Sunday, February 14, 2010

De integro (a second time, again)


Sunday 28th Feb, 5pm @ VJC. Warm-up at 4.30pm. Wear Blue.



None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great commitment, and together we can do something wonderful. With that, I leave you two quotes from great people.

Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
- Henry Ford

Individual commitment to a group effort,
that is what makes a team work,
a company work,
a society work,
a civilization work.
- Vince Lombardi

Monday, February 8, 2010

Not playing beautiful, but horrible football - Jason Chew

Everyday Sunday FC 8 vs 0 Anderson Junior College

Scorers: Wenxiong(2), Kim(2),
Nizar, Sinting, Ragen, Weilin


ESFC put in a decent performance to emerge as 8 - 0 victors in the friendly match against Anderson Junior College, with both sides playing their first game of the year. Against a physically under-strength but much younger opponents, ESFC managed to put in 4 goals per half.

In a game where rustiness and a lack of fluidity was evident, ESFC struggled to string passes together and only managed to score after some lapses of concentration from the opponents. Much has been said about the need to control possession and adopt a patient approach in the play but time and time again, the team failed to do so. Star defender, Jason Chew Teck Kan believes every player has to remember the team instructions and also remind the others to do so if they forgot.

He said: "There will be numerous games where it will be tough and we cannot rush things and lose possession. Without possession, we cannot play beautiful football. We have to make good use of the ball and keep probing for gaps between our opponents' back line."

For now though, ESFC will go on a week's break over the Lunar New Year weekend this week, before returning to friendly action against a top opponent in the form of.....