Romy Jarr

Formerly w/ Dell, Accenture, Experian. Religious passion for Football: Selangor FC and Nottingham Forest FC.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

I still love you and will always love you.

[Abang Cholo @riznal]

aku ingat masa tu parents keluar outstation, kena panggil kawan2 datang sleepover kat rumah, semua tidur rapat2, semua taknak tido tengah. takde sorang pun berlagak berani hahahah. masa ni kawan2 memang dependable and boleh diharap. @romyjarr pun ada temankan masa ni.

[Berita Harian @bharianmy]

Cadangan AFC selari tuntutan Ultras Malaya

#BHsukan FAM, bola sekarang dekat gelanggang korang (anda)

https://t.co/YJQOWYq5ta

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

So yesterday, Ali Olwan, Noor Rawabdeh, Yazan Al-Arab, and Mo Abualnadi all started the match vs Switzerland, battling against Granit Xhaka, Forest's Dan Ndoye, and Manuel Akanji, as well as Manzambi who played the full Europa final (vs Aston Villa) last week in Istanbul.

In 4 weeks' time, they'll all start the match against Enzo Fernandez, Alexis MacAllister, Julian Alvarez, and Messi.

What has Selangor benefited from them, and how have they benefited from Selangor over the last 4 years? That's the question.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

So Arteta will play against his former club today. I still remember Arteta playing a full season with PSG in midfield behind Ronaldinho...starting almost all Ligue 1 matches for PSG. One of their important players.

But somehow Camacho didn't fancy him for the Spanish NT.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Had an engaging conversation with a friend here in London who's a big West Ham fan...has been supporting West Ham since Paul Ince was playing there pre-Alex Ferguson era, while his father was already a West Ham fanatic during Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Bobby Moore era.

He said going down to the lower league could be catastrophic for a historic club like West Ham in this modern era. Back in 2012 and before, relegation wasn't that severe as the football ecosystem was very different from today. Back then clubs could easily go back up straight the next season. Today it is much more competitive.. where patience is almost non-existent.

Now that West Ham is relegated, the C'ship is a very, very difficult league to get out of from. Players West Ham never wanted to sell may now have to be sold, while players they previously wanted to get rid of now suddenly become the most experienced players they really need to keep. Also have to rely heavily on many academy players.

He disagreed with the idea that relegation could trigger the much-needed cleanout in the boardroom & administration due to mismanagement and outdated ways of running the club. His view was that a cleanout should happen while you're still on top and not when you're already down there.. bcoz once you're relegated, the whole environment changes and you may no longer be in a position to carry out a rebuild. Could get stuck there for many, many years. So don't even think abt going down at all...could become a permanent trap. Be very careful what you wish for.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

I thought Selangor played exactly how they usually play in the Malaysia Super League...same style, same intensity, same threats, and typically looked dangerous throughout. But against Buriram, S'gor just couldn't get the ball into the net no matter how much it felt Buriram was penetrable at times.

Against every other team in the MSL (except against JDT), it usually feels like S'gor will eventually score somehow...there are always small gaps where S'gor will eventually exploit. But against Buriram, those little gaps just weren't there. All the small, tiny little gaps were covered.

That's why Buriram has managed to win the Thai league almost every year and consistently do well in the ACLE. They've mastered all the small details in defending and are very disciplined in covering all the small spaces from their midfield. Most teams in the MSL don't really do that properly..and only JDT has mastered it.

It also shows Buriram is a very well-coached squad, with much much better preparation, especially during preseason. They also rarely get their import signings wrong, and if certain imports don't gel, they move them on quickly where some of those players end up doing well elsewhere afterwards.

There's a lot we can learn from their whole operating model I think.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

So imagine Man City or Liverpool got themselves into the Carabao Cup Final but failing to qualify for any European competition next season... not even Conference. Would that be considered a failed season or something still to be proud of LOL? They'd most probably end up having a fire sale - losing many existing stars and becoming less appealing for new top players to join.

How disappointing you are this time, Selangor FC.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Bring on again.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Bring on Buriram! Been waiting since I was a kid to see Selangor face Thailand's best.

Selangor will top Group A.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

@hazeemdin Itu semestinya in motion. 😉

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

So Selangor has beaten 2 different Vietnamese clubs in pretty comfortable fashion.. one being the defending V.League champion, and the other the champion-elect of the current season. That only tells me we do actually have a strong squad this season but somehow not fulfilling its true potential.

It'd feel really really odd if we can't enter any AFC competition next season. That'd be wildly strange.

As an anak jati of Kuala Lumpur (IC14), come on KL City..
do my beloved football club a bit of a favour please... For once la.

Also we gotta stop being a beban & bebal at the same time.

[anakmemberontak @anakmember0ntak]

Aku banyak kali dah cakap, ini soal budaya kepenyokongan, bukan soal game tak cantik, asyik kalah, dah tahu siapa menang dsbnya, tapi soal budaya, soal pemikiran

Cuma bila cakap berkenaan ni dia jadi payah sebab isu ni terkena batang hidung masing², so susah org nak terima

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Terlalu banyak beza pembudayaan bolasepak di Eropah berbanding negara kita. Aku sudah banyak berbual, minum kopi dgn mereka yg sudah berusia lanjut di sini di England, ada yg dlm pengusahaan yg sama. Mereka yg sudah melebihi paras umur 60 tahun ke atas dan ada yg sudah menjangkaui umur 70. Mereka begitu passionate dgn kelab masing2. Generasi atasan mereka sudah mula menyokong kelab sama sejak beratus tahun dahulu. Di umur 70-75 tahun skrg, mereka boleh berbual berkenaan aspek taktikal utk musim 2025/2026, aspek pengurusan dan pentadbiran kelab & kewangan bagi musim 2025/2026, dan mereka mengenali nama setiap pemain dlm skuad kini juga mengikuti perkembangan segala transfer rumours. Pengetahuan dan passion yg dimiliki saling tak tumpah seperti fans remaja atau mereka di umur 20an 30an 40an. Di rumah2 mereka dan di tempat mereka bekerja juga, banyak kelihatan frame gambar jersi kelab digantung di dinding2. Mereka lantang mengkritik hirarki kelab dan mengkritik jurulatih sama spt budak 25 tahun, dan mereka menyokong dan memuja juga spt budak 25 tahun.

Setakat ini di Malaysia, jika aku berbual dgn mereka yg lanjut usia sebegitu, rata2 majoriti (jika tidak kesemuanya) tidak mengenali nama2 pemain dlm pasukan sekarang dlm Liga Super kecuali nama Faisal Halim dan mungkin Arif Aiman. Biasanya mereka akan hanya menyebut nama2 spt Mokhtar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun, Arumugam, Dollah, Zainal, zaman Dato' Ahmad Basri Akil, Dato' Raja Ahmad Zainuddin, Dato' Suleiman Noor, Mat Tyson, dan sebagainya. Recollection yg dapat dibuat hanyalah imbauan memori era2 terdahulu.

Itulah bezanya pembudayaan bolasepak. It's all abt the emotional bond betw the fanbase which represents the community and the football club. The local-based club is their true passion which is the closest thing to their heart after their loved ones. They eat, sleep, and work while thinking abt their club, the connection betw them & the club is symbiotic, their r/ship with the club is a deep emotional part of their life & identity regardless of the fans' ages. Legacy & history are their pride, and they'll do everything to preserve and immortalize those connections.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

👍👍👍

[UM’07 🇲🇾 @ultrasmalaya07]

Kenyataan Rasmi Ultras Malaya
1 Mei 2026

Untuk sebaran segera!

#UTLR
#KembalikanBolasepakKepadaRakyat
#DemiMalaysia

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Al-Fatihah.

Lakonan terbaik Allahyarhamah bagi aku, dlm filem MATAHARI. Sbg pejuang Melayu menentang pendudukan Jepun di Malaya ketika perang dunia ke-2

[Fahmi Fadzil 🇲🇾 @fahmi_fadzil]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

Hari ini kita kehilangan satu nama besar dalam dunia perfileman Melayu, Dato' Sri Maria Menado atau Maria Abdullah, seorang seniwati yang pernah mewarnai layar perak sekitar era 1950-an hingga awal 1960-an.

Lakonannya yang cukup ikonik, terutama dalam filem Pontianak pada tahun 1957, bukan sahaja mencipta fenomena, malah membuka jalan kepada genre seram tempatan yang kita kenal hari ini.

Perginya beliau bukan sekadar kehilangan seorang pelakon, tetapi juga sebahagian daripada sejarah dan kenangan industri seni kita.

Ramai yang membesar dengan lakonan Allahyarhamah, dan aura yang dibawanya masih terasa hingga kini.

Bagi pihak Kementerian Komunikasi, takziah buat seluruh keluarga dan mereka yang pernah mengenali serta bekerjasama dengan Allahyarhamah.

Semoga segala jasa dan sumbangannya menjadi amal yang berpanjangan.

Sama-sama kita doakan agar rohnya dicucuri rahmat dan ditempatkan dalam kalangan orang yang beriman.

Al-Fatihah.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Mild weather in London now. View from my office.

Heading out of the city shortly.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Departing for London. Onsite meetings for a few days next week. Dodging Iranian airspace, of course.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

What's there to be proud of? The fact that a club formed in the Malaysian league has to fill the team with 100% foreign-grown players, who have never gone through the Malaysian education curriculum (KBSR/KBSM, KSSR/KSSM) and Malaysian lifestyle environment since birth, and all come from far more mature football schooling systems. All these only show something seriously flawed and a lack of seriousness in the Malaysian football structure and foundation, and sports in general, including food/dietary habits, working culture, etc. So yeah, what's there to take pride in? The issue is far deeper.

[Astro Arena 🇲🇾 @ASTROARENA]

Terima kasih Johor Darul Ta'zim, kerana menunjukkan kepada kami semua bahawa Malaysia mampu bermimpi sebesar ini.

Terima kasih kerana berjuang membawa nama Malaysia ke pentas terbesar Asia, mengangkat martabat bola sepak kita.

#ACLElite | #AHLvJDT

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

Looks like Ekitike's out for a year now. Definitely missing the World Cup with France. But honestly, France attack is still mad - Mbappe, Doue, Olise, Ousmane Dembele, Marcus Thuram… with Cherki behind. Fuhhh...scary. World champion material still.

[Goals Side @goalsside]

TB to When Presnel Kimpembe suffered an Achilles tendon rupture, which kept him out of action for over 400 days.

The photo showed the back of his foot stitched up. 😬🇫🇷

Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike has been diagnosed with a similar injury.

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

During the COVID-19 lockdown, it was a life-threatening factor that drove office policies (both public & private sectors) to work remotely/WFH. Everybody was afraid to go out bcoz going out meant ppl were at risk of contracting the virus (pre-vaccination)..and could die.

The setting is very different now. The driver now is primarily efficiency & cost of living...which is a much weaker and less urgent motivator.

Wait until the price of nasi ayam (from a normal makcik stall) rises from RM8 per plate standard --> RM12; at that time, the feeling would be different, as ppl would feel it directly in the wallets every single day.

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Traffic in the Klang Valley remained heavily congested this morning despite WFH arrangements for 200,000 civil servants taking effect today.

The Malaysian Highway Authority told Bernama that traffic began slowing around 7am, with no significant change from a normal working day.

https://t.co/Pt3gj9LsTi

[Romy Jarr @romyjarr]

This is an excellent example of why PES still rocks today. PES'99 is a retro 1998/1999 season patch layered onto PES2021. Have been playing it for the last 2 months...loveee it. Brings back nostalgia from the football era I grew up watching.

[PES '99 @PES99Classic]

PES ‘99 is OUT NOW

Available via Patreon for $14

Remember, it’s a patch for efootball PES 2021, but we have some additional help on how to install and set it up (even maybe how to get hold of PES 2021) all via our discord channel

All links are in the next post