From June 8th 2005 … More than a year and a half ago -

المنتخب الدولة

منتخبنا و رياضتنا كلها مثل وزاراتنا و مثل ثقافتنا و مثل فننا و مثل تعليمنا و مثل أي مجال آخر يحتاج الى تخطيط من الدولة …… عايش على البركة

دولتنا ديناصور يحتضر! العنصر الوحيد الحي في بلدنا هو الاقتصاد. و للأسف ليس بسبب التخطيط العظيم، بل لأسباب خارجية كارتفاع سعر النفط و انفتاح السوق العراقي

حال منتخبنا حال أي وزارة، اذا ذهبت لأي وزارة لوجدت فوضى و سوء ادارة و انعدام تخطيط و عدم وجود أي أهداف!! من ستلوم؟ الموظف الذي يستقبلك و يأخذ أوراقك؟ اذا كانت المسألة بهذه البساطة لتعدل الوضع بمجرد استبداله. و لكن أن يبقى الوضع في جميع الوزارات هكذا باستمرار فهو بالطبع مسؤولية الادارة! الحال نفسه مع المنتخب، سيتغير الفريق و سيتغير المدرب و لكن الفشل سيستمر!! و للأسف، المسؤولين عن تدهور الرياضة الكويتية و وضعها في الحضيض معصومين عن الخطأ، و النقد كفر أو انتحار مهني

سؤال بسيط، ماذا سيقنع المسؤولين عن الكرة الكويتية بالتنحي عن كراسيهم؟؟ كأس الخليج في أرضنا و حصلنا على المركز الأخير بدون احتساب اليمن!! الكأس التالي احرزنا المركز الرابع!! خسارة مذلة من المنتخب السعودي 3-0 مع الرأفة!! خسارة أقوى ب4-0 أمام كوريا على أرضنا و أمام جمهورنا!! احراز هدفين و دخول 10 أهداف علينا في خمس مباريات بالتصفيات! نوادينا تعتبر لقمة سائغة لأي فريق عربي أو آسيوي! منشآتنا الرياضية تقارن ببنغلادش! ملعبنا لاستضافة كأس الخليج يعتبر أسوأ ملعب استضاف البطولة منذ دورات عديدة!! وعدونا ببناء استاد جابر الرياضي ليستضيف كأس الخليج في ديسمبر 2003! و ها نحن لا زلنا ننتظر! اخفاقات متتالية تزداد سوءا كل عام!!؟

هل يعقل أن تكون الكويت، التي كانت رائدة في المنطقة، أن تكون الآن مثالا للفشل و التدهور في الرياضة و المسرح و التعليم و … و… و؟!؟

الطاقات موجودة، و الطموح متوفر، و الشباب الكويتي متعلم أكثر من غيره، و من الممكن أن يحقق المعجزات اذا توفر الجو المناسب. لكن للأسف .. الدولة ديناصور متهالك، و انعدام النظرة المستقبلية المتفتحة محبط

من سيطلق رصاصة الرحمة؟ و متى؟

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I wrote that article more than a year and a half ago, I was in Qatar for work, and I remember watching the Kuwait - Korea game alone in my hotel room. It was a 4-0 loss, I was devastated and I remember I had so much anger in me. I went straight to an internet cafe across the road and I wrote this down as quickly as possible without really thinking beforehand, I was just very angry.

Since then, we have -

  1. Gone out of the World Cup qualifications
  2. Failed to qualify to the Asian Cup
  3. Yet again got last place in the Gulf Cup equaling Yemen’s total points.

Our display was disgraceful AGAIN. The only difference this time was instead of feeling bad, I was actually very happy and was actually jumping from joy when UAE scored in the last minute to win 3-2.

During our first game against Yemen, I was invited at a diwaniya and was watching the game with about 20 people. Only 2 people were supporting Kuwait, the rest (including me) were making fun of them and we all cheered when the referee gave Msa3ad Nida a red card.

Today’s game against the UAE was at a smaller setting wth 4 other guys, where only 1 guy was supporting Kuwait and the rest of us were mocking him.

I dont blame anyone who did that too, because when you have 21 people out of 24 people supporting the other team, there has to be a reason for that. The reason noone is supporting the team is not because of the players or the coach, I think the players are as good if not better than the UAE or Yemen (not Oman), and we could beat them. And the coach is not at fault either because although he was average, that is our capacity at most at the moment.

Everyone cheering against the team is in fact against the system. We are all venting our anger about how things are run through our anger at the team.

The people in charge of sports - Ahmad Al-Fahad, Talal Al-Fahad, Ahmad Al-Yousif, and so on, are all selfish people who use sports as a stepping stone and dont give a shit about the advancement of the country’s sports. They singlehandedly RUINED sports in Kuwait. What Kuwait built over 30 or 40 years was all ripped up and destroyed by these thugs. Everyone who is happy to see the team fail is hoping that someday these people will realize that there is noone else to blame.

The problem is that they seem to not care, or ignore the fact that they are HATED by everyone who loves Kuwait and sports. So many attempts (mostly shy ones) have happened to create an issue out of this and asking them to resign.

What we got was Ahmad Al-Yousef resigning and then coming back because as he said, the people want him back! WTF?? NOBODY WANTS ANY OF YOU GUYS RUINING KUWAIT’S NAME ANYMORE!!

I think Ahmad Al-Fahad or his brother Talal Al-Fahad will take full advantage of this situation. They will try to force Ahmad AlYousef out to look like heroes, and then ……….. they will put one of their younger brothers in his place, and the circle of corruption and pissing on sports continues. Their father, sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad, was a man who dedicated his life to sports and was able to take Kuwait places. None of these guys is even half dedicated.

Look at other sports in Kuwait, the only really successful sport is Handball (which by the way we are in the World Cup and playing at the moment), and the reason for our success is that the people in charge of the handball federation are actual lovers of the game who have played before or have been involved since a younger age. We have won every regional competition, and the Asian Cup, and reached the World Cup. Who is the head of the Kuwait Handball Association?? I don’t know. What I do know is that he is not a Saba7i, otherwise his name would be in the front page every day. I am glad I don’t know the guy’s name, it shows that whoever is handling the game doesn’t care about the flash and media, they are concentrating on their job.

OK all I was supposed to do was repost the old article but I guess I ranted alot too. Sorry about that, and good night.