Note:
Entry ini hanyalah untuk memberi semangat kepada pasukan Mumtaz FC dalam perjuangan di sirkit futsal tempatan. Moga ia menjadi kata-kata perangsang yang dapat mendorong pasukan ini mencapai lebih byk kejayaan dan kegembiraan di dalam arena futsal..

Mumtaz FC dah mengadakan friendly every week, as usual every Saturdays 10-12midnite @ Sports Barn. Usually we met the team from Subang, called You Sure or Not FC. Seems tht Mumtaz FC had grown from strength to strength, showing improvements in their gameplay from time to time.

It shows tht our hardwork in this futsal pitch does work. LAst time, we used to struggle againts YSON FC, but nowadays, it was a stroll in d park *bukan nak ckp besar, but as the Note above, ini hanyalah kata-kata perangsang, tak semestinya betul.

And again, tonite we're gonna face YSON FC yet again. Hope the good momentum of Mumtaz FC will continues..hail the new golden era of Mumtaz FC! *again, as said in the Note, golden era here might refer to a different meaning. It shows our current good performance on the pitch, and it might not last.

Mumtaz FC forever!!

Rakan-rakan,

Teruskan perjuangan Mumtaz FC di medan futsal di kala ketiadaan aku nanti.
Mainlah bersungguh-sungguh sebagaimana semangat Mumtaz FC sebelum ini.
Remember, the path to success is by going thru it with zest and vigor and not by giving up halfway.

Dale

p/s: saje mengarut...

as mentioned in the prev entry, we had a friendly match against YetiLess FC.
We lost.

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Tonite, dgr cite ada match ngan team member Mus.
Nanti suh la brody tu update score.

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Abt myself, esok aku akan g module police, for my so called training tu.
seminggu je, saturday next week insyaAllah ada lagi for futsal.
but then, lepas tu 2 minggu takde, ada OBS di Lumut.
Huhuh.
Just thought of letting u guys know.
Walaupun tanpa ketiadaan aku, diharap semangat mumtaz tetap bergelora!

End.

A super fast update on the world of Mumtaz FC.

LAst nite, another friendly againts Shah's team, You Sure or Not FC.
We WON again.
YEs, again.
But this time, this friendly match is not such a friendly match.
Tempers flared.
Ada orang hilang sabar.
Well, wht to say, bila org main taktik agak 'kasar', obviously mmg akan jadi mcm ni.
Apa-apapun, the agregate of total matches again YSON FC skrg stands at...

Mumtaz FC 10 YSON FC 7

Owyy yeah!

Ok as promised, here's an entry on the tournament.

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Tourney : Futsal Tournament sempena launch of VMY2007
Venue : Titiwangsa
Time : 9.00am

Mumtazian had entered their 2nd official tournament - in conjunction with the launch of VMY2007 @ Titiwangsa.

We were grouped together with Baba FC and Merc FC in Group I.
And surprise, surprise..were slated to play in the very first match of the tourney againts Baba FC - a bunch of mamaks + one lost Malay guy. What a match!

1st Match - vs Baba FC
Result: Mumtaz FC 2 Baba FC 4
Scorer for Mumtaz : Dale (2 goals)
Starting Lineup: Aloi , Nazri, Brody, Dale, Azan

Mayb the jitters of playin the first match got into us.
Started quite erraticly, and concede the first goal thru a mistake by Brody (sorry, but this is a fact agreed by the team).
Out of an attack, he passed the ball back to Aloi, who were unprepared for the unexpected back-pass.
And voilaaa....goallll number 1 for Baba FC!

Team mumtaz was shell shocked by the goal, and were punished minutes later by another mistake. Defensive mistake. 2-0.

2nd half - Mumtaz FC came back strongly.
A quick one-two pass between Brody and Dale, and goalllll!
Scored by me.
A good goal I have to say.
2-1.
Still ada peluang.

Tgh2 nak semangat dapatkan the equaliser, suddenly the baba's attack, and scored their 3rd and 4th goal.
Damn!
A consolotion goal was scored by Dale minutes before the end.
A dissapointing start.

Later, got to know tht Baba FC lost 1-0 to Merc FC.
This means that Mumtaz had to win at least by a 2 goal margin to qualify to the next round (top 2 from each group layak to d next round).

2nd Match - vs Merc FC
Result: Mumtaz FC 0 Baba FC 3
Starting Lineup: Aloi , Syed(Brody), Edi, Azan, Dale (Iwan)

We played carelessly in the match.
The opponent played hard, aggresive and also dirty (ada ke leh main tolak badan aku bila off the ball...wht the **ck?)
And all the goals were from defensive errors (as told and observed by our el Capitano - Nazri).
Really, really dissapointing.

In short, it was another good experience for the Mumtazians.
We must strive harder in the next competition.
As usual, we WILL RISE again!

p/s: newsflash - Mumtaz FC will recruit 2 new players (ex-MPPJ players) to the team. Hari tu dah main masa friendly ngan team One Utama, and OBVIOUSLY they still need to understand our play. Byk kene cuba n strategy kene rancang betul2. Capitan, any ideas? mana peginya strategy and player positioning and formation?
 

Soalan yang aku letak kat atas tu, aku tujukan kat semua ahli-ahli Mumtaz FC.
Jawablah sejujur-jujurnya.
Apa sudah jadi dgn team kita?

As most of us (yang attend the friendly last Saturday knew), we had our WORST, most dissapointing, humilating and excruciating matches that we've EVER played.
Bila aku ckp mcm tu, obviously something must be REALLy, REALLy wrong, right?

I guess most of us pun dah receive and read the email send by CEO.
Semua dah tau apa salah silap.
Apa yang betul n tak betul.
Apa yang patut kita improve and all.
And I would like to stress some of it AGAIn it here...

1. Team formation and positioning.
Ok yang ni, paling basic in any team sports, be it futsal, hockey, rugby etc.
We MUST know our formation, our positioning.
Kalau tak, sure kelam kabut n haru biru kan?
Bukan nak ckp apa, aku rasa team kita tak tau sapa main kat position mana.
Kekadang satu match tu, semua-semua nak main as a striker. Where's the defender?
Ask ourself that question!
Skrg ni, dalam futsal, positioning and formation in a team, is VERY VERy essential and important. Without it, hancur satu team.

2. Playing as a team - not as individual
Yang ni mmg selalu terjadi kat team aku, me included. Semua org ada skill masing-masing. Ye aku paham yang tu.
Tapi, nak buat skill ke apa ke, kene tgk tempat gak.
I'm not pointing any fingers here, tapi sebagai contoh la ok.
Kalau dah rasa diri tu tak bleh nak dribble defenders, or run around the opposition team, why do that?
Main simple pass to our teammate.
SIMPLE pass means - short, easy passes.
BUkan pass from one end of the field to another.
Seperti coach Mus cakap, kita suka main pass bola dgn cara yang susah.
If you guys don't believe it, next time record video cara kita main.
Baru semua tau.

3. Friendly matches - not leisure matches just to bersenam-senam badan kita.
BUkan nak kutuk atau apa, but this is a fact.
AKu bukan ckp kita kena main serious gile babi, main as if ur life depended on it.
No.
Skrg ni, kita main friendly, to test how we have improve.
To test our skills, our passing, our play AS A TEAM.
Tak rasa rugi ke, pegi jauh-jauh main kat AMpang tu, then main mcm hampeh mcm tu?
Wasting our money n time!

4. Substitution
Ni satu lagi hal - bersangkut paut ngan No. 3.
Kita main friendly, lawan team lain, bukan main saja-saja macam selalu main kat PJ.
Meaning, we have our pride at stake bila lawan team lain.
Mumtaz FC punya pride.
Of course kita nak main betul2, kalu kalau pun takpe at least we put a good performance, kan?
TAPI, skrg ni, even our planning of team players tak betul.
Ini aku rasa sbb miscommunication jgak.
Sbb aku rasa some players just don't understand the importance of matches mcm hari tu.
We can't just main tukar-tukar player mcm tu je.
Bukan bermaksud tak nak bagi org tu main ke, or biar dia main ikut ckp aku or team leader kita.
Skrg ni, since kita aritu dah bwk byk players, we have to know la how to manage the players, supaya SEIMBANG satu team.
Not wanting to name players here,tapi kalau kita buat substitution with 2 players yang tak bleh lari sangat dan derang main in the flanks, how can our team survive?
Macam mana derang can go back and forth to support the attack and defence?
No way they could do that, kan?
That's our problem, mismanagement of players.

Cuba tgk team derang, player2 yang main n masuk, semua seimbang.
Kan?

5. Attitude
Yang ni aku tak tau nak ckp apa sgt.
Sebabnya dah byk kali kita cakap sesama sendiri pasal ni.
In terms of players yang main, or tak main.
Contoh, ada player yang ckp nak dtg main, last minute mendiamkan diri pastu mmg tak dtg terus.
Why?
Is it that HARD to JUST send an SMS to anyone of us informing that you wouldn't be able to come?
Ini bukan terjadi masa aritu je, sebelum2 ni mmg dah byk kali jadi.
Kalau dgn awek bukan main nak SMS-sing, tapi ngan member nak inform pun malas.
Apa cerita?

Satu lagi, kalu let's say la u intend to bring additional players to join, silakan.
Boleh aje.
Tapi plz at least inform la jgak so that we can budget how many players yang dtg.
Sbbnya, kita main friendly, bukan main suka-suka.
Kalau main suka-suka, nvm, seramai mana pun boleh.
TAPI, kalau setiap friendly buat mcm ni, how can we improve or test our team againts opponents?

Dan satu lagi, inform la jgak untuk mengelakkan sesapa terasa hati kalau tak main byk sgt.
Bukan apa, sometimes we've already planned out ur team and strategy, bila ada additional ppl, plan tu jadi tunggang langgang plak to accomodate all d players to play.
Kan?


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Aku rasa better aku stop.
Kalu aku tulis lagi byk, lagi ada org akan terasa hati plak.
I dun want our team to break-up, to dissolve just because of those problems mentioned above.
Just let it be a lesson to be learnt.

Wanna let u guys know, our Capitan Nazri - akan buat formation and strategy for our team.
Dia akn buat listing of players and the position serta tugas2 yg patut buat masa kat padang tu.
From there we can see, how we can improve if we use the method being planned by Nazri.

Remember, sharing is CARING.
I shared those issues above sbb aku dan rakan-rakan lain nak tgk how we can improve, as a team and also as an individual as well.

And a small note, this Saturday, we will have yet another friendly, sama ada dgn team Shah atau CIMB.
Time n venue will be confirmed, but most probably akan main kat Futsal Sports Centre.
See u there! (and plz inform in advance if u can't make it, or u r bringing additional players, TQ)

Lastyly, a timely reminder to all....

Mumtazians, wake UP and SMELL the COFFEE.

We WiLL RISE again!
YEahhhhh!!!

The makeshifht Mumtaz FC team for the unforgettable tournament last Sunday 
(L-R) Iwan CEO, Muz, Dale Nazim, Nett, Nazri Captain Marvel, Brody and Kamal....

Give a round of applause to the team!!! *clap*clap*clap*



By the way, our next friendly match is scheduled as below:-

Team: vs St. John's Institution 96
Date: 23rd December 2006
Venue: Sports Planet Ampang
Time: 10pm-12am

See you guys on d pitch!!!
Mumtazians forever!