It's the same old story and the media or some other keyboard
hero would probably said something like "If your comment on
Singapore Football is so bad, assuming that you're so good, why not
you represent Singapore instead?"
Bulls.
It's the same as S-League, the stupid tagline of "Top 10 league
in Asia" is dumb. Besides Japan-League, Korea-League,
Australian-League and probably Saudi Arabia League, the rest of the
leagues in asia are just there to make up the number.
Enough of "we're improving because Indonesia Clubs are poaching
our National Team players from local club. It shows that our
players are capable of performing outside Singapore". What is there
to show off about when it's not even J-League, K-League or even
A-League?
No point sacking the coach, the management or even the players.
It will be the same old story when S-League is still around.
Does it ever occur to the FAS that the golden period of
Singapore Football was during the Malaysia Cup days? The fans were
so proud supporting Singapore even though there were ups and downs
because of the brand of football that they were playing.
Foreign talents were not a problem, we have Abbas Saad, Jang
Jung, Michal Vana, Alistair Stewart, Warren Spink, Craig
Foster.
Local Heroes were also born like Fandi, Kadir Yahya, David Lee,
Malek Awab, Nasri Nasir, Terry Pathmanathan and of course, the Quah
brothers.
Dont mention about Singapore's ranking in the world of football.
It's a joke I must say.
I personally do not think the foreign talents are the problem
although i feel that precious is not up to scratch and players like
Egmar Goncalves and Mirko Grabovac are betrayers of the system.
But then again, I would say that most of these players, after
obtaining Singapore citizenship, slack off and did not perform like
how they used to when vying for a spot in this system. People like
Shi Jiayi, Itimi Dickson, Agu Casmir, Precious, John Wilkinson,
Mustafic Fahruddin all fall under radar and performed below
par.
If Singapore were to improve, I would say that it has to start
from basic. Pass, Move, Shoot. 3 simple steps but it's not easy to
master.
I hope no offense is taken but Singaporeans are moved towards
securing a qualification before they take any risks so that at
least they have something to fall back on should their risk fail.
Which is why I think the most practical approach is to target
student who are not academically incline to do sports instead so
that at least there's something they will be good at to earn a
decent living.
Do not fall into the believe that the young lions of YOG will
come good one day because I can safely assume that at least half of
the squad will leave the sports to concentrate on their studies
instead.
