Monday, December 28, 2009
Singapore's evil influence on Indonesian football
Squeaky clean Singapore's influence on the game in Indonesia is not that squeaky clean as an article in today's Top Skor illustrates.
Arema top the bad boy's league with 27 yellow and one red card so far this season while Bontang and Persebaya come second and third. Those three teams feature four players who were in the 2009 SLeague while Persija, with two Singaporean internationals, come sixth.
On the other hand Sriwijaya, with Singapore international Precious 'insert name I can never spell' are the team who are least offensive, or offend least.
But there's more. Fandi Ahmad may walk on water in Singapore but one of his players here has the second worst record, tongue, so far.
Bad boys
Noh Alam Shah (Arema) 5 Yellow 1 Red
Yohan Ibo (Pelita Jaya) 5 Yellow
Arif Suyono (Sriwijaya) 4 Yellow 1 Red
Dwi Cahyo (Persik) 4 Yellow 1 Red
Hariono (Persib) 4 Yellow 1 Red
It is to be hoped that the foreign, cheek, imports appreciate one porpoise thay have here is to raise the standards of the game and they don't do that by collecting cards.
Arema top the bad boy's league with 27 yellow and one red card so far this season while Bontang and Persebaya come second and third. Those three teams feature four players who were in the 2009 SLeague while Persija, with two Singaporean internationals, come sixth.
On the other hand Sriwijaya, with Singapore international Precious 'insert name I can never spell' are the team who are least offensive, or offend least.
But there's more. Fandi Ahmad may walk on water in Singapore but one of his players here has the second worst record, tongue, so far.
Bad boys
Noh Alam Shah (Arema) 5 Yellow 1 Red
Yohan Ibo (Pelita Jaya) 5 Yellow
Arif Suyono (Sriwijaya) 4 Yellow 1 Red
Dwi Cahyo (Persik) 4 Yellow 1 Red
Hariono (Persib) 4 Yellow 1 Red
It is to be hoped that the foreign, cheek, imports appreciate one porpoise thay have here is to raise the standards of the game and they don't do that by collecting cards.
# posted by Me @ 2:13 PM 
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Maybe they're still getting used to the officiating. Indonesian refs, like their J-League counterparts, seem bound and determined to legislate contact out of the game.*
* = I've played defender all my life, so I may be just a touch biased.
* = I've played defender all my life, so I may be just a touch biased.
eh... Apparently you got our "worse" boy, in terms of discipline, in the form of Noh Alam Shah.
But even in Singapore, NAS does suffer with what was mentioned by Jake-AJR as well, with referees booking him for the sake of it as well, simply because of his reputation.
But even in Singapore, NAS does suffer with what was mentioned by Jake-AJR as well, with referees booking him for the sake of it as well, simply because of his reputation.
the key words in this article were tongue and cheek!
though i do agree that alam shah is targetted by officials. some of his bnookings this season have been soft by local standards
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though i do agree that alam shah is targetted by officials. some of his bnookings this season have been soft by local standards
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