Respect for World No 1

Today's newspaper reads that Misbun Sidek is furious at criticisms thrown at him and his understudy, Lee Chong Wei. He is very unhappy of critics aimed at Lee Chong Wei after his flop performance in Hyderabad.

But common Misbun Sidek! How many times Lee Chong Wei has flopped at the big stage of tournament? How many times you want us to believe that Lee Chong Wei is lacking of luck during tournaments? How can you explain that why Lee Chong Wei always flop at big tourney?

I think there are many of us is fed-up with you Datuk Misbun Sidek, and your bloody Datuk Lee Chong Wei performance. There's always excuses of your failure, and you are demanding for respect of Lee Chong Wei as World No 1? How can Lee Chong Wei gain our respect when he achieved the position by playing virtually all the small potato tournaments?

If you only participate in 4 to 5 really important tournaments per year, wins few of them, and you performed in the really important tournaments, yet you are not no. 1, I think there wouldn't many would blame you for not being No 1. Just look at Lin Dan and Sony Dwi Koncoro

These 2 players are the best at the moment, regardless of their ranking. They can easily out perform Lee Chong Wei at ease simply because they have the urge to compete. Our own Datuk Lee is satisfying with his own achievement up-to-date, and he doesn't really care for World Champion so long he is the WORLD NO 1! On the other hand, Misbun's ability is to bring Chong Wei to where he is now, and there's nothing he could do to help Chong Wei go further!

So can we really hope for a brand new World Champion from the current crop? NO WAY in a million years.