I don't wish to spark off any debate on politics but the Foreign
Talents in the national team really CMI.
Egmar Goncalves and Mirko Grabovac took full advantage of
Singapore citizenship and both left Singapore back to their
hometown, Brazil and Croatia respectively. Talk about biting the
hand that fed you.
Precious is definitely not a good defender. Even the goofiest
defender in the mould of Titus Bramble and Jean Alan Boumsong will
outsprint him, outtackle him, outjump him any day. Talks big in
front of the media but failed to deliver anything.
Daniel Bennett, the only reason he's staying is because he plays
in Wrexham in England before. He takes awkward freekicks, and count
himself lucky for a few goals via deflections.
John Wilkinson - who?! Why do we have him again?
Shi Jia Yi - decent passer of the ball and thats all he'll ever
be. Lacks pace, lacks creativity and easily bump off the ball by
taller and stronger players.
Mustafic Fahrudin, a defensive midfielder that always commits
unnecessary fouls and should be sent off for a couple of occasion
if not because of play-acting and fooling the referee to believe
that he was the victim of an ill-timed tackle.
Itimi Dickson, he just disappeared under the radar. Seems to
have lost his pace, his run and plot. Should never have been given
a second chance.
Agu Casmir - This joker, I've no idea why Indonesian football
club Persija Jakarta tried to sign him and paid him a signing-on
fee of US$20,000. However, Agu did not report for training, went
for trials at Russia, failed the trial, went on hiding in Canada,
was disillusioned with football and had no intention of returning
to Singapore. he re-signed for former club Woodlands Wellington FC
on a one-year contract, under a deal in which the club would re-pay
Persija Jakarta his signing-on fee. There's a lack of
sportsmanship, integrity and loyalty. I wonder why Singapore still
stick by him.
Aleksandar Duric, 40 years old and Singapore is
still playing him. Speaks alot on our FAS insistance on FT
Scheme.
Qiu Li - Had alot of promises and lets hope he keeps them.
Played well but lacked the cutting edge. Plus he's 28 this year,
unless he does a Duric.
However, I'm not just critical on FTs, local footballers need to
buck up as well. It's good to see a few venturing out of their
comfort zone in the form of S-League into the Indon League. But, i
don't think local supporter should ask too much from the team.
Goal 2010 is a joke, and probably made us a laughing stock in
this region. The ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as
Tiger Cup) winnings are just pure luck. The countries in this
region probably thought of it as a Carling Cup to EPL Clubs.
Go back to basics, get them right first before going to the
stage. Otherwise, not only will u lose face in front of the
audience, you will also lose support from your fans.
