but a name? smh!

People known Faiz Subri as one of the local player before but became an overnight sensation as his wonder goal viral throughout the world and currently in contender for Puskas Award. Amazing.

March:

Malaysia ended World Cup 2018 qualifying round campaign, finishing 4th out of 5 in Group A, scoring only 3 goals and conceded 30. Err..

April:

DSV said she wanted to stop funding Kelantan due to poor results.

At that time: W3 D3 L3

Has anyone see a patience?

May:

PFAM revealed that Kelantan and ATM have yet to pay their players worth up to RM4 mil. It so bad they have to make a press conference just to say they got the money already. Weird.

D'Herbs almost became the main sponsor for Kedah but both ended up in war of words in public. Please no more of this, 2017.

June:

Malaysia qualified for Asian Cup 3rd Round. Oceania Tour went horribly wrong as New Caledonia game status was revoked by FIFA. Sweet.

July:

Perhaps one of the most depressing thing as fans was when 4 JDT players who are regulars in the national team retired all of a sudden. What a timing.

August:

When TMJ said he have pendrive that contained corruptions in FAM, we all excited to see what's inside. It turned out to be nothing. Can you believe that??

September:

Media wondering who should be the next president of FAM, with some suggesting TMJ to lead Malaysian football like he did to JDT. Do you guys have any other suggestions?

October:

Kedah finally won Malaysia Cup after 8 years as Rizal Ghazali single-handedly beat Selangor and landed himself a place for AFF 2016. Great talent.

November:

Malaysia ended AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 in group stage after losing to Myanmar and Vietnam, making it the worst record since 2008. Time for 2018.

December:

Kelantan and Selangor's decision not to compete for MSL 2017 due to 'lack of fund' ending the year 2016. The worst ending of all. Can they just start talking about football? Every single thing is so negative.

Let's hope for a much better year in 2017. Better in terms of...everything. Goodbye 2016. Hello 2017.

Malaysia Cup final 2016- A reason to exist

It's been 95 years since Malaysia Cup exists on Earth. But has it been treated the way it should be?

The biggest sin of Malaysia Cup at the moment is that it doesn't offer a place in the continental competition. In fact, it doesn't offer anything much except short-term enjoyment. Hence, people are questioning the relevance of having the competition in the first place.

There are people who doesn't want Malaysia Cup to exist anymore.

There are people who want to change the current format, making it a knock-out competition and scrapped FA Cup.

And there are people who simply didn't care and support their team in the competition regardless of the relevance or not.

Sorry to say, people forget how Malaysia Cup shaped the culture of football in the country. It's from Malaysia Cup that the country found countless number of legends and talents. It's from Malaysia Cup that football lives in this country.

Most importantly, it's from Malaysia Cup that football fans exist in the country.

What became a problem is that, as years goes by, the world has to change to accommodate to the present time. But Malaysia Cup did not. It used to be a platform for the national team. When the league was introduced, it has lost the purpose. When the FA Cup was introduced, plus offering a continental place, Malaysia Cup went down the pecking order.

And nothing much has been done to save the competition. As if it's been left to die.

Last year's decision by FMLLP to kick-off the competition much earlier, basically before the league ends, is a wise move indeed.

But this year's Malaysia Cup is, to be completely honest, is a failure which is disappointing to say the least.

It failed to capture the excitement that it should be, particularly treating the competition as second fiddle and regard the matches as 'not important'.

The most depressing thing is, how league champion JDT appear to be reluctant to play with a full-strength team and ended up knocked out of competition, since they have made it clear, only a competition that provides continental football matters to them.

 The fact that this year's final has the same finalists like last year, coupled with semi-finals involving teams that simply lack of fans, something needs to be done to restore the glory of Malaysia Cup.

Final of 2016 is a final hope to see a real quality football in Malaysia, something that Malaysian football has been lacking throughout this year.

Enjoy the game everyone.

PS: It would be nice to see Malaysia Cup final hosted by some other stadiums next time, I'm just sick of Shah Alam Stadium.

MSL: Selangor and JDT lead the season so far

Photo by Bharian.com.my

After a 1-1 stalemate with JDT in the first game of the season, Selangor have picked themselves very well by winning three games in a row: 1-0 win against Perak, 3-1 win against Pahang and 4-2 win over Sarawak. Patrick Wleh has finally showcase his talent that Selangor fans has been waiting for and currently the league top goalscorer with 5 goals.

The defending league champions, JDT have no trouble so far, winning three consecutive games with 2-0 win against T-Team, 2-0 win against Terengganu and 2-1 win over Felda United. Despite the results, The Southern Tigers have yet to impress the media and fans particularly in a game against Felda, how they have ultimately failed to break Felda's attacking movement as well as defensive line before the Fighters unable to hang on to the lead after going down to 10 men. Work is still in progress.

They were followed by Felda who, other than the JDT defeat, have done well by picking up 9 points against Kedah, Sarawak and T-Team. Felda's current standing is largely contributed by the performances from Zah Rahan Krangar, Hadin Azman and Lutfulla Turaev who have scored six goals between them. Kedah on the other hand, recovered from opening day defeat to Felda by collecting seven points against Terengganu, Perak and Kelantan.

Terengganu, Penang, Kelantan and PDRM shared mixed results between them. Terengganu have two wins and two defeats, while Penang, Kelantan and PDRM have tasted win, draw and defeat. But among them, the one who shines so far is Ali Ashfaq with 3 goals under his belt so far. Not to mention Baze Illijoski, Faiz Subri, Matias Cordoba, Osas Saha and Amirul Syahmi who have been superb in the league.

The same can't be said for Perak, T-Team, Sarawak and Pahang. They have yet to register a single win in the league so far and could be soon fighting for relegation if they failed to improve in the later stages. Some of the teams have to improve in terms of attacking and some have to improve in terms of defending. Perak amazingly conceded only two goals, the least number of conceded goals so far alongside JDT, yet only scored once. T-Team have scored three goals but concede seven goals while both Sarawak and Pahang have scored five goals but conceded 9 and 11 goals respectively.

The league actions will return on Friday, March 11 between Terengganu and Selangor while other matches will be played on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13.

Watch Faiz Subri super goal!

It's Tuesday. It's the second matchday of Malaysia Super League. Faiz Subri is getting ready to take his free-kick. The Penang fans in Bandaraya Stadium are waiting eagerly. He has scored the first goal and his team are currently 2-0 up against Pahang. Once the ref blew the whistle, he kick the ball which went straight to the left hand side of the Pahang goalpost. The ball seemed easy to handle by the goalkeeper. But then something unimaginable happened. The ball suddenly swing to the right side of the goalpost and the ball went straight in.

Nasril Nourdin who was supposed to catch the ball, dumbfounded. He knees on the ground, as if he is saying "What did I just saw?" Faiz celebrates. His teammate celebrate the goal with him. Penang fans went nuts. It was a great goal indeed. The news of the goal spread around the world and Faiz became instantly popular. That goal made him famous, with large amount of media outlet around the world trying to interview him and Penang wanted to auction his kit that was worn on that day. There are lot's of talks about him winning the Puskas award.

Faiz is a very low profile footballer who is having such a very average career. After he spent four years with Kedah youth team, he moved to a new team every year. Perlis, T-Team, Kelantan and Terengganu before he moved down to second division and signed with Penang. From then on, he became an integral part for the Northern Malaysian side. He was largely unknown until he scored this goal. That goal changed everything. If not Puskas Award, his goal could definitely won the goal of the month and goal of the season. It will be a legendary goal for years to come.


                  

MPL Match day 2: The conquest of UiTM and KL continues

Photo: Official photo NSTP

Five out of six matches were played in the second matchday of Malaysia Premier League on Monday with the biggest shock came from Sabah who were beaten 4-1 by Kuantan FA. Perlis also fell short after losing 1-0 at home to UiTM despite trashing ATM 6-1 last week.

Kuantan 4-1 Sabah

Sabah took an early through Maxsius Musa in the 38 minute and lead the game until the end of the first half. It wasn't until 20 minutes into the second half that the home side begin their incredible comeback. Dao Bakary equalised through a penalty in 66 minute. For 20 minutes, both team have a hard time trying to find the winner. But then magic happens. In 6 minutes, Kuantan scored 3 goals through Malik Mat Ariff, Wafiy Abdul Ghafar and again by Dao Bakary. It was a great win for Kuantan but a big, big problem for Sabah especially their head coach Vjeran Simunic who aim for promotion this season after failed miserably last season.

Perlis 0-1 UiTM

Perlis are favourites to win the game after recording an emphatic 6-1 win over ATM but were shocked by an early goal by Pavel Purishkin in the 28 minute. The home side trying to get back into the game with two goals disallowed by the referee for offside. A sturdy defence as well as amazing goalkeeping from Pavel Matiash means UiTM took all 3 points away from home. The win also means UiTM is currently top of the league, winning two games and lose none. It's a great start for Raja Isa, who returned after spending for 8 years coaching in Indonesia.

HIGHLIGHT PERLIS FA VS UITM FC
Very good performance from the lions!!
Posted by UITM FC on Monday, 15 February 2016

KL 1-0 JDTII

KL continued their fine form under Ismail Zakaria in the league as they beat JDTII 1-0 through a penalty from Leo Carioca after Zhafri Yahya was brought down by JDTII goalkeeper Fazli Paat in the 66 minute. The win saw them moved second in the standing, sharing the same point with league leaders UiTM FC. Their next game will be in the second round of FA Cup against Malacca.

Malacca 2-1 PKNS

Malacca took an early lead through former Pahang player, R. Surendran who scored with a weak shot in the 21 minute. But PKNS pegged back through Juan Manuel Cobelli in the 50th minute. Nurshamil Abdul Ghani became the hero once again as he scored the winner in the 72 minute, as they moved to fifth place, levelled on point with Kuantan and Negeri Sembilan.

DRB-Hicom 1-3 Negeri Sembilan

This game provide another fairytale. DRB took the lead through Ivan Babic who took the chance of Negeri Sembilan lapse of concentration in the 20th minute. Negeri Sembilan almost scored the equaliser twice but were cleared off the line by the defence in the first half as well as the second half. The away side also have another clear-cut chance but the ball hit the side-netting. Negeri finally found the equaliser through a penalty from Andrew Nabbout in the 80 minute. Three minutes later, Joel Chianese found the net as he converted a cross from the right side to make it 2-1. Alex Smith rounded off the game, picking up a brilliant back pass, rounds off the keeper before scoring with a simple finish in the 89th minute.

15-2-2016 : HIGHTLIGHTS DRB HICOM 1 - 3 NEGERI SEMBILAN
Posted by Persatuan Bolasepak Negeri Sembilan - RASMI on Monday, 15 February 2016

A game between Sime Darby and ATM will be played today.

MSL 2016 match day 1: Between the hype and reality

Photo: Official photo Bharian

Malaysian fans were promised six live MSL matches this season. With the highest quality. Yesterday, there were only two live matches on Media Prima channel, TV3 and TV9. The quality of the production is, shocking. So was the quality of the games. The broadcast live caused some pain in the eyes. The pitch is pixelated. The quality level is probably lower than 240p (a reference to a quality of Youtube video), it is just horrifying. To add more pain, the performance of the team is just rubbish. There is just too many misplaced passes, bad crosses, lack of clear-cut chances and a very poor, poor finishing. As if they are not ready to play a competitive game at all. Hope to see an improvement from both TV production team as well as the team performance in the next few weeks.

I did that because I love you, JDT.

JDT 1-1 Selangor (JDT won the Piala Sumbangsih 7-6 on penalties)

JDT and Selangor struggled to break the defence. Their attackers were running out of idea. Both team had to score through set-pieces. JDT scored through Harris Harun who headed the ball from Safiq Rahim's free-kick just before the half-time. JDT dominated the game and there's almost no room for Selangor to attack but handed a set-back as Hafiz scored with a stunning free-kick that went straight to the right side of the net to make it 1-1. The match can only be decided through penalty shoot-out. There are times when JDT have the upper hand, with Olivi and Gopi missed their penalties and there are times Selangor have the chances, with Diaz and Azamuddin missed it. The longer this went on, the higher the pressure will be on for the penalty taker. In the end, it was Azrif Nasrulhaq, who allegedly has signed for JDT without the consent of his team, and even professes his love to play for JDT, missed his penalty, ultimately handed the Piala Sumbangsih to JDT. It was such an unexpected and extraordinary ending to the game.

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Perak 0-0 Kelantan

Let's see, the most entertaining thing in this game is none other than Dato Seri Vida sitting on the bench alongside an uncomfortable Kelantan coaching staff. Photos of her smiling and doing a Qu Puteh trademark circulating in the social media like a wildfire, prompting funny memes and critical response from the fans. The game is a forgettable one, as it is probably one of the worst opening MSL game of all time. Very few goalmouth actions as both team struggle to break the opposition defence. Perak have a fair chance to win the game through Erick Weeks and Vokhid Shodiev, but too often missed the golden chance when presented to them. While Kelantan can only cut the defence through Dramane Traore while others unable to spark anything in the game. It proved how Kelantan missed the presence of their captain marvel, Piya, which is the brain and the creator of the goal for his team. Devan need to put Piya back to the team in the upcoming game or else he will be in trouble.

Terengganu 1-0 Penang

In front of huge crowd in Kuala Terengganu, Gustavo Lopez's goal proved to be the winner as the recently promoted side Penang unable to find the ultimate equaliser until the end of the game, meaning that The Turtles picked up the first 3 points of the season.

Felda United 2-0 Kedah

Kedah is a strong favourites to win the game but struggled playing on an artificial pitch, different for The Fighters who have presumably adapted well with their new home. As a result, Felda took an early lead through new signing Lutfulla Turaev with a stunning goal from the edge of the box and added another goal through a penalty from Zah Rahan Krangar.

PDRM 1-0 Sarawak

Sarawak is brimming with confidence coming into this game, with new coach K. Rajagobal, as well as several new signings such as K. Gurusamy, Juninho, Gilmar and Ndumba Makeche but were left hard done in the end as they beaten by weakened PDRM side who won with a solitary goal by Ali Ashfaq after a brilliant flick from his teammate found Ali who sent the goalkeeper to the wrong way.

Pahang 2-2 T-Team (TFC II)

It's fair to say that both team begin the season as a brand new team. Almost all of Pahang key players left the team, with only several players staying such as Matthew Davis, D. Saarvindran and Zesh Rehman. While T-Team came as a newly promoted side through a play-off ticket strengthened by new coach Rahmad Darmawan and several new signings such as Ramzul Zahini Adenan, Makan Konate and Abdoulaye Maiga. The Elephant Army took an early lead through Dalibor Volas who took the chance to score when T-Team defenders failed to clear the ball away. Minutes later, the bad boy Saiful Nizam Miswan or popularly known as Poyeng was sent off after committing two bookable offence as Pahang down to 10 men. Having the numerical advantage, T-Team used most of their chances as they equalised through Safawi Rashid in the 71 minute. T-Team added Pahang misery as they scored another goal through Izzaq Faris Ramlan who came off the bench to finish off the counter-attack as Nasril Nourdin completely left his goalpost and unable to prevent Izzaq from scoring in the 88 minute. Is that a winning goal? (a reference to FM commentary). To T-Team surprise, new signing German Pacheco scored a brilliant free-kick from way outside of the penalty box to make it 2-2, thus making sure that they are picking up a point in the first matchday of the season.

MPL: Perlis and UiTM excel in the first match of 2016

Photo: Official NSTP

It's the very first match day of the season and six matches were played yesterday. Broadcast live matches, as promised last year, did not happened. It's a silent coverage like many seasons ago. The highlights is only available at 1pm lunch-time news on RTM and TV3. Some were outraged, some were so used to it that attending MPL games at stadium is no big deal. Oh well.

Sabah are the favourites against UiTM but they were left speechless as the university side trounced The Rhinos 4-1, massively contributed by the debut hat-trick from Pavel Purishkin.

Perlis debut season ended in a glorious victory as they trashed the depleted side ATM 6-1 at Kangar Stadium, scored by Obinna Nwaneri, a brace from Kayne Vincent, Alafi Mahmud, Afif Amiruddin and Sadam Hashim.

Meanwhile, JDTII were surprised at home by the incisive away team DRB-Hicom who swept aside the Southern Tiger 3-1 scored by Nazri Kamal, Ivan Babic, and Kim Jin Ryong.

KL also begin their season on a positive note as they beat PKNS 1-0, a solitary goal from Casagrande despite playing at Stadium Hang Jebat, a stadium located more than 100km away from KL.

Melaka scored the last-gasp equaliser in the injury time through Nurshamil Ghani to draw 2-2 against the recently relegated side Sime Darby.

Negeri Sembilan shared the spoils with Kuantan as they draw 1-1 at Paroi.

Kelantan unveil brand new pink kit for 2016

Kelantan unveil four new kits ahead of the new 2016 season in the launching ceremony at Kelantan Trade Centre, Kota Bharu today.

Designed by the main sponsor Dato Seri Vida, the DSV brand boast pink colour as a home and away kit, with another home kit is in red while another away kit is in blue.

Sponsors as seen on the kit are Vida Beauty, Pamoga Qu Puteh, Millenia and Cengal Jati.

Photo: Official photo by TRWFC

Photo: Official photo by TRWFC

Kedah announced the new kit for 2016

Newly promoted MSL team, Kedah has announced their new kit ahead of the Malaysia Super League 2016 season today.

Warrix maximised the yellow colour for the home kit, from the shirt, short to the sock along with the colour of green. Meanwhile Kedah chose a dark green and yellow to be featured as an away kit. Third kit is the most special of all, designed with a collar shirt and mixed with white, yellow and green colour on the kit.

Photo: Official photo by Kedah FA

Home kit

Away kit

Third kit

Not to mention, a two goalkeeper kit featuring black kit and blue kit.

Watch the promotional video by Kedah FA:

KIT JERSEY KFA 2016
Pelancaran Kit Rasmi Skuad Liga Super Kedah Musim 2016!PULUN KEDAH PULUN!Kit HOME (kuning), AWAY (hijau) dan THIRD (putih) skuad hijaukuning mewarnai saingan Liga Malaysia musim 2016.Masa untuk menuai. Jelapang padi tanah tumpahnya darahku.KEDAH FA 2016. BIAR JASA JADI KENANGAN.*Tala bunyi pembesar suara anda ke tahap maksimum dan tonton dalam HD.#warrix #waytowin #kedahfa #pulunkedahpulun #playwithheart #biarjasajadikenangan #homejersey #awayjersey #thirdjersey #kitlaunching #mediakfa #langmerah
Posted by Kedah FA - Persatuan Bolasepak Kedah - on Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Terengganu revealed new kits for 2016 season

Terengganu FA has revealed their new kit ahead of the Malaysia Super League season in a launching ceremony at Pantai Batu Buruk, yesterday.

Designed by local brand Kobert, the home kit features the traditional white and black, while away kit features black and yellow.

Home kit   Photo: Official photo Terengganu FA

Away kit      Photo: Official photo Terengganu FA

Watch the promotional video from TFATV:

Malaysian football hit by the scandal of 4.47 million unpaid salary and double contracts

Photo: Official photo from The Malaysian Insider

Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) has revealed on Tuesday that three teams from Malaysia Super League last season have yet to pay the salaries of 21 players with RM 4.47 million in total.

ATM, Kelantan and Felda United are the three teams that have yet to settle the debt.

Two MSL outfits, Kelantan owe RM477, 000 to five of their former players, while Felda United have yet to pay RM222, 000 to their former player Azrul Ahmad.

But the recently-relegated ATM, is the biggest devil of all, owing RM3.7 million to 15 of their former players. What is more surprising is that, the players have two different contracts signed with the team. One contract is approved by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), while another contract is a contract between the players and the management.

The official contract is said to be in lower amount of wages while another contract is a much higher amount of wages. Since FAM only acknowledge the official contract, ATM looked like as if they only have yet to pay the players for a month, when in fact they have yet to pay for the unofficial contract for 6 months. PFAM also suggested that the unofficial contract exist so they could pay less on income tax, EPF and Socso. In extreme cases, they could be charged in court and can end up in jail.

Kelantan have been unable to pay for their players up to four months since last year, but the arrival of Dato Seri Vida means that they finally managed to pay all of their players, except for the five players who left the team this year. In addition, they have yet to pay their former player, Obinna Nwaneri, since he left the team a year ago.

Felda United owe a huge sum of RM222, 000 to former player Azrul Ahmad since they terminate his contract a year earlier, meaning that they have to pay for the compensations as well.

If the unpaid salary have yet to settle within the given time, Kelantan, ATM and Felda might face a three to six-point deduction, or worse, demoted to the lower league.

Sarawak brand new kit for 2016

Sarawak FA has launched a brand new kit for the Malaysia Super League 2016 that was held on Saturday at CityOne Megamall, in Kuching, Sarawak.

Designed by Starsport, a local sportswear brand based in Kuching, the home kit boast red in colour, while the away outfit resembles PSG kit but with a neon yellow as a main colour, and the third kit is in black, featuring a tribal design across the kit. Not to mention three goalkeeper kits which is in white, blue and yellow.

The Crocs' main sponsor is Marina ParkCity, a member of Perdana Parkcity Group comprising Pantai Bayu Sdn Bhd - a Miri based company, Perdana Parkcity Sdn Bhd - KL based company and Pelita Holdings Sdn Bhd - Sarawak state owned company. Besides that, they were sponsored by Sacofa - a telecommunication infrastructure providers in Sarawak, Ta Ann Group - a resourse-based company, as well as Shin Yang Corporation -a shipbuilding company and Ibraco Berhad - a construction company.

Photo: Official photo from Sarawakcrocs

Watch the promotional video:

Video PromoSarawak FA 2016 Home Kit
Posted by Dunia Sukan Online on Saturday, 6 February 2016

Syahrul Azwari: Untangling The Football Love Triangle

Former Harimau Muda player, Syahrul Azwari is set to finally move to Sarawak in an official transfer this season.

The decision was made after both Kelantan Football Association (KAFA) and Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) reached an agreement regarding the status of the player on Thursday.

This has put an end towards Syahrul's controversial move to Sarawak on 19 December 2015 as he was introduced as a Sarawak player without the consent of his parent team.

According to Article 22 of Malaysian footballer's transfer status made by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), Harimau Muda player must return to his previous team which is their last footballing activity.

In the case of Syahrul, since his last footballing activity is in school level, he will have to return to his state team, Kelantan FA, where he begin his career as a footballer.

As the days go by, fans expected Syahrul to join Kelantan for the new season, only to be shocked by the news of Syahrul signing a two-year contract with the Borneo side, Sarawak FA.

KAFA was heavily criticised by the fans for being too slow to respond and has shown a lack of interest in signing Syahrul Azwari who ended up joining the Crocs.

However, Tan Sri Annuar Musa was furious with the news and blamed FAM for letting it happened. He insisted that FAS must negotiate with KAFA if they are interested to sign Syahrul.

Later on, he brought up the case to FAM Status Committee in the hopes of settling the matters but FAS refused to deal with KAFA.

Secretary General of FAS, Abdullah Julaihi argued that FAS offered Syahrul a contract after he went to Kota Bharu to discussed terms with Kelantan. Two weeks later, Syahrul called FAS to confirm that KAFA did not offer him any contract which means he can begin a contract talks with any other team. FAS assumed that Syahrul has completed his duty, reporting his presence to KAFA, and that he is no longer attached to Kelantan.

FAS are fully aware that they can submit an appeal to FAM but worried that the decision might take longer than they expected and they might unable to register Syahrul on time, affecting the player's career as a result, something that FAS wanted to avoid all this time.

Finally, on 29 January, FAM ordered Syahrul Azwari to return to Kelantan and his contract with Sarawak is null and void. FAS were given seven days to negotiate with KAFA to sign Syahrul, this time legally.

Several days later, while FAS said that they are still discussing terms and conditions with KAFA, but it has been confirmed that Syahrul will join them officially this year. It's a happy ending indeed.

To this date, Syahrul moving to Sarawak is a major surprise. After all he is a huge prospect and has always considered to be the future of Kelantan in years to come. Yet, he snubbed his own birthplace, his own beloved state birth, to join the unlikeliest team of all, Sarawak.

There are several suggestions on why he wanted to join Sarawak that badly. FAM, late payments and lack of playing time are one of the most popular reason among the fans. While it's easy to blame FAM and late payments is understandable, worrying about lack of playing time has raised some eyebrows.

Nik Shahrul Azim was a captain of the Kelantan President Cup team. He was excelled with the youth side and was promoted by Bojan Hodak in 2013. He was criticised in the first few games by the fans and his future is uncertain. Three years later, he is the key player for the senior side.

On the other hand, there was Faizol Nazlin Sayuti who was also a captain of the Kelantan President Cup team, replacing Nik. Many tipped him to be the next big thing. He even trained with Championship side Blackburn alongside the then Kelantan import, Dimitri Petratos. During his debut season in 2014 and 2015, he received the same reaction as Nik did. Three years later, he is on loan at MOF FC, playing under former Kelantan head coach, Zahasmi Ismail.

Another former President Cup player, Tuan Faim, has yet to impress the fans until today. He was a wonderful player in President Cup team but at the highest level, he is struggling. Whether he can reach the MSL level, remain to be seen. On the other hand, Khairul Izuan Rosli is nothing short of a revelation. When George Boateng is scratching his head as his Kelantan side is struggling to score and in need of a decent finisher, Khairul Izuan appeared out of nowhere and scored a fine goal. He is now a fan favourite.

The list of players mention earlier suggested that the future of the footballer is in the hands of the player itself. If you perform well, you will get picked and play regularly. If you played poorly for so many times, of course you won't get as many playing time as you would have liked. As simple as that. Bear in mind, back then no one expect players like Nik and Khairul Izuan to play regularly. Are they playing regularly now? Yes, they are.

The argument about FAM is another thing. Many has branded the Article 22 as unfair to the players and they should be allowed to play for any team they want. If the regulation is not in place, such controversies will not happened in the first place. While that might sounds true, the regulations has been agreed among state FAs upon the launching of Harimau Muda seven to eight years ago.

State FAs have agreed to release their players to Harimau Muda in order to develop further as a player, and as a reward, the players will return to their previous state FAs upon the expiry of their contract with Harimau Muda as well as receiving a compensation fees from FAM. The regulations help the state FAs team to grow as a team, as well as protecting players from ill advise and poor guidance. Many didn't realized if such regulations didn't exist, teams that have the ability to offer more money have the advantage to sign all the players with high salaries but without paying a single penny for a transfer fees. The team can offer the player as many as they want, but the player has the power to choose.

Fans and media alike has also ostracised Annuar Musa for forcing Syahrul to return and play for Kelantan. The word 'forcing' is misleading. Annuar or any other ordinary fans knows that Syahrul did not want to play for Kelantan. All he wants is an explanation from Syahrul and FAS. All he wants is a proper negotiation. If FAS wanted to sign Syahrul, talk to KAFA. Sort it out like any other clubs in the world signing a player from another club. Is that even difficult?

This controversies, alongside the case of Azrif Nasrulhaq means Malaysian football have a deeper problem than anything else. The disbandment of Harimau Muda may have ended such controversies from happening again, but many will doubt that this is not going to happen again in the future. While a proper transfer system might not exactly ended the problem since many improper conduct has continuously occurred despite the presence of the rules and regulations in transfer system, an introduction to a transfer bid and a transfer fee will definitely drive Malaysian football towards the kind of professionalism that is desirable by many all this time.

Selangor unveil new kit for MSL 2016

Selangor have unveil new kit ahead of Malaysia Super League 2016 season that is due to kick-off in one week time. The launching of the new kit that features home kit, away kit and the third kit was presented in front of the fans at SACC Mall in Shah Alam today.

The home kit design in red was inspired by Selangor team of 1983 while away kit is in yellow and the third kit is in green.

Watch the official video:

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Posted by SELANGOR FC. on Friday, 5 February 2016

T-Team secured place in MSL 2016

PHOTO: Official Facebook T-Team FC

T-Team secured the final place in Malaysia Super League as they beat ATM in a narrow 2-1 win of the MSL play-off at Stadium Perak in Ipoh on Saturday.

The Titans have no trouble in scoring throughout the first half as they took the lead through Ahmad Takiyuddin Roslan in the 26th minute while Tomislav Busic added second goal of the game in the 44th minute.

But The Titans were left in disbelief as Gladiators managed to score through Sukri Hamidi in the 51st minute due to a defensive howler, something that T-Team least expected to be from a side full of players from military forces.

T-Team tried to add more goals in the latter stages of the game but can only hang onto the lead as they secured the final spot left by the now defunct Singaporean side, LionsXII who competed in MSL last year.

While ATM will be competing in Malaysia Premier League this season.

What is wrong with Malaysia national team?

They defended very well for the first 30 minutes. Or so they thought. 10 minutes before half-time, Malaysia conceded three Palestine goals. They fought the second half, managed to produce some promising attacks, but again, they probably thought that is good enough. Full time, Malaysia 0 Palestine 6.

No one would have imagine how bad Malaysia NT will be in 2015. Malaysia played Palestine in Kuantan few years ago for a charity match and the result was 2-0 defeat. That's totally fine given the status of the match. Malaysia almost qualified for Asian Cup 2015 under K. Rajagobal but very few noticed that. As usual, for Malaysians if not qualified, it means we did not qualified. If Malaysia NT is shit, Malaysia NT is shit. As simple as that.

Dollah had such a promising run in AFF Suzuki Cup 2014. He's already feeling the heat after friendly defeats to both SEA countries, Vietnam and Indonesia. His team only drew 0-0 against Myanmar, lost 3-2 to Thailand but to win 3-1 against Singapore is his major turning point. The team went on to beat Vietnam brilliantly in the semi-final 2nd leg, that is why to lose in the final is just upsetting. He brought in an entirely new team, with such a highly questionable selections but very proud nonetheless to be able to make it to the final.

Of course, everyone thought he's the man for the job.

Come 2015, everything changed.

6-0 defeat to Oman.

0-0 draw to Hong Kong.

1-1 draw to Timor Leste.

6-0 defeat to Palestine.

10-0 defeat to UAE.

Dollah immediately resigned after the UAE defeat and even consider of retiring completely from football.

Ong Kim Swee was then appointed as a caretaker. He almost surprised Saudi Arabia but if only the chaos doesn't went out of control, things could have been slightly different. Later, Malaysia won 3-1 against Laos and 1-0 win against Timor Leste. Everything seemed to be going in the right direction once again. Again, that's what they thought. The team in full spirit to play in Jordan, only to lose to Palestine by the scoreline of 6-0. To the same opponent by the same scoreline.

6-0 is too much. That scoreline sounds like Malaysia is so bad at playing football and are not supposed to play football at all. It's like asking the government to ban Malaysian people to play football because Malaysian simply can't play football and doesn't know how to play football.

So what's the problem? Lack of training? Lack of will? Not patriotic enough? Too many mistakes? Bad selections?  Bad tactics? Opponent too good? Too many injuries? Need more naturalised players? Need foreign coach? Need U13 players? Bad domestic league? Too many foreign players? Or the usual suspect, FAM? Do all of us even realized what's the real problem here?

Next Malaysia will play UAE on Nov 17 at Shah Alam Stadium. Can Malaysia play good football again, or will it be another 10-0 defeat? Only the NT players can answer that question, but what we do know is all the players really need to buck up. They must do something. No more 6-0.