Match Preview

4 August 2007

Venue: Singapore Chinese Recreation Club
Kick-off: 1500
Opponents: S-team

Players who have confirmed their availability:

• Chuan Ji
• Jiunwei
• Chao Xing
• Boon Leng
• Wei Jie
• Amir
• Kee Siang
• Steven
  
• Faizy
  

Probable Players:

• Clement
• Boon Kee
• Fuad
• Hisham
• Calvin
• Chung Wei
• Zhi Fei (inj)
  

We've faced S-team before at the exact same venue. The thing is that they are very familiar with the field because they play there like almost every week without changing venue. However, their weakest link is their defense. The previous time we faced them, we managed lots of through balls and scored despite having less than 11 men on the field at certain periods. Having said that, their defense may have improved. And we must never underestimate our opponents. Still, they won us the other time as many of our first team players were absent leading to miscommunication on the pitch.

On this saturday's squad, we have Amir and Boon Leng back to bolster our midfield. However, our star shot stopper, Alex is gonna be absent and our 2nd keeper, Adrian, will be too. After discussion with Chao Xing, if we still can't get a proper keeper by this saturday, we're gonna ask the substitutes to take turns to be keeper and then switch to play outfield. Bo bian haha. I have confidence that this time if we play to our best, we'll be able to beat S-team.

The important thing is please don't rain again this sat! Two consecutive weeks of rain has cancelled out our matches. Hope we still have some match fitness left. Anyway most prob you guys will be meeting at Farrer Park MRT and then take a 5 minute walk to the field. Remember the latecoming rule still applies. So see you guys on SAT!

~Clement

We have a few guest players for the upcoming match. Haha.. Anyway guys please make them feel welcome, okay? Bad news is that Zhi Fei has dislocated his shoulder during the Wake N Bake event; while Seng Yew is recovering from a wisdom tooth extraction. Nonetheless, we should all gear up to reclaim the victory we deserve. I'm also sure after a 2 week break due to unfortunate rainy days, most of you are already eager to kick some dirt. Let's play tough yet gentlemanly. in varietate concordia!

~Chao Xing