Akmal's OK!

Well, the good news is in. Akmal did not suffer any serious injury and should be okay for the Asian Cup. Apparently Akmal's injury was a minor one ("a soft tissue injury"). Naturally Akmal must go for rehab training for around 10 days. Which means that Akmal will have to sit out the friendly against Jamaica tomorrow evening (28 June). X-rays showed no broken bones and the MRI confirmed that the injury is not as severe as everyone initially thought it was. God willing, this means if his rehab goes well, Akmal can be ready for our first game against China in the Asian Cup.

For that game, Cikgu Jan will have to look at the other central strikers in the team; Indra Putra, Hairuddin Omar and Safee Sali. Since the team was assembled for the Asian Cup, Safee Sali has not played before and Indra was left out in the recent game against UAE. Hairuddin scored in the game versus Cambodia but faded in and out when we played UAE. We wouldn't want to be Cikgu Jan right now. We think Indra will be given another run partnering Hairuddin upfront tomorrow. Oh, there's also Fadzli Shaari.

Meanwhile, the blame (and naturally, the denials) game has begun. Read Rizal Hashim's article in The Malay Mail HERE and HERE

So Selangor now says it was not their decision and they didn't ask for the players. At the same time, FAM vice-president and competitions committee chairman Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar said it was not his commitee's decision, but the 'council's'. If only we can pass the ball around on the field as good as we pass the buck around here.

This is what YB said, “It was agreed by the FAM Council early last year that players would be made available to the State teams or clubs should their services be required. This is clearly stipulated in the regulations,”

Okay, but wait, yesterday you also said, "Preparations for the Asian Cup takes precedence" (read my posting before this one below). Yo, which one is which? It would be more manly for FAM to just say, "yeah, we kinda screwed up, our mistake. But we are sorry and we will try to not do it again,". That way we as fans would've respected you and give you that other cookie of a chance. But man, being Malaysians we are too damn generous. Here, have another cookie, and stop being happy about the RM 12 million and start doing your jobs!