Sunday, March 18, 2012

London Dreams for Hockey team is over

Our hockey team's hope of qualifying to 2012 Olympics has been dashed by a boring draw of 1-1 in final match with Ireland. Malaysia needed a win in order for them to qualify for finals, but it was a despair.

Malaysia ended in 3rd position with 10 points, 1 behind Ireland and 3 behind South Korea. The last time Malaysia qualified was in year 2000. Then, it's always a bad luck for Malaysian team.

We have tenancy to loose focus especially in final 5 minutes which cause us several titles and crucial qualifications. I just wonder, what's wrong with our team?

- do we need a permanent & qualified coach, rather than having a caretaker which changes now and then
- is the sports association is assembled with knowledgeable and people with passion on sports
- is there something wrong with the selection criteria of the players
- is there lacking of quality friendly matches i.e with Spain, Germany, Holland, Argentina or Australia

We cant just be proud that we are winning SEA GAMES title for the past 30 years. When are we going to be world beaters?

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