Clarifications for Payment of FICO sessions.

Alamak I dunno why I have to come up with this post lei. But i sense some distrust or bigger issues coming up into the team so I thought I as the originator better clarify things properly.

Guys, why you all so tensed up?

Fico sessions are organised in mid-week for the enjoyment and/or as a form of training regime. They are not the official event that team members must attend. Till date, it has always been a "who-free-who-come" and "who-come-who-pay" event!

In my original posts, I did make a statement that this coming event is COMPLUSORY. However, this was all done in the fun of innocent taunting and said in jest. The further red-coloured smallest font statement at the end of the post was an additional intention to persuade team members to attend the event if they can. There are no malicious intent and words shld not be taken too seriously here.


To clarify,

Payment has always been made by players who attended the FICO event. To date, I believe only a small amt(a few dollars i think (CFO verify pls) has been utilised from team funds due to some discrepencies in the calculations and/or ease of calculation.

For example, the final bill might turn up to be $123.88. hence, normally we just use $120 to be divided amongst the players and the $3.88 from team funds.

My statement of Capt sanctioning the event does not mean that the cost of the session will be divided by all in the team, with or without attendance. It just means that capt sanction the team funds to be used for the end figures.

So let's not think too far and relate that the funds are being misused here. This is dangerous territory lei....:)

So in summary, forget about the whole issue of "who did not come must also pay" bullshit by Papa Soh ok?
It has never been practised and will never be practised in the future.

Cheers!! :)

P.S: More common sense and sense of humour would have averted this issue altogether!

CFO Cleared of CPIB check

After a 3 hours lock up with intense grilling session with CPIB. They declare me a clean and upright person. I do have an aide that stays with me but no pay was given out. We do have a pet but its indeed a pet dog which needs low maintenance. I dun own any BMW and my assistance does not have any license. My aide does not own any credit card to mine account or company account. So I was let out clean.......

lastest fund update.

GRC fine for not bringing ball

Boon Lay $2 Last week

Individual Fine for being late for match

1. Kelvin $6

2. Rujia $4

3. Junbin $4

4. Kaicheng $4

5. Yanshou $4

Fine for not blogging

1. Rujia $2

Current Fund = (-1) old bal + $2 + $6 + $4 + $4 + $4 + $4 + $2

= $ 25

Fiscal responsibility

With all the scandals of missuse of funds and mis-collection of funds both local and abroad, I propose that our team fund be regulated, both IN and OUT. No single individual/GRC shld be able to disperse the funds nor impose fines arbitually. There shld be proper CHECK and BALANCE.

We are now starting to see cases where "events" are to be sponsored/ subsidised by the fund. How do we differentiate which ones are for the good of the team and which ones are not? Imposing fines shld be done when the majority of the team are agreeable since it affects everyone directly.

I propose that we need at least a member from each GRC to acknowledge that the event is worth subsidising/sponsoring and that we require a two-third majority in order to impose fines.

Just my two cents worth.

Ice

Fico Session for National day Week.

In view of our rest for this week from the fields, I am suggesting a Fico-session sometime this week.

I would like to know the response and the Preferred days and times. Tentatively, I would suggest Thursday night from 9pm-11pm. This time frame will allow brudders to enjoy their long weekends and at the same time have a go at kicking balls during the week.!!

Pls let me know soon so that i can do booking for the session. Attendance is compulsory for this will be considered a training session!! hahahahaha!!

*If you dun come, you will pay for the share as well cos I heard team funds is now in the green zone again*

*...updated....*

Confirmed Attendance: Tiger, Kenny, Jacky, JX, Kel, Xiaohong, JB, Quan, Seng, Mervin.(10 pax)

Alam Shah coming later @ 10pm due to work commitments. Thief yet to confirm (dunno why)

Confirmed non-attendance: Capt (says he got golf lessons), commando (dunno why), Sabian (dunno why).

Disciplinary charge potential !: Chao (no sound no image even after 2nd reminder), Jeremy (same as 1st defendant).............. RSM (pls conduct investigations ) are they overseas or something?

Match 116 - Draw

Songbo FC 1:1 Opponents

Date: 2nd Aug 2009
Venue: Choa Chu Kang Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up
Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Hweequan(DM), Alvin(LM), Rujia(CM), Junbing(AM), Jiaxiang(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Kaiseng, Mervin

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

Match report

The match started with the opponents numbering 8 players nevertheless Songbo started with a full team. SB failed to make use of their numerical superiority and the game dragged on till the other opponents. Other hightlights of the first half included a dive from Papa Soh and a header goal from Capt Sparrow. HT: 1-0

2nd half started with a different goalie between the sticks. With RSM released out into the field, SB was hoping to add on to their goal tally but the teams mental strength is rapidly decreasing and SB pounded wave after wave. Finally, the opponents met a cross from the right and scores.

Match Report by: Huang Weijie

This Is it!!!

This is it!!! I am sick and tired of "smelly" players who always like to leave a boot or knee or arm behind in their tackles!!! They dun know that they are affecting an old man's movment and comfort for the following week!! Also, they think they are smart but they do not know they are dealing with PAPASOH!!!

Capt!! I am demanding that I can exact my revenge on the next funny player that comes along!!! When they try their niggling moves again, I swear I'll leave my studs in their balls so very hard and so very fast that they wun remember that they have balls in the first place!!!

NE NE KO CHI!!

Match 115 - Draw

Songbo FC 1:1 Opponents

Date: 26th Jul 2009
Venue: Hua Yi Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jiaxiang(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Rujia(AM), Mervin(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Kelvin


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


This was a new team which, according to the referee, travelled all the way from the east to play here. There are only two possibilities: 1. They have conquered the eastern side of Singapore and are look for new challenges in our district. 2. They have suffered too many humiliating defeats that they must leave for greener pastures. The team did look to be more of the first possibility as they arrived late and started doing their warm-up.

It was also notable that this was the first time we tried out a variations of our warming-up routine, thanks to the great initiative by Ah Lam. The warm-up was beneficial though I personally found it quite tiring. But I’m sure the team had a proper workout before the match. Due to some commitments, Songbo only had 11 players for this match while Kelvin, the 12th man, had to come later due to family matters.

The match started on a very cautious note as the majority of Songbo players appeared to be giving the opponents too much respect than they deserve. The first half was patchy without any flowing football as both sides tried to stamp their authority on the match. However, it should be noted that the opponents were having the lion’s share of possession without any real penetration or threats. Indeed, the first goal came from the mistake of Songbo defence, as a floating corner was connected weakly one of the opponent’s central defenders but Songbo did not manage to clear their lines when given a chance. After a goalmouth melee, the opponent’s striker was left with the simplest of touches to put the ball in the back of the net. 1-0 to the opponents!

The rest of the first half passed by without any notable action as Capt Sparrow was constantly reminding the team not to give too much respect and the opponents were actually not as strong as they were thought to be. The half team talk was focused on getting the players to regain their confidence and recover from the slump of a three-match winless streak.

The second half began from where the first half ended, with patchy football and chances few and far between. However, it was evident that Songbo was determined to avoid defeat in this match as they started to show more sense of urgency in their tackles and movement. The opponents were being pegged into their own half and one mistake from their clearance put Mervin through down the right flank and with a swing of his boot, the ball landed perfectly onto the head of Wonder Boy and he duly equalized for the team. 1-1!

Heads up! The Songbo boys were fired up and they went in search of the winning goal. However, time was not their side as the clock ran out and the match ended in a stalemate.

Although this match should have been won on our more-confident days, the spirit displayed by the team in the second half was heartening. Post-match interviews revealed that Mervin was actually going for a shot with his supposed assist. Well, let’s hope that lady luck can shine on Songbo as we try our utmost to pull out from the worst slump since the Great Depression.


Cheers bros!
Sparrow

Quote of the day

i can bald, can fat...but i scared single

I had a conversation with one of the member of the club and this is his comment.. As a senior player I need to post out his comments so to see who so ever in the club can do him a favour to address the problem. Pls leave some comments and do something to help him.....

New Fine system

Players who are late for match would be fine with immediate effect

1. All players are supposed to be dressed up and be on the pitch @ 840 sharp

2. For every five mins block late there would be a $ 2 fine. (eg. Player 8 comes in @ 852am he would be fine $6)

3. The max fine cap for being late would be $10.

4. Players who could not make it for soccer matches last min would be fine $10.

5. All fines would be on an individual basis instead of car basis so if the whole car of ppl comes late then prepare to pay for own fine.

Balls for matches

Every GRC has been given 2 balls for matches pls ensure that every match we see 2 balls from each grc. Any GRC without 2 balls would be given a $2 fine for each ball not at the match.

Failure to ensure safety of jersey

1. There would be a $5 fine for players who did not account for their own jerseys.( both black and red)

2. All players are expected to bring both of jerseys to match. Failure to do so would lead to a fine of $5 per jersey.

3. This fine system would as the same as blog fine double up effect so 2nd time lose jersey would be $10

**The fine starts from immediate effect!

Match 114 - Lost

Songbo FC 1:2 Opponents

Date: 19th Jul 2009
Venue: Pioneer Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up:
Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), T.Weijie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Junbing(AM), Mervin(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Sybian


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


This team of opponent is a full malay team which we have played before and we won through yan’s au shiang pai acting skill, a penalty winner goal.

NBAStar has marked his return with a goal after missing out for a few matches. This goal plays important contribution to our coming back statistics. While SongBo was sinked down by 2 long shot for each of the half in the game..

The match started off brightly with SongBo attacking down the right and we have been pumping long ball inside to test the opponent’s defenses. However, they are able to contain the attacks. Jeremy also has missed a half chance one on one with the keeper. His confidence seems crawling away from him.

The first goal of the game came from a long shot which hit top right hand corner of the goal post. Yan was totally rooted to the ground. 0-1!! For the rest of the 1st half, nothing much exciting occurred.

During half time, Captain Sparrow has given us some team talks, questioning out mental weakness as well as our abilities to lift up for the team’s morale. Mervin was subbed to allow NBAStar to come in.

AT the start of the 2nd Half, tried to play positively and while beginning to see some improvement.. the opponent’s right back has unleashed another long and powerful shot which left our PapSoh no chance as well. 0-2!!

After this goal, both team started to make some substitutions. Huang is making way for Rujia with Tan shifting to left back, Alvin taking left winger and Captain taking control of the Midfield. This formation has made Songbo, more offensive and more threatening to the opponent defenses. SongBo potential comeback goal has came through the NBAStar, which hitted the under side of the bar. Great goal 1-2!!

SongBo contine to keep pressing for 2nd goal but to no prevail.. Soon the whistle was blowed. 2 Consecutive lost for SB.. Time to do some soul searching for SB..

By,
Seng

Project Update 3

Time for another quick update on the progress of our photobook. So far we have amassed quite a number of photos (many interesting ones too...hmm...I wonder which ones will make it to the print) and we are in the midst of narrowing down the photos to use as well as the design of the photobook itself.

Speaking about design, as you guys know we will be coming up with a Songbo FC emblem as well as a mascot. So what's the difference between a mascot and an emblem? An emblem will be like the Man Utd and Liverpool badges that we are so familiar with. A mascot would be the guy wearing the red devil costume taking photos with kids around the stadium. As we have already revealed, our mascot will be a bulldog (no plans for a costume though). Below are 2 pictures to illustrate what I meant.

Example of a Mascot

Example of an Emblem

Yan have took the liberty to do a quick sourcing of the price to print such photobooks and we are getting prices of around $30 for an A4-sized 20 pages, soft cover booklet, with an option to add 2 pages for around $2. If you take away a few pages for introductory text and other misc stuff, we would be left with around 16 pages. That would be able to hold roughly 60+ pictures if we squeeze in 4 pictures on every page. With the current count of selected pictures at the 90+ mark, not inclusive of the late 2008 to 2009 pictures I have yet to go through, it does not take long to guess we have to either fork out a substantial amount for the book or drastically reduce our number of pictures to print.

Taking these into consideration, we have decided that the photobook is to be focused on the Songbo FC soccer team instead of being a "15th Year Anniversary" photobook for most of us. This means that the retro photos from our sec sch days will only be included in digital format in the DVD to be included with the book. With that, I have put up a survey as well to have a general feel of how much we are willing to pay for this, taking into consideration that it would be a one-off memorable to commemorate our 15th Anniversary. Please leave comments about this if you have any as we have plenty of room for discussion.

Match 113 - Lost

Songbo FC 1:2 Opponents

Date: 12th Jul 2009
Venue: Westwood Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), T.Weijie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Yanshou(AM), Mervin(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Kelvin


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

The opponents are a group of indians and the half started with them gaining most of the possession. They have great technique and the composure of passing around which Songbo team lack of. Their defense is also of no nonsense type so our team had little chance of attacking. But their attack could not penetrate our defense so the 1st half ended in a stale-mate.

During the break, there is a change in our team formation. Our captain for Mervin, and kelvin for Seng, who was injured in the 1st half. Yan was sent to the right mid while Rujia took up his place in the attacking mid.

Songbo's only goal came when a shot from Jeremy was blocked by the opponent. The ball luckily and accurately land in front of our captain, who easily tap the ball into the bottom corner of the goalpost with his left foot, leaving the keeper rooted to the ground. 1-0.

The equalizer of the opponent came when Chao allow their winger to run past him. Though he almost manage to cach him back, the winger make a good low cross to their forward, who make a shot to the right of the goal post. Sources claim that our goalkeeper would have save the ball, if not for the sandy pitch below him, causing him to slip while he was trying to dive the opposite direction. 1-1.

The opponents almost scored another when they manage to make a fast counter attack, leaving Kenny and their forward running. The opponent manage to fake past Kenny and make a shot but a superb save from Junbing prevented the opponents from leading.

The winning goal came when Huang slipped a clearance and the ball bounces back. While trying to clear the ball, Kenny scaled the ball the allow the ball to travelled nearer to the goalpost. The opponent took the chance and lob the ball over Junbing who was coming out to intercept. 1-2.

Although leading from behind, Songbo press the line up and keep the pressure on the opponents.
Chances are still little but they are not going to just give up to the opponents. But luck is not on Songbo's side this time. The refree blow for the final whistle after attacks on the opponent are just not going in.


Reported by KennyJ

Match 112 - Draw

Songbo FC 1:1 Opponents

Date: 5th Jul 2009
Venue: Fuhua Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up:
Yanshou(GK), Kaiseng(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jiaxiang(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Rujia(AM), Mervin(RM), Junbing(ST)

Subtitutes:
T.Weijie, H.Weijie, Jeremy


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



Another sunny Sunday, and Songbo FC is back at Fuhua Sec to face the same old opponent when had defeated Songbo FC on their previous two encounter.
Today's line-up wasnt the strongest without the like of Looney and NBA star, but the team is still strong with a good pool of players that they have. CPT Sparrow cheer the team by mentioning our 6 game winning streaks and Songbo is on a high to face this difficult foe.

The match started with Papa Soh starting as our lone striker and Tiger Yan in btw the posts. It didnt take long for Songbo to settle down into the game. Much of the game was played in the midfield with Huiquan and Alvin destroying every attacking move of the opponent. Our defence is also up to the job, whenever called upon for, less a moment of lack of concentration by C-cup when he miscue a clearance, giving the opponent a chance to nip in, luckily Tiger is there to provide enough pressure and the opponent put his shot wide. This makes us wonder, how far has C-cup beeing writing his "LESSON PLAN".

The first break of the match come from a mazzy dribble by Alvin, where he put the ball into the oppent 6 yard box. Lusty Seng, from left back position, amke a great overlapping run + diagonal run into the penalty box, he brought down the ball, and with a awarkard angle, he volleyed the back into the back of the net. Songbo leads by one goal to nil.

The rest of the first half saw Papa Soh with a couple of chance, but seems that he keep holding on to the ball, maybe he is waiting for Kiranjeet to tackle him. CPT Sparrow also have a couple of half chances. THe first half ended with Songbo leading 1 - 0.

THe second half started with Songbo making a change, where Man Tou sub for Jia Xiang. Rusty Man Tou is simply playing badly. His gets frustrated with his game, and give the referee a good F***, (the referee does deserve to be F*** given his amature display). MAn Tou was awarded a yellow card for the crush with the referee. Before long, we had Man Tou in the limelight again. He work rate and commitment is just top notch, but no his tackles. The first tackle is good winning the ball, however, the opponent get back the ball and Man Tou immmediately jump in with a two footed tackle taking both the ball and the opponent. Beep. a free kick is awarded. but luckily not red card award, maybe due to referee fear of the raging Man Tou.

Trials & Tribulations of a World Class GK!!

2nd stage bruising...




1st stage bruising!!

A picture says a thousand words.....

This is what happens when you risk your body to keep goal.....and some ppl dun appreciate!! :) hahahaha!!

Next time they should be put in goal instead!!! Right tiger yan??

Can someone who is not certified blind tell me how it is possible that the opponent player claims that he did not touch me??

It has a swell the size of a "siew mai" and now i cannot even sit properly in my chair without touching the area and feeling the pain....OUCH!!!

Ne Ne Kor Chi de Pu Sing!!!!!!!

Songbo Statics for Match 93 - 111... Part 1

4th Jan 09 – 28th Jun 09 (Match 93 – 111. Not counting in 2 Charity Shields)

Table:

Games Played	Win	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Against
19	13	2	4	55	29

Form
W L W W W W D L W L D W L W W W W W W

Goals Scored per game : 2.9 per game
Goals Against per game : 1.5 per game
Matches with at least 3 goals scored : 9
Matches winning by 1 goal : 5
No. of clean sheets : 5

Golden Boots Contender for 2009
Jeremy: 16
Junbing : 6
Jackie : 6
Rujia : 6
Yanshou : 5
Sybian : 4

Fact of the Day:
1. Mervin finally broke his duck after 2 years. (Binghong and H.Weijie still haven’t scored)
2. 6th consecutive win is our team’s first.

Project Update 2

Guys, it's almost time for the weekend again so I thought it would be an appropriate time to update on our progress. Up to now, we have a bit of an opinion of our logo, which Design 4 has most of the votes and our own designer has came up with Design 2a. Over some discussions, we might be aiming for 2 designs instead; 1, a mascot, which is the bulldog design we have seen so far and another, an emblem, which looks better as a "footballing logo" so as to speak. More details to come as we settle on this.

More urgently, is the photo contribution which is lacking thus far. I have seen only a handful of contributions (for those who have contributed, thanks) with over 90% of the pictures from Yanshou who understandably has taken quite a lot of pics. However, I am quite sure you guys have more photos that we can use. It does not matter whether they are in soft or hard copy. Just pass them to Kenny and we will do the necessary. So go dig up all those old photos that you might have. (It might be lying with those photos of you and your ex...and we have a couple of them. To protect the innocent we will "try" not to include those photos in the photobook unless necessary.) If possible, please pass them to Kenny this coming weekend.

For future usage as well as for the first few pages of the photobook, I would like to take a profile picture of everyone in the team wearing either the red/black jersey, starting this weekend if possible. Yan, remember to bring the camera this weekend. And we haven't took a team photo wearing the black jersey as well.

P.S. With the weekend approaching, where's last week's report? Anyway, Chaos, is it possible we get a snapshot of our stats this season? It's been a long long time since we had one...

Match 111 - Win

Songbo FC 4:2 Opponents

Date: 28th Jun 2009
Venue: Boon Lay Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Rujia(AM), Mervin(RM), Jiaxiang(ST)

Subtitutes:
Kaiseng, Jeremy


Scores:
HT: 3-1
FT: 4-2


After 5 weeks of “fresh blood”, this week’s opponent is an “old blood”. One that we have battered for quite a few matches already. The stats are in favour of us as out of all the encounters, we came out victorious with only a draw. However, this won’t be an easy fight due to the vast amount of experiences the opponents have. This match also boosts the return of our much-miss captain. Whose “unfortunate incident” took quite a toll and rendered him unfit for the past few matches. However, we’ll be missing veterans Sybian and Yan due to “other commitments”. They’re total contribution of 9 goals in 6 games is something that the team will miss badly. The tactics we’re adopting for today will be “finish them early, score as much goals as we can. Defend well”.

The first half started off normally, with both teams having the fair share of the possession. The first goal came sort of unexpectedly. Their goalkeeper made a short pass to the last man, Jiaxiang went forward to exert pressure and managed to pry the ball of him. Taking the ball to the byline, he made a low cross to the center, hoping for someone to made contact with it. There came “Ronaldo”, who’s back from Taiwan and is on a goal drought for 2yrs! An easy tap in for him. 1-0.

In the search of a 2nd goal, our team made a costly mistake by letting their wingers run down to their frank and makes a dangerous cross to the far pole. Another easy tap-in, not for us, but for the opponents. 1-1.

Even though 0-0 and 1-1 looks similar, the effect it have on the team is very different. Morales are low as compared to the start of the match. Sensing the team spirit is decreasing as time goes by, our captain decided to take things into his own hands and wave a few magic of his own. A throw in from the side line, cool control with his legs, he hit the ball with a sliding tackle move that caught their keeper unaware. Thought he managed to parry it, the ball fall into the path of Jiaxiang, who wasted no time to slot the ball into the back of the net. 2-1. One goal difference isn’t enough, that’s what our captain thought. Thus, with the same throw in from the side lines, instead of trapping the ball down, he made a first time half volley. It was executed nicely, as the ball was directed to the bottom left corner. 3-1.

3-1 was the half-time score line. Captain reminded us again that we should not be complacent as letting in a goal will put our team under serious pressure. The opponent share similar thoughts too, as the 2nd half opened up with them attacking furiously. Thought the defence is holding up well, but still, the goal came. It was an utterly crappy goal. A clearly by Junbing was unlucky to have hit the opponent and landed in front of an empty goal. The on rushing H.Weijie was unable to stop the fellow up from their striker to, for the 3rd time in match, tap the ball into an empty net. 3-2.

Like what our captain has predicted. Sensing that a draw or even a win is possible now, the opponents step up another level. Wave upon wave of attacked followed. But thankfully, the defence and midfield all done their job well enough to keep the danger out. At this time, knowing that he’ll need to take out his magic dust out again to ease the pressure off the team. Our captain once again show us why he’s the captain. Chesting the ball down from a throw in, he flick the ball off a on rushing keeper. With the keeper to beat only, he “calmly/hengly/tai-ko-ly” chip the ball over him. 4-2. Pressure’s off !!

With all hopes dashed, the opponent conceded the match and it’s a 6th consecutive win for Songbo !! History in the making !! 2 goals and 1 assist is a very satisfying way to welcome our ever-prominent captain back from his absence. Huat ah ~~ !!

Cheers,
Bullocks 13

Some photos..

Just testing with my scanner to see if the quality is okie.. Photos from "not too long" ago.

Ice

Project Update

As you guys know, we have embarked on a project to produce a photobook for our 15th Anniversary. As scheduled, the project will start full swing very soon. As such, we require the help of all our members to share their photos (hard of soft copy) of our group from past till present. Please pass them to Kenny during our weekend soccer sessions or other opportunities that you deem fit. We hope to get as many pictures as possible to make this photobook a success. The collection starts now and will last till the first week of July.

As part of this photobook project, we are also proposing to have a team logo. I think it is about time we have one. I was discussing with Kenny and Yan the other day about using an animal to represent our team. It seems that we have narrowed it down to a dog, a bulldog specifically, since most of us in the team and born in the year of the dog. A bulldog also represents fighting spirit, aggression and toughness. Thus, below are a few early designs that are made from using the bulldog concept. Please let us know what you think.

Design 1

Design 2

Design 3

Design 4

If you think the above logos are a bit too serious we can always have...

Design 5

Design 2a

Please note that these are just preliminary design and are welcomed to changes. We just want to have the general opinion of whether the team is approving for the logo to head in this direction. Please feel free to comment. Thanks. And remember about the contribution of photos.

Match 110 - Win

Songbo FC 6:1 Opponents

Date: 21st Jun 2009
Venue: Kranji Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Sybian(AM), Mervin(RM), Yanshou(ST)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Jeremy


Scores:
HT: 3-1
FT: 6-1



See that scoreline? Well, it means Songbo met up with a weak team that day. Comprising of a group of Malay uncles, we never let our guards down before kick off. Though they played some diplomacy skills such as taking photo together, Songbo never fall for it.

Minutes after kick off, Songbo was well in control of the game, with a cross from Jackie to the far post for Mervin, Mervin selflessly squared back to Sabian to score from 6 yards, but this NBA star missed the ball and luckily Tiger Yan was just behind him to teach him wat is finishing. 1-0 to Songbo!

Within minutes, our ever-consistent Ah Lam, dribble past 3 defenders from the right flank into their penalty area, he kept the ball away from the defenders and squared a low pass to Tiger Yan for a tap-in to an empty net. 2-0 to Songbo!

The Malay uncles never recovered from the setback, and a counter attack from Songbo saw Sabian running clear from a thru pass by Mervin and he outrun the defenders, past the keeper n score the empty net. 3-0 to Songbo!

As usual, Songbo let their guards down after taking the lead. A corner from the opponents which seems like a usual catch by PapaSoh, turned disastrous as he was claimed to be pushed by the opponent n result him pushing the ball into his own net. Thief Huang tried to utilize his ever famous badminton skill n smack the ball out of the line….but luckily he did not do it. 3-1 !

Upon kickoff, Sabian was simply in dreamland, kicking the ball so light that the opponent instantly intercept. Though the attack was neutralized but it was an attack on the morale of Songbo.

Half –time teamtalk. Captain Sparrow re-emphasised on killing the game off n not be complacent. Minutes after kick off, Songbo regained the supremacy on the field, a thru pass by Kelvin met Sabian, whom mis-kicked n turned out to be like a pass to Mervin to tap-in another empty net….he did not mis-kicked the ball, jus tat the ball went the other way. “Waa…Fuck !@#$%...” can be heard from Captain Sparrow after the miss, and Songbo cannot afford to miss another chance.

Malay uncles played their line very high but they are not ready for us. A throw in by Kelvin to Sabian, provided another 1 to 1 chance with the keeper and this time he struck the ball well and scored his second goal. 4-1 to Songbo!

Not long later, a similar throw in by Jackie to Tiger Yan, saw him latches onto the loose ball and placed into the bottom corner of the goal. 5-1 to Songbo! Tiger Yan completed his first ever hat-trick in his career.

OK….here comes the main Highlight of the match which was specially instructed to be covered by Captain Sparrow. A Tiger Yan with no hunger, latches a low thru pass by Jackie, he dribble past the GK, but god damn it….the keeper had a trailing leg on his right foot and he loses his momentumn. Hearing no whistle blow from the referee, Tiger was pissed n defenders had caught up on him. He has no angle to shoot and can only shield the ball away from the defenders n GK. Reckless tackle by the defender steal his ball away from his feet…and to cover up his inability, he decided to gamble and dive for a foul.

Guess wat….his acting SUCKS! Not only he can’t fool that old man, his teammates were disgraced of his actions. Morale of the story…..never do something you are not confident of. So what Tiger Yan score a hattrick….everyone only remember his dive. And he is being forced to write a paragraph on it. Wat is the world coming to? “You can do whatever you want”

Back to game highlight, Mervin n Henpecked Quan went off for Captain Sparrow and Goal machine Jeremy. Tiger Yan on for PapaSoh. Papasoh scored the 6th goal of the game, when he tried to cross the ball to Jeremy from the right edge of the penalty area. His cross went offward and luckily it went into the net. 6-1 to Songbo! Ending of the match saw Jackie shooting some weak balls to the GK, which does not require a drop of sweat for him to catch. Another match ended with Jackie failing again to score against a weak team.

2 straight games against 2 weak Malay teams. We have to keep reminding ourselves we are not playing to our best and cannot afford to be complacent. But dun worry…if there’s problem along the way, Tiger is there to save the day!

Match 109 - Win

Songbo FC 8:3 Opponents

Date: 14th Jun 2009
Venue: Commonwealth Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up:
Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Sybian(AM), Mervin(RM), Junbing(ST)

Subtitutes:
Rujia, Kelvin


HT: 4-2
FT: 8-3


Match Kickoff...In the first few minutes a mistake by Songbo resulted in a turnover of possession, opposition right midfielder took the ball to the right before sending a low pass that evaded Chao's clearance attempt. Opposition striker took the ball and calmly place it into the net. Score (0-1)

Right after the kick off, Songbo launched an attack on the opponents and bing saw an effort parried away by the opponent gk.

Thus after that missed effort, the opponent launched a long ball and bypass our defence and Yan tried to smoother the ball but saw the ball bounced before him and the opponent only have an open goal to aim at. Score (0-2)

Within 20minutes, Songbo had a huge mountain to climb as the score reads 0-2 against their favour. But what we are going see is a huge change in fortune which will stun the whole of the footballing world with a massive comeback. Even Benitez will be proud of this.

Songbo launched attack after attack and saw the score reduced to 2-1 then to 2-2 all thanks to 2 superb looping headers from bin. Both of the goals were assisted by Sybian.

Before we could applause the outstanding efforts by bin and sybian, Songbo went in front for the first time in the match with the hattrick goal from bin this time huang weijie the provider. the score reads 3-2.

But SongBo did not rest on their laurels, they went in search of more goals to make up for the mistakes made earlier on and they did not dissapoint as bin added another to his tally to 4 goals with mervin providing the assist.

Ref blows for halftime, but we could see the faces of the opponents, from the excited faces to faces of person who missed just a colour in caribien poker...

2nd half start...soon kelvin made the score 5-2 with a superb header off the cross bar after a cool pass from sybian from the right...it is all SongBo from then on as the latest goal totally demoralised the whole opposition team...soon after Sybian and Rujia added the 6th and 7th goal for songbo both goals assisted by mervin...

IT IS DONE AND DUSTED...but who knows the opponent curled in a corner something like what jackie has done on many occassions... score reads 7-3...

Although the opponent scored the consolation goal...Yan came up with the goods again this time making it DONE AND TOTALLY DUSTED for the opponents with jackie crossing superbly and unselfishly to Yan to finish off the opponents...well done jackie and yan...*snigger*

WAT a good match it was...an entertaining and elaborated match...with tons of goals to saliavate on...


Match Report by: Jackie

Match 108 - Win

Songbo FC 1:0 Opponents

Date: 07th Jun 2009
Venue: Hua Yi Sec Sch
Jersey: Red

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Yanshou(AM), Sybian(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Kelvin, Mervin, Rujia


HT: 1-0
FT: 1-0

Songbo started their 108 match in red with the whole team smelling blood as they are wearing red??hmmmm...

okay back to the match report...jackie reporting from FOTBOL CRAZY.com...

MAtch kicks off with both team stuggling to maintain possession as both team are equally strength as it is a match made in heaven as both set of players are equally skilled and equally psyched up for this game...

Soon after Songbo made the first breakthru as jeremy scored the goal that separetes the Spatans from the man...score reads 1-0 to SongBo FC...IT was such a sweet move that will make all the girls and boys crying out in pain...what i meant is that they are having toothaches...

time ticks on and the opponents just could not get pass the stout defending of Songbo...This reminds me of the movie 300 with Spatans defending their fortress against the mightly Persians...

After round and rounds of attacks from death ninjas to mighty persians army...the spartans fought it off with their grit and armour...

finally the match whistle went off...full time reads SongBo FC 1 Persians 0...

What a galant finish...i mean win...thanks to the magnificient teamwork by SongBo, we managed to keep the clean sheet... *applause*...


Signing off Jackie(Looney08)

Match 107 - Win

Songbo FC 4:2 Opponents

Date: 31th May 2009
Venue: Pioneer Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Yanshou(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Hweequan(DM), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Junbing(AM), Sybian(RM), Jeremy(ST)

Subtitutes:
Kelvin, Mervin, Rujia, Jiaxiang


HT: 3-1
FT: 4-2

Match Report:


Pioneer secondary school, my first match wif songbo fc on this ground… it’s a good win for us.
4-2 was the final score. Jacky, sybian, yanshou and myself score for songbo-fc.


Jeremy

FICO League

Just received this in my e-mail........

Latest fund standings

Previous standings is 75

$75 - $ 5 (Fico 1) - $ 8 ( Fico 2) - $15 ( Fico 3) - $8 (Fico 4) + $10 (Blog Fine) - $8 ( Match )

= $ 41

We still waiting for jackie to pay us $ 10 as fine.. at the rate the fines are going out think we should have enough for a mid yr function..

Match 106 - Win

Songbo FC 2:1 Opponents

Date: 24th May 2009
Venue: Fuhua Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing (GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny (CB), Suichao(CB), Kaiseng (RB), Hweequan(DM), Jiaxiang (LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Yanshou (AM), Sybian (RM), Jeremy (ST)

Subtitutes:
Kelvin, Mervin


HT: 0-0
FT: 2-1

Match Report:

Fuhua Sec Sch is not a ground that brings back good memories for Songbo FC; their record there is mediocre, they lost several balls due to over-zealous players practising their shots but most significant of all, they lost their hard-man Yanshou to career-threatening injury that ruled him out for several months. In fact, coming into the match, they have lost a few good men due to injuries as well. Binghong was still nursing his leg injury after his surgery and Tan Weijie also carried a knock that ruled him out of the game. The worst was that the team received saddening news that their Captain had been hospitalised due to Hepatitis a fortnight ago. However, Rujia has been discharged after observation and arrives on match day to provide valuable moral support to the team.

The rising temperatures can be easily felt by the players who were sweating profusely simply by jogging around the field. Matter were made worse by the poor timekeeping of the opponents; by the proposed match time, only 8 of their players had turned up. Nevertheless, after some delays, they had their full squad ready and the match went on.

The starting line-up of Songbo FC yielded a surprise; Alvin, the vice captain standing in for Rujia, made his decision to field Yanshou, who havent started in an outfield position for months, as the support striker behind Jeremy. The backline was the familiar 4 for Songbo FC, with both Suichao and Kenny shaking of their injuries. Midfield was to be marshalled by Alvin in the middle, Hweequan covering the defense, Jiaxiang to be dispatched to the left and Sybian to the right.

It was a nervy start for Songbo FC, who haven't played in about a month, and unforced errors were being made periodically. However, the opponents couldn't really find a way through their defense. Their only real chance came when their striker managed a shot towards Junbing. Even though the ball was going wide, Junbing took no chances and pushed it out for a corner. The first half was pretty much the standard game of attrition. There was bright spark though; Yanshou, who played his last outfield game so long ago, didn't look uncomfortable at all on his return. His touches, though rusty, still had purpose and one slick pass almost paved the way for Jeremy to open his account for the day. The half ended 0-0.

The second half picked up from where the first half ended, with Songbo FC looking more likely to break the duck. One chance saw Yanshou through and he could only muster a shot right at the keeper even though he was 1-on-1. A similar chance for Jeremy saw the same outcome. Songbo FC was trying and they got the breakthrough they needed. A slick move saw the goal kick to Sybian being flicked neatly to Yanshou. Wasting no time, he slid the ball to Jeremy to send him through and this time, he made no mistake to add to his bulging tally of goals. 1-0 Songbo FC.

Songbo FC had a few more chances to widen the gap, with Kelvin wasting another 1-on-1 situation. Sometimes, they have the luck to ride a 1-0 scoreline till the final whistle but on this particular field, this luck seems to always elude them. Near the 3rd quarter of the game, while Hweequan was trying to clear the ball, he was uphended by an opponent. Despite the obvious foul and with almost the whole defense expecting a whistle to be blown, play went on and the ball found its way into the penalty area. Concentration lapsing, the defense failed to cover the angles of an inevitable shot and was punished by a well-placed shot into the bottom corner of the net. 1 apiece and Songbo FC was furious.

With time ticking away, it seemed that Songbo FC's rotten luck on this ground was to continue. Things work in strange ways though; some good defending saw Kenny in possession of the ball. A long ball played Kelvin through on the left. Using his speed, he was able to shake off his opponent to deliver a pin-point pass into the area for Jeremy to finish it off to send Songbo FC into delirium. 2-1 the final score!

Report By: Mervin

Some photos to share

Alvin's Birthday at Bin's House

Look at those undeveloped bodies


Guess whose body is this?

Answer coming up.......

Xiao Hong!!!

Charting The Way Ahead

With the recent inactivity on the field, I think I can take this time to post some plans that I have conceived for our team. Please note that all plans are still in an infant stage and is welcome to changes.


15th Anniversary PhotoBook

This has been first brought up while we were on our Perak Trip. We have decided to start work on it once we hit late June, starting with data collection first (mostly photos that you guys have from our younger years). Please contribute generously to this as we just need to loan your precious photos for about a month as we scan and collate them. We are then expected to start on the design and layout as well as captioning of the photobook once we hit early August. Projected completion date for now is early October. Members in this project: Yanshou (Design and Layout), Kenny (Data Management) and Mervin (Editorial and Captioning).


15th Anniversary Dinner

I remember I first suggested this while I was still in Taiwan to Rujia. Yes guys, it has been 15 years (for most of us) from 1995 - 2009. Therefore I was thinking of holding a dinner event to commemorate this milestone for us. This is still pretty much a suggestion and for now I am proposing that we hold a catered buffett in a condo's clubhouse that we can book. Wives, kids, girlfriends and potential girlfriends are all welcome. This will probably be held in mid October so as not to clash with Tan's wedding dinner. The photobook is to be ready by then for distribution at the dinner. I was thinking if we could have our AGM during then but I guess we should just leave it for our Christmas Party at the end of the year. Suggestions and comments for this are very welcomed.


More Plans for the Blog

We have been looking at this blog for the past few years and there's always been minor tweaks here and there. As I will be ORDing soon (finally my turn) I will have some time on my hands to make some improvements for our blog. Suggestions for improvements will be appreciated. Current plan is to have an individual profile page for each of us where we can view our statistics for current and past seasons. More to come on this.

FICO sessions during mid-week and on non match weeks.

Team, in the past two weeks, we have had 2 sessions of late night Fico sessions. I think the sessions were enjoyable and one thing for sure, it helps us to sweat it out.

These 2 sessions have shown that we can have a kick-about and improve ourselves. For me, I have realised that I am so much more clumsy and have lost a lot of my ability to control the ball properly. In addition, touches became trapping for opponents and ability to react under intense pressure have waned.

This shows how much technical ability I have lost over the past seasons. I mean i am not that good technically in the first place....but the point is I know I used to be better than now - a lot more. It may be due to increasing weight causing sluggish-ness but i suspect that the main culprit is the lack of exposure to a fast-paced game of soccer.

We used to ply our trade at the BB court where we play fast pace, one touch and high intensity football. Granted, they are different from field football but I see that certain positives can be obtained if we were to stick to a regular Fico session. For one, it increases our ability of decision making under constant pressure. Fitness will be improved due to the "interval-training" type of running we do in Fico. Technical ability which is very much the emphasis in Fico, will definitely be improved over time and this might be the pivotal factor when we play our weekend encounters.

As of now, I feel a 1 hour session is about just nice for fun and sweat. Once we get in gear, i think we would be craving to play a 2-hr session.


The point of this post is to gather feedback and of course seek opinion for a regular session.

Pls comment as per below...(Everyone to comment pls, we do everything as a team!!!)

1.) Feedback of previous 2 sessions. Any lessons learnt?

2.) Would you like a regular session? If yes, day/time pls.

3.) Any other comments?

Competitive Soccer - Part 2 (summary of comments)

Some of us have given their thoughts and views to the suggestions while some have either refused to comment or are just plain lazy....:)

I think thru the comments, many valid points were brought up and they are the result of the efforts of those who bothered to comment and contribute...Give yourself a pat on the back for that!!

Concerns

1.) Commitment - My view is that it does not take more commitment out of us than now. Maybe it will require a mid-week fico or something but we can do without it if majority feels its not necessary or its hard to get a common date for that.

2.) Team depth - Well, this is indeed the most glaring problem. But i am sure we can work something out if we want to. Ideally, we only accept players who are on the same wavelength as us and can accept suanning and tauntings.hahahahaha!! but seriously, we can look into many possibilities and avenues.

3.) Team ability - Like Captain has said many times, we are a team that are weaker in technical abilities but we overcome that by our teamwork and understanding. Our years of friendship and gatherings have imbued in us the spirit of not doing it for ourselves but for the team. We have many examples where we have won thru sheer hard work and team tactical discipline. this should be carried on. In addition, I think Kenny mentioned that we have played with his team(who is in the league) and we won...so I dun think we will be facing player like sundramoothy or the likes la...haha!!

4.) Team Spirit - Ah seng and kelvin have noted that currently we enjoy our post match bickerings and suannings at the coffeeshops. He is concerned that if we were to be in the league, this spirit might be affected if we take thing too seriously and affect our status quo. As such kelvin who was a former supporter of joining the league now prefers to enjoy his week end games than fight for more glory in support of current team spirit.

My Stance (not representative of anyone)

1.) We are getting old - now is the age when our bones starts to deterioriate - according to medical journals - and if we do not attempt to play in the league as a team soon, we may see the exit of some players due to retirement from injury! This is no joke...because we are at the age of thinking and doing things for our future and family and children. your mentality is totally different....so I doubt we will want to join when we are older, have more family commitments and are more health conscious.

2.) Better team spirits - Seriously, I think thru the league, we can enhance team spirit! There needs to be more communication and meet ups and I can only see team spirit getting stronger unless of course we have more inter-gals problem(pun intended)!!!! haha.. I envisaged that we will try and tell one another and encourage one another to improve our games - be it thru kopi or thru training or tactical session.

3.) Not much difference from now - Actually if you are to think deeper, we are indirectly in a league of our own right now - the referees league. You can see that most of the time the opponents are from the referees and some teams we do play a couple of time b4 and some many times. I doubt we will get many other NEW OPPONENTS unless we venture out from the referees league or the referees find new "customers"...LOL.

4.) More professional - The proposed league to join handles things in a very professional manner and this can only increase our team's own attitudes and professionalism.
Fixtures will be out in pre-season...so we can all know when we are playing who and we can know in advance which date we should make ourelves free, barring emergencies, and inform team captain if necessary about unfree dates.
Relegation/promotion system - For example we decide to enrol in the Sunday leagues and there are a lot of teams. We will be allocated a division where our ability is about the same as the opponents. SO there might be a total of 11 divisions in the Sunday league and the fun thing is the top 2 and bottom 2 are promoted/ relegated amongst these divisions! So the challenge is that if we do well and finish top two, the reward is tougher opponents!! How can we not improve then???
Points deduction for teams that are late!! - There is a penalty for teams that are late and this is met with a 2 points deduction from the table points. Thsi will make sure most opponenst are on time.
Referees are all certified and of good standards! - you dun get the normal nonsense "tan jiak ka" who just come to the games for a stroll and expect to be paid for nonsense work done. there is also a feedback system for referees so if he doesn't do well, he will be "pok".
Sports drinks provided - I think I read somewhere that all matches in the leagues will have drinks sponsered at teh match venue.
Suspension system - Red card equals one match suspension. No limits on yellow though.


Wa very long post.....will update again... the fuc*ing rule book very long...haven finish reading...wil update the rules and regulation again....

Match 106

Match 106 (supposed) – Lessons Learnt

Ill-discipline and disappointment.

These two words summed up the both camps after this week’s supposed match.

A bunch of ill-disciplined and immature kids were the opponents lined up for our match this week. Young, fast and skilful, this team will go a long way if they are able to get their act right. Unfortunately, they showed their worst side to us and they may require more than a whacking or two before they can learn their lesson. Almost 1 hour late and only a total of 9 players turned up for their team. Total disaster and a total waste of time for us.

On our side, disappointed is an understatement for Songbo. Reeling from a competitive and mauling, though marred by some violence, match last weekend, Songbo has hoped for another competitive match this week to erase the painful memories. However, God was not so kind to us this time around as the opponent did not give a glimmer of hope for Songbo to redeem themselves. In fact, this match brought about more disappointment and demoralized the team more than it should.

With only 9 players available for the opponents, Sparrow decided once again to field 9 players to start the match much to the dismay and disapproval of most of the team. The availability of almost the full squad enabled Songbo to engage in rolling substitutions and ensure all of the guys have a leisure Sunday kickaround.

The morning got worse when the match started and the Young Punks scored with a long range shot in their first meaningful attack. Tiger Yan, goalkeeper for the day, was to blame for the goal as he did not put in any effort to tip the ball over the bar. Songbo woke up from their slumber and came back strongly after the first goal. They finished the half 2-3 goals up, however, the first half was marked by the consistent efforts by the Young Punks to shoot from all angles and distances, seemingly identifying Tiger Yan as the weakest link. The second half was a forgettable and uneventful affair as Songbo continued its dominance and ended the match with at least a 5-goal win.

Although this match was almost a pointless one, it was important to point out a few important lessons learnt and positive events:

1. The mental strength and maturity of Tiger Yan – He was lambasted and criticized straight in the face during the half-time team talk for his no-effort in saving the first goal and being seemingly mocked by the Young Punks who identified him as the weakest link and bombarded shots from all angles and distances. However, being the Tiger we all know he is, Yan came back strongly from the criticism and finger-pointing during half-time and played his heart out in the second half. In the end, he made a couple of important one-on-one saves and kept a clean sheet for the remaining of the match. I think the important lesson to be garnered from here is that respect can be won or lost during the short span of a match and it is really up to the individual to decide if he wants to earn the respect or allow himself to be engulfed by external factors such as the unprofessional opponents in this case.

2. The self-respect displayed by the team – Although it took Songbo a while to adjust to the unprofessional match and immature opponents, the team ended the match in a professional and self-respecting manner. There was almost no instance where the team showed a lack of professionalism and respect for both themselves and the opponents given the situation. I guess we can lift our heads high and give ourselves a pat on the shoulder for the maturity shown. The giggles and lack of seriousness displayed by the Young Punks throughout the course of the match only points to a lack of self-respect and total immaturity. This truly disgusted and irked Songbo who was actually looking forward to a competitive match.

3. Commitment – Players such as Hweequan and Ah Lam actually played their hearts out and were rewarded with early showers. In matches such as this one, it was easy to lose focus and not give out our best. However, some of the players did show total commitment and went about their normal routine even though the conditions were unfavourable. Experience and sense of responsibility do play a part in this circumstances and I hope we can all learn from this.

From this match, we can at least see and feel first-hand about how and what kind of attitude and actions we DEFINITELY do not want to be associated with.

Respect has to be earned and it is imperative to have self-respect first. Respect, coupled with a sense of responsibility, differentiates the boys and the men, the failures and the successes.

Capt Sparrow

Compettitive Soccer for season 2010!

Recently, the senior members of the team have informally discuss how best we can motivate our team members for our weekly matches. It has been noticed that our performances of late are not up to standard..

One of the more possible reason discussed was that maybe our weekend soccer sessions no longer provided the kind of thrill that we got from it - when we first ventured from court soccer to the field. It has become something like a mundane chore that we wake up to on every Sunday morning. Without the passion and the competitive spirit that has kept us going in our early years, it has directly affected our performances recently - maybe also due to our falling testosterone????

After some casual analysis, the idea to stop this rot would be to give everyone a focus, an aim for the season - joining a competitive league!

We have in fact, a few seasons back, toyed with this idea but it was put off due to financial constraints and the transition from studies to work.

Now is the time!!!!

Pros

- We have something to aim for.
- It can still be played on Sunday mornings.
- There is not much additional costs to us. About the same as what we pay now.
- We can have more unity and cooperation in the team when we unite to fight for somthing.
- Players like jacky(pun intended) will find motivation to play to his best every week.
- We will get a taste of competitive football at last once in our lifetime before our bones and tissues cracks easily.(In fact, some of our bodies are already decaying!!!!)

Cons

- Because its competitive, we cannot afford to have just enough 11 players on matchday - like some of our matches - so there will be a slight influx of players to the squad to counter this problem.
- Players like papasoh cannot always kaobei kaobu anymore say want to come play outfield because we need the best of our players to be in every position.
- We might need team members to have an additional session of FICO or something for training purposes. Fico, because its trains your everything - stamina, agility, technique, passing etc. Its like a all in one training for us.

Proposed League to Join: http://www.espzen.com/home.asp


Team Members pls consider and comment thanks!!

Rumours (Soccerneh.com)

With the implementation of the "Fine" systems, the team has effectively put in place a system that deals with procrastination and late match reports.

From a reliable source that chose to remain unidentified, it has been confirmed that this week's match has been postponed because the alleged author for the latest match report has yet to put up his report....:)

By identifying a loophole in the system, cancelling a match enables him to have another week in hand before the match reports needs to be produced..

Well, as it is, the above snippet is just a rumour..... :)

THE FINE TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT!
dated: 23th April 2009 8.30pm

fine for all late bloggers

we gonna start a FINE system for people who are supposed to post their blog in a week's time but eventually did not. here are the RULES:

1. For bloggers who are unable to post the match report before the next match will be FINED 10 DOLLARS for the match even if you're a starter, a substitute or an unused sub. Eg. if you're a starter, your fine is only 2 dollars. A sub, means 6 dollars. An unused sub, will be 10 dollars.
2. If the following week you still cant come up with the report, everything will be doubled. Eg. second week will be 20dollars, third week 40dollars... And there WOULDNT be a maximum cap on the fine.

The current funds for our club is 75dollars. i need generous donors... so everyone... please take your time to post your blog! Thanks!

"chaoz please indicate who is supposed to write the report everyweek so that i can keep track."

Match 105 - Lost

Songbo FC 0:3 Opponents

Date: 12th April 2009
Venue: Fuhua Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Junbing (GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny (CB), Hweequan (CB), Kaiseng (RB), T.Weijie (DM), Jackie (LM), Alvin Cai (CM), Rujia (AM), Mervin (RM), Jeremy (ST)

Subtitutes:
Yanshou, Kelvin, Jiaxiang


HT: 0-1
FT: 0-3

Match Report
The venue is a cursed place for Songbo. Set aside losing 2 soccer balls to the construction site, our records at Fuhua Sec is damn SHITTY! Losing twice to the same team twice is not acceptable. How the hell can we allow ourselves to lose so badly?
This match has confirmed to our fans that Songbo simply cannot perform during rainy days or wet pitch. Except Jacky, virtually none seems to be able to wack the ball above opponents heads. (I am not saying Jacky is good fyi....his story has yet to come)

The defence knew how the 3 goals are scored, through passes and mis-communication, lead to the downfall of Songbo. Wayang Quan has to really buck up his sharpness, lack of playing time at centre back is not an excuse. Midfield wise....aren't we supposed to have 5 midfielders to "PACK" the midfield and a lone striker to attack, machiam the LIVERFOOL style? It just look so Newcastle that day. I leave it to Captain Sparrow to fix this technical issue.

Losing is part and parcel of life, losing with grace is something that has to be cultivated and it is not easy, thats what separates Respect and Dispute from opponents. PapaSoh...u knn action more than badminton. Kenna scolded "Pig" by that Ah Neh u feel shiok ah? We worry for ur saftey more than that Ah Neh leh honestly. Worst is we quarrelled with people, but penalty MISS!

I dunno wat the shit Jackie is doing. It just makes the opponents laugh at us even more. I believe all of us are disgraced that the penalty missed. We had lost the very little face that we had left on the pitch to that miss. Thanks leh Jackie!

End of the day, i think we have more work to do on individual techical shortcomings first then followed by teamwork cooperation. Let this be a learning point for everyone.

By TigerYan

Match 104 - Win

Songbo FC 1:0 Opponents

Date: 05th April 2009
Venue: Kranji Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up:
Hweequan (GK), Jiaxiang (LB), Kenny (CB), Suichao (CB), Kaiseng (RB), Alvin Cai (DM), Jackie(LM), Rujia (CM), Junbing (AM), Mervin (RM), Jeremy (ST)

Subtitutes:
Yanshou


HT: 0-0
FT: 1-0

Scoring Summary:
Jeremy [Alvin Cai]

It’s been awhile since we last played at Kranji SS. Statistics have shown that for matches played here, the probability of Wins, Losses and Draws are around the same. Thus, we can’t really rely much on the mathematics figure to give us a physiological boost from our recent poor form. To add fuel to fire, the opponent is a team that we have played countless times, Winning most of the matches, drawing a few and losing one. In cases such as this, winning wouldn’t up the team moral, but losing to them will make the team feel even worse. Another significant “item” to mention from previous statistic is that, this is an injury prone venue with Alvin Toh going down with a ligament torn and some other players injured and out for weeks.

Before the match commenced, our captain laid down a target for us to achieve. Win the game by 3 goals and without conceding any. To us, it seems a reasonable proposal since we had hit them with 4 goals before. The only concern is with the defense. With the iconic “John Terri” in dreamland and “Vidic Ken” not in sync recently, it seems that the main concern is whether the goals we scored can be more than the ones we conceded.

Frankly speaking this match doesn’t have any events that are worth mentioning. 1st half started slowly and boring with not much chances being created for both sides. However, due to a lack of concentration by the “full-back superstar”, the “import player” from the opponent team almost got the chance to make a breakthrough. Sensing the danger, “John Terri” made a superb sliding tackle to deny his one and only chance of the whole game. Unfortunately, though the danger is cleared, our “superstar” paid a hefty price for it. The tackle was executed badly and he twisted his right ankle. Medical reports have shown that the team will be missing his “outstanding” defense abilities for at least 4 weeks. With this, it concludes the 1st part of the match.

After some hairdryer treatment by Captain Sparrow, 2nd half started more brightly, with our wonder kid, Jeremy, scoring the first goal within 10 mins from start. The score line would have read 3-0 if Alvin and Jeremy have both scored in their one-on-one situation. With no goals coming from the front, and the defense doing a fantastic job to hold off the attack, the game ended at 1-0. Ironically, this time round, we are able to keep a clean sheet, but failed to meet the goal scoring part. Nonetheless, a clean sheet is still something of significant. Kudos to the makeshift defense.

Cheers,
Bullocks13