He is a Malaysian. Yes.

He was a solid centreback for KL during his prime days...

Shebby can sometimes say something really amazingly nonsense...
but i noticed that as compared to these fellas: Paul Masefield and some of those `ex players' (McActeer, Robson, Sharpe), Shebby is much better....
These jokers are alway singing the same song but ride on their Mat Salleh accent and reputation...but no true analysis in their comment...for example, the very familiar tunes they always sing
-MU: Tevez and rooney wont work. MU not enough striker, Saha is injury prone, blah blah blah
-Arsenal: they will suffer from Henry departure. this season is for the boys to grow. And then, they say `the Arsenal young team is more expressive after Henry's gone.
come on..you can read this stuffs any where in internet...TELL US SOMETHING WE DONT KNOW!

Shebby has more insight as compared to them but he is prone to the occasional foot in mouth diseases....

I think Jamie is the best (the male one..hahaha. Very solid, very cool. MacMahon advantage is he is the biggest football star of them all and he does provide some good comments based on his experience..

This post has been edited by nando: Feb 14 2008, 02:03 PM

I remember Shebby commentating once during the recent KL Futsal World 5's. He was all for implementing the rules we have on the futsal court onto the football pitch... Rolling substitutions, kick-ins, paused time, time-outs and a few others... Madness

yes...the arab channel...ball in midfield oso shout like mad...hahaha makes me kin cheong all the time...wat a memory of asian cup n the recent african cup

Martin Tyler is the best of the best if u r toking abt commentating in English for soccer...Andy Gray is not bad oso...

This post has been edited by supadupa: Feb 14 2008, 02:51 PM

There was also talk about having 7 substitutes on the bench. I for one am not against the idea of having more substitutes involved. It may benefit teams with a large squad but it will also ensure that players are fresh and the pace of the game can be maintained through the 90 minutes of play.

It's practiced in the Champions League probably to counter the fatigue from travelling long distances and also coz of the more tactical nature required in such an international competition. Having more choices sitting in the bench would mean being able to deploy a more vast array of tactics when playing clubs you don't encounter as often as those they play every year in the domestic competitions

I tot the 7 subs thing was recently approved by the EPL? its already in place in other countries iianm...

cmiiw

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Added on February 14, 2008, 7:37 pmHm somehow i do not agree. Although I do agree he is improving, but i don think he has more insights than the rest.

I remember the early days, when Jamie and Mase would have these sheets of datas with them everytime they go on show, presumably with datas and information of the players/ games etc cos they keep referring to it, but Shebby just always sits there with palms clapped together, trying to look composed and just blurting out everything more as a reaction than a real analysis. I used to dislike him for that, cos it shows lack of respect to your job and to the viewers. However i admit he has improved over the years and is more aware of the issues at hand and does bit more research into matters. But everytime he discusses issues on a more global nature (for example the bung scandal few years back, the imposing of transfer window in EPL few years back etc) where he had no personal information/ knowledge from his own playing days (and obviuosly did not do much research on it) he will just be talking what i seriously think is just c*ap.

Its just my 2 cents though. I agree with most when they say he may be an ok pundit but not a good commentator.....

but cant deny he adds some entertainment value to the show...no direspect to him, but there is a certain kind of chemistry whenve he, dykes, Macca, mase and Jamie are around...



This post has been edited by chcher: Feb 14 2008, 07:37 PM

hmm..Jamie i tabik
but Masefield...errr....not really into him...

Serbegeth Singh? Best? You gotta be kidding...

He's just stating the obvious...not much insights if you ask me...and he's talking as if he played in the English leagues...

Andy Gary? Isn't he Sky? And he's crap...so biased...

fuwah...old tered necro'd..... mana this fler now???
i know he's somehow related to JDT now but i thot he stil got contract wif blackburn???

This post has been edited by sinoffire: Mar 4 2014, 09:29 AM