That "Lack of Sense of Belonging"...

"Untuk Bangsa Dan Negara"

I was having a chat with someone, who is a not sports fan, and he commented there is a lack of sense of belonging in Singapore nowadays and that a match involving the national team is unlikely to attract passionate crowds to back the Lions.

DAILY HARDSHIP RESULTED IN A LACK OF SUPPORT

That lack of sense of belonging he suggested is not merely because the mass public doesn't feel the sense of connection to those on the field but the general society's sentiment on whole does not have that "feel" towards this land we live on.

By that he opined when the general public is facing constraints and difficulties to carry on with their daily life with little space of luxury, how would one feel the "sense of belonging" towards this country amid those hardships, let alone throwing their weight behind "Singapore" during those matches?

NOT SKILLS BUT FANS' MOTIVATION TO WIN GAMES

He went on added it's not the skills of the players that win the games but it's how the crowds get behind the players to give that extra motivation to spur them on.

And when that punch factor is absent from the stadium, how would we want to bring the best out of the players? Think.