Lissek drops four seniors

18/06/1998

NATIONAL coach Paul Lissek began the clean up yesterday, axing senior
regulars Kerpal Singh, Maninderjit Singh, S. Nishel Kumar and Brian Jayhan
Siva from the Commonwealth Games training squad.
"They (some of those dropped) seem to be disturbed by the extra training
sessions," said Lissek in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
"This is just the beginning. More players can be expected to be dropped
because I want 30 and only those who are interested to represent the
country will remain in the squad."
Lissek selected 10 junior players, whom he saw in action during the
nation-wide talent exercise in July last year, to join the training squad
which now numbers 34.
"I will be trimming the squad further next week.
"Right now some of the players seem to cause more trouble during
training and are not helping towards the cause of the team.
"They lack concentration and some of them like Brian and Kerpal are not
even in camp at the moment.
"Nishel Kumar has opted out because he wants to concentrate on studies.
"Brian is a different case. If he wants to attend trainings he can do so
but right now I don't even know where he is."
Nishel has just joined a local university while Brian, who has completed
his medical studies, is said to have written to the Malaysian Hockey
Federation (MHF) saying that he wants to concentrate on his housemanship.
But Lissek is impressed with the junior players who attended three days
of special training, especially those from Old La Sallians of Klang (Olak)
who won the double in the recent National Junior championship.
The Olak juniors whom Lissek selected were Syayrim Uda Karim, Madzli
Ikmar, Faizal Daud and Mohamed Fadil.
Syayrim, with 18 goals to his name, was the top scorer in the junior
league where he played a pivotal role in guiding Olak to the double.
Players from Malacca Municipal Council, who did well in the Junior
League, also figured prominently.
Skipper Chua Boon Huat, fellow forward Zaharin Zakaria as well as
goalkeeper S. Kumar were the Malacca players selected.
OUT: Kerpal Singh, Maninderjit Singh, S. Nishel Kumar, Brian Jayhan
Siva.
IN: Suhaimi Ibrahim, Chua Boon Huat, Madzli Ikmar, Syayrim Uda Karim,
Faizal Daud, Mohamed Fadil, Zaharin Zakaria, M. Jiva, S. Kumar, Shairul
Azali.
UTRECHT SQUAD: Nasihin Nubli Ibrahim, Paul Lopez, Maninderjit Singh,
Lailin Abu Hassan, Brian Jayhan Siva, Calvin Fernandez, Nor Azlan Bakar,
A. Arulselvaraj, S. Kuhan, R. Shankar, Chairil Anwar Aziz, K. Keevan Raj,
Nor Saiful Zaini, Aphtar Singh, Mirnawan Nawawi, M. Kaliswaran.
UTRECHT DROP-OUTS: K. Logan Raj, Nishel Kumar, Mahinder Singh, Lam Mun
Fatt, K. Gobinathan, Kerpal Singh, Izwan Suhardi, Roslan Jamaluddin.
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