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Kim Swee’s boys to train and play in Australia next month

Posted on November 24, 2011 18 Comments

KUALA LUMPUR: The national Under-23 team is set to get a training-cum-playing stint in Australia in mid December.

The national Under-23 have been going to Slovakia for the stints since 2006 and the most recent was under coach Ong Kim Swee in July.

The stint have been rewarding as the young players have shown vast improvement and the SEA Games gold medal is testament.

Team manager Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin said the National Sports Council (NSC) are supportive of the stint in Sydney.

Full stretch: Malaysia’s Muhammad Zubir Mohd Azmi (right) trying to block this shot from Syria’s Mardek Mardkian during their Asian Olympic qualifying match last night.

“After the FAM technical meeting we agreed to send the squad to Australia and NSC have accepted our request and are very supportive of it,” said Hamidin.

“Our plan is to play at least three top Australian sides and we hope to have a two-week stint there.”

Hamidin also revealed that the FA of Malaysia (FAM) president Sultan Ahmad Shah will reward the team for successfully defending the SEA Games gold medal on Monday

“After the win against Indonesia, Sultan Ahmad Shah agreed to give each player and official RM30,000 from his own pocket as an incentive,” said Hamidin.

“FAM also will reward the players and the team official later.”

 

 

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  • Fishu

    after the money comes in, all the hardwork goes out. see la!!!

    • Jeffz Ossey

      hope they continue to work harder

    • tiger roars

      don’t be fishy ok… if all the hardwork goes out, we can see it 2 years ago.. but we are still winning and improving… You are not supporting and not a truly Malaysian

    • Supporter

      I disagree…many of them were in AFF squad, received lots of money after the win, but still performed well in U23 team…pls give them & ourselves encouragement, not “proactive” condemnation…

      • indonesian man

        yap agreed…..they same with us. need money. 100% believe that money will be even more motivated them.

    • Suresh7858

      Agree with u bro. Malaysian attitude will never change…if the work never continue….soon it will become like the old days (year 1990 – 2008).

    • macanasia

      yeah, i think the competition must be fixed, look safee, goes to Indonesia to get better income dan better competition…

      • Booby67

        we badly need good bunch of strikers…but where?

  • Etyew

    definitely a wise choice considering the Aussie soccer league is full of technical gifted and fantastic player that are making great head way in EPL and European soccer, i fully support the plan

  • Vincent.J.

    The Malaysian coaches Rajagobal and Ong Kim Swee have done well in picking palyers and grooming them up to follow their advice. For Malaysian soccer to go further FAM should send more coaches to learn and train under these 2 established coaches and then sort and pick the players from grass root level in schools. Then we will have a bigger pool of players all the time.
    Exposing to overseas stint for players and coach will give them a bigger picture of the sport and valuable skill and knowledges.
    Having skill itself will not help but continous training and exposure will make a bigger impact.
    That’s my 2 cents worth and thank you coaches for leading the team in the right direction.

  • Etoile

    don’t let them be like Akmal and the gangs.. after beating Singapore 4-0 at Kallang, we saw a bright future, but then we let them to play in the M-league.. we should play European teams regularly, not England or Spain but the likes of Cyprus, Albania or Lithuania..

    • indonesian man

      better chance for regular competitive football in those country (cyprus, albania etc), but frankly i sure enough that they have potential to play in italy, spain or england.

  • Ahmad Supian28

    1st things 1st, support lah local league wei…these kids will later be a father & husband, need to pay d bills like the rest of us and their football skills are the only thing giving them food on d table. Those in the bank can help me confirm if u put “pro footballer” on your loan application, you might not get an easy approval. So for those of us, not willing to follow our dreams, salary-munching, wait for bonus, working in Ali-Baba GLC with ridiculous 8 month bonuses for doing nothing but breathing in your cubicle while you comment on someone who would risk life and limb to tackle and save a football, please…

    For what these boys and other aspiring Malaysian athletes have and will be doing in the future, such lamenting pessimism should be ‘fatwa’ as incarceration.

    Malaysia, Negaraku, Tempat Tumpah Darahku..

  • Chehishamendud

    The tecniques applied work well…they are passing the ball around and with alot of posession. Only that fitness withers late in the games. Against Syria we were great but the SEA finals took too much energy and no time to re-energise. I never feel sorry for the loss coz’ the legs were too tired. Congrats boys…we will continue to fill the stadium when you guys play!

  • Calvin

    These batch of players under Datuk Rajagopal and Ong Kim Swee are not ordinary boys. They were trained right from roots. The most important factor we can see compares to our earlier teams (1990-2008 with due respect) is their DISCIPLINE. They are so motivated, well-discipline character, no disco nor truancy issues unlike previous years. I am a Malaysian and I used to criticize our national football team. But now, I have full respect for them, and their commitment in every competitions are the reason why I go back to stadium and watch them play!

  • Die Hard Fan

    Good job. Finally we can say that we are the best in SEA but we should not get complacent. We were one of the best in ASIA, even S. Korea and Japan were afraid of us. Let us continue to improve. At the moment I notice that we have good defenders and midfielders (keep it up) but we have to do more on the strikers. Izzaq and Fakri are not aggressive enough, especially Izzaq, poor first touch and not daring to go for the kill (look at the match with Indonesia).
    But most of all I hope the politicians will not meddle in, otherwise we will fall again into the slump we were once in.
    Good job Kim Swee, we are proud of you (do not get too big headed, alot more hard work need to be done). Keep up the good work

    • indonesian man

      yeah agree 100%, dont let politician meddle into sport. look and learn what happen with our team in indonesia, it is because bad politician. keep up the very very good work.

  • Etoile

    Ahmad Supian28, agree with you.. it’s not that i don’t support the local league but the boys have proved that even a short stint in Slovakia did make a difference.. until the m-league is drastically changed, playing overseas is the best for national players.. except Kelantan, supporters of other teams would only flock the stadiums if their team is winning.. except Kelantan and the corporate teams, the other teams would not survive financially without the support of the state governments and FAM, to some extents politicians.. gate collection for the whole season does not even enough to pay one-month salary..