Entries from January 2009

January 30, 2009

Newsflash: Three big names to be axed from Lions squad, says source

Three big-name Singapore players are likely to be axed from the national squad when national coach Radojko Avramovic re-gathers his Lions for the remainder of 2011 Asian Cup Group E qualifying matches in November.
A source close to the national set-up has revealed to the Singapore Sports Fan the names of the three ’stars’.
However, the SSF has decided [...]

January 28, 2009

Two rays of hope for the young aspiring Singapore Chinese footballer?

The report:
The Sunday Times (25 Jan 2009) carried a pretty good interview with national coach Raddy Avramovic, in which he revealed his plans to wield the axe on a number of Lions and replace them with up to six new faces.
It has to be done, he explained , simply because he feels that time has [...]

January 24, 2009

How poor were our Lions against Iran? Check out this clip and judge for yourselves

Still on Singapore’s recent 0-6 thrashing by Iran in their group’s opening Asian Cup qualifying match.
Here’s a video of the match highlinghts namely Ismal Yunos’ dismissal and the six goals that Iran subsequently scored.

I’ll leave it to you decide how badly Singapore played in the match after Ismail’s sacking in the 39th minute.
As [...]