There is always last-last chance for a Mohammed… The Last of the Mohammed! Pity him carried the country's Mohammed reputation and expectaion, is so heavy after he earns milions from his AE days.
what exactly does "grounding" entail? not able to play international tournament for a few months? or kicked out of the national team all together?
The Last of the Mohammed I think what misbun means is that, he will pass HH to another coach maybe TAT MENG? To spare with MEW CHOO
then mew choo can learn from hafiz.. hafiz onli skill to get mark.. cross court slice or wat, i duno the name.. hafiz juz keep on doing tat for pts.. smash to the front side line..
kwun, it simply means to disallow him to participate in International tourneys unless he is proven otherwise. In soccer, if the player is not fit, he will be benched regardless of the "status" (superstar). I think it will motivate the player to play better as soon as the grounded is lifted.
For Hafiz case, as long as he put up a good fight, we should put few more chances for him. It's hard to make judgment solely base on result as with Hafiz current ranking, he mostly will face top notch player in early round. In Hong Kong Open, he will play against Simon Santoso follow by Jonassen, if he fail again to beat this 2 players then ... ? I can see dilemma in Misbun and BAM as Olympic is approaching, as much as I reluctant to do, let Hafif play thru next year until qualification for Olympic period expires and if he still emerge as Malaysia #2 MS in ranking then he go. We don't really have much choice, is Choon Hann, Lee Tsuen Seng, "Kwun whatever", Ayub really better than Hafiz? I am sure many will disagree with me(even I have doubt myself), but let him play thru until Olympic qualification period and if he's not good enough then he won't go and then she should stay home to spar with Chong Wei.
There's a saying "If a tiger's back at wall, he will jump over it". Obviously, YoYo has slumped since AE03 yet not grounded. In fact, he still enjoys all the perks to participate in international tourneys and ended up casualty in EARLY ROUNDS. Times n times, BAM/Misbun has given him numerous chances to prove his worth, and yet he lost to unranked players I'm not asking BAM/Misbun to sack him, but to "ground" him for months. I believe that will create the hunger within Yoyo. The sad thing is that no other Msia players can challenge him as 2nd best player. Yes, dats very disheartening to hear where Msia is a Badminton Powerhouse
I am really wondering why HH deserved so many talks & discussion here. For me, he is a history Players like YKB/TBH/K.Yogendran who all delivered nothing for MAS Badminton should be kicked out from MAS NAtional team along with HH. They has been given so many years of chances to perform , still they went home empty handed. This is about time for BAM to do something. Furthermore, all those players will be hopeless for challenging OG medals or even qualifying on that games.
TBH?? He's the current AG Champ and World No 1 with KKK. They definetely wont kick him out. I think you meant Kuan Beng Hong or whatever his new name is = KBH. Yeoh KB is the better of the 3 in terms of results. Sea Games is Kuan BH's last chance I think. And again, Hafiz is with Nusa Mahsuri not BAM, his club can choose to send him to any tournament they like. So he can continue playing but representing the country in team events is another thing altogether. Next year's Thomas Cup - who will be the 2nd & 3rd singles? Any candidates that's near the standard of LCW? LeeTS is about the closest. WCH, the faithful old horse, has fighting spirit but hasnt been performing well of late. Roslin is another veteran.
Talking about Thomas cup, in fact WCH may be the best choice. WCH has beaten BCL this year, and has two very very close matches against CJ. Others, HH, KBH, YKB, can anyone imagine they not losing miserably against BCL or CJ?
Hafiz took the match against Santoso, in two straight sets. And now? Whad does Misbun think? Shall HH win another match in HK open?
