akane said:
i think singapore players have 3 problems...
1) too bigheaded..(think they in singapore national team very ya-ya):thumbsd:
2) homesick..(too pampered cannot leave home):thumbsd:
3) cannot tahan european weather...(too cold):thumbsd:
once we have more players who are good and can ply their trade overseas (not in SEA countries ;p) then we can have some hope. they must play with the best to improve!
I think it's quite pointless to aim for soccer glory, as in the World Cup. This nation will never get there because of the lack of will from all sides, and I am not just referring to the players. There are also not enough kids who want to aspire to be professional footballers.
We should aim for international stature in sedentary sports like carrom, snooker, darts, bowling, checkers (chess is probably too much), finger wrestling, scissors/paper/rock, yo-yo. To be world champs in these sports is a lot more achievable than a sport like soccer. I am afraid our country doesn't have the mentality for it. We should also encourage our citizens to think more in terms of world records in the non-sporting sense. Examples: Why should we not own the world record for things like the longest 'you tiao'? The largest pastry in the world (as in the biggest curry puff ever), the most dim-sum ever eaten (hey look, competitive eating world records tend to be won by skinny Asians, so I don't see why we can't have our own competitive eating world champion; afterall, since Singaporeans love to eat so much, we must have someone within our borders who can outeat everyone else in the world). It's encouraging that we already own the SMS world record, and that we are promoting Singapore as a cool place to organise international competitive computer gaming tournaments.
There are many other ways of seeking world-class glory, encouraging national pride, than through football alone. We need to play to our competitive strengths and not waste resources trying to do be world-class in sports that we have no natural talent for.
Let's get the governmental machine going for an
IFOCE sanctioned competitive eating championship here and I can't see why we can't be like a major international venue for this activity. Our ex-ex-PM mentioned that he so bitterly regrets that he did not permit F1 to be held here last time when he had the chance to put Singapore on the map. We shouldn't let this opportunity slip with eating competitions. Maybe we can get Singapore to be the annual world championship venue for competitive eating.
