Why lose to please others?

Jun 28, 2013 - 10:34:11 | Hussain Ali
New Radiant players celebrating: The club is on course to achieve milestones this season

When one team is financially stronger than the others and signing key players, there is a common criticism in Maldives that the football is no longer a competitive game in the country. It is a true statement for people who really don’t understand the game and has no experience in the field of management.And when one says the supporters of this specific ‘stronger’ team are not happy, he must really be a depressed person wandering on coffee tables looking for something creative but comes up with smelly garbage.

If you are a supporter of Manchester United, would you be glad to wait until the very last kick of the season to know whether your team wins the premier league? Would you be so bored and sleep whenever your team plays in the league? Or would you just give up on football for life saying the league is not competitive? I don’t think so, supporters will jump with joy whenever their team wins and they will always want their team to win the league as soon as possible.

When we look at Maldivian football, there was nothing to celebrate when a team with no fan base wins. But a team with huge fan base like New Radiant wins a match or the league there will be joy. Because whenever they play, the loyal supporters follow the team and just like they are miles ahead of others in terms of results they are miles ahead of the rest in terms of supporters as well.

Their supporters have reasons to celebrate just like the players and the coaching staff. We have seen teams play in the AFC Cup in the last few seasons but unfortunately we see an almost empty stadium. The image is totally different when New Radiant plays, the stadium gets crowded and noisy not only because they have reached the second round or quarterfinals but also they have a huge fan base. Even when they were fighting for their survival in the league, they earn more than the league leaders from match tickets. They have something to celebrate even at that stage and why can’t they have something to celebrate when they are ruling the local football.

It is not competitive, yes, when one team is way much stronger but who is there to blame? Do New Radiant assemble their team to match the rest to please the opponent supporters? Do Barcelona have to release Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas to make sure other teams have a chance to beat them? Only someone with no sense will agree on that. Why can’t other teams climb up the ladder to face the giants. Aren’t we always talk about climbing and reaching greater heights, isn’t that the target of our life. Will it be an accomplishment if we all go down the level to match the weakest team?

This is not about New Radiant, this is about Maldivian football. If we are to beat the best we have to be the best. New Radiant team is getting stronger during the transfer period, but anyone with a brain can see they are not signing Akram, Messi and Ghana player to beat BG Sports or Maziya. They are aiming higher than Galolhu stadium. But some may find it difficult to digest that and they will be pleased to see New Radiant release Dhagey, Umair, Sentey and Imran so others can have a chance of competing but the majority of Maldivian football fans will not enjoy that, because they are loyal fans of the Blues and whenever New Radiant lifts a title majority of football fans will celebrate.

Only fools will lose to please others.

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asif on Jun 28
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at last maldivesoccer write something that makes sense. totally agreed, why cant others try to climb the ladder, after all Maziya and BG too have strong enough squad to beat New Radiant because they cant mostly due to mismanagement and poor tactics. I am not a New Radiant fan, but they are in the right track we must follow them
Ahan on Jun 29
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Haha!!!! MS also getting heated up???????!!! This report is also good and i agree that you have a point. BUT dear, this is bad, the current situation of DL teams is very bad for new. The whole purpose of building a stronger team this year was to get good result from AFC Cup. And you will also agree that those matches are of high standard, way higher than DL. And you will also know the importance of getting good tough matches before facing those tougher opponents in AFC Cup. New Coach also highlighted this issue. And when new buys the good players from other local teams they become weaker, thus the DL's competitiveness will also fall. Which means bad match practice before AFC Cup for new radiant. But i support new to buy good foreign players and that Ghana defender on loan is a good move, i guess. In this way (at least) other teams will not be weakening, though new radiant become stronger. And at the end new will get a bit good/tough games in DL matches. Anyway all the best for New Radiant!!! You guys are making our nation proud, ONCE AGAIN!!!
sunday on Jun 30
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good article .but cant totally agree. valencia and victory also has a lot of supporters but they are not so loyal to the club. just glory hunters
Sadhin on Jul 02
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This is the best article ever written by MS. In football you can only succeed by growing stronger. And even if it is not competetive it provides a question for other teams, " Why can't we grow stronger? " . Answer is simple , good management, build up the support base, try to gain the title, win the cup , and make history as much as possible.

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