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| Lion City Sailors - 2021 SPL champions (credit: FAS) |
😶 It is not unusual to see transfer speculations surfaced right after the season is over, and already we read about newly-minted champions Lion City Sailors (pictured, credited FAS) linked to several high profile foreign players in their bid to assemble a squad capable to put up a decent performance in next season's AFC Champions League (ACL).
❌ Nothing wrong with that, especially we wouldn't want to see a repeat of that woeful Tampines Rovers' ACL campaign that eventually led to a premature end of their SPL title campaign.
💰 And more importantly, we know the financial muscles of the Sailors and some detractors of theirs are worrying they have already begun to turn SPL into a one-horse race.
❌ Nothing wrong with that, especially we wouldn't want to see a repeat of that woeful Tampines Rovers' ACL campaign that eventually led to a premature end of their SPL title campaign.
💰 And more importantly, we know the financial muscles of the Sailors and some detractors of theirs are worrying they have already begun to turn SPL into a one-horse race.
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| LCS Coach Kim Do-hoon won the ACL in 2020 (issued by LCS) |
🔍The challenge will be in what way the rest of the league can innovate in other means besides money to complete with Sailors, rather than sit at one corner to lick the wounds.
⚠Till then stay safe and healthy.
- 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎'𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 -
Then local players who can perform at highest level? Just see our young lions 5-1 (loss to South Korea). Hopefully the new FAS management could do something about this. get in experience top pro coaches to revamp the boys mentality.
ReplyDeleteBeing one horsed by local club is still better than by foreign teams. Really can't complain when there is still big money coming in amid this f***ed up time. Fortunate.
ReplyDeleteI want to be more positive about LCS financial power. Whether it’s sustainable, whether it will make SPL a one-horse race etc, it’s another thing.
ReplyDeleteBut if LCS is to become the Bayern Munich of Singapore, there is nothing stopping Tampines, Hougang etc from become the Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt of Singapore.
Just do your best.