The curse of semi finals!!

All my life,as long as I could remember playing in a tournament I have always gets stuck in semi finals of a football tournament..

Here are the timelines of semifinals.

1)1998(School years): Lost 1-0 to Smileordie fc during the semifinal of I-cant-remember-the-name tournament.

2)2001(College years): Lost 2-0 to Harimau Brantai fc during the semifinal of KYPM's 2001 football tournament.

3)2002(College years): Lost 2-0 to Red Scud fc during the semifinal of KYPM's 2002 football tournament.

4)2009(Working years): Lost 1-0 to MKM fc during the semifinal of KPDNKK's 2010 football tournament.

5)2009(Working years): Lost 4-0 to a Finexys from Sarawak(They have Bobby Pian and Ramles/Ramos Sari in the team!!) during the semifinal of Borneo Cup 2009/2010.

6)2011(Working years): Lost 3-0 to PNS fc during the semifinal of KPDNKK's 2011 football tournament.

Timelines of actually surpassing the semi final curse:

1)2003(College years)-1st Runners up of KYPM's 2002 football tournament.

2)2006(College years)-Champions of MMU's 2006 Interfaculties Cup.

3)2008(College years)-Champions of MMU's 2008 Champions League Cup.

4)2010(Working years): Champions of SSM's 2010 Interdivisons Cup.

And as annoying as it is, today I come to realized that each time the curse befalls on my team is when we tend to underestimate or overestimate our semifinal opponents.

From now on, I shall treat the semifinal's opponent with the same respect I had for the other team during the groups stage.

Not too high but not too low, a normal kind of respect. InsyaAllah, the next time. I shall beat u Semifinals Curse!

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Yer 90 minutes is up son!

In relevance to the title, I am announcing my retirement as a Dettol fc player this time for good as I realized that its time to progress with my life. But as a Dettolian, I will bear the passion and carry the memories we had with my head held high.

Recalling the first time I met Amir Tevez,the founder of the team. I was frustrated at that time about previous teams I've joined and I was offered to join a team that frankly speaking, were playing their football half as bad as a shattered glass on the floor. But, one thing interesting about this team is that how bad they kena lauk or kitai . They will always gets back up and fight back the next season..

Why is this so? half of the credit should go to the infamous Amir Tevez.. Oh Yes..U heard me..Amir.. ^_^

Personally I think he is one of the many unsung hero for the team and arguably for the MMU football scene.. Despite his controversy with everyone else, he is actually the type of player who would starve for the team survival. Believe me or not, he has the character like the Caragher.

And also back then we have Shea, the most faithful fe,male *cough* fan I've ever met. Never before I met a guyrl *cough* who has the deepest passion towards a team rather than a player. She didn't see herself as a WAG who most of the time on the sideline cheering without knowing a clue of whats going on. She was always there for the team.. Good job done Puan Sri!

And not to mention the contributions of these players like Wan Bonjo,Asharvin(my best striking partner),Shahir, Jerry, Apa, Ah Kit, Song Wei, Roy, Big Jo, Dinie, Shawn & etc who back then were "the spines of the team". Relentlessly trying to push themselves for this team improvement. You guys have my utmost respect.

We were a laughing stock back then but despite all the bollockings,we kept pushing and shoving until we actually made it as a Champions League winner.

With the inclusions of caliber players in Adli, Hanafi, Anis, Luqman, Reza and Eng How completes the pieces of the jigsaw to make this team among the best team in MMU.

Others may mock me by saying the title was won by luck but I doubt that because we didn't just sit back and watch our team goes on a winning streak. We fought hard for it, motivated by the annoyance of being labeled as "mediocre" and guess what? the mediocrity surpassed the self confessed extraordinary.

To all the new players, u all have the qualities to be the best but if u want to be more than that..Your loyalty to the team will help you achieve the greatness that will elevate your status to a "legend".

With all that, I just wanna say that I will not only miss playing with this team..


I will also miss the determination and the emotions of the faces that colors this terrific adventure of us along the way..
Goodbye guys..Cava Merci for all the great memories..



P/S: Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin..Cheers~

Menon! Menon!

Happy Ramadan to all... :D it seems that this Ramadan can be quite cool because recently its always raining day and night. So in a way we can actually avoid the torment of the turbulent heat and humidity of Malaysia the truly Asia and by His will, may thy shalt fullfill thy holy purpose, Amin.."

Ok, now proceeding with what I've planned to write, I dont know if u noticed this before or u just likes to be ignorant but have u heard a word "Menon" on the field?..Menon? yes! Menon! What is that??..

I mean yah I know it meant to warn your teammate that opponent player(s) nearby and he(your teammate) might get kicked and whacked if he doesnt pass you the ball soon enough or sometimes a teammate just simply shout that to make sure u give the ball to them eventho there's no one near u. I am not the latter though..honest.. :P
But for all that, I often wonder where the fish did "Menon" came from?

I tried "binging"(new microsoft search engine) the word online and found most of the results actually to an Indian family name, Menon which means "accounting or exalted". Which doesn't really make any sense to relate it to football.

"Menon" is not the only commonly used shouts on the field, below I put a list I could think of of famous shouts that some of u might have heard or unheard of:

-50 sen = haha u 've been nutmeg.
-It's not hand Ref! it's ARM! = Zzzz...
-Through! through!= usually used by "overexcited-love-to-act-like-a-coach spectator"
-5 ringgit = got nutmeg again,what a loser.
-Ole!=Nike advert version of 50 sen.
-Awak Ref ker saya Ref?=Common respond from referees.
-Banyak sangat tuh!= used by annoyed teammates towards "C.Ronaldo" posers..
-Patahkan jer kaki die!= used by fans who normally brave among the crowds but cowers when he's alone.

But despite all that, the best shout ever is still...




no doubt.spot on.everytime..

Is our referee's quality that bad?

In the wake of numerous complains abt refereeing quality for MMU league games. I had to personally agreed on the lack of quality in terms of their control of the game. Witnessing what happened during yesterday's game (HERE), a lot of bad decisions has been done resulting players to revolt and almost started a fist-fighting frenzy against each other.
It is fully understandable that everyone will backup their own team and will not tolerate against the opposition thus it is utterly most important for the refs to bring the tensions down by officiating the necessary action.
If I recalled correctly..a lot of fouls has not been treated correctly and misscommunication between referee and his assistants happened very frequent.

By refering to below guide, I would say a lot of these rules were not applied properly during yesterday's game.

Direct free kick offenses

A player commits a foul by tripping an opponent

A direct free kick offense occurs when a player commits any of the following in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:

• Kicking or attempting to kick an opponent
• Tripping or attempting to trip an opponent
• Jumping at an opponent
• Charging an opponent
• Striking or attempting to strike an opponent
• Pushing an opponent
• Tackling an opponent

Or commits (one of) the following offenses:

• Holding an opponent
• Spitting at an opponent
• Handling the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).

Handling the ball is deemed to be deliberate if the referee believes that the player attempted to control the ball with the hand or any part of the arm ("hand-to-ball"). If the ball strikes the hand or arm of a player inadvertently then it is not deemed an offense ("ball-to-hand").

If a direct free kick offense occurs within a team's own penalty area it becomes punishable by a penalty kick, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided the ball was in play.

[edit] Indirect free kick offenses

Fouls punishable by an indirect free kick are:

• When a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area:
  • takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession
  • touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player
  • touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate
  • touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in by a team-mate

• When any player in the opinion of the referee:
  • plays in a dangerous manner
  • impedes the progress of an opponent
  • prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands
  • commits any other offense, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped to caution or dismiss a player.

[edit] Advantage

According to Law 5 of the Laws, the referee should allow play to continue when the team against which an offense has been committed will benefit from such an advantage. The referee indicates this by calling "advantage" and extending both arms in front of his body.

This means that a foul will not be called if the referee feels that letting play continue is more advantageous to the fouled team than stopping play for a free kick. However, if the anticipated advantage does not ensue at that time, the referee may then stop play and penalize the original offense.

* Above article was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foul_(association_football) and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referee_(association_football)