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Hi guys,

Sorry for not communicating earlier about the U21 NT, we already played 3 games and you should have known earlier what we can and what we can't expect this season.

The team

We started the season with a 13-player group, made two late additions (Nicholas Anak Jugah and Kennedy Emanuel bin Emping) due to injuries and one addition (Niu Ruochong) due to a team going bot. So here we are with 16 players but only 15 are going to play including 3 20-year old players this season.

Beginning of the season

Not helped by injuries (Aganit Sadagopan and Raymond Moduli then Anton Edwin Edin and Chris Gabriel) we lost the first 3 games of the season. Three big losses, -21, -39 and -33 against Belarus, Isreal and Indonesia. Losing the 3 games is not catastrophic but the way we lost the games is really disappointing. We almost lost any hope to get a good result despite the 5 games remaining.

What comes next

On the bright side, we should have 4 wins over the next 5 games with weaker opponents such as Paraguay, Barbados, Puerto Rico and Scotland. Let's be careful, they are not bad teams and could beat us if we don't play at our best. If we manage to win these 4 games, we can finish the season not looking so bad with a 4W-4L season. We are not there yet, let's really start our season with a win against Paraguay, one game at the time.

Their PF hurt us badly and their front court, well two $25k guards, we didn't have anything to match this. Even with 2 players injured, you have more depth than them. Indonesia is good but not that good, we really lack of something this season.

Thanks. We are not that far from being a good team, we just lack 2 players to provide what we don't have... Unfortunately, it won't happen and with 40 users, we will always lack of something.

Edit: Just to clarify what I previously stated, I'm very happy with the players we have, they are well trained and I like them all. Most of them are exactly where they should be in terms of skillset thanks to their managers.

Last edited by Nico4nicolas at 5/27/2015 6:03:54 AM

Want to train an future inside-based U21 player? Why not starting to train Zhou Pinghui (36528550) who is on the transfer list for a reasonable price?

I messaged his manager to put him on the transfer list as he wasn't trained. I didn't want to waste a potential U21 player especially an inside based player. As long as he is sold and trained, I don't mind where he goes.

We have a good number of Guards/Forwards but we lack of inside players in terms of depths. The players in the team are good but there are no players to replace them. When Aganit Sadagopan was injured, I was a bit sceptical and then, I noticed that I forgot Nicholas Anak Jugah who was the best player in the last game. It's easy for me to make the team but that's not the point.

I have been silent for some time but there weren't much to report, we won the easy game we should have won. Our next game against a strong Belgium will be the most important game of the season, if we manage to upset them, we may have a chance to qualify, if not... we may finish our season after the game against Scotland. I expect a good game shape from all our players to be at our best and proudly wear Malaysian jerseys.

Let's be honest, Belgium looks better, some players can even speak French which is a proof of greatness according to some French people. The game will also be very important for them, they already lost 2 games and can afford to lose a third one. There most recent lost was against Hong-Kong by 12.

A last word about 2 19yo players on the market:
Godfrey Zadeh (36528398) has a limited potential but due the lack of depth we have on inside players, he will most probably be in the NT by 21 if he is trained. An All-Star potential player can be a good Malaysian DII player if he reaches his full potential by age 21/22.
Alan Chin (36528364) is more of a forward, his skillset is not the best but he could be turned into a decent player within 2 seasons. A good addition if you're looking to add one more trainee to your team.