Local football is at an all-time low and something needs to be done immediately

1 Local fans throwing flares on the pitch during the World Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia in Shah Alam on Tuesday. 2 The scoreboard above says everything about the current state of Malaysian football.

UAE 10-0 Malaysia. Didnt you see it coming? It was in the making but 10-0? Certainly not! There is absolutely no reason for a 90-minute football match to end in a monstrous 10-0 defeat. The old cliche question which has been looming for the past three decades arises again. Who is to be blamed?

It is the worst defeat in the history of our football and it does not go by easily because we are a football-mad nation. Yes, mad is the word as I witnessed a horrific reaction from certain quarters of the fans on Tuesday in the game against Saudi Arabia.