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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Haru Biru Sang Jurulatih

I am not the biggest fan of Wayne Rooney, despite his prowess in front of the goal and ruthless behaviour in the game - which priced him £30m and earned him the respect of being the most expensive teenage footballer ever. But this claim made by him somehow earned him the thing far beyond the magic of his flair and performance, which is respect. On the field, he may be the man of anger, the man of animal. Off the field, he proved to be one heck of a proffesional lad. As his performance with United would suggest, he matured well. Very very well. An exemplary I would say. My respect. It may be true that England's blunder against Russia a week ago accounted much of the stupidity of Steve McClaren, the head coach, we all know that. He came under fire after the bizarre humiliation in the defeat - which cost England danger of not making into next year's Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland. And no one would expect the bad boy would stand up and back the coach. And what kept me surprised was the fact that he put the blame to the players, themselves, himself.

'We're the ones playing the football, we're the ones representing the country and we feel responsible for it.'

Exemplary. Pure exemplary.

I suggest Shukor Adan to do the same and FAM to take note, that changing coach every now and then only shows how terrible we are (or the FAM) and how clumsy we are in making the decision of selecting the man who will coach our boys. The latest one would be a perfect example. It is not the coach who will play the ball damnit. Stop looking for great coaches, but start searching for untapped talent around!

Rooney should be invited to give some motivational talk. If not to the budak sekolah rendah, the people in FAM.

P.S. I am not a fan of Steve McClaren either. I would favour Jose Mourinho to coach England. His big mouth is so much missed nowadays. I wonder when his big mouth will go into the fray of big pond, the international football action. Possible. Possible.

posted by Izham Ismail at 10:08 am

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6 Comments:

At 04 December, 2007 22:08, Anonymous

mourinho?
never heard of him..
i know Rafa.haha
At 26 December, 2007 02:50, syahVai !!!

idop england,,
idop wayne,,
idop Man U!!!
yeah3,,,

hahaha
At 30 December, 2007 19:39, Anonymous

Salam Izham,

Bukan nak komen pasal bola tapi just nak bertanya khabar. Jangan anggap SPAM pulak yea.

Izham apa khabar? Lama tak dengar berita...

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At 06 January, 2008 15:33, Anonymous

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At 23 January, 2008 14:17, Anonymous

salam ini ditujukan kepada saudara Izham Ismail yang kini berada di Kolej Mara ******* dengan ucapan 'mengapa sepi tanpa berita?'
At 08 April, 2008 17:05, Muhammad Zuhaili

gegar gua punya blog!
hehe