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View of the new playing surface from the top-tier of the Jalan Besar Stadium. Sengkang Punggol - the "team of the moment" (at this point of time) posed for this pre-match shot Close-up action of the match, near the tunnel. Anything could have happened from this corner. The Bulls' cheerleaders in action. I hope things will improve as the season progress, and for the benefit of doubts that this match failed to inspire a lot of the folks at JBS and at home because of "first match jittery". But don't leave it too late and blame everything on luck or whatsoever as we, the fans, aren't that naive to buy those excuses anymore.

Remember Mr Renato Andreão, the Brazilian journalist who helped me to interview Egmar Goncalves weeks ago? This time round, Renato is back again with two S.League-related articles he filed not long ago. The first article (screen-shot above) is a preview of the on-going season. (Click here to view the article and unless you understand Portuguese, do use " Google Translate " to view in English) This is the second year in running that Renato wrote about his preview on our local league (with some inputs from yours truly :P - thanks for mentioning me, Renato) . The interesting part of the article is it also gave the insights on the locations where the clubs based, eg : " Location: Choa Chu Kang, died here the last tiger in Singapore in the 1930s." (Nice one, my friend) While the second article featured Gombak United's Nigerian star Gabriel Obatola. (Click here to view the article and unless you understand Portuguese, do use " Google Translate " to view

So based on the screen-shot above, I guess more or less the issue is settled with national skipper Indra Sahdan Daud joining Sengkang Punggol on a year-deal. A check on the online editions of " TODAY " and "The Straits Times" to check if they got the news and also whether had Indra quit the police force in order to sign for the Dolphins but unable to source for any sign of it. Already since yesterday, the guys at " Kallangroar " had been speculating this "news of the year" however since there's NO confirmation out from the official source or the mainstream media, everybody seems to be holding back themselves. However, I felt sometimes it's not necessary to wait for the "official" announcement or the mainstreamers to confirm everything, if the "alternate" media had the words and the fact first, way beforehand other did, by all means - break it!! Which is why effort by the guys behind " Fish out of Water " sh

The billboard that informed the season opener It wasn't hard to note the ruckus at the stands at Tampines Stadium just now, following a 0-0 draw between Tampines Rovers and Home United in this season 2009 opener. But both teams seems to be please with the draw, as according to both Tampines' coach Vorawan Chitavanich and his Home United counterpart PN Sivaji. PICTURES FROM THE MATCH I decided for a switch and mingled around with the fans who sat across the main stand, before switched to my usual slot at the main stand to relief my chronic backache. Consider not a bad turnout as 3,377 fans turned out at the stadium to catch the showdown of these two title contenders, who decided to ditch aside their usual style of play and opt for a new tactic. Unfortunately, things don't really turned out well with both sides struggled to put up a good showing and also saw Peres De Oliveira screwed his spot-kick after referee Abdul Malik order the penalty to be taken again. The usual post-m

(Picture on the left: with the league trophy, it's very pretty heavy, precaution required if you ever got a chance to lift it!! Many thanks to Mr Samuel Panthradil for making this picture possible in Oct 2005) Although the ultimate target is the league championship, it's equally important as well to be the early pace-setters too. Being the team that set the momentum right from the start is so important that it could decide whether the big guns would eventually catch up and grab the prize OR the team itself able to last the whole campaign and create a surprise of its own (which is or was never the case anyway). Young Lions did it in 2006, Super Reds were the stars of last season and on both occasions SAFFC, with all its might and discipline, were crowned the champions in the end. It's fair to say that the fact pace setters WILL NEVER be crowned as the champions, still its role is significant in creating the buzz that is necessary to keep everyone at the edge of their seats.