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Sorry, I never meant to be rude but that summarized the thoughts after watching a cup tie featuring defending champions and reigning Cup holders SAFFC and minnows Balestier Khalsa at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium moments last night (as at the time of writing it was already past midnight.) The basic elements (eg: the pace, the aggression and etc) of that of a knock-out Cup game were not that at all.. In short, it was more a training drill for both sides.. Glad that the game finished with the Warriors proceed to the next stage within the regulated 90 minutes.. Thanks Goodness...

(P.S: I know it's nothing to do with Singapore football but the headline below just make me SICK!!!) picture from "mypaper" I certainly hope Lionel Messi would not become he was depicted in the picture above, as if he was tired and worn-out if the deal goes ahead to see him becoming the most expensive player in the history of football. I just think the whole thing is gettin' out of hand with the big money transfer is simply going bananas. No doubt, Messi is a talented player but why give him such a big burden being the world's most expensive player at such a young tender age? We seen so many players being brought by this tag eg: Denilson in 1998 Mr Abramovich, (whose picture from "wiki") you may have the money of the world but please don't destroy the game for the sake of getting success in the shortest space of time. Chelsea may appreciate what you done but there are even bigger number of there just dont feel the same way.

With Antony after the game at Bishan Stadium (many thanks to Mr Visakan Subramaniam for the shot) Met up with Mr Antony Sutton, the man behind the Jakarta Casual at the Bishan Stadium. This was Antony's second visit to the Bishan stadium in a space of a week and glad he enjoyed himself. It's nice and exciting to meet up with a fellow blogger who shares the same interest in blogging and football. Recently, Antony penned a well-written article (click on the link) on what he saw and observed about the locals' attitude towards the S.League Thanks Antony.. (P.S: Rest assured, what happened to Home United for the past two outings at Bishan were purely coincidence, Antony :P)

... especially just few days ago, the most decorated club in Hong Kong football just claimed the domestic league title. SOUTH CHINA's warming-up session SCAA's Portuguese coach Jose Lopes Costa Silva (in the foreground) kept a close eye on his charges.. HOME UNITED's warming-up session The media pass and the team sheet... THE PRESS CONFERENCE after the match ( imaginary caption... ) The only statement by an infuriated South China coach Jose Lopes Costa Silva, as he stormed into the conference room with his Brazilian import (of German descent)Tales Schutz, was, "I speak very little, as I'm very, very angry" before stormed out of the room, leaving the bald-headed striker facing the waiting press. "In Hong Kong, we can field six foreigners, whereas we can have only two (actually, it's 3, Tales) in the AFC tournament" lamented Schutz, when asked about the predicament faced by the newly-crowned Hong Kong league champions. "We tried our be...