Au Revoir...

...Ma Tortue Aimée.

The departure of Ken Worden from Terengganu as the Turtles Head Coach also meant the end of mad redo1's tenure at PBSNT. His hope of bringing some improvements to the association did not materialise despite giving 100% effort in almost every task.

However, it was clear from the beginning the relationship was not going to work out as mad redo1 was not given the level of trust by the President to carry out his duties as efficiently as possible. To be treated like a fool in front of the whole council was not the best way to say "Welcome" to someone who is willing to work his butts off for the sake of football in the state.

Perhaps it was a "Get lost!" message that I failed to get.

Nevertheless it has been a great ride, especially the opportunity to get a first hand experience on how NOT to run a football team. The near success of the Terengganu team in recent years were just mere facade to what really brewing on the inside.

For an association that seemingly has a good relationship with the government, PBSNT should have a good set-up as a football team playing in the top tier of Malaysian football. They should at least have their own training field that is not a subject to somebody else's prerogative to let them use it.

The arrival of T-Team on the scene certainly put certain people on the defensive. Now having won promotion to the Super League, it will be interesting to see how the first 'derby' match between these two sides will turn out.

Winning the Malaysia Cup in 2001 should have been a catalyst for football in Terengganu to enter a modern era, unfortunately it seemed to be heading to the opposite direction. Those who are in power could say that we have been consistently among the top of pile every season with the facilities that we got.

But, what if we have better facilities?

What if we have better planning?

Instead of finishing among the top, we could be the TOP team in the country.

Unfortunately this will reflect badly for the state of football in Malaysia. For a team like Terengganu to be consistently finishing among the top teams in the country with the kind of management and facilities they have, then many Malaysian football teams are also being badly managed by the so called 'football people'.

For mad redo1, his long term dream is to see Terengganu being the dominant team in Malaysian football but with a good management that will look at having their own training complex is the way to go instead of being a burden to the association.

In other words, people who really care about football instead of those who see football as a mere stepping stone to bigger things or just the only avenue left to be in an authoritive position.

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