Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️

Ayahnya anak-anak. Dilarang mengutip tweet walaupun sudah pake izin.

[𝕱𝖊𝖗 🏴‍☠️ @pasadomer1diano]

🏴‍☠️

[Gill Clark aka Oma Gill @OmaGillClark]

Sometimes to really understand and appreciate sport, we need to look beyond the obvious. Beyond the victory or defeat to understand both the intricacies of the tactics, and the roles of each player within a doubles pair or team.

It’s quite natural that our admiration focuses on the player hitting the winner, or the footballer who scores the spectacular goal. But while the striker reaps the praise from adoring fans, we should remember it’s very often the mid-fielder who has set him/her up with an accurate pass.

In the same way the wonderful front court player in badminton relies on a hard worker on the rear court who has the tactical awareness, vision and accuracy to set up his/her partner on the front court.

Mohammad Ahsan fulfilled that role to perfection. Fast, accurate, and tactically astute, it was Ahsan, by his control and placement from the rear or mid-court, who so often set up, or provided the opportunities for Setiawan to showcase his brilliance at the net.

Those complementary qualities of Ahsan, and the importance of the playmaker were showcased perfectly in the final of the 2013 World Championships, where Ahsan was, in my opinion, the most influential player on court.

Whilst having a specific role within his partnership with Setiawan, Ahsan was also extremely versatile. He could also take the lead as the front court player when required, and he could adapt his style to play with any partner – as proved by the fact he is the only men’s doubles player to win world championship medals with 3 different partners.

There is no doubt our admiration was drawn to Hendra Setiawan’s wonderful anticipation, his front court play, and his extensive repertoire of winners. But to the true connoisseurs of the sport, there is also a real understanding and appreciation of the sheer brilliance with which Ahsan carried out his crucial role within the partnership; and therefore, the enormous, and vital contribution he made to the incredible success of the “The Daddies”.

Happy retirement Mohammad Ahsan.

📷@badmintonphoto

#Badminton

[Gill Clark aka Oma Gill @OmaGillClark]

Genuine greatness should not be judged solely by results and the number of medals and titles won. Style of play, and the ability to make difficult technical skills look easy should also be a factor. So too longevity, not just the ability to win the Olympic or world title, but the ability to maintain the highest-level, tournament after tournament, year after year. Conduct and sportsmanship shown, regardless of success or failure; and legacy, the influence the athlete has on the sport should also all be considerations when defining true greatness.

Any athlete who fulfils all those criteria has a genuine claim to be referred to as GREAT and perhaps even the G.O.A.T.

If ever a badminton player exemplified all these attributes, it’s Hendra Setiawan.

His playing record speaks for itself. Olympic Gold. 4 x World Champion. 2 x Asian Games Gold. 2 x Asian Champion, 2 x All England winner. But perhaps most remarkable of all, he contested at least 1 final every year for 23 consecutive years.

But Setiawan will be remembered for far more than just his outstanding playing record. Obviously adaptable having achieved success with more than one partner, he made the technically complex sport look easy and effortless. A natural and elegant player with amazing anticipation, especially at the net. He had great deception due to his relaxed hitting technique, and astute awareness of where to place the shot, making him tactically clever and wise. He appeared calm and nerveless, yet resilient and reliable when under pressure. And he always displayed great sportsmanship, humble in victory, yet generous in defeat.

In other words, he was

🇭 Humble
🇪 Elegant
🇳 Nerveless
🇩 Deceptive
🇷 Reliable
🇦 Astute

🇸 Sporting
🇪 Effortless
🇹 Tactical
🇮 Inspirational
🇦 Amazing Anticipation
🇼 Wise
🇦 Adaptable
🇳 Natural

I suppose all good things must come to an end, but anyone who’s witnessed Hendra’s ability on a #badminton court will miss him terribly, as it’s finally the end of a remarkable era.

Hendra Setiawan’s outstanding career, and his style of play has inspired a generation. What an amazing legacy.

Happy retirement to a true GREAT of the game.

📷@badmintonphoto

[sandra @mrsDugskullery]

By teatime we'll be told that Hamas had a multi- level military complex under The Ajax Johann Cruyff Arena.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity…

[Borussia Dortmund @BVB]

Die Nachrichten und Bilder aus Amsterdam rund um das gestrige Fußballspiel verfolgen wir mit großer Bestürzung. Wir verurteilen die antisemitische Gewalt gegen die Fans von @MaccabiTLVFC aufs Schärfste. Unsere Gedanken sind bei allen verletzten und attackierten Fans.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Lebih baik dicurangi wasit daripada ditembak gas air mata di dalam stadion

[Abdullah Hadia @Abdullah7Hadia]

"let go, Habibi... enough" was the last word for "Mohammed" a guy with Down syndrome from Gaza to a trained dog unleashed by zionist armed forces after they order him to raise the white flag or die.
so they killed him in front of his family.

[These Football Times @thesefootytimes]

Just a couple of common people enjoying a kickabout before heading to the clubhouse for some post-match coffee and TV.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Rumania 3 - 0 Ukrael

[love drops @lovedropx]

“The fruit was never an apple”
— Max Svabinsky (1873-1962)

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Tebak negara…

[Talia Jane @taliaotg]

Palestinian students at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany received an email from the school that they’ve been recategorized as “stateless” due to governmental “changes in the statistical requirements.”

Germany no longer recognizes Palestinian as a nationality.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Njing…

[Kompas.com @kompascom]

Biaya khitanan cucu eks Menteri Pertanian (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo ditanggung oleh Kementerian Pertanian (Kementan).

Baca di https://t.co/mEIXwqxcUV

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Ada pak. Kalau bahasa tukang itu disebut “ngecor”

[Prastowo Yustinus @prastow]

@meleysclaw Ada masukan konkret?

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Pantes medsos sepi, ternyata kalah. Sepinya mirip kelanjutan Kanjuruhan 1 Oktober 2022

[Luke @luketaylorfc]

I’d buy the Apple Vision Pro solely to play Football Manager on. Nothing else. Just me standing up in my living room, fully suited up, celebrating goals like a prime Jose Mourinho. Worth $4000? Absolutely.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Ndon beraninya viralin sesama rakyat ketjil doank.
Selamat iedul fitri…

[Adi Renaldi @anxioushuxley]

Foto di Indonesia iku, di mana aja, ngasal pasti ada kesewenangan dan ekstraktivisme.

[Mandor 👷🏽‍♂️ @alghaffary]

Zionism