Fans of the Crocs have on numerous times, warned that something must be done urgently if the Crocs wanted to remain in the Liga Super next season.
With the Crocs only boasting one win after seven games, fans are getting worried that their team will not survive the Liga Super this time around with many commenting that the Crocs have performed poorly in their recent matches.
Checks by SarawakCrocs.com on several popular social media sites linked to Sarawak football have also seen similar opinions, with quite a few venting their frustration over the Football Association of Sarawak’s (FAS) decision to stick with K Rajagobal despite the poor run.
It is however understood that FAS is keen to stick with Rajagobal due to his experience in developing younger players, which is something FAS has been keen to do for the past few years. From what we understand, FAS has a goal to secure a more ‘Sarawakian’ team in the future, and they see Rajagobal as the man fit to do just that due to his vast experience with the under-23 Malaysian National team. Fans of Sarawak football have also been consistent in wanting more local Sarawakian representation in the team, with some ‘dis-owning’ the current Sarawak team due to the lacking number of local Sarawakians in the team.
Rajagobal has also played his part in ensuring FAS’s goal is achieved as he brings in more young Sarawakian blood into this season namely Rodney Celvin, Nur Shamie, Tommy Mawat, Florian Rison, Mohammad Hafis Saperi and Mohamad Alif Hassan with Rodney, Shamie and Tommy slowly making their way into the starting line-up of Rajagobal.
But like they say, ‘Rome was not built in one day’, and Rajagobal will need time to nurture these young lads into greats of the team. Judging from what we saw, these young lads do have potential, but they are still way behind even the ‘Hartlepool United three’ namely Shahrol Saperi, Joseph Kalang Tie and Zamri Morshidi especially in terms of mental preparations and experience.
Until they mature, fans of the Crocs will need to swallow the bitter pill that the Crocs will need to rely heavily on foreign players to strengthen their side and further accept the fact that they can’t expect Rajagobal to field young inexperience players, and still bring in the results they want.
With the 2016 season fast approaching it’s midpoint, fans of Sarawak therefore need to either choose if they want to develop young Sarawakians football players for the future, or choose to win silverware these two or three seasons, because if Rajagobal were to aim for the later, the football fans of Sarawak can expect a lot of new non-Sarawakian players being signed up in the June transfer window.
If they choose the former, then they have to prepare themselves to support a team which would be battling for survival in the Liga Super, well, at least for the next two or three years.
What do you think?
