Personally, I think they have tried their best. We have
progressed to the dont know what stage which we need to face to top
teams like japan and bahrain etc. Its a much better situation than
previously when we got kicked out just by facing thailand or
malaysia.
Seriously, I think that the 2010 goal is not realistic at all.
The local soccer team to me, does not seem to have fight in them
except of few of them, like the mustafic fahrudin and daniel
bennett. The others are just like there to make up the team, and
playing casually, trying too many tricks with no end products
(imitating premier league teams' kind of play but with s-league
kind of skill). Shi Jiayi is a player which I admire, he has the
skills and vision, but is often under-utilised. Furthermore, I
think we need to replace Aleksandar Duric. He is old, but he is the
best which we have. Indran Sahdan is going downhill. Mohd Nor Ali
is getting old. Noh Alam Shah our best player by far, is crazy when
he attacked his own team mate bennett knee-ing him in the head.
Most of the performing singapore players are usually those that
are imported. Real Singapore players need to stand up and be
counted for. Most importantly, our players need to bulked up alot.
They are simply too small size. Even the Korean Youth team looks
fitter and stronger than our team. I believe we would have lost to
that Korean Youth team as well.
Yes, we might have lost to Liverpool 5-0, but this was a half
fucked liverpool. Imagine, Kyut, torres, gerrard and alonso played
from the start, then 5-0 would be a great successful night for
us.
Our singapore players need to bulk up, increase the urgency in
their play, increase their speed, increase their passing and
definitely not to play anymore long balls to poor Aleksandar Duric.
We need to play the ball on the ground as singapore players are
short.
But on the other hand, we must know singapore players are not
full time players. Therefore they are not supposed to train full
time. I believe if we really want to go to the world cup, the
sporting community should take a look at selecting few real soccer
talents from the singapore sports school, and other schools,
scouting for real young talented players (even those that play
street soccer with friends - you never know when you will find a
gem), etc. When these talents players are scouted and gathered,
then pay them full time and let them train full time on soccer. But
I know, it is impossible because soccer is a short career. How much
can we pay these players? $5000 a month?? Then when their career
ends, they will have no education and no jobs.
Therefore the government need to balance studies and trainings.
The players need to be committed and train as hard as they can.
Half hearted players would never work for me.
I believe if we are seriously looking at the world cup then
World cup 2018 or 2022 would be more ideal for us. If we can match
japan and korea by 2022, then we would have taken a giant step
ahead.
To end, i would say that comparing our current team with the
team that took part in the malaysia league, the current team is
miles behind the 90's team. If malek awab, david lee, lim tong hai,
nasri nasir, abas saad, fandi ahmad, jang jung, sundramoorthy,
elister edward, lee man hong, steven lim, s.subramanium and
kadir yahya (and maybe even quah kim song and friends) then we
would have given japan and korea a real fight.
How i miss watching the singapore team during the 90's cheering
them over their 4-0 win over pahang in the malaysia cup. Playing
against teams like sarawak, kedah, pahang and thrashing teams like
Negri Sembilan, Johor and Penang. But these are all memories of the
past.
Maybe we should just bring back the coach from the past.. PN
Sivaji and sack our current coach.
