Agree with that wholeheartedly, that's the reason why MAS MD have never really retained and improved the standards set by Razif/Jalani Sidek. Not Cheah/Soo, Cheah/Yap, CTF/LWW, and even Koo/Tan. These go beyond playing and combination skills. Conversely, during their playing days, Razif and Jalani were not always on speaking terms out of court. But they were always as one in training and on court.
MAS seems to be never learnt from the past mistakes, not even a great doubles coach as RExy can do anything from that... OngBT/SooBK to Cheah SK/SooBK & Cheah/YapKh all never really gets together among themselves. This suppose to be a good lesson, sad to see Koo/Tan following their footsteps Be realistics.. MAS will NEVER WON'T anything BIG with this kinda partnership
Well said. TBH probably feels like he let people down. But he has to learn to move on quickly and work even harder to correct his mistakes (easier said than done sometimes) -- no use lamenting on his mistakes coz it may affect his confidence -- the thing I like about Zakry-Fairuz is their forgiveness of each other (always doing a high/low five, augurs well for their togetherness even though their skills need to improve).
so here is the the qualified teams for the Final phase of the Thomas and UBer Cups, after the Asia qualifying Zone : 2008 Asia Uber Cup Qualifiers Result: 1st Korea 2nd Japan 3rd Malaysia 4th Hong Kong China 2008 Asia Thomas Cup Qualifiers Result: 1st Malaysia 2nd Korea 3rd Japan 4th Thailand
OR............I wana thank all the Mds for giving me that chance to play 3rd MS in the Final............thanks to Korean team for LYD as my opponent..........
hahahaha, yeah. sometimes after a clear he will move to one side of the court to defend. like when he is playing doubles. and hafiz would just smash to the side he left open. it is hard to switch from singles to doubles and vice versa. easier for a singles player to go to doubles though. less area to cover. yeah, he has high expectation on himself knowing what he and KKK could achieve. all the bad plays are making them lose their confidence. more prove of our players weak mental. i agree with abedeng that they lack the togetherness of razif/jailani or even the way they were before in the all england.
HELLO, they are brothers la........have the same father. how to compare that? Maybe you should set others like PJB/KMS, CW/TG as example?
it's kinda stupid actually to me for keep on doing that hi-five............brainless act. especially doing that after the opponent do a smash/dunk in front of the net. BRAINLESS............
It's got no relation to the brain. Even though it seems childish and awkward to me, at least they maintain the team spirit even when losing.
brothers quarrel too. they are not really tight brothers. razif was kinda daddy's favourite. like abedeng said, sometimes they were not even on talking terms with each other outside the court but inside, they put all that behind and concentrate on the match.
for me it's very embarrassing even im just a supporter only........would you have done that if it was you, after your opponent made a dunk on your court? I dont think so........ I would have to buy myself a full face helmet before i do that, make sure noone recognize me. CHILDISH/AWKWARD ACT = BRAINLESS ppl DO IT.
We are not comparing brothers, we are comparing relationships on court. Otherwise, BAM can only create pairs out of siblings ...... Though maybe u r right, their father was a strict taskmaster. On court, they had to behave, or else ....... Also, since this is about issues with MAS pairs, lets take another MAS pair as the benchmark.
If it was me, I wouldn't have done it. But I don't have any problems, if other people willingly do it. It's harmless. You may say it's brainless to do it, others can say it's brainless to be embarassed by it. Not to care what others think about what you do, that's a very mature thing to do. (TBH should also learn not to care about what others think.)
Doing a HIGH FIVE when getting a DUNK from the opponent is like 2 robbers robbed a bank, and doing a HIGH FIVE when getting CAUGHT by the police. If you think that's a BRAINY ACT, i dont have much to say. and why am i embarrased is because I'm from the same village as the robbers. (countryman)
I noticed that too The unpredictable nature of Team KOR was one reason why they managed to win the Sudirman Cup as recently as 2003.
Badminton: Men's team given a scare By K.M. Boopathy 25 February, 2008 MALAYSIA'S Thomas Cup shuttlers narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat to a depleted South Korean side to win the Asian zone qualifiers while the women shuttlers secured an automatic Uber Cup spot when they beat Hong Kong 3-0 in the third place play-off in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. South Korea, who have already qualified for the final with Malaysia, rested their top two singles players Park Sung Hwan and Lee Hyun Il and fielded two scratch pairs in the team line-up. However, Malaysia lost both doubles matches but the singles shuttlers stayed calm to deliver a 3-2 win. Lee Chong Wei was in good form when he defeated Athens Olympics silver medallist Shon Seung Mo 21-8, 21-11 in 25 minutes. Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong were supposed to dominate scratch pair Jung Jae Sung-Lee Jae Jin but instead, fell to an unexpected 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 defeat in 29 minutes. Wong Choong Hann put Malaysia ahead again when he beat Lee Cheol Ho 21-6, 21-17 in 31 minutes and Zakry Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari were expected to wrap up the tie. Up against Hwang Ji Man and Sung Hwan, who were playing in the doubles for the first time in almost five years, the Malaysians were shocked 21-19, 21-18 by the Koreans. Hafiz Hashim then secured a 21-17, 21-10 win over Korea's No 1 doubles player Lee Yong Dae to bail Malaysia out.
Very well said. Problem is MAS is becoming like CHN, with a must-win attitude.Better be like KOR,know when to take it easy and to experiment. Actually, except for ctf/lww, the other MAS MDs have still much to go in terms of experience.They need to know in how many ways they can lose and learn ,then win more from there. Experience is the greatest teacher to the keenest learner. Rexy would do well to 1)not have expectations,2)do away with the MAS MD rankings in his mind and 3)field ALL his senior MDs(except ctf/lww maybe to minimise injury) to as many tournaments as possible.They are still at the stage when they'll continue to surprise in all ways. In fact , with the NSS, surprise or upsets have become the norm.
