Match 147 - Win

Songbo FC 3:2 Opponents

Date: 14th Nov 2010
Venue: Marsiling Apartments
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up
Yanshou(GK), Jiaxiang(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Hwee Quan(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Alvin Cai(LM), T.Weijie(DM), Mervin(RM), Rujia(CM), Junbing(CF), Kenny(CF)

Subtitutes:
Alvin Toh

Scores:
HT: 1-1
FT: 3-2

Songbo is back to Marsiling apartments after driven by Pilot RJ Chen the previous week. Despite his relatively young age he has a minimum 15 years of flying experience as a number of SB members had taken some rides since sec one. This time round captain Chen comes up with a 20 pages report for this flight. Starting from Monday and Tuesday about spiritual issues to Saturday on toilet bowls. Too bad our “Kong Yi” is not around to help him his encounter, if not we would have a 10% (min) of his wages into our SB funds.

To him its one of the most valid reason for flying plane but to all this has to be one of the outright winner for “excuse of season” award until our Zhi Char towkay comes up with a sms at 4 am in Sunday morning to inform pilot Chen about going back to office to clear up his work hence unable to turn up for match day. As both reason are so “valid”, our panel would have a hard time to decide on the award winner for the coming AGM.

Match day begins with a sms at 7 am from pilot Chen requesting for imports as we got a couple of last min withdrawers. Luckily Lusty Seng answered to our call at the expense of his preparation of his work’s presentation. This season has seen him step up and put his act together. Taking up the role of treasurer putting good shifts at matches, good attendance for matches and turning up for matches despite his own work commitments.

The referee for the match is a malay wearing shades. He turn up at SB camp and inform us that the opponent is his team hence no need worry. Ah lam has to be part of starting line up as berbaToh is late otherwise the team pick itself. Before the whistle is blown, opponent center half (left footed fighter cock) shouted out loudly “friendly”, “friendly”. The opponents played a surprising high line with their fighter cock leading the line. One long punt from tiger which Kenny did well to knock down put ‘rubbish’ Bin through. The speed of fighter cock is so slow that bin has all the time in the world to place his shot towards the bottom corner. Gods know with his speed why he played such a high line.

Being a goal down, opponents started playing better football. Their tall striker which is around 15 cm taller is causing wayang problems with football as wayang can only focus on him and no other things. Opponents kept raining at tiger goals but good goalkeeping resolute defending kept our lead in tact. Sb kept trying their luck with counter attacks as their line was so high and easy to beat. Rubbish bin had the ball in the net once more but was rule out as paul scholes was offside when he lay the ball to bin which was very contentious. The shades which the referee worn prevent him from seeing the white lines clearly as paul scholes was a good 1 meter in his half when referee called for offside when clear on goal. Either the shades that is playing tricks or because its “his’ team that he makes a lot of weird decisions that went against SB. The opponent finally had the ball in net when an easy looking shot took a bounce of the ground which wrong footed tiger. Tiger cant really be at fault for this goal is sort of a freak goal.

Half time whistle came and manager lam gives us his view on the match itself and surprisingly proposing a change of formation. Pilot Chen felt that SB is in good shape hence no need for a change of formation. Second half changes would be only some reshuffling as bin is put in GK and tiger right wing berbatoh partner Kenny up front. The opponent changes their tall and fit striker for a short and fat fellow.

SB started the game flying of the blocks and berbatoh did well to earn a penalty kick after a foul by the opponent GK. Wayang step up to take responsibility of kick. As the best PK taker in the team everyone expected him to put that goal away but to the dismal of himself and teammates, he smacks the ball against the crossbar. Tiger reacts the quickest and put the rebound back the net via a mis-kick. Great work by him for following up on the rebound. According to rubbish bin the goal post was slightly shorter, if it has been a standard goal post, no keeper in this world would ever save that penalty as it was placed perfectly at the 90 degree bar area. But in life we learn that we should aim for perfection as in this situation, it prove otherwise as a more central or simple shot would have easily beaten the GK. It was later reported that 5 mins before the PK wayang offer the chance to take any penalty to chaos but was rejected flatly. Now his penalty taking responsibility is put into question. When question about his penalty miss, wayang was quoted saying “the strong would not be affected by little set backs, I would still go for the same angle instead of an easier shot down the center.” This shows what a strong personality has had and confidence in his penalty abilities.

Being a goal down opponent push forward for an equalizer. But with a short and fat forward, the defense kept them in the pocket easily. SB scored another with a good counter attack. Barbatoh broke down the left wing with a clean sight on goal he let go an easy and soft shot to the keeper’s bottom corner. Keeper makes a save but was not able to hold onto the ball, Geylang king rush forward to bang the ball in. Good anticipation by G king but barbatoh should have done better and score after putting through. F**king good goal was the shout by tiger but the tall striker thinks otherwise and call that a damn good goal. This stupid comment came even 15 minutes after the match ended which left both opponents and SB players stunned.

As SB lead 3-1 fighter cock got his act together, he started to quarrel with pual scholes over small issue (change of match ball). Against the run of play again berbatoh went through on goal and this time round he did not even test the keeper. Maybe is due to him coming late for match which affected his confidence. Opponent score a good goal when the short (skinny) number 12 make a great turn and finish with a shot to the bottom of the goal. Game on but despite some corners earn, they did not test rubbish bin. The game ended with fighter cock making noise again this time about rubbish bin with his time wasting tactics. Bin has every right to time waste and not pick up the ball with his hands but opponent thinks otherwise and un-sportmanship from SB. Maybe some pork would put sense in their head.

Every players put in a good shift for the team especially pilot chen and lusty seng. As the referee mentioned, the opponents are stupid by taking away their tall striker for a short and fat one as this game plan fell into our offside trap. SB brothers lets look forward to our next games with our head held high.

Summary by,
wayang quan

SB Fund Status

Guys,

Today i have collected $10 dollars from 13 of you for the Oct - Dec fund.. Left Chao, Kelvin, Rujia..

Do we need to include Bing & Sybian??

Before that we have $61.05 in our fund.. With current injection, the total amount will be $191.05.

Thank you for your contribution ya =)

Hope we can put this money into godd use for our coming AGM =)

Regards,

The Treasurer

Update of Match Reports

Since we are taking a break for this weekend, let's have an update of the roster for the match reports:

Match	Player
145	Junbing (???)
147	Hweequan
148	Jeremy
149	Alvin Toh
150	Jiaxiang
151	Huang Weijie
152	Tan Weijie
153	Jackie
154	Kelvin
155	Yanshou
156	Sybian
157	Mervin
158	Kenny
159	Swee Chao
160	Alvin Cai

Remember, if you cannot be available for the match, it is your own responsibility to look for your own replacement.

Match 146 - Lost (Testimonial Match for BH)

Songbo FC 1:3 Opponents

Date: 10th Oct 2010
Venue: Westwood Sec School
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up

Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Hwee Quan(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Jacky(LM), JunBing(DM), Mervin(RM), Rujia(CM), BingHong(CF), Kenny(CF)

Subtitutes:
Alvin Toh, T.Weijie, Kelvin

Scores:

HT: 0-0

FT: 1-3

After 2 weeks of break, SongBo is back on the field once again!! However, this match marked the end of our 12 matches unbeaten records.. SongBo was well beaten by a organised & skillfull team of uncles which some of them already received their “coffin” money!! This time round, “BJ” would be term for the opponent team to used on us..

Right beginning of the match, our opponent had dominated over us. They were raining attacks over SongBo especially over the flanks. Our Tiger Yan was called into actions at different moment. He had made a fine save from a long shot form somewhere outside the penalty afterwhich the ball was hit the top bar and went out of the field. Tiger also made a last ditching clearance of the ball when dealing with a one on one situation. His saves made our half time scoreline good for SongBo. Songbo was unable have one single count of shot on target. “Chui” was the word for our 1st half performance..

Lam has made some tactically changes on our players & formation. SongBo actually started off quite brightly in the beginning of the second half. We were able to assert some pressure on their stubborn defence. Not until, our dear Chaos had made a unexpected stun.. After shouting “wo de”, he failed to trapped well on a long ball from the opponent. Caught our players stranded. Letting the opponent to sneak past him will the ball and rounded our GK. 0-1!! Oh no.. but this is only the beginning of SongBo's nightmare. Our Wayang quan then decided to push up the defence line to catch them offside.. but his plan backfired not once but twice!! Our opponent was able to time his pace well with the incoming long ball and scored on once occasion and assisted on another occassion!! 0-3!!

Lam has decided to pull back Kenny into CB to stablise the defence & unleashed Tiger to lead the attack. After then, SB was able to control the match with some domination. SB managed to get a consolation goal by our returned tiger from a flipped ball from Captain Sparrow via a throw in..

Soon the finishing whistle was blown!!

Guys.. but don't be disheartened.. because this is only a testimonial match.. =)

Summary By,
Lusty Seng

Match 145 - Win

Songbo FC 4:2 Opponents

Date: 19th Sep 2010
Venue: Bukit Merah Sec School
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up

Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Hwee Quan(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Binghong(LM), Kelvin(DM), Mervin(RM), Rujia(CM), Junbing(AM), Kenny(CF)

Subtitutes:
None

Scores:
HT: 1-1
FT: 4-2

It was a great morning and Songbo F.C were back to the mosquitoes-infected changing area at Bukit Merah Sec. Sch. Besides being harassed incessently by the formidable 'flying machines', we were informed that today, we will have no subsitutes!!! - unless we were to risk our player manager Alam. After changing up and kicking some balls, we gathered around for the pre-match briefing by Alam: Opponents for the day are BJs, they are perhaps around the age of the Dunearn Uncles but more likely older as we can see a few Zidanes in their ranks. Even those with full crops of hair carry a tummy about the size of mine+wayang's. We were then briefed about our roles and responsibilities before heading out for the kill.

One of the strength of Songbo is as summarised by wayang: we become stronger when we meet stronger opponents. However, we unfortunately also happen to apply this theory when we meet weaker opponents. Worse still, we can out-perform our opponents in being weak and playing rubbish fotball!!!!

Frankly speaking, I have only very vague memories of this match now. Can the goal scorers please leave some input in the comments so that I will then be able to construct the match report from there??

Thanks!

Summary by,
PapaSoh

Match 144 - Draw

Songbo FC 1:1 Opponents

Date: 12th Sep 2010
Venue: Fuhua Sec School
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up

Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Hwee Quan(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Jackie(LM), Binghong(DM), Mervin(RM), Rujia(CM), Alvin Toh(AM), Kenny(CF)

Subtitutes:
Jiaxiang, Kelvin, Junbing

Scores:
HT: 1-1
FT: 1-1

Today marks the 2nd game for our manager Lam. Due to injuries to our Super Gk and Super Striker, he is forced to field our reserve gk tiger yan who has just report back to the squad for duty after a lengthy injury lay off. kenny is pushed up to striker role, in order to fully utilise his speed.

Wayang quan is pushed back to CB because before the match he said opponents bao jiak =D thus robinho is replacing him at DM. The rest of the team is playing at their normal position. Opponent is a team we played before and won. This time seems like there is a new young addition, a kid who do not even reach the chest line of the average player. Wonder kid in the making??

Opponent kick off, they began passing in their own court and start launching attacks to our half, but their strikers are not up to par, and our 2 top class CBs have no problem defending against them. Our manager lam is on the sidelines shouting orders for us to follow. Songbo tried their best to execute his orders. However it is noticed that there are 2 sot sot cha bos doing YOGA by the side of the field, opponents must be thinking is it a trap by us to distract them?? but think the yoga session did not last even 15 mins and the 2 gals are just sitting there chatting.

We got the first kill when looney got the ball on the left side of the field, drift inside and send a long ball forward behind their defense, kenny sprint away from the last man and came 1 on 1 with the gk, he shoots through the middle and scores. The gk managed to get a hand on it but fails to stop it. 1-0 up to songbo fc!

Opponent kick off and some of their players shifted position and they began to play better. wonder kid is subbed with an adult and they began to play better. During one of their attacks, commando tank get the ball through the centre, dribble forward, pass the ball to the ang mo striker who try to shoot but was blocked, the rebound fall to commando who shoots from far, tiger yan looks at the balls, moves left then right then stand rooted to the spot for a moment and the ball flew past him before he make an attempt to save it. Goal! opponent equalised. Not long after that, halftime came.

During halftime, manager lam gave his halftime hairdryer session demanding us to give 110%. Then super striker el nino, who is the team photographer today said that before the equaliser, tiger yan was posing pictures for him, which explains why he was distracted to keep the equaliser out. As a result, a flying boot from capt sparrow was kicked at him. It is not known if it results in a cut at the eye on tiger yan.

2nd half starts, players are rotated to have ample rests. Notably wayang quan was injured by the japanese lookalike samurai.so he was stretched off the field and replaced by papa soh. Moments later, looney is injured too as he was tripped by opponent and injured his thigh. Match end in a draw and songbo's winning streaks comes to an end. But nonetheless songbo still remains unbeaten. Hope the unbeaten records goes on till the end of the season. Huat ah!!!

Summary by,
Binghong

Match 143 - Win (Testimonial for new Jersy)

Songbo FC 5:2 Opponents

Date: 29th Aug 2010

Venue: Dunearn Sec School
Jersey: Red - Kappa

Starting Line-Up

Kelvin(GK), Junbing(LB), Jackie(CB), Alvin Toh(CB), Mervin(RB), H.Weijie(LM), Swee Chao(DM), Hweequan(RM), Kaiseng(CM), Binghong(AM), Kenny(CF)

Subtitutes
Jiaxiang, T.Weijie

An inauguration match for our new manager is in place before his first official takeover. Coincidentally, today also serves as our testimonial match for our new jersy, Red Kappa. A lot of history has already been made with the old red. It has earned its much needed rest and will now pass on the ‘duty’.

The opponent today is one which we have played against quite a few times. If I’m correct, we have yet to concede a lost to them. Although this match is not an official one, there’s pressure to maintain the ‘undefeated’ streak against them. As we line up against one another, we noticed that there isn’t much changes for the opponent, much less their tactical formation. However, the same could not be said for us.

A testimonial match will often bring about a new formation change and tryout of new position. Attackers during the normal lineup are placed in the backline and defenders in the midfield or attack. The benefit of making such a move is giving the both the attacks and defend the feeling of being in each others’ shoes.

Playing in unfamiliar position often takes quite awhile for each of the players to adapt to. If the opponent takes advantage of this, the result could be devastating. Since the opponents are made up of a group of senior players, the accumulation of a vast knowledge about soccer is definitely present in them. It doesn’t take them long before they realized that we are all uncomfortable in our positions and scoring an early goal isn’t hard. A long ball from the right is not being dealt with cleanly, as such, it frees up the opponent attackers to make a move towards the goal with almost no obstruction at all. A delicate chip from the attacker beats our makeshift GK, Kelvin, and breaks the deadlock in just a few minutes into the game. 0-1!! For this first time in the last few matches, Songbo is on the backfoot.

An early goal serves as a good wake up call. One can be sure that if there’s no response from this, Songbo will be in for a very long tough day. Though Songbo’s combine experience is far less than the opponent but what they truly strive is their team work, discipline and hard work. Having settled down and adjusted well to their individual positions, the look for the equalizer is well underway. A quick release from Jackie saw Kenny out running the opponent defense. With just the GK to beat, he cool slots the ball into the bottom right hand corner. 1-1. Songbo equalized !!

Not being contemplated with evening out the score line. Songbo push further in seeking out the lead. A loose ball from corner falls to Hweequan and he lets fly a ground ball which happens to roll and find its way into the bottom corner. 2-1. Songbo leads !!

The tide has turned and it’s the opponents who are on the back foot. They can no longer stay on the defensive with the score line now against them. As they upped their attack and push their man forward, they created more gaps in their back line. A through ball from the right saw Commando Tan racing down the flank. With a defender and Kaiseng on the far left, he cuts in from the right and hits a curling shot with his left foot. The ball curls in nicely and beats the fully out stretched goalkeeper. A goal that’ll make Paul Scholes proud too. 3-1. Songbo extends the lead !!

During team talk, Alvin decided to tweak the formation again. Everyone was reverted back into their original position. This was a test to see how much of a difference the team would do under a ‘normal’ situation.

With a new formation, though the usual one, in placed. Time is still needed for players to fine tune themselves. It is within this time frame that the team looks vulnerable. An in-swinging cross from the left are met with a header from the opponent. Though the contact was weak, it was able to direct the ball through the legs our yet-another-makeshift-GK, Kenny. 3-2. Songbo’s lead is cut!

Sensing that an equalizer is possible, the opponents send in more and more waves of crosses in hopes of putting the ball into the back of the net. But much to their dismay, the ‘original’ defense is up to the task to repel all the attacks. Frustrated with how Songbo’s defense, the opponents resolved to physically running them down. Fouls are committed frequently in hopes of wearing down the morale of Songbo. This however, could just be a blessing in disguise for Songbo. A long hopeful ball was whipped in by Jackie, at close to the halfway line, from a free kick. Confusion at the opponent defense allowed the ball to bounce and find its back across the goal line. 4-2. Songbo restores the 2 goal lead.

That goal was the morale booster for Songobo and a “de-moralizer” for the opponents. Seeking for a consolation goal, the opponents continue to push on. With more than half their team in the Songbo’s half, one can see that they are clearly forgoing any defensive play. One has to pay the price for not having a good defense in place. Goal kick taken by Kenny was head on by Junbing and turns into a through ball for Jiaxiang. He rounds the opponent GK and slots the ball into the empty net. 5-2. Songbo finishes off in style.

With a 3 goal deficit, the opponent has no way of coming back. The match ended with a good, sweet and deserving victory for Songbo. 5-2 !! Kudos for Alvin to try out the new formation.

Summary by,
Bullocks13 (paid with Gatorade by Captain Sparrow)

Match 142 - Win

Songbo FC 2:1 Opponents

Date: 22nd Aug 2010
Venue: Woodlands Sec School
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up

Junbing(GK), Kaiseng(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Kenny(CB), Binghong(RB), Jackie(LM), Hwee Quan(DM), Mervin(RM), T.Weijie(CM), Rujia(AM), Jeremy(CF)

Subtitutes:
Jiaxiang, Kelvin, Sybian

Scores:
HT: 1-0
FT: 2-1

OLD LEGS SEAL THE GAME.....it took nothing but a brillant and hardworking effort from our evergreen CapiTan to continue their 9 win unbeaten streak. With a audacious cross field pass from the left flank, the ball was received by Goal Machine in no man's land and he even had the luxury to had 3 touches before placing the ball into the net.

CapiTan has been producing the form that could win him the Player of the Year award in recent matches and SongBo FC is begining to find him indispensable. Being a father certainly has moulded him into a clever player of Paul Scholes calibre. 2 winning goals in 2 matches tells much abt his contribution and jus to remind u...he is a defensive midfielder.

The match started at 11am, a weather well-liked by our TigerYan but not the rest of the team members. The outfit was black and Songbo knew they are in for a good time. Notably was our dear Ah Lam at the sidelines making notes on all his players. He will be the team manager from next match onwards and selection will be decided by him. One thing for sure is Ah Lam will receive alot of blowjob offers by players for a first team position.

Match started off with 10 opponents on the field. Though with 10, Songbo still can't make a breakthrough. Lusty Seng starting on the left flank was in terrible shape. Missing headers, losing possession, mindless running etc were all displayed by him. Captain Sparrow gave him nothing except scolding but that did not improve his game at all.

Jackie was sorely missing match fitness but he showed to team manager why he is worth the first team spot with a direct goal from corner near the end of half-time. That goal lifted Songbo spirits and gave them a relief. Half time team talk was a standard " no letting them equalise and kill the game off"

Simple gameplan but it was not executed out. Minutes into the 2nd half, a low corner into the middle of the box was headed into the net by an unmarked opponent. Defence is indeed sleeping and Songbo was brought back to reality again.

Team manager decided to go for a win and he brought on changes of Kong Hee for Lusty Seng, William for Wayang Quan and Sabian for Mervin. Kong Hee recently was busy tracking down the whereabouts of Sun Ho's husband that he forget his markings n positioning on the field for a good 15minutes.

Sabian was worse, he claimed he can knock down opponents without sweat but truth is he cant outrun any of them. A once NBA Star was reduced to a kopitiam uncle with spare tyres and he dare to announce he is going to take part in basketball competitions. Without a doubt his team is going home as soon as France left South Africa.

The match was without much penetration and all it need was a brillant cross by CapiTan to Goal Machine to seal the game. 2-1 !!! for Songbo. The game could have been finished off even early had not william shot straight at the keep from 6 yards out.

End of the day, our team manager has gathered enough information he need for his dream team selection. Who will pass his Beep test? Who will keep his place? Who will be dropped to the reserves?

The chopping board has been laid. Whose head will be first to go?

All will be unveiled on 29 August at Dunearn Sec.

Summary,
Tiger Yan (commissioned by Alvin Cai)

Writing of Match Reports

Dear Songbo Brothers,

This is one of the matters in our EGM Agenda that we had some time ago. To refresh everyone's memory (and for those who wasn't there), we had unanimously agreed that the match report writing for each match should not be used as a tool for punishment. Rather, it should be a form of responsibility that each member of our Songbo team should bear.

As a team, we have progressed considerably over the years. We have just secured our 3rd team jersey and, if things go smoothly, we will have our very first sponsorship logo on our jersey. We play almost week in, week out and we sometimes actually forget that one of our members is an entrepreneur who has started his own cake shop business. We, as brothers, should help as much as we can to spread the word. All of you can see the skill and effort he puts in each of his cake creations by the pictures he posts on Facebook.

I will make use of the 2 online channels we have, blog and Facebook, to include some form of advert or links to Metrocakes.

As for now, let me elaborate on some of the points of the match writing system. It will be modeled after a rotational system, with each member writing the report once. Below is the list:

Match	Person	Points
139	Mervin	1
140	Kenny	1
141	Swee Chao	1
142	Alvin Cai	1
143	Rujia	1
144	Binghong	1
145	Junbing	1
146	Kaiseng	1
147	Hweequan	1
148	Jeremy	1
149	Alvin Toh	1
150	Jiaxiang	1
151	Huang Weijie	1
152	Tan Weijie	1
153	Jackie	1
154	Kelvin	1
155	Yanshou	1
156	Sybian	1
157	Mervin	2
158	Kenny	2
159	Swee Chao	2
160	Alvin Cai	2

We have scheduled till Match 160 for now. Since you now know when you should write the report well in advanced, it is your own responsibility to swap your slot with someone else if you cannot make it. I will be keeping track of the reports written and updating the list as necessary.

In the event that you are facing technical difficulties in logging on to the blog to publish your report, please contact our IT team, Kenny, Swee Chao or myself, for us to publish your report instead.

Therefore, there should and would be no excuses for a match report not to be written. I want to reiterate again that match report writing is not a form of punishment but a responsibility that we all should bear.

Please leave any comments or suggestions if you have. Thanks.

-Mervin

Match 141 - Win

Songbo FC 2:1 Opponents

Date: 25th Jul 2010
Venue: Bukit Merah Sec School
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up

Junbing(GK), Kelvin(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Kenny(CB), Kaiseng(RB), T.Weijie(LM), Hwee Quan(DM), Binghong(RM), Rujia(CM), Alvin Toh(AM), Jeremy(CF)

Subtitutes:
Mervin, H.Weijie

Scores:
HT: 0-1
FT: 2-1

What is Mervin doing?

Our 'Model' outfit for Songbo FC

(Su lang mai su say)

After 2 consecutive charity matches, Songbo FC is all geared up for this official game. The outcome of this match will indirectly affect the next one as rumors having been going around saying that the highly-acclaimed soon-to-be-initiated Songbo FC’s first manager will arrived to take his first game in charged. A win here will no doubt put him under some pressure of maintaining the superb 6 games winning streak run (8 if the 2 charity matches are counted). A lost here will enable him to start things ‘afresh’.


At a first glance, it may seem that getting a win here would be a tough one as the opponents are made up by a mixture of our Indians and Malay friends, a very lethal combination. But a well drilled pre-match briefing by Capt. Sparrow (which could be his last as a player cum manger), managed to instilled some confidence back to the team.


This venue is a first for Songbo. Though it’s bigger than the previous one, it’s still quite small in size. A small field would mean that there won’t be much chance for the players to ‘slack-off’. They must be on the alert constantly.


As expected, the first few minutes of the 1^st half are packed with a lot of actions. Short and quick passes are made frequently and plenty of good chances are created on both ends. The best dressed of the day, Robinbo, playing on the right flanked, doesn’t seem to be able to get into the game. He drifts too wide off his position, which causes a lot of holes in between him and Lusty. The opponents took advantage of this and focus more of their attack on the right. Though the highly-reputable Songbo’s defense managed to repelled most of the attack, cracks eventually appear. A quick one-two between the opponent’s CM and RM saw them broke through the defense line. With just the keeper to beat, the RM coolly toe poked the ball into the bottom left hand corner. Songbo down 0-1.


Rather than pondering on how to rectify his playing styles, Robinbo feels that it’s his new Addidas Predator soccer boots that is hindering his game. He runs off to change to a new pair. Clearly one can see that his boots wasn’t the problem when his performance with the new pair of boots hasn’t improved abit at all.


Songbo dig hard trying to find an equalizer. And they did come very close with Jeremy, who have a thought too much, choose to take on the defender rather than having a shot at goal. The attempt ended in a failure as the defender has the upper hand most of the time. The referee blew for the half time whistle and a dejected Songbo head off to the ‘dressing room’.


After a earful from Capt. Sparrow, the rejuvenated Songbo heads off to the pitch, thinking of how to get back into the game. The 2^nd half started almost in a similar fashion to the first. But the difference is that instead of a draw, Songbo is now down by a goal. Lady luck seems to be smiling at Songbo when a very poorly taken goal kick fell to Alvin Toh. There’s still much to be done before he can get the ball into control and shift himself into a good position to shoot. A neat touch enables him to dribble past the approaching DC. With his sight clear on goal, he unleashes a curling shot which spins away from the GK’s hands at the last moment. Goal! Songbo is back into the game!


The unexpected goal seems to have dealt a heavy blow to the opponents. They’re now committing more players to defense then attack. The few attacking chances that they have are quickly broken down with either poor passes or well zonal marking of the superb and in-form Songbo defense. With not much attacking threat, Songbo focus all their energy into adding another goal and turning the tide around completely.


Robinho, whose performance in the 2^nd half is much better than first, swings a cross in from the left. Mervin was at the receiving end of the ball. But his poor first touch could only result in another missed chance. With the game heading for what seem like a draw, a break from the left sees Jeremy cutting back a ball back to Capt. Sparrow in the penalty box. Almost losing his balance, he manages to catch a glimpse of the on rushing Commando Tan, who is having an outstanding game, and lays a pass to him. For a moment, time seem to freeze. As the ball roll slowly into Commando Tan’s path, he lifts his right foot and moves himself into a shooting position. A well executed and connected half volley puts the ball into the bottom left hand corner. GOAL !!!! A rare comeback from Songbo !! A good break down the right by Jeremy, a good awareness from Capt. Sparrow to spot Commando Tan, a well executed strike by Commando Tan to put the ball into the net, and mostly importantly, a strong belief by the team is what made this a comeback possible.


However, the win is still not guaranteed as there’s still time left for the opponents to draw the game or worse, make a comeback of their own. In the dying minutes of the game, a cross from the left saw the ball connected with the opponent striker. Fortunately, the execution wasn’t good and the ball flew agonizingly close to the right hand pole.


After what seem like eternity, the desperately-awaited full time whistle was blown. And the comeback win is now 100% confirmed! A very good play by Songbo made this a much deserved victory. Just how far can they continue with this winning streak? The question doesn’t lies with how good the next opponent will be… But rather, can Songbo continue to carry on this belief that, they have the ability to win every match as long as they play a mentally-tough, hard-working and well-disciplined game.



Summary by,
Bullocks13

Match 140 - Win (Not Official)

Songbo FC 4:2 Opponents


Date: 18th Jul 2010
Venue: Nan Hua High Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up
Junbing(GK), Huang Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Binghong(RB), Jiaxiang(LM), Hwee Quan(DM), Mervin(RM), Jackie(AM), Jeremy(CF)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Swee Chao, Kaiseng, Kelvin, William


Scores:
HT: 2-0
FT: 4-2

It is another warm up match after the testimonial match last week and a month of rest before that. Songbo was denied a chance to have an actual match after the field was found to be not fit to field 2 full teams. It was so small to the point that a goal kick could easily reach the other goal post. After some agreement, both teams decided to field 9 players aside so that it would not be over cramp.

Songbo's new manager have not reported for duty since being appointed. The captain, in the absence of the manager, gave some instructions to the team before the match. 1st was not to shoot before the half way line, and 2nd was to attack more from the flanks.


1st half started and action was seen almost at every part of the field. The field was not a good condition due to previous days' rain. Bounces were difficult to predict and touches were poor. Jackie was spreading passes to the flanks as instructed but with the small field, opponents closes down quickly, denying the chance for the wings to cross easily.

The 1st goal came from Jeremy, who manage to get lose of his marker, headed a ball from a corner by Jackie. The ball bounce onto the floor and into the roof of the net. 1-0.

The 2nd goal came soon after and Jackie who was in midfield, flick the ball towards Jeremy who was on the right. Jeremy, upon receiving, ran past his opponent and slot the ball past the goalkeeper into the bottom right of the goal. 2-0.

A 3rd almost came when a shot from Mervin was cleared off the line by the opponent. It came from a chance where a shot from Jiaxiang hit the top of the goal post and into the path of Mervin. With the keeper out of position, Mervin tries a shot but it was weak enough for the defender to have time to clear it off.

Jackie, Kenny and Jeremy was later substituted out for their good performance, according to the captain, and Kelvin, Chao and Seng took their positions. With some changes made, the 1st half soon ended.


Substitutes were made during the half with William for Quan, and Jeremy for Junbing. It was a rare sight for our top striker to be seen at Songbo's own goal post, except when playing fico.

The 2nd half started and changes was seen at the opponent side, especially their left back, where a familiar figure, Commando Tan was seen warming up. Songbo was seen getting attack since the start of the half. Shots were made by the opponents which saw Jeremy made a few good saves.

The hard work of the opponents paid off when 1 striker rushed for a ball which had just cross the line. The striker took a shot and Jeremy, who thought it had went out, looked at the ball flew into the goal. The referee, who didn't saw the out, allow the goal to be counted. 2-1.

Some good run from Kelvin saw Commando Tan conceded a penalty. Kelvin had ran into Commando Tan's leg and the referee and decide to give a penalty. Jeremy, took up the responsibility, coolly placed the ball into the bottom left of the goal post, giving the keeper no chance. 3-1.

Quan was later substituted Jeremy, who had a great performance out there. The opponents continues their attack and chaos was seen in the defense of Songbo, slowly breaking up by the no.16.

The defense soon break down and a pass from no.16 was met with 4 of the opponents inside the penalty box. Seng tries to clear the ball away, but was unable to do so, and Quan was beaten by a shot from the opponent. 3-2.

Jackie and Kenny was sub out again, replacing Kelvin and Chao. The match carried on with goal mouth to goal mouth action, all from goal kicks. The defense begin to stabilize but the attacks are still from the opponents.

After like over 20 tries, Rujia managed to somehow connect a goal kick from Quan, catching the keeper off guarded. The keeper tries to catch up but can only helplessly watch the ball bounce into the net. 4-2.

The referee soon blew the final whistle. Songbo still have problems to solve if they are going to win their next match.

Summary by:

Kenny

Balance of our SB Funds!!

Dear SB members,

Appreciated your effort and time for to transfer the money to me promptly..

With all funds collected, our brand new jersey set will be on the way!!! ;)

On top of that, I shall use this chance to break down our current leftover funds:

Total fund collected: $162 (18 members x $9)

Extra 2 sets of jersey: -$82 ($41 one set)

EGM Prize money: -$58.95 (Receipts collected from Sparrow)

Outstanding Match money: -$2 ($80 - 13x$6 )

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Fund Balance: $19.05

Quan, kindly help to check how much fund is left over at your side. Next Soccer session will collect from you!!

Thanks!!

Cheers!!

Name list for those who still have not pay

Dear Songbo,

Currently, there are still 5 members still have not transfer the money..

Pls do so by today..

Thanks..

SB treasurer

Match 139 (Robinho's Testimonial) - Win

Songbo FC 6:2 Opponents


Date: 11th Jul 2010
Venue: Fuhua Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up
Hweequan(GK), Huang Weijie(LB), Kelvin(CB), Kaiseng(CB), Mervin(RB), Kenny(LM), Tan Weijie(CM), Swee Chao(RM), Jeremy(LCF), Junbing(CF), Binghong(RCF)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Jackie, Jiaxiang


Scores:
HT: 3-2
FT: 6-2

After a month of rest, Songbo FC came back onto the pitch on the back of 5 wins on the trot. Pundits predicted that surely their winning streak will come to an end as Songbo FC is an aging machine whose cranks and gears require oiling and warming up before they run in full steam. Therefore, Songbo FC came up with a brilliant idea; to declare this match as a Testimonial Match for Binghong, which would render the result insignificant, get some much needed match fitness under their belts and give their new player manager a stress-free match to try out his tactics. A 1-stone-kill-3-birds solution it seemed.

Upon arrival on the pitch, all preparations seemed to have been wasted. The player manager could not make it for the match, the Captain of Songbo FC is still in bed (after uttering at least 3 different formations the night before on an alcohol-induced high) and the opponents could only muster 8 of their teammates for this match. Our disciplinary master, Tiger Yan, made the wake-up call to the Captain, who trudged into the pitch 15 minutes later with alcohol still fresh in his breath.

In his drunken stupor, he fielded 2 sidebacks as centre defenders and deployed 3 midfielders without telling them what to do. The lack of organization showed immediately in the opening minutes of the game; the 2 centre defenders had a hard time trying to get balls out of the area, the 3 midfielders played so wide that our sole man in the midfield, Commando Tan, was left like a naked prostitute with legs spread wide open facing an army of men who has been locked up for months without seeing a woman. In other words, raped relentlessly.

For the good part of the half, Songbo FC played like they had 8 men on the pitch, losing possession needlessly, playing overcomplicated passes and failing to make their numbers count. The gulf of a 3 player difference is still evident; Songbo FC broke through several times that presented 1-on-1 opportunities. However, Songbo FC’s players, notably Jeremy and Junbing, were kind enough not to take advantage of the opponents and shot straight at the keeper. Songbo FC needed 20 mins for their first goal to come, with Junbing finally finishing off a move which saw the ball bouncing around the penalty area begging for a finish. However, the opponents got a shock lead later on in the half.

Playing as a sideback for the whole of his career, Lusty Seng was taught to keep players off the sides and forcing them to the center of the park where more players can sniff out the threat. However, this knowledge went against his this time. After the opponents got the ball into the penalty area, left 1-on-1 with the striker, Kaiseng played like his usual role and left the striker with a good view of the goal. The ball ended up at the back of the net. A similar situation occurred minutes later. A simple fake from the striker left Kaiseng off balance and placing the ball into the back of the net was a formality. The opponents, with a 3-men disadvantage, went 2-1 ahead while Songbo FC hung their heads.

Songbo FC managed to claw back their lead before the half ended though. A good finish from Jeremy after a hardworking display of ball winning on the left saw Songbo FC level. Another bout of good work and perseverance by Jeremy saw him slid the ball beneath the keeper past the empty goal, giving Mervin the simplest chance to score in the history of Songbo FC. Advantage Songbo FC.

Going into the break with a slender lead and 2 goals conceded already, Songbo FC was forced to make changes by reverting to a more usual formation. Junbing got back to defending the goal, Jackie, who was introduced late in the 1^st half, was to continue his good work in centre defense, Hweequan was pushed to a forward role and the formation was reverted to a 4-4-2. Binghong, who had missed a glorious opportunity to score late in the 1^st half, has to leave and was replaced by Jiaxiang. Jeremy was given a rest as our still-high Captain felt it was time for him to play.

With the formation back to normal, it was almost a cakewalk for Songbo FC as the game wore on. The opponents, visibly tired from trying to do an 11-men job with 8, conceded 3 more goals. Tan Weijie, invigorated by the change in formation after being slaughtered in the 1^st half, saw his shot cannon off the top of the bar, on the pitch past the goal line and out of the goal. As we have seen in the World Cup, even professional referees aided by 2 linemen miss such goals, therefore, we did not expect this Sunday amateur referee to make any sort of decision. The ball, however, went back to Swee Chao, who mustered all his strength to ram the ball goalwards. It paid off as the keeper did not manage to keep the shot out.

Jiaxiang finally opened a 3 goal lead for Songbo when he finished off a chance in the area after wasting a few golden opportunities. If the match was played on FICO, he would have had a hat trick at least.

Kenny got his name on the scoresheet as the last scorer for Songbo FC as he placed the ball in the low corner after some good passing work gave him a clear goalscoring opportunity. He had just missed a glorious chance where he dribbled past the last man and was left 1-on-1 with the keeper but he slipped and spilled his shot. Perhaps the F.I.R concert was still fresh in his mind.

6-2 the final score. It would have been an emphatic scoreline on any other normal match day but against an opponent with only 8-men for the whole of the match, expectations of a 7-0 or 8-0 scoreline were not heavy at all. Songbo FC needs to improve on this performance, especially the sharpness in front of the goal, if they are to keep their 5 match winning streak running. Perhaps the inevitable 1^st match for their player manager would bring that.

Summary,
Mervin

Money for Our New Jersey!!

Hey guys..

Kindly bring another $41 for our new jersey!

So in total will be $51!!

Pls make effort to do so because next week, bing will proceed with the purchase for the jersey.

You may either pass the money to me on Sun or bank transfer to me by this Sun!!

Thanks!!

A reminder from our Treasurer!

Dear SongBo Members..

Its Jul!!

So kindly bring additional $10 for the SongBo Fund on this Sun football match.

For those who are not coming, pls send the money via i-Banking to 189-22281-5 POSB Savings.

**Impt: Do rem to quote your name when sending the money to my acc. Or else I do not not who is the one sent the money!!

Thanks for your co-operation!!

Seng

Actual Kappa jesery pictures

Guys this is the 5 kappa design that is under consideration. Please view and vote again. The shorts are interchangeable. Owner said its while stock last so please come to a conclusion fast!
Prices are as follow: Only with shirt and short, number printing front and back $37
number printing only on back $36
with shirt short and socks plus number printing at back $42

I personally will go for blue or white top =) Cheers

A word from our newly appointed Treasurer!

Hey Guys,

I am the new treasurer for SBFC!! Hope you guys can give me the fullest support!!

I shall summarise some of the keys pt during our meeting at BATAM Conference on the treasury portion:

1. Our captain Sparrow has the intention of beefing up our fund but also have to decide a limit which the fund can be raised to prevent the misuse of the fund
   
   
2. Fine system for being late will be converted to a collective work order. For instance, Instead of paying money, the late person shall have the initiative to buys drinks after the match / the next match. Nt neceessary have to be drinks, can be other forms as well which the late person can think off. But bottom of the line, we are already adults, should have the basic discipline and sense of punctuality. We do not want to remind each other again and again for this issue.. so Step Up, guys!!
   
   
3. Members. has also bought up on how exactly the fund shall be used to ensure fairness for all the contributors. I will maitain the list. Note this list is not the finalised, so feel free to comment on the list or better suggestion then we can make necessary changes based on majority votes.

Mode of Contribution of Funds

I have suggested to contribute the fund quarterly with a max of $10each time. Thus the month of contribution will be:

• January
• April
• July
• October

I will remind all of us via either SB Blog or SB facebook. All of us will have the entire one mth (stated above) to make the contribution. Thus excuses of being no time, forget ect.. will not be tolerated. The contribution can be either by cash / interbanking.

Max Amount of Fund

The maximum fund will be capped at $500. Once this amount made and the fund is still not spent, we will stop contribute till the fund fall much below.

Usage of the Fund

1. Costs incurred for SB activities. (Prizes, food, props etc..). Do note the definiton of SB activities, it only applys to activities that all SB members are to be invited such as our team bonding trip, AGM etc.. AND at least 75% - 80% of the members turn up for the event.
   
   
2. Things which may require by SBFC occassionally such as purcahse of soccer ball, ball pump, goalkeeper glove etc..

To ensure the fund are not abused, I will keep a spread sheet on the fund contribution to be vetted by our Captain Sparrow or a member of SB can be appointed to audit the funds. As for the template I have not come out yet. But most probably will include on how much each member contributes and how much was spent for the past activities etc.

Posted on behalf of Lusty Seng

Kappa jesery for consideration

Okay guys, please comment on which colour do you prefer? Then we will decide on which colour to change to. =)

Match 138 - Win

Songbo FC 3:1 Opponents


Date: 6th Jun 2010
Venue: Boon Lay Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up
Junbing(GK), Kelvin(LB), Kenny(CB), Swee Chao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Jiaxiang(LM), T.Weijie(RM), Hweequan(DM), Rujia(CM), Alvin Toh(AM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
None. [Last minute notice cum MIA]


Scores:
HT: 2-1
FT: 3-1

Summary,

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1. 5 wins in a row (A better result, 6 win in a row was achieved in May 2009.)

2. Zouk Chua penalty hattrick

3. 10 men defense

THORB Jerseys for consideration

A challenger to the existing leading brands who claim superiority, here is THORB. A local brand which aspires to be the leading brand in Singapore and beyond.

Quality never came at such an economical price.

Look at these designs and decide if you wanna boringly and uncreatively go with the disillusioned flow, or be a pioneer in wearing THORB, THE pioneering sports brand to come out from our shores.

THORB Flash Season 2:





THORB Lite Season 2:



Shorts are the same as THORB Flash Season 2

THORB JWC:

Unfortunately, THORB regrets to inform that Blue for this design is out of stock.

All these comes at a price, so economical, that I cannot post on this blog due to an agreement with the manufacturer, as a friend-only price was given. I've told you guys after the last match of the price so hope you guys can remember.

The price includes:
1 shirt, 1 shorts and 1 pair of socks.
Printing of team name/player's name on back of shirt.
Printing of number on back and front. We can choose to print number on the shorts if we don't want the number on the front (which will be situated in the centre).
Printing of team logo for an additional price of $2.50.

I will get a sample to show the EXCO (earlier than Sun if needed) and the whole team on Sunday for consideration.

Kelvin