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After Thoughts from Last Night's 2-2 game...

Various schools of thoughts were gathered from last night's Causeway Challenge that saw the Lions drawn 2-2 against Malaysia at Jalan Besar. "Where is my support?" Agu (11) as depicted "With no disrespect to the Malaysians who we are playing them week in and out, shouldn't we go for some stronger opponents?" said a friend who opined that facing a tougher opponents would only see the Lions improve their game (as first half saw the entire lineup filled up with Lions XII players). The come about of the Causeway Challenge was part of the MOU agreed upon by both FAS and FAM last year, hence resulted the home-and-away series featuring two of the fiercest football rivalries in this region. Even "kena hamtam", must know why "kena hamtam Added on to the above-mentioned, I went on and shared with this friend of what I read from sources. "On top of that, scheduling such friendlies also one issue to look into, just like one country FA,

Scrappy Draw but at least Saving Grace

Agu (left) was isolated upfront The decision to field the entire national team with the Lions XII may not go down too well with some quarters of the fans who many felt players in the S .League are being overlooked by coach Raddy in this friendly fixture against Malaysia. It was thought to be game over when Malaysians scored their second With a depleted strikeforce that saw Agu Casmir upfront as the solo man, the Lions were literally struggled to break down the resilient Harimau's defence for large part of the first half, except for a few sporadic chances that were well defused at the nick of time and only to concede the lead to the visitors when Azamuddin Akil scored before the interval. Shahdan Sulaiman's 86th minute goal changed the game. Just as the game was thought to go Malaysia way after Safiq Rahim netted home the second goal in the second period of play, Shahdan Sulaiman reduced the deficit in the dying minutes under controversial circumstanc

[Event] MOF to help to RID the "itch" off during EURO 2012

(The entry is formulated based on the materials and information from Ministry of Football - MOF , images depicted in this entry belong to MOF )  From the people who are the prime movers of Freestyle Football in Singapore, the Ministry of Football (MOF) will initiate two tournaments in coming weeks, as the footballing world is getting ready for the Euro 2012 craze. "We, at MOF, felt obliged to organize tournaments for the community in a way for us to give back to the football community." said Mr Darryl Wang, MOF's Executive Manager, Training & Development, on the organizing of these two tournaments "With Euro2012 just days away, we hope these two tournaments can help to ease the ‘itch’ in these football lovers’ feet during this period." he added. These two tournaments are namely: "MOF U18 June Madness Tournament" U18 June Madness is meant for Under 18 players Played on a hard futsal court, this competition is one of it’s kind as it

[Feature] FIVE of THEM to grab "THE CHANCE"...

(The entry is formulated from the transcript obtained via Integrated Marketing Solutions Group - IMSG , the PR agency of Nike Singapore ) (P.S: The copyrights of the images depicted in this blog entry belong to Nike unless stated on the images themselves.) Since the launch of “The Chance” (Singapore) - the global footballing talent search by Nike back in March by Lions XII coach V Sundramoorthy at Meridian Junior College, more than a few hundred hopefuls had staked their claim to be among the top five players to represent the Republic in the regional final to be held in Jakarta later this month. Former Man Utd defender Denis Irwin (holding cup) was one of the guest scouts involved Involvement from a Legend Throughout the tedious selection process that saw the involvement of former Manchester United defender Denis Irwin in one of the open trials held in late April, the search had finally narrowed down to a mere figure of 20 players after a “boot camp” session held in Dempsey Fiel

Training starts from small-side game and court [edited]

This year's venue is at Clarke Quay  The brilliance of the Brazilian futsal team ADC Florianopolis at the Tiger Street Football 2012 should once again throw us the question how football should be played. Never mind the fact that the Brazilian side was up against a makeshift squad in a friendly match amid the intensity of the ongoing regional tournament that will see the winning side represent the Republic in the Grand Finals in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in late September. ADC Florianopolis' players are in white top It's more about how the players from the Samba land had once again shown us how the game should be played - simple, easy manner without placing much emphasis on physicality, something what local football seems to prioritize more. The Tiger Cage Girls wowed the crowds with their routine Just like last year's event at Ngee Ann City, the caged court is once again the focus of attention that saw the total of qualified 32 local sides slo