QUOTE(Adryan @ Mar 16 2012, 07:44 PM)
I think why the Malaysian football team is not good enough is due to the football system in the country.
First of all, we don't have very good leagues and youth system. In Europe and probably in Japan or Korea, kids join the youth academy of a club since young and they get built on from there from good coaches (the coaching quality is also important). When they reach that age like 17 or 18, if they're good enough, they play and if they are not, they probably move to another club.
Our facilities are severely lacking and we're scouting players when they're too old. I was at the Terengganu stadium and I can see why the AFC is reluctant to hold matches there. It is old and decaying. No news on when the new stadium will be ready. I met with officials from the T-Team and they're scouting for players between the ages of 13-18. Too old. You need to groom kids from as early as 8. They at least however have plans to raise the standard of football, which includes an academy, much like Kelantan already has. The T-Team officials are young, enterprising and are looking to the future. This is in start contrast to the TFA who are very much older, backward and set in their ways. The latter reflects the FAM IMO. We need new blood who are in touch with today's world. This must change first above all.First of all, we don't have very good leagues and youth system. In Europe and probably in Japan or Korea, kids join the youth academy of a club since young and they get built on from there from good coaches (the coaching quality is also important). When they reach that age like 17 or 18, if they're good enough, they play and if they are not, they probably move to another club.
Mar 17 2012, 05:56 PM
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