for the poll, i say NO.

i actually can't agree with the words that Chinese aren't allowed to play state and national football because of politics and claim that the sport is 'owned' and managed by the Malays. what a lame reason. people who say that are the ones who don't really follow or never watch Malaysian football at all.

as far as i know, Chinese and others like Indians have all been given fair and equal chances with Malays to play for the state and national teams. the reason why Malays are monopolizing the sport is because many of them are willing to give up other jobs or commitments. their parents are supporting them. but i can also see a very good number of other races especially Indians who play full time and managed to get into the top teams and the national squad itself.

it's actually not about races at all, but rather depends on individual's preference. won't blame some or maybe most of the Chinese parents for disallowing their kids to fully commit to football career, coz that's their own choice, their rights. so please stop pointing ur fingers to the Malays or any other races.

seems that kcng didn't get of what i said. but thanx Rocko and king_z for the explanation.

it's becoming a trend now to have foreigners playing for the national team. not against the rule but in my view, it's something that shouldn't be done at all. we're not Singapore that probably has a very limited number of new talents, mainly because of the small population.

even if we do that, i don't really think it'll make a huge improvement to the national team. we're not gonna be able to attract top players who could make a big difference.. unless we're as rich as the wealthy Arab nations of course. Alex of Japan is a good player but there're actually many 'real' Japanese who play a lot better than him.

This post has been edited by theripper: Jan 13 2007, 01:32 AM