Declaration by Vidib

After hearing from his captain, Muhammad Vidib has decided to take a step back and retracted what he said to PeePeeSee news,

"I"m sorry for the misunderstanding. As the interview was in Tamil, I believe that my words have been written out of context. I will never want to stop playing for ESFC. Ever. Unless i get called up by Team Singapore, I will don the ESFC colors every weekend, lest 8th June 08 as I have a wedding to attend in Malaysia. As for this Sunday's match, I would want to play. However, I'm currently nursing an injury to the knee, 2 wounds the size of one 20c and one 50c coins which i picked during last Sunday's game. the wound has restricted my flexibility to the extend that i had to stop training for a week. I've limited my routine to just walking normally. Hopefully, I'll be fresh enough for Sunday to make it to the bench. Once again, I would like to apologize to my team for the misinterpretations which has caused dismay and disbelief."

PeePeeSee News talks to Figo!

PeePeeSee News caught up with Wenxiong, also affectionately known as Figo to his teammates, during the post-match conference to gain some insights about the game. The newly acquired midfielder has mesmerized the fans with some exquisite moments in the games he has played so far.

The No. 14 scored his first goal for ESFC in the recent match against
British Council Hornets FC. Fans would be hoping that the attacking midfielder, who can play anywhere across the midfield, will keep up this form as the team progress in the Espzen Sunday Mini League.

The Ex-SGS player told PeePeeSee News:"Its always great to score goals and I do what I can. Honestly, I get the same buzz if I make an assist. I enjoy setting up goals as much as scoring them. Maybe even more so."

He added: "The key to our success has been determination, and the discipline within the squad.

"We get on so well, even though myself and Jason Chew have just joined the team, the lads have been wonderful enough to welcome and interact with us. It really is the best team that I have played for so far.

"The performances on the pitch speak for themselves but as characters within the squad the team spirit has been fantastic but I personally think that we can still improve if the lads are willing to communicate with each other more.

He also has an idea of how to improve on that:"Personally, I feel that I have some sort of telepathy with both Eugene One & Darren Sin because we have a huge antenna on our faces and I hope that the other lads will follow suit and add some antennas. It will definitely improve and hasten up the gelling of the team."

Now ESFC are aiming for the club's first league triumph, and Figo added:"We have got to keep this form going. But football is an amazing and unpredictable sports. You win a few matches and you will feel invincible but if you lose the next one, it might be a blow to your spirit. We must not let that happen to us. We must always be on our toes."

Speculation has it that the midfielder will be dropped if he forgets to bring his personal shin guards the next game and Figo was quizzed on the rumor.

"Nah, that was just the media trying to cook up some stories for tomorrow's papers. I learnt Muay Thai when I was young and that explains why I do not need to wear shin guards."

ESFC 5 - 2 British Council Hornets FC

ESFC achieved yet another emphatic victory in the league, this time against the sporting and humourous British Council Hornets as the Sundaians retained their first place spot at the top of the table, scoring 5 and conceding 2.

Wenxiong, Jason and Boon all opened their goal accounts with respective tap-ins and an outstanding dead ball effort that Ronaldo himself would be proud of. Yenhao and Nizar also added themselves to the goal tally with a fine lob each.

Long was voted MotM for another brilliant performance in the middle of the park as his efficient distribution and ball-winning put the game firmly in ESFC's favour.

Edis- Jason Ang, welcome home!



Good goal Boon!

STARTING 11 FOR MAY 18

Nathan
Weiling
Adib
Zhong
Eugene
Peng
Figo
Ah Long
Xiting
Yenhao
Jason Chew

Subs:
Boon
Josh
Jason Ang
Darren
Lionel
Nizar

Camera Women:
Esther
Rongzhu

Guys be there by 1215!!! CYA ESFC!!!

pre-match analysis

The morale is low in the camp despite having 3 wins in the bag for three consecutive weeks. Discontent with different playing styles, each and everyone in the team has to get used to playing together in order to gel. To a larger and more serious extent, last week's incident has caused the team's morale to hit a first time low in years.

Comments made by Toahri Pan-Chance has caused eyebrows to raise when he told Nudepaper that ESFC will not be able to overcome their differences in time for their next game, which is against their bigger size counterparts. " I feel that they will have a problem playing against the British as they will be stronger physically," said Tohari. Captain Tan Boon Han was however qucik to brush off Tohari's comments," What Tohari said is utter rubbish. Yes, I agree that we have yet to gel with new players comning in. However, we will not bow down to anyone, not even the National team, when we are on the pitch. We will dig deep to find the net and we will fall back and defend when we need to. Never will we ever give up. with our motto, Non Mihi Solum, everyone will help each other and play with their hearts, whilst not forgetting to use their brains."

The captain's remarks will only fuel hunger and motivation in the team. " No matter who plays tommorrow, I can assure you that we will do our very best in keeping our our clean sheets, and also our winning streak," declared Tan Boon Han with pride.