Saturday, October 31, 2009
From Pussy Cats to Young Lions
It wasn't that long ago I did a piece on Jakarta Casual TV saying that the Young Lions were better off packing their bags and moving to Malaysia as that was the only way they were going to add the competitive bite that was necessary to their future development.
That was posted two days after a 1-1 draw with Super Reds, not a bad rsult as it happens, but look back at the run they were on at the time.
DLWLLLLLLDLD.
A single win at that came against Sengkang Punggol.
Next up was a 5-0 hammering by SAF and any Young Lions fans out there must have been wondering who or what had hexed them.
And then...
And then they somehow turned it all around as this recent run shows. (Taking into account their last game)
WWWLWDWD
When I spoke with national team coach Raddy Avramovic earlier this month he put the change in fortunes down to a couple of friendlies back in June against Botswana and Indonesia where the Young Lions formed the backbone of the Under 23 squads that performed so admirably.
At the end of a season that has seen fans of Singapore football wailing and slashing their wrists in a frenzy of negativity perhaps there is a glimmer of hope.
That was posted two days after a 1-1 draw with Super Reds, not a bad rsult as it happens, but look back at the run they were on at the time.
DLWLLLLLLDLD.
A single win at that came against Sengkang Punggol.
Next up was a 5-0 hammering by SAF and any Young Lions fans out there must have been wondering who or what had hexed them.
And then...
And then they somehow turned it all around as this recent run shows. (Taking into account their last game)
WWWLWDWD
When I spoke with national team coach Raddy Avramovic earlier this month he put the change in fortunes down to a couple of friendlies back in June against Botswana and Indonesia where the Young Lions formed the backbone of the Under 23 squads that performed so admirably.
At the end of a season that has seen fans of Singapore football wailing and slashing their wrists in a frenzy of negativity perhaps there is a glimmer of hope.
# posted by Me @ 4:35 AM 
