Malaysian Team

Hello.

Cerita yang nak disampaikan hari ini adalah tentang pasukan bolasepak Malaysia. During the last holiday kat Malaysia, I manage to get Malaysian National Jersey, tapi yang warna biru coz yang hitam kuning tu tiada size.

For those yang tak tahu jersey Malaysia, here I include the picture.

This is the home jersey of Malaysia. Nice kan? Yup really nice especially for those yang really tinggi semangat patriotik. 

(This is not the latest version of away jersey, I can't manage to get the picture yet)

Yang ni pulak yang warna biru. For me, both of the jersey memang cantik. Sangat cantik la. Ada jugak orang cakap yang jersey ni biasa je, tak cantik la, and macam-macam komen ada, tapi for me, nothing wrong with this jersey. Memang kalau pakai tu, rasa proud to be Malaysian memang ada. 

Tapi kan, yang pelik sangat about jersey ni, the PRICE. For those yang biasa beli jersey, they know how expensive the jersey price. Harga dia around RM150-250 depends on kedai yang jual. Mahal kan? If you all pergi butik-butik nike yang ada jual jersey ni, mesti ramai yang mampu tengok je, pegang, then keluar that butik without buying it. For those yang mampu pulak, I think they prefer buying jersey team-team or club-club yang lain. For example, jersey Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, tak pun jersey England, Brazil and yang lain-lain tu, semua jual dengan harga yang sama. So dia orang fikir, baik aku beli jersey negara lain, dahla negara tu power main bola, masuk World Cup apa semua, daripada beli jersey Malaysia yang nak menang match pun susah, apatah lagi nak masuk World Cup. Memang kirim salam jela.

Betul kan ada yang fikir macam tu? 

So now, I suggest to Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia, apa kata, this persatuan reduce the price of the jersey? Bagi subsidi ke kat kedai-kedai tu or kat Nike ke, kurang kan harga to RM50-80. If boleh kurang kan lagi, lagi bagus. But that's the price I suggest. Not really expensive, not really cheap, but boleh dikatakan affordable to semua warga negara. Cuba la Menteri tu fikir, macam mana nak datang stadium, pergi tengok football Malaysia lawan team lain, tapi pakai T-shirt, takpun pakai jersey club lain? Memang tak ada langsung semangat patriotik tu. Kalau orang-orang kampung tu, think of them. How can they afford to buy a jersey that cost a lot to them? At least if we reduce this price, they can sumbangkan something to the FAM, to show them, we support our National Team!

For example, time yang Chelsea datang Malaysia last year, I can see ramai yang sokong Chelsea compared to Malaysia. Dahla macam tu, lepas tu macam really proud of the Chelsea. Why this thing happened? Even I know how strong Chelsea tu, tapi at least, as a Malaysian, I still support our National Team. Cuba bayangkan player Malaysia tu nak main bola kat home ground sendiri, tapi seems like tak ada supporter langsung. Certain people can say, what they did tu just a reverse psychology, so that our team ada semangat apa semua, so that our team can prove something to us, but I don't think it's a good idea. 

Apa-apa pun, to FAM, jangan asyik concentrate kat youth team, academy, and whatsoever training, tapi benda-benda simple ni diabaikan. Memang boleh dikatakan isu jersey ni macam tak ada kaitan pon dengan development of the team, but it matters when it comes to us, as a supporter. Memang ada yang akan cakap, "Ala kau ni jersey tu tak melambang kan apa-apa, kalau pergi tengok kat stadium without wearing jersey pun, if hati dah Malaysian, tetap akan Malaysian juga no matter what." Ye memang betul, tapi kalau tengok EPL (English Premier League), boleh dikatakan semua fan yang datang to the stadium, can wear their team's jersey. See how proud they are to the team their support? How supportive they are? If most of Malaysian can do that, I think our football team sooner or later can be one of the greatest team on earth. I'm really sure about it.

- I like this picture and put it as my wallpaper. Thanks to Nike for the wallpaper.