Salam Hari Sabtu dan Salam bermalas-malasan.
Masa tengah tengok AFF Suzuki's Cup Final 2nd leg tadi (I missed the first leg), terdetik hati, "Eh, kalau menang la Singapore malam ni, I will definitely dedicate my so called '1st' entry to them." Well, here we go my deepest congratulations to each one of them.
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| Singapore's First XI for AFF Suzuki's Cup 2012 |
Okay,
don't get me wrong. I'm NOT a Singaporean though I was born and being raised
for a quite sometimes there. It is just I feel that their spirit did amazed me.
Frankly writing, their tactics and strategies of playing also always give me
something to ponder. Fine, you don't get it. I give you example lah kan. I
attached this blog with the location of Singapore in the world map. Please
click the picture to enlarge. Okay. Rasa-rasalah kan, kalau nak dibandingkan
dengan Malaysia mahupun Indonesia, Singapore adalah negara yang kecil saiznya.
In fact, kalau nak dibandingkan dengan Johor pun, lagi besar Johor rasanya.
Tengoklah sendiri map bawah ni.
After all, that is not my main point. What do I want to emphasize is that, their mentality in getting the job done. I noticed that, each times Singapore won, the 'opposition' will surely said, "Alah, main pakai negro, mat saleh, cina semua (Agu Casmir, Bennet, Duric, Shi Jiayi, Qiu Li)... baik tak payah main". Itu lah jawapan tipikal yang sering kali berkumandang selepas mengalami kekalahan. At first, aku pun fikir the exact thing and it is like a bandwagon effect which you have to keep your head down, accept and being fooled with that answer.
Small country, small population, small available resources, and small serba-serbi. Should we blame them when they are using those so called 'naturalized' players? You think yourself. Agu Casmir, how many games did he played during this competition? Null. Duric? You know how old is he? Up to this point, he is 42 years-old. As a matter of fact, we should ask ourselves, "Eh, dah tua macam tu pun tak boleh lawan jugak ke?". Then, kita tengok padang dia. Again and again we give the excuse, "Padang dia synthetic woo... kau ingat senang ke nak beat?". #Facepalm. I mean, come on lah, padang pun nak dijadikan isu ke? Macam ni lah, kenapa masa Arwah Mokhtar Dahari dulu mereka berjaya dengan cemerlang dan tak bangkitkan banyak alasan? Sebab kerja mereka adalah bermain bola dan bukannya pemberi alasan tegar. And, that's why we call them Football Players. So, if you are a football player, then play it je lah kan. #emo
For me, knowing your ability and capability in doing something is the main key. Again, take a look a Singapore Football Association. They all realized that they can't do much with the available resources that they have. Thus, the seek the available options. My point here is not to encourage of taking foreign players, but then is to urge you and myself on how to get a job done successfully. Eh, kalau nak tahu lah macam mana rupa player Singapore yang original, two pictures down here are the best examples that I can give it to you which are; Ah Kang and Ah Beng
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| Gurmit Singh a.k.a Phua Chu Kang |
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| Pierre Ng. a.k.a Phua Chu Beng (three from left) |
Yours Truly,
Seorang Kaki Bangku
