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Thought of letting this thread fade off on its own, because the original question of this thread (why player A was not selected as starter in an NT game) was answered in another thread, featuring Halim bin Abu Samah whose owner also posted the same question. I'm not going to go into detail on this matter, because I feel I do not need to be answerable to any such request by player's owner. Either it's game tactic or experimental call, it was my decision, really. If you feel offended by me not fielding your player, then so be it. But, it's still my call at the end of the day. Let there be no more discussion about this.

To Astragoth, you have trained Zailizam well, and I hope you can continue to train him. You have the right to criticise my choice of player selection, but as I said earlier, I won't give you the reason behind my selection. Forgive me, if I don't reply to such thread in the future.

To CS, I think I have given you the reason via BB mail, why I did not pick Kamarulzaman into our NT setup. I know you are not happy with my decision, but in my opinion, it is best for our NT to leave him out. I do not have any personal agenda against you or any other MBBA team, for making this call. It was hard for me, but it was my duty to form the crop of playerrs who will best serve under my playing tactics and which I believe can help Malaysia NT move forward.

To Terfu and Spaz, thanks for helping me to clear the air in this thread, when I wasn't here in the heat of discussion.

Good to see a very lively Malaysian BB forum lately.

Cheers!

like i said

i am sure you have a good reason for the decision, let it be tactical or experimental. but as a former quite succesfull U21 NT coach and decent EBBL coach, (currently second in my conference) the only doubt I have is why pick an average GS player. tactical or experimental the player will perform 70 or 80% compared to his own skills. so a player with proficient GS would perform a lot better. but like i said, i am sure you have a good reason and i wanted to know the reason, but if you do not want to disclose the reason i will accept that.

My NT player is far from finished when it comes to training. He will get 1 more OD and 2 more JR for sure and than I will switch to inside training. but cant make up my mind. go the defensive route and raise ID or go the offensive route and raise IS. Would appreciate it when you could drop me a private email and let me know your opinion on that subject

Thought of letting this thread fade off on its own

lol I thought you'll at least give some words although not feeling like replying

I have never doubted your ability to manage our NT which is why I have always supported you in the election. I have never questioned your selection policies with the realisation that you know what's best for each game. And I have always appreciated your comments (via bb-mail) on the progress of my sole player in the NT, as well as the required direction on training. Goes to show that you know what you're doing.

But as NT you are certainly in the limelight, whether you like it or not. With the job comes responsibility. And I have always maintained that a huge portion of the position (both NT and U-21) requires the incumbent(s) to reach out to the community and respond. Whether you like it or not, there will be times when you may have to defend certain decisions, publicly or privately. To be honest I am not really interested to know the reasons why you pick one player over another. That's your prerogative as you have put it. But the moment that decision is being questioned publicly, I think as NT you will have to respond. This is my personal view. I'm always for transparency after all it's a public office.

Let me give you an example of what I have been doing as U-20 coach in another popular online football management game. I have been sending out periodic newsletters to all team owners of players in the U-20 squad to inform them of the progress of the team as well as changes in team requirements. My purpose was to have a tool or channel of communication with the team owners so that they knew my direction and could then planned accordingly in their training. I have always taken the view that as NT and U-21 coaches, one has to involve the community. This is not a solitary responsibility. The entire national community succeeds and fails alongside you.

That's just my opinion not a criticism. And if Ahmoi decides to run for another term, he has my vote.

Nicely put. And I feel the same way with Arowana on transparency. But again it is a personal preference really.

yeah~ I am not happy, anyway Kamarulzaman was my ex-player, so I also don't want to argue more about this.

do you have a thread where malaysian NT players that are for sale can be posted? I am selling my NT SF player... and would prefer if someone with an interest to malaysian NT gets him...

Last edited by Astragoth at 1/13/2011 12:13:35 PM

try putting him for a lwr price.2.7 mil is bit too high price fr zalizam

Wow... pretty good skill sets.