Future Malaysian Football Team

Malaysian Football team had been gone through many difficulties from the glory to the falling of our national team performance this day. We must gain back our glory like the old days where all the player played for their country not like some of these day player who played just for popularity and money. Like the old days, the player such as late Mokhtar Dahari,our country football legend, had brought Malaysia's name around the world. He is a very dedicated player. Malaysian player should follow his spirit to make Malaysian National Football team to be known by other country like the old days. The football bribery scandal in Malaysia had once again broke out,the ACA hauled up 15 Sarawak players for questioning while one former Sarawak and national player, aged 39, has been remanded on suspicion of being a middleman for a syndicate involved in match-fixing since last week. This should not happened because it will make negative impression by the Malaysian football supporter and lack of support will effect the performance of the Malaysian player in any of friendly match or any competition. As an exampe, the friendly match between our national team versus Manchester United on 18 July 2009. Some of the Manchester United fan and supporter, who is absolutely a Malaysian, tease our national player when the some mistake. Amri Yahya who scored two goal that night should receive a credit for his credibility.Every one would thought that Manchester United would give the young Malaysian side a thumping as they did in 2001 (6 – 0). However, the Malaysian young tigers showed that they can, indeed, hold up against a team as big as Manchester United. Football is not about kicking or heading the ball into the opposition goal post but it is the matter of discipline and respect against each other. To be the best player in our team we need a full commitment towards our target which is to bring back the glory of our national football team,Tiger squad,like the old days. The players must not take for granted all the government had done. They must have the attitude when attending the training session so that they could train themselves how to control and manipulate the football field. They must learn from the other giant national football team such as England or Brazil. To make football as a career, a player must have a unique skill and also strong stamina. The player must have a consistent fitness level so they could play well in a match. With all this criteria, football can be their career like the David Beckham, Christiano Ronaldo or Kaka' whose leg worth of a million dollar.
Therefore FAM must organized more friendly match against other country to train our national player and let them to have more experience. The collaboration from other parties needed to get our national team into the higher level competition again. Fans is the key for the player to play their best in any games,therefore as a Malaysian, we must not looking downwards against our national team. We must give our full support so that they can play their best to never let us down. FAM should find ways to bring back the football supporters to the stadium. Malaysian football fans are not interested to watch the Malaysian football team playing live at the stadium because they did not enjoy watch the Malaysian footballers play. Therefore,the players must perform and entertain according to the fans expectations. By showing their skills,spirit and focus when playing in a match,i think the fans would be enjoy and will be more interested to watch the match live in the stadium. Besides that, the stadium management should charge an affordable price for the seats in the stadium. Malaysian media must give full coverage on the Malaysian football team match as an update for Malaysian football fans. By doing this, Malaysian football team can get publicity and to have more fans.Bribery scandal must be stop among the Malaysian player because this will effect our country's sports reputation. Everybody is blaming on each other on the Malaysian football team potential except themselves. We must not compare our national team with the other country because they can play better than our national team because of their hardwork and their spirit of their country. As the conclusion, Malaysian football team could regain their glory like the old days 1970s and 1980s if every body play their role in raising our football team reputation.