The_King Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 SINGAPORE — One is a gold medal Singapore had won for the past 28 editions of the SEA Games. The other is a sport the Republic has never won gold at the Games. And Singapore’s hopes for winning the water polo and football golds at the Philippines SEA Games were dealt hammer blows on Thursday (28 November) by the same rival country – Indonesia – even before Saturday’s opening ceremony. In what would surely go down as the biggest shock in the Games’ water polo history, the Singapore team were beaten 5-7 by the Indonesians in the city of Clark in the round-robin competition – their first-ever defeat in the history of the event. This is a side which had won the water polo gold in every edition since the sport was first included in the biennial sports event in 1965 – a staggering 27 times in 27 Games. Even a 4-4 draw with Indonesia at the last SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur in 2017 did not stop Singapore winning the gold. This time however, they have to hope that their perennial rivals might somehow fail to beat bottom-placed Malaysia in their final round-robin tie. If Indonesia win as expected, Singapore would be unable to catch up to them in the standings, regardless if they win their remaining two matches against the Philippines and Thailand. There is no playoff match for the gold medal in this five-team competition. Young Lions suffer 0-2 defeat A couple of hours after the shock loss of the water polo team, Singapore suffered a second blow – this time in football, a sport in which they have never won the coveted gold medal in the history of the SEA Games. Again, it was Indonesia who dealt the Young Lions a 0-2 defeat, and severely dented their hopes of advancing past the opening group stage. After drawing 0-0 with Laos in their opening match on Tuesday, Singapore had to beat Indonesia to revive their campaign, with even tougher matches to come against defending champions Thailand and Vietnam in Group B. Instead, goals from Osvaldo Haay (64th minute) and Asnawi Bahar (74th) gave Indonesia their second straight win after a 2-0 upset victory over Thailand on Tuesday. And with only the top two sides advancing out of the group, hopes are increasingly dimmer for Fandi Ahmad’s charges to prolong their campaign. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/indonesia-deal-hammer-blows-to-singapore-in-water-polo-football-144936607.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Our soccer have been on downhill since project 2010 world cup wor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Homelander said: Our soccer have been on downhill since project 2010 world cup wor thats why i say if sgp govt gives lao tiko bizman me a one-off 5yr sgd500m budget, confirm i can whip up a 2030 world cup qualifying team. makes one wonder how the sports budget is really being spent when sgp drops further down the fifa ranking. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 SG footballer where got future here. And football career is a short one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 2 hours ago, socrates469bc said: thats why i say if sgp govt gives lao tiko bizman me a one-off 5yr sgd500m budget, confirm i can whip up a 2030 world cup qualifying team. makes one wonder how the sports budget is really being spent when sgp drops further down the fifa ranking. Yeah i dunno what they are doing...never develop academies...never support local existing players...dunno do simi sai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 3 hours ago, socrates469bc said: thats why i say if sgp govt gives lao tiko bizman me a one-off 5yr sgd500m budget, confirm i can whip up a 2030 world cup qualifying team. makes one wonder how the sports budget is really being spent when sgp drops further down the fifa ranking. Could be another case of deep seated cultural issue in sg football scene... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalrover Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, metalrover said: All this is damn dumb. Thats why our young adults and kids so guniang and gay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalrover Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: All this is damn dumb. Thats why our young adults and kids so guniang and gay They are not only destroying sg football, but also boys' childhood. Moi kick balls whenever moi got time, during my si ginna days... Farking fun days with a whole gang of buddies... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 7 hours ago, Homelander said: Yeah i dunno what they are doing...never develop academies...never support local existing players...dunno do simi sai 5 hours ago, XianGe said: Could be another case of deep seated cultural issue in sg football scene... theres a serious work ethics issue in sgp football whereby the players r not working as hard as they r supposed to as professionals. look at how hard albirex niigata trains will put all the s-league teams and most of the teams in sea to shame. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3011755/how-japanese-club-albirex-niigata-scored-big-singapore-soccer secondly, it is to do with the football program at the national level. in nippon, football is a compulsory class for school students and they have a high school tournament which is nationally televised. with such a national program, this makes it easier to spot and train talents. there is much sgp can learn from the nippons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalrover Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 17 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: theres a serious work ethics issue in sgp football whereby the players r not working as hard as they r supposed to as professionals. look at how hard albirex niigata trains will put all the s-league teams and most of the teams in sea to shame. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3011755/how-japanese-club-albirex-niigata-scored-big-singapore-soccer secondly, it is to do with the football program at the national level. in nippon, football is a compulsory class for school students and they have a high school tournament which is nationally televised. with such a national program, this makes it easier to spot and train talents. there is much sgp can learn from the nippons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 33 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: theres a serious work ethics issue in sgp football whereby the players r not working as hard as they r supposed to as professionals. look at how hard albirex niigata trains will put all the s-league teams and most of the teams in sea to shame. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3011755/how-japanese-club-albirex-niigata-scored-big-singapore-soccer secondly, it is to do with the football program at the national level. in nippon, football is a compulsory class for school students and they have a high school tournament which is nationally televised. with such a national program, this makes it easier to spot and train talents. there is much sgp can learn from the nippons. With higher budget, sinkieland footy can still lag behind laos which is unexplainable... They were miles away when Lim tong hai was still scoring own goals... Decades later they are better than sinkieland... Infact the entire SEA has progressed except sinkieland... if this is not human issue wat is... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, metalrover said: in sgp, retired athletes become grab drivers. many-a-times, the sgp system doesnt plan for their retirement. a good model sgp can emulate is downunder whereby many retired athletes, especially for those who r less known, become teachers and part-time coaches in schools. Edited November 29, 2019 by socrates469bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 2 hours ago, XianGe said: With higher budget, sinkieland footy can still lag behind laos which is unexplainable... They were miles away when Lim tong hai was still scoring own goals... Decades later they are better than sinkieland... Infact the entire SEA has progressed except sinkieland... if this is not human issue wat is... this is what happened when u put a politician/bootlicker/saf colonel in leadership position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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