Monday, February 11, 2008
History made
Yesterday was an historic day for Indonesian football with Sriwijaya winning their first ever Liga, Indonesia seeing it's first ever domestic double, Zah Rahan becoming the first foreign player to winner the Player of the Season and PSMS reaching their first final.
Oh, and there were no fans at Jaluk Harupat Stadium to share in the celebrations. Just a bunch of excited, emotional players and...silence coming down off the terraces.
For many it will be a relief that a 13 month season has finally come to an end. A marathon that ended up as a damp squib in the hills of West Java.
But certainly while the Play Offs will live on for the wrong reasons it is now imperitive people who have the position to change things actually get together and make it happen.
There will be the usual 'but it ain't my fault' from people who should know better, and this has already begun, but wouldn't it be nice if everyone concerned actually sat down, accepted there was a problem and worked towards solving the problem. Together, unified.
Beyond the FA, government and police there is another party who can have a big say in how football in Indonesia moves forward. The sponsors and the TV companies that pay to show games. You can imagine the executives cringing everytime their name is associated with a riot or an outbreak of ill discipline.
If tobacco were to decide enough is enough, we don't want to be associated with this nonsense anymore then the game is effectively dead here because you can't imagine anyone else with deep enough pockets to fill the void. Perhaps it needs the corporate world to shake its stick?
The Liga Super is slated to start mid July. The authorities have got perhaps five months. Are they up to the task of eliminating violence from the terraces or will we continue to see more games played behind closed doors, more dead spectators and more finger pointing?
Oh, and there were no fans at Jaluk Harupat Stadium to share in the celebrations. Just a bunch of excited, emotional players and...silence coming down off the terraces.
For many it will be a relief that a 13 month season has finally come to an end. A marathon that ended up as a damp squib in the hills of West Java.
But certainly while the Play Offs will live on for the wrong reasons it is now imperitive people who have the position to change things actually get together and make it happen.
There will be the usual 'but it ain't my fault' from people who should know better, and this has already begun, but wouldn't it be nice if everyone concerned actually sat down, accepted there was a problem and worked towards solving the problem. Together, unified.
Beyond the FA, government and police there is another party who can have a big say in how football in Indonesia moves forward. The sponsors and the TV companies that pay to show games. You can imagine the executives cringing everytime their name is associated with a riot or an outbreak of ill discipline.
If tobacco were to decide enough is enough, we don't want to be associated with this nonsense anymore then the game is effectively dead here because you can't imagine anyone else with deep enough pockets to fill the void. Perhaps it needs the corporate world to shake its stick?
The Liga Super is slated to start mid July. The authorities have got perhaps five months. Are they up to the task of eliminating violence from the terraces or will we continue to see more games played behind closed doors, more dead spectators and more finger pointing?
# posted by Me @ 4:26 PM 
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yeah but how many crises has indonesia had over the years and how many things have changed
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