Thursday, November 15, 2007
And why is that, Ivan Kolev?
INDONESIA U23 TO FACE SYRIA
'JAKARTA (Nov 13, 2007) – The Indonesia Under-23 side, which is being prepared for the SEA Games at the end of the month, will be used to play Syria this Sunday in Damascus. With a place in the next qualifying round of the 2010 World Cup virtually out of reach following their 4-1 loss to Syria in Jakarta, the decision to use the Indonesian U23 squad has been widely accepted by the Indonesian FA (PSSI).“
It will be an official match for the U23 side and it will be a positive experience to their preparation for the SEA Games,” said Indonesia national coach Ivan Kolev.
“There might not be a target set for these players but they have to realise that they will be playing for their country and they have to play at their best.”
Kolev pointed out that part of the reason why the U23 side have been chosen ahead of the senior squad was also due to the lack of preparation of the senior team.
He said that it was obvious from the first leg in Jakarta that the senior players did not have a lot of time to prepare whereas the U23 squad have been in training since October and where they had only recently returned from a tour of Argentina.'
You're the coach Kolev. Why were they unprepared? Is the SEA Games the extent of Indonesia's football ambitions? Why was nothing done to prepare the full squad?
I've remarked on here plenty of times the lack of seriousness given to the national team compared to younger levels. Should we put the current crop out to pasture now? Shall we tell Budi Surdasono and his mates that sorry lads, we did nothing to support you so we're going to drop you?
And what are the plans for the national team anyway? There is the ASEAN Championships coming next year. And then what? Apalagi? Is there a vision beyond sending 15 year olds To Uruguay? When will Indonesia start playing top class international friendlies on a regular basis. Not Malaysia and Singapore ad nauseum but Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran.
Inertia seeps from the top down and remember fans ain't stupid. Did those rows of empty seats at Bung Karno last week not tell you anything?
To be fair we shouldn't just blame Kolev. There is a gaggle of paper shuffling committees behind the scenes that breed the culture of inactivity and with so many positions going to people for who they know and not what they know any meaningful debate let alone change is as likely as a hangover free piss up.
In the meantime Indonesia slips from the top tier of ASEAN football down to the second tier alongside Laos and Cambodia.
But just 6 months ago, Indonesia where doign well in Asian Cup, whats happened since?
Why so long? because they awnt to rake the money from the league. The league is scheduled to end on Jan 08 so there you go. Everybody knows that teams should pay certain sum to the FA in order to get the referees favor them in away games.
teams get favours in away games??? obviously not persebaya (1 point) perseman (0), persgi (4), psim (2), persiraja (1), psds (3) etc
time for another thread i think about this
Indonesia players may be the only one who complain when the enemy doesn't put the ball away when one of their players are injured. Indonesia players always complain to the referee whenever they commit blatant foul.
So many problems so little solution.
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