now that the dust has settled. time for some thoughts. posting it in the Malaysia thread coz this part is about Malaysia.
Over the years, there have been a lot of criticism on the team, mostly from fans within the country or from countrymen around the world, there are a lot passionate Malaysian fans in all parts of the world.
And these fans are not afraid to express their anger towards the team, you name it they probably got called, yo-yo, unstable, mentally weak, vomit blood, etc, etc. and in all honestly the way they play some times, they really do deserve it.
but this year, I think fans seems to be less angry. and honestly, from watching quite a few of the matches, the team has done much better. They beat Indonesia. Yes, with a bit of luck but sometimes you make your own luck. And in the final, they didn't win, but every one, including the 2 pair, and esp CWF and DL, they really did try. and fans can see that, even outsiders can see it. they didn't throw it away like they used to, DL fight his way back from one game deficit to just 4 points from the championship.
It could've swung either way, it just wasn't Malaysia's day.
No, they didn't bring back the cup, but this was a team that went out with passion and threw everything they had. No they are not perfect, whoever decides that they would leave so many baseline calls was just frustrating, but nobody can be perfect. what they did was they tried and people can see that. and that's what so different about this year's team.
and i think supporters, fans and countrymen should give them credit for that.