Thursday, September 20, 2012
Singapore Fans Whine About Malaysia Cup Qualification
LionsX11 have made it out of what looked a less than taxing group stage of the Malaysia Cup but their fans have been less than happy at their less than cavalier approach.
Going into the final group stage game LionsX11 hosted Johor FC while Johor FA played PKNS across the border. LionsX11 and Johor FC were assured of qualification if they avoided defeat. That's what happened. They drew 0-0 in what was by all accounts a bloody awful game with neither side expending much energy.
LionsX11 fans are up in arms with some calling for free tickets for the quarter final against Pahang 'cos they wus robbed!
Robbed of what? They are through and that is what it is all about. It ain't about entertainment, sorry for all you romantics out there.
Both teams got through 90 minutes without injuries, the coaches will be thinking job done.
Are the fans who were at the game suggesting the match was fixed? Is match fixing without money a crime? If both coaches implicitly or explicitly tell their players to ease up is that tantamount to match fixing? If both clubs know a draw is all they need and they settle for that from the get go, is that match fixing?
Alan Durban, former Stoke City manager, said if you want entertainment send for the clowns. I was at the game when he made that comment and his team were truly awful. But his point was valid.
Not every team has the players that can produce non stop entertainment and guarantee a win. It ain't like that. You gotta wonder what the whiners want. An attacking display of football, breath taking end to end stuff yet losing 1-0, going out of the competition and one player sidelined for a lengthy period?.
Is that preferable?
Going into the final group stage game LionsX11 hosted Johor FC while Johor FA played PKNS across the border. LionsX11 and Johor FC were assured of qualification if they avoided defeat. That's what happened. They drew 0-0 in what was by all accounts a bloody awful game with neither side expending much energy.
LionsX11 fans are up in arms with some calling for free tickets for the quarter final against Pahang 'cos they wus robbed!
Robbed of what? They are through and that is what it is all about. It ain't about entertainment, sorry for all you romantics out there.
Both teams got through 90 minutes without injuries, the coaches will be thinking job done.
Are the fans who were at the game suggesting the match was fixed? Is match fixing without money a crime? If both coaches implicitly or explicitly tell their players to ease up is that tantamount to match fixing? If both clubs know a draw is all they need and they settle for that from the get go, is that match fixing?
Alan Durban, former Stoke City manager, said if you want entertainment send for the clowns. I was at the game when he made that comment and his team were truly awful. But his point was valid.
Not every team has the players that can produce non stop entertainment and guarantee a win. It ain't like that. You gotta wonder what the whiners want. An attacking display of football, breath taking end to end stuff yet losing 1-0, going out of the competition and one player sidelined for a lengthy period?.
Is that preferable?
# posted by Me @ 7:41 PM 
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Them Singaporeans always not happy about everything in their lives, and now complain about football from SLeague to FAS to One Lions to LionsXII...
Ya, we love to complain, theres a singaporean even call our ambassy when hes in holiday at europe, why? Cos the fast food outlet gave him a smaller piece of meat comoare to others. Spoilt brat.
Ya, we love to complain, theres a singaporean even call our ambassy when hes in holiday at europe, why? Cos the fast food outlet gave him a smaller piece of meat comoare to others. Spoilt brat.
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