money well spent?

WOULD you pay RM259 for a national jersey? Yes if the team has played at least in ONE World Cup.

Nevertheless, I'm still contemplating of paying such a high price for the Malaysian national team jersey. With the FA of Malaysia now being sponsored by Nike, the latest range see a striped outfit, reminding one of the Malayan Tigers who then had Mokhtar Dahari and Soh Chin Aun gracing the fields at the international level.

The former jersey by adidas was only a fraction of the current price- RM49.90 to be exact (and came in both home (yellow) and away (blue) colours).

I wonder if by marking up the price, Nike plans to include the Malaysian jersey with the likes of Holland, Brazil or even Portugal.

And with Malaysia squandering their lead to settle for a 1-1 draw against Singapore in the first leg at the Shah Alam stadium earlier doesn't speak much of the team nor the jersey.

So should I invest RM259 in the Malaysian jersey? Perhaps I could wait for someone from Nike to pass a sample to me, or I'll wait for a price reduction (won't mind paying RM100 for it). Or maybe I ought to be contended with my adidas jersey...after all, it's just a jersey- it's what lies beneath that counts.

p/s: Must admit the Nike adverts of the new jersey as seen at Studio R KLCC certainly looked good.

-The Man Who Sold The World-