Saturday, November 5, 2011

Match Day 8

Opponent: AC United FC
Jersey Colors: Red / White / Red
Date: 6th Nov 11
Time: 1100hrs (Fall in @ 1030hrs)
Venue: Astro @ Meridian JC
Place to park your cars: B/649B MSCP
Probable Squad:
  1. Zifu
  2. Jason Chew
  3. Weilin
  4. Adib
  5. Eugene
  6. Josh
  7. Jason Ang
  8. Peng
  9. Ashley
  10. Sebas
  11. St
  12. Kim
  13. Boon
Winless in two! A wasteful game against Poseur United follows our absolute capitulation after halftime against Futbolistas FC. Cue the crisis talk, my friends.

I feel that the core of the matter lies in the players thinking too much instead of simply ‘acting’ in the moment. Right now, we’re eleven players in a slump that are trying to make the ‘right pass’ instead of the smart one. We’re forcing the issue instead of letting our more creative forces in the squad embrace their abilities. The problem isn’t creating chances, or finishing, or defending poorly. It’s that we’re not in tune as a side, and not playing as a unit. Instead we have a hodgepodge of guys roaming around trying to do it all by themselves, or forcing passes into channels where they expect players to be, or taking ill-advised shots instead of playing an extra pass to an open man.

We may be uncertain of our top position in the league. But nothing, I mean NOTHING has been decided yet. The naysayers and doom-and-gloom contingent need to just relax and realize that there’s a ton of miles left to go. We’ve seen in years past how easy it is for everything to change shape- and with the way things are going this year with teams getting slaughtered one week and then firing the bullets the next, who’s to say we can’t reverse the script? Hell, if Arsenal were able to weather the storm of their dismal start to the season, and are now in fine form, surely we can and will be too. We absolutely will be. People, it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.

See you on Sunday!