fam blues...

HERE'S an article which I reckon will be published, or even if it does, will be heavily edited no thanks to the lack of space.

But the original is as below and here goes;

IS the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) trying to outwit the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) at being the most ‘unprofessional body’?

While MHF handled the axing of their five seniors poorly, hardly a week apart the FAM have once again shown their ugly side via their poor time management skills.

In a meeting at Wisma FAM yesterday, three Super League matches (Perak-Perlis Selangor-Johor and Telekom Malacca-N.Sembilan Naza) scheduled on Saturday (Jan 20) were postponed while the Premier League match between UPB-MyTeam against KL scheduled tomorrow night (Jan 19) is also postponned.

However, the other three Super League matches (T’ganu-Pahang, Sarawak-Malacca and Kedah-Penang) slated this Saturday will be played as planned.

The reason cited for the rescheduling is due to several teams having a bulk of players representing the national side and the Olympic team.

While the postponement comes to a joy for some of the teams, observers are baffled as to the hurried fashion and to why it was not thought of earlier. The postponement leave a lacuna within the matches and could prove detrimental to teams in form as their tempo will now be disrupted due to minimal competitive play.

With the new schedule, Telekom’s next Super League match will be against Sarawak on Feb 14.

Premier League outfit MyTeam played their last match against PKNS on Jan 9 and will only play their next month come Feb 13. The MyTeam lads will once again take another month’s break before resuming their campaign against Kuala Muda Naza on Mac 9.

Armed Forces also face a similar predicament but will instead play three matches in a row in the span of three weeks (Mac 9- Shahzan Muda; Mac 13- PKNS; Mac 23-KL).

Also, some begin to wonder why FAM do not agree to release players to clubs while training in the country- something the national body was said to agreed upon last year and promised to implement this season.

The break will do good for Telekom as coach Irfan Bakti will view the it as a fresh start to an otherwise disappointing run to the season.

At press time, the FAM website have yet to amend the changes regarding the postponement.

In fact the break is unavoidable as teams will be left at a lurch without being able to field their best. However, it is shame to note all this could have been avoided with proper time management.

-The Man Who Sold The World-