hmm i guess malaysian footballer salary is good enough to survive.. 3-5k a month.. don't compare with EPL.. even if u work at the office 3-5k salary is a range of exec to manager..

r u playing just for money? patut la tak ke mana.. we should take good example in mokhtar dahari era...u think they got paid handsomely? but still world class player....

we stil need money to survive. im jsut saying if you have other choice, would you still choose football. for future concerns. football, mostly will play untill 35, with 3-5k per month until 35,not enough for the rest of your life. maybe thats y, thoose good players who have a choice, meaning they are fairly good in other fields, would not choose football. thats y we have the players that we have now. hope u get my point.

Firstly , its this survival mentality which really restricts talents from rising. Not willing to take risks when you have the talent is one of the biggest problem seriously. You don't have to forsake your future by playing pro football.

Besides that, if money is really needed , you can always take a part time job.

Sorry but i think that's very naive.
If playing football is to be considered seriously as a career the financial reward must be substantial
Ppl aren't willing to take risks because it is their livelihood that is at stake. Why risk your future just to kick a ball? At a time when financial planning is more important than ever, suggesting a part time job when it comes to money is ridiculous.

I don't agree. If you look at the thread titled "malaysian football", you'll see a lot of people have given suggestions and not just criticised. Why repeat ourselves?

As for our local league, can you blame us? I was an avid Selangor fan and collected newspapers clippings and such. What happened? Greed, corruption? You name it. The league became farcial and the football stank. Why then do I not support it anymore? Why should I support something that doesn't want to improve itself? It's the same problem over and over again. It's not like supporting a relegated team that is fighting hard to gain promotion. So far, the FAM have been all talk about wanting to improve. No more talk! DO! Respect is not given, it is earned.

It's time like this i wish Mokhtar Dahari is still alive. He'll be a great leader to clean up the crap in FAM. Also time for the truly great footballer from the glory days to take over and bring us back to where we belong in the footballing world.

I still havent seen KJ's plans for the future of Malaysian football..too bz with Maya I guess..

KJ is one of the leaders in the pack. Personally, I dont care what his plans is. I just want to see a result!

B4 we can obtain any result, we must plan first...failure to plan is planning to fail

Yup, that's up to new FAM leaders. For supporters, they just wanna see the result & end product, starting with 2007 SEA Games.

If you think no future in our local football. you are just naive.

If you think you just can play until 35, its show how bad is your thinking.

In football there is always career path.

Just take Shebby as example. After he retire where is he right now? football commentator.
Look at Dollah Salleh and Zainal Abidin Hassan, they became football coach. You can decide what is your future.

Khairy's in it makes me sceptical.
NO MORE POLITICIANS...fail one there.

Who would dare to challenge Pak Lah's son in law

Why not train to be a commentator right away then? You don't have to be a player to be one.

There is no future on local football unless something is done. What are we now 150th in the world or something? We've been on a steady decline for the past 2 years. If nothing changes, we'll continue to slide. If anything, it is naive to think the future is rosy and hope for the best without revamping the FAM.

how about those not as successful as them

some cant even play until 32, especially striker or attacking midfielder

Our football is improving. You can see the result from our U23 and U20 squad. We have good youngsters. Its only up to the management how to retain their talents.

i feel your pain mate. I really miss the moment when KL and Selangor meet. Jaguh Lembah Kelang.

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Added on September 13, 2007, 4:17 pmTry to understand. its you that manage where is your future will be. If you start at RM3K salary. You think you will end up getting RM3k until you stop playing football?

Haris Safwan start to play for MPPJ when he studied at UM with less than 5K slary. Then he improve and get RM8K until MPPJ won the Malaysia Cup. Move to Selangor with 12K. and now with MyTeam.

With this figure if you know how to invest your money, you think you will end up nothing?

But as usual do you know who is Haris Safwan? Just imagine what Akmal Rizal earn.

This post has been edited by johnjenin: Sep 13 2007, 04:17 PM

Those were sweet days for Malaysian football. I miss seeing the likes of Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin, Zolst Buchs, PAvel Korejcik, Karel Stromsik, K Gunalan, Alistair Edwards, Khan Hung Meng, Wong Hung Nung, Zainal Nordin, ex captain, Ismail Ibrahim and our very own supersub, P.Maniam! in action.

Its was Selangor sweet day. Now its gonna be Kedah era.

Bunyamin and Badrul Bakhtiar now at Chelsea camp for one month.

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Added on September 13, 2007, 4:49 pmi miss Karel Stromsik. He is great goal keeper.

imagine how much Azman Adnan cost to go to Selangor from KL? RM1Million.

This post has been edited by johnjenin: Sep 13 2007, 04:49 PM

the ocean of selangor's flags in stadium merdeka/shah alam.. it was great great environment !

Those are the names I've been looking for a long time. Anyone remembers Alistair Edwards superb free-kick against Singapore during Malaysia Cup semifinal? Forgot which season but that was one hell of a goal. The sad thing was Selangor lost through aggregate I think. Seriously I'm missing those wonderful times. A few seasons ago we also had D.Surendren, a long shot specialist. Eh is there any Selangor football thread?

Anyway Selangor did a treble too before, it was in 2005 where we won the Premier League, FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup But the problem with Selangor is one season they win everything then the next they lose everything too. Has been like this since the mid 90's.

This post has been edited by easypeasy: Sep 13 2007, 08:25 PM