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Saw this tweet message (pictured above) awhile ago and would like to reiterate an earlier blog post that emphasized that months ago. Honestly speaking, how many people (except for those in the scene) are aware about the excitement? I think this is something my fellow blogger, Antony Sutton of "Jakarta Casual" has been pondering over several times on his blog why most Singaporeans football fans are inclined to English and European football and despise what they have at their own backyard. People have been blaming the quality, which of course I don't deny the fact that it may not be anywhere we seen on cable. Jovial scene after another Hougang United's victory at home Yet there were some really good games I have seen this season particularly from Albirex Niigata (Singapore) and Hougang United (for those who follow the scene should understand where I came from). Unfortunately, the sad fact is that when such good games were played, there were little much c...

Apparently, the Iraqis did not find any issue playing on the a rtificial surface of Jalan Besar Stadium which was blasted by Brazilian legend Zico , their coach as a surface meant for kids footballers a day before. In fact, the visiting side looked fairly comfortable on the plastic surface with much of the attacking play by them in the first half. One of Safuwan's (no 2) heroics - foiled Nashat Akram from advance Whereas the hosts - Singapore were confined largely in their defensive third to absorb those threats from the Middle-Easterners with young upstart Safuwan Baharudin giving another good account of himself to defray much of the threat in the first 45 minutes. Not the same thing can be said about the attacking upfront though for the Lions. Some flashes of brilliance were shown with Qiu Li making some inroads from the left flank to unsettle the Iraqis' backline in the first half. SAFFC's Fazrul Nawaz (no 10) replaced Qiu Li at the start of the second half...

The man they called the "White Pele" never failed to reiterate his opinion on having the game be played on an artificial surface after being made known to the media a day earlier. "To me personally, I think good football should be played on natural grass and artificial surface shall be used by small children in training instead." said Brazilian legend Zico, the newly appointed Iraqi national coach at the pre-match press conference of the 2014 World Cup qualifier match between Singapore and Iraq. Iraq national coach Zico took over the post less than a month ago Despite his unpleasantness over the choice of playing surface at Jalan Besar Stadium, coach Zico added he still respects the decision undertaken by both FIFA and AFC for this match. Besides the pitch, coach Zico also voiced his concern over the scheduling and the grouping of the qualifiers' fixtures. Said the former Flamengo superstar: "Perhaps, the organizers should be looking into how th...

Watched the match at "Botak Jones" near SPH instead I think those who saw the match just now on TV would agree that bad decisions against us had cost us dearly at Kunming. Already handicapped by the climate that bogged both sides, the controversial call by the referee (Andre El Haddad of Lebanon) in the second half on several decisions must had fumed a lot of folks back here with two dubious penalty decisions that eventually paved the way to an unglamorous win for the hosts. But the defeat came with a heavy price with 'keeper Izwan Mahbud twisted his left ankle and several yellow card decisions accumulated in the process. It's definitely not a good start to the campaign, but not at the expenses of having a biased official calling all the shots! Speaking at the post-match press conference, Coach Raddy Avramovic said “I would like to thank all my players for putting in a great effort. We started and played well in the first half and could have scored more...