A first half strike from Liberian striker, Francis Doe, was enough to see Terengganu beat Sarawak 1-0 in Kuching. Joseph Kalang Tie returned to play against his former team and may have been forgiven if he had expected a few cheers from the crowd. He didn’t get any. There were chants but none he’d like to remember. Booed when he had the ball and jeered when he made mistakes. I bet he’s so itching to come back and play for Sarawak now.
MSL Preview: Sarawak vs Terengganu
Sarawak face a tough run of games starting tomorrow against a strong Terengganu side that boasts at least 11 Malaysian international players ranging from the U21 to the senior team. Terengganu travel to Kuching after a 3-0 trashing of Felda United against a Sarawak side that fell 2-1 to Sabah with former Sarawak player, Bobby Gonzalez scoring the winner and K Ravindran grabbing a consolation goal. Terengganu finished second in 2011, 3 points behind Kelantan.
BPL Funks: Moaning Mancini & Football Comebacks
I take a look at ranting Mancini, returning heroes, Wayne Bridge and Mark Hughes. Fun times.
Sympathy For Mancini
Roberto Mancini has spent the last week bemoaning his squad’s lack in depth. Looking at his squad, one would have to agree. Based on his favoured 4-5-1 formation, he would only have Gareth Barry, Owen Hargreaves, Nigel de Jong, James Milner and Yaya Toure able to call on in center midfield. His defence is also lacking in personnel with the likes of Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Gael Clichy, Joleon Lescott, Stefan Savic, Nedum Onuoha, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure and Pablo Zabaleta. He was also seen complaining to an M&M representative that there weren’t enough M&Ms in the fun packs to spell F.
Roberto may have a problem with counting having said that 6-7 cigarettes a day aren’t that bad. Normally people would agree 1 is bad enough, Mr Mancini.
MSL Preview: Sabah vs Sarawak
Old rivalries renewed. Sabah will be hosting the first competitive Borneo derby since the two sides parted company when Sabah earned promotion to the MSL back in 2010. While Sarawak had a good season in 2011, finishing second in the Premier League, Sabah closed their league campaign in 10th position barely reaching the Malaysia Cup but a good run saw them bow out at the quarterfinals stage. Sarawak crashed out in the group stages. The teams may have spent a year apart but became reacquainted last month after playing two friendlies in Kuching. Sarawak came off the better with a 1-0 win and a 0-0 draw with Sabah coach, Justin Ganai proclaiming Sarawak “looks more ready and prepared as a team compared to Sabah”.
The thoughts of the wild 