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While Dan Palami was busy celebrating Global FC’s victory in the UFL,
his other team, the U22 Philippine team, was suffering humiliating
losses in the AFC U22 2013 Qualifiers. The U22 Philippine team, of which
Dan Palami is the designated team manager, lost heavily and miserably
to Myanmar (5-1), Malaysia (7-0), Vietnam (9-0) and South Korea (10-0).
Clearly, the huge setbacks indicate the total lack of preparation of
the U22 team. The Philippine Football Federation and Dan Palami should
be held accountable for the extremely poor showing of the team. For one,
PFF and Dan Palami give too much attention to the senior Azkals team.
National teams without Azkal players are pretty much relegated to the
background and virtually ignored. It is quite disconcerting for Dan
Palami to virtually abandon his team. Being the team manager, Palami
should at the very least be physically present during the games. But
then again, the U22 team does not have prized Azkal players in its fold.
Hence, his absence from the matches.
The humiliating losses of the team likewise show the utter lack of an
effective grassroots program of PFF and Dan Palami. The propensity of
PFF and Dan Palami to recruit half breeds to beef up national football
teams has resulted to the non-improvement of young homegrown players.
Hence, when local homegrown players get to represent the country in
international tournaments, they falter and crumble due to inexperience
and total lack of training.
It will greatly benefit Philippine football to have sports officials
who truly have the heart and vision to see the sport soar to greater
heights. Enough of sports officials who love the hollow publicity and
limelight that are media-generated. Philippine football needs selfless
visionaries who can contribute significantly to the improvement of
homegrown players and FIFA ranking of the country. The country
ultimately needs sports officials who do not equate Philippine football
solely with the glamour and glitz of the senior Azkals team and its
Fil-foreigners.
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ReplyDeleteEric Dimzon?
ReplyDeleteThat bedrock of reliable, fair, and honest reporting?
Half breeds? Does he have any idea how offensive he is? I guess if he was in charge of Italy, they would have only played with pure blood Italians. Or perhaps Germany would have played without their Poles, Africans, or Turks.
ReplyDeleteGrassroots development is lagging behind. It is idiotic to think that you fix the problem at the national team level. Grass roots means giving 6 year olds a chance to play and develop as they move up in an organized program. Grassroots means having programs for coaches so that they can develop their skills. Grass roots means building pitches and facilities. Most important of all, grass roots is getting parents and volunteers involved to form clubs, and volunteer to coach, referee, raise funds, or just bring water to the games. A 19 or 20 year old who has not had the proper training will never be good enough to compete with players who have had a ball at their feet since they were children. It has nothing to do with what "breed" they are. My children played on teams when they were young where everybody was guaranteed the same playing time and there were no cuts. That's great for young children. At the national team level, you go with the best because winning is what matters, not development.
I can't understand why this moron keeps blaming Dan Palami, while saying nothing against John Carmona, who allowed this team to be raped on the pitch with scorelines of 10-0, 9-0 and 7-0.
ReplyDeleteI think this idiot is just so desperate to get people to read his stupid blog, hence the need to be controversial and stupid.
Honestly Jonny, why do you even waste precious blog space on this moron?
ReplyDeleteHere is my take, although, blaming Palami is not entirely the way to go, but to some degree the writer has some point, to certain degree. I believe that Dan has somewhat put the under 22 in the back seat this time. As the manager, I think he should have been there supporting the team and perhaps even just having his presence around can serve as a pressure for Carmona and the squad to strive to do better. He could have been there and make people accountable for whatever it is that they are not doing right. I think, however, that the PFF should be the one managing the younger teams and have designated managers to appoint to each squad. This way, a squad can have a manager that only focuses on managing them and not simultaneously with other squads. Also, PFF can make changes or switches if needed to if it's not working with that one manager. You know, much like the German Fed where they appoint coaches to dif programs that they support, like coach Wiess as an example. Dan is essential for the Senior squad because of the business aspect that is a huge part of it, but for the grassroots I think the PFF should be the one appointing managers to the younger squads. Just my opinion. :))
ReplyDeleteI think Dimzon is a total dimwat plus more, but I agree with you that he does have a point regarding Palami!
DeleteEven with the U-21's during the Bolkiah Cup, he volunteered to be the team manager but never went to Brunei! He even said that when they return, he'll tour the team around the Philippines to gain more exposure. That never happened!! For the U-22's, again, appointing himself as the team manager, but same thing, never went to Myanmar!!
It does show that Palami is all talk sometimes! It's starting to show that his position within the senior national team is being used for his personal glory and gain!! And honestly I'm fed with it. Palami is better suited to sticking with whatever position he has within the PFF and should stay away from having any hands on work with any national teams!
HALF BREED WHAT IS A HALF BREED ANYWAY? YOU KNOW THE MOTTO IN THE EURO 2012 "RESPECT DIVERSITY" AND ALSO THE WELL KNOWN FIFA MOTTO "NO TO RACISM".
ReplyDeleteMR. DIMZON, JUST FOCUS ON THE FACTS AND FAILURE OF A PERSON. DO NOT ENGAGE ON THE ISSUE OF THE FILIPINO-BRITS, FILIPINO-DANISH, FILIPINO-GERMANS, FILIPINO-AMERICANS, FILIPINO-SPANIARDS, THEY ARE FILIPINOS. MERON SILA FILIPINO PASSPORTS.
ME NAGKAMALI TALAGA SURE YUN WHETHER SI MR. PALAMI O SI CARMONA. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM BY THE PFF. WRITE ABOUT THEIR MISTAKES, INVESTIGATE AND BLOW-OPEN THEIR LACK OF ACTION AND THROW IT TO THEIR FACE. I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU. WAG MO NA PATAMAAN ANG DI DAPAT PATAMAAN.
GRABE KA NAMAN KID, BAKA NAMAN IKAW HALF-BREED DIN.
You're right WMG. Half breed din yang si Dimzon. Galing China kaya "Dimzon" ang pangalan and masarap kainin pa. Dating waiter sa MAH MOON LUK yan at ngayon nagpapaimpres na may alam sa football.
DeleteALAM MO BA MR. DIMZON NA SI MARIO BALOTELLI, A SIKAT NA STRIKER NGAYON NANG ITALY AY HALF-BREED DIN. ITALIAN-GHANIAN.
ReplyDeleteRESPECT DIVERSITY AT SANA NAMAN AYUSIN MO ANG STATEMENT MO KID, MARAMI KA MA-SASAKTAN ANG DAMDAMIN HIND LANG SA MGA AZKALS.
BAKA TAMAAN MO NYAN SI JAWORSKI. KASI FILIPINO-AMERICAN-POLISH YUN, HINDI "PURONG PINOY AT HALF-BREED."
HALF-BREED.
Balotelli is not even half-breed. He is from Africa and adopted by Italian parents. In short he is a full-bred African and naturalized Italian.
DeleteSorry, not naturalized but born in Italy to African immigrants
DeleteIts too obvious that E. Dimzon have no connection to sports particularly to football. There's no such thing as "half breed" in football and 'grassroots' takes 10 to 16 years to develop, not 2 years. Yes the U22 were humiliated and defeated for the Filipinos. If thats the issue then SACK the 'HEAD COACH'. That's the end result of coaching a football team. Its the HEAD COACH........
ReplyDeleteDi ba yung "breeds" na yan ay patungkol sa mga hayop. German shepherds breed for example sa aso. O kaya sa mga ibon o kaya sa mga pusa.
ReplyDeleteNaririnig ko yan madalas sa hayop at hindi sa "TAO" na me damdamin.
At ang sinasabing breed ay malalim, kasi patungkol yan sa pag-aalaga at pagpapalaki, ika nga eh "breeding".
Sabihin mo sa harap ni Stephan Shcrock yan, magugulat ka Mr. Dimzon, ang ganda nang pagpapalaki sa kanya nang nanay nya.
Don't demean these Pinoys by labelling them with a very demeaning words.
"HALF-BREED".
Hey Johnny why do you even give this guy a space on your blog? come on, not this guy. I didnot even read the whole article coz I know its full of crap
ReplyDeleteThe whole half-breed "issue" aside, which I regard as racist as well, he does make a good point about the poor grassroots programm. Gettinh filipino players from abroad is all good and fine, but they won't guarantee us success on a long run. We need to develope a grassroots programm that produces good and quality players regardless of their cultural background because once all the younghusbands and guirados are gone there won't be much left for us.
ReplyDeleteCmon, man. We already knew this, though. He's not making any new point. Its regurgitated. The PFF needs to do a better job with the U-teams. It is a known fact. So i'm not going to give this racist any credit specially after reading what he said. On another note, the UFL also has to improve as well as its teams.
DeleteThere are blessing in disguise for us. These Filipino players from abroad coming here can definitely contribute like what the Younghusbands did by opening a football school.
ReplyDeleteAlso I hope these guys can also serve as models for our guys to achieve for greatness in football.
Grassroots is to start in schools. Schools should encourage football not all basketball.
In african countries more impovirished than ours, from small children playing in dusty fields just to play as an example.
Didier Drogba used to play in car parks when he was small.
It is all about the attitude of the person who love to play football, but our government should play a big part, the school and the parents of the children or kids.
Later on these Filipino players from abroad can teach and coach later on.
The road is still long.
Eric Dimwit wants instant gratification. You're right Lapulapu.. the road is long with many a winding turn...
ReplyDeleteGrassroots i believe we'lll cherish 5-10 yrs from now and not ASAP. Football has just began......smh
ReplyDeleteHey jonny,
ReplyDeleteI have been a long time follower of your site but I am truly disappointed that you would post articles from this tabloid writer Dimzon who specializes in writing sensational articles that are geared towards creating controversy, which cannot be verified and almost universally places Philippine football in a negative light. Goal.com found out about this and no longer has him as one of their writers. If you continue to give this guy a mouthpiece in your blog, I have every intention of boycotting your site and inform everyone else to do the same.
We all know that Dimzon is fucking retard and half but if jonny or whoever else wishes to repost Dimzon's or anybody elses blog entries, they can do whatever they fucking want to. ITS A BLOG!! Although I do not have a blog of my own, this is part of having a blog and if I'm not mistaken, its part of the terms or something like that when signing up for blogspot for example. You are pretty much free to say your piece! If you don't like it, don't read it or don't visit blog anymore. You're being over the top and overly dramatic with this boycotting stuff and even plan to tell others to boycott it. Quite ridiculous!
DeleteJust as jonny is exercising his right to add Dimzon's stories to his blog, the above guy is also exercising his right to boycott this website if he feels that it is being used as a mouthpiece of Mr. Dimzon. I don't see anything wrong with that. There are so many choices to get your Philippine football news nowadays, that if he feels he doesn't have to come here, then so be it.
DeleteIf the guy above wants to boycott the blog, he can do whatever the fuck he wants. What's ridiculous is that he'll even tell others to boycott it and all that BS... definitely overly dramatic! lol
DeleteWell, a boycott is more effective and will get more of the desired results if done in numbers, so maybe he has a point. It is part of what a free society is all about.
Delete^^How ironic! You talk about the effectiveness of a supposed boycott in numbers then you mention "free society"?! lol!
DeleteIn free society, people pretty much get to read and write what they please. If you don't like it, turn away. Simple as that!! If Jonny wants to repost Dimwit's blog entries, he's free to do so. If people still want want to visit this blog, they're free to do so as well. If people such as the poster above wants to boycott the blog, do what you want. Just don't force people into doing the same only because of what you think is right. Let them be their own judge. THAT'S what free society is all about!!
Lol. Why complain about Dinmwit's post here when you have every opportunity to not read it. Lol.
DeleteSome people here have gone out of their sense. You are absolutely right pointing out the "irony". Lol. These people can be too overly dramatic. It's good to be passionate, don't get me wrong, but when their passion gets way over their head is the problem. Cheers.
Boycotting a product can sometimes be effective, whether it refers to a commercial product or to change people's view. It sometimes gains enough momentum that it forces government's policy to change(for instance in the case of conflict diamonds). In order to gain effective change though, you have to gain numbers. Isn't that what democracy is all about, it is the will of the majority that wins. I think the guy above is just trying to make a point. Those who agree with him might feel the same way. If a particular magazine decides to adopt a political view that is in variance with most of its readers, then it stands a good chance of losing a big chunk of its subscription base, which in a lot of cases can result in effective change. There is nothing overly dramatic about it. If you guys don't understand that, then you probably don't understand how democracy works and the shaping of public opinion works.
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