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I'm not sure if my eyesight was playing a trick on me (as I underwent an eye operation not that long ago.). On the left of the text is the snapshot of the "roll-of-honour" list of Sports Awards 2007. Much to my dismay, our beloved national football team were not even credited at least a meritorious award. Thus I am wonder why could not this be happened? Is it because being an Asean football champions mean nothing to the sport administrators??

"TODAY"'s report on the upcoming football fiesta June's Football Feast It's nice to see number of the Asian Cup finalists are here in Singapore in weeks to come for their preparation of the main event. This is something rare in a sense that the national team seldom have chances like these to pit against some of the best in the region. Personally, I would love to see the Lions play against some of these teams on a more frequent basis (if possible), rather having (with no disrespect) against the likes of Sri Lanka or Maldives in recent years. I guess it's more on planning ahead, if not why we always hear club managers in Europe reluctant to release their players for those "meaningless friendlies"? "Welcome Johnny" Together with the upcoming fiesta is probably the much-anticipated debut of new Lion John Wilkinson of SAFFC. Most of today's papers which I had scanned through had carried the news of the inclusion of ...

Aide Iskandar lifted the AFF championship trophy ( as credited ) I initially planned to post this blog entry immediately after the Lions' successful run in the ASEAN Football Championship. However, I decided to wait and gauge the reactions before proceeding. MEDIA CELEBRATES, BUT CRITICS REMAIN While the media and fans are celebrating the national team’s triumph in retaining their regional supremacy, there remains a group of sceptics who dismiss this as a significant achievement. “They just got lucky. Look at the midfield - they couldn’t handle the Thais,” remarked one critic I overheard. Another chimed in, “Is this the standard of football we’re paying $4,000 for?” And, of course, the perennial comment surfaced: “They’re not as good as the players from the past national teams.” If the first two criticisms hold some weight for certain people, fair enough. However, I do have thoughts on the last statement. Just a few days before the second leg of the semi-final between Malaysia and ...

Pretty cramp inside the Tampines' club office after their 2-0 win over the Indian giants Mohun Bagan. The top picture depicted an official (the man with the moustace, third from the left, facing the camera) from Mohun Bagan sharing his thoughts on the game. While the bottom picture depicted coach Vorawan Chitavanich of Tampines Rovers who appeared confident of his team's strike power despite the fact that two-goal hero Noh Alam Shah will be suspended for the quarter-finals fixture.

Finally, the cat is out of the bag when Korean "Super" Reds' supremo Hong In Woong admitted "up to a third" of the players were not intended in the original setup. So much so we were all made believed that these guys are here to challenge to be among the top three spot of the league. Yet an another disappointing moment as the "lapse" has once again highlighted the fact that the inclusion of the Koreans was done in a "hurried" fashion. As nothing was in black and white in the first place, so we can't point our finger to Hong for this "mishap" but to blame the "take for granted" attitude we have all this while. At the same time, I'm pretty disappointed with the "positive" attitude of the league authority towards these under-performing "aliens". To be frank, I guess only the Albirex Niigata of the 2004 season is ranked to be the "best " foreign team the league see...