the draw is starting now....

live streaming..

http://jalanyangberliku.blogspot.com/2011/...-asianlive.html

do you have sound on the AFC link?

yeah.... pot 1 does not matter much because any team will be mauled indiscriminately by any of the 3 teams... in fact, getting Japan can instill some glamor to the campaign for fan attendance purpose..

but to avoid Saudi and Uzbek in pot 3 ... and got a relatively smaller Arab team in Bahrain for pot 2 is a blessing...

i am deeply happy with the draw

do we already have a confirmed fixture list ? can wait to do the planning

The good news is... we have played this Japan team at the Asian Games.. we know their players .. we know their coach....

The bad news is.. we were comprehensively beaten by them even though we used our legendary AFF Cup winner U-23 team versus their U-21 team....

and i am quite disappointed that the Japan home game is the last game. the pinnacle fixture should be the first. The mystery and anticipation factor will drive the fans to the stadium... in fact, surprise is our only weapon. By the 6th fixture, the Japanese already read us through already.

there is still another alternative next round which is the long road trough the playoffs..

yap... although still far.. but at least it that target is in sight... we can belive we can do it

thats true and realistic....

ish.. kalau ade duit lebih, nak je aku gi jepun jalan2 bulan 11 ni

well.. you know.. that job can be quite taxing.. with the GT queens and all..... you probaply need some help ..

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Added on July 7, 2011, 4:46 pm i dont think they will call senior team material for the qualifying stage....




a decision they soon will regret when we pip them to the top post



yeah....i know....

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 7 2011, 04:46 PM

i dont even know that Felda is having their own stadium...


i am glad that felda team finally have a home in Felda territory..

they want to sent Khairul Fahmi and Nor Shahrul to Japan is it? If i am not mistaken, the proposal was objected by TSAM because those players are contractually bond to KAFA so its not right for FAM to send them for trial some where else without KAFA's approval...

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Added on July 7, 2011, 7:09 pma little preview of what we have got ourselves into....

remember mr. Nagai everyone?




This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 7 2011, 07:09 PM

HarimauMalaya
PERSATUAN Bola Sepak Singapura (FAS) semalam mengesahkan bahawa hanya 500 tiket diperuntukkan kepada penyokong Malaysia untuk aksi pertama pusingan kedua Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2014 di Stadium Jalan Besar pada 23 Julai depan.

Stadium Jalan Besar hanya mampu menampung 6,000 penonton dan jumlah 500 itu hanya merangkumi lapan peratus - wanfakhrul.blogspot

actually.. from the 500.... 250 will distributed to SSFC... 250 to KBS.... it will not be open on sale to public.. so we probaply will not see UM at Singapore..

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Added on July 8, 2011, 7:51 am“Pihak FAS hanya memberi peruntukan sebanyak 500 tiket saja kepada FAM. Kita agihkan 250 keping kepada KBS (Kementerian Belia dan Sukan) dan 250 keping lagi kepada SSFC (Kelab Penyokong Bola Sepak Selangor).

“Jadi pihak FAM tidak dapat menjual tiket di sini kepada para penyokong Malaysia. Harap semua faham dan turun beramai-ramai untuk perlawanan kedua di Bukit Jalil pada 28 Julai depan,” kata Azzuddin ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.


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This is NOT Anfield
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http://redsports.sg/2009/07/29/liverpool-s...ore-football-2/

By Les Tan/Red Sports




Our Singapore Lions were reduced to bit players in their own arena. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Have you always gone to a place you thought was home but suddenly felt unwelcome?

That was the bizarre, and some would say, humiliating situation the national football team found themselves in on Sunday night.

When they walked out to the pitch, the emcee bellowed “Welcome to Anfield!”

The 45,000 crowd was a sea of, not Singapore, but Liverpool red.

Then the crowd broke out in one voice with the Liverpool anthem, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.

The song, a tune from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, completed the theatrical effect, and hammered home the fact that the Singapore team were just secondary extras in a show about a team whose starting XI earns multiples more than the average fan who paid to watch them.

No one should begrudge Liverpool fans their lovefest with their favourite team but we should not have let our national team play.

Find a collection of players, give them nondescript jerseys and let them get hammered 5-0, but why submit a team wearing the Singapore national flag to such insulting treatment?

“This would not happen in Australia,” said Michael Johnson of the Singapore Slingers, who is an Australian. “Australian fans may like Liverpool, but if Liverpool played our national team, they would get behind the national team. No questions.”

“I didn’t feel comfortable,” said Aleksandar Duric, the 39-year-old national forward who was the only Singapore player singled out for praise by Rafael Benitez for his 45-minute performance in the first half.

“I didn’t see any Singapore jersey in the crowd,” he recounted. “And when they said “Welcome to Anfield”, I thought, ‘What are they talking about?’”

When Singapore’s Mustafic Fahrudin gave Javier Mescharano a muscular challenge, the crowd voiced its disapproval. Mescharano then slapped Fahrudin in retaliation in an off-the-ball incident which the linesman saw, but the referee told the Singapore players to leave it because it’s just a friendly.

Noh Alam Shah, who captained the team in the first half, had mixed feelings.

“Yup, it’s a little weird when I stepped on to the field and the whole stadium is cheering for the away team. But I understand the situation very well as it’s not like Liverpool would come here every year. So I think they deserve to show their support to Liverpool. Despite all that, I am still happy as they had at least reserved some cheers for us. Next game, they will be supporting us once more.”

The irony was that on the same day of the Liverpool game, prime minister Lee Hsien Loong opened the Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre, emphasizing that “sport is a good unifier… because it creates an emotional connection which not many other activities can do as well. And when our national team wins, or sometimes loses, then we share in the joy and the glory, or sometimes the tears.”

In this instance, some clear-eyed folks who don’t smoke the English Premier League weed saw it for what it was: a collective national insult.

If the organisers wanted to turn Kallang into the Kop, that’s their commercial prerogative. They hired the stadium and ran the whole show. The Football Association of Singapore had no say in the running of the event and the Singapore national team even had to buy their own tickets to the game for their family members.

But we should have some pride and not have let our national team play under such belittling circumstances.

We should know who we are and where we come from.

We are Singaporeans, not Liverpudlians.

And this is Kallang, NOT Anfield.

Stadium Nasional Singapura di Kallang Road sudah dirobohkan..... mereka dalam proses bina Stadium baru... tatau bila siap....

entah bila lagi kita boleh pergi Singapura untuk World Cup qualifying lagi...

the thing is, our stadium wont be full enough to limit their tickets..

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 8 2011, 12:18 PM

is this true?

i mean seriously 100% sure?

if so, i will be off to Singapore with or without tickets.... cannot stand watching it on local tv when the team is playing just across the causeway...

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Added on July 8, 2011, 2:28 pmthere are statements from their side that the trip registration on Sunday morning is for SSFC only... "Ultras naik bas lain.."....

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Jul 8 2011, 02:28 PM

if the intention is there .. its good i guess...

but playing against such world class team, if you only intend to cheer when our NT scores, odds are you will not cheer them at all...

cheer for them also when they win a tackle... won a header.... or gain half a step off an opponent... encourage them...

convince them that they are not alone... thats what supporters are all about

macam celaka