Recently there has been a lot of flack regarding one Singaporean footballer who decided to quit the S-League to join some Indonesian club. He basically blasted local football standards and said that he had enough of it all.
For those who don’t know, yours truly is keeping up with the league since its inception in 1996. I was a season ticket holder for all home games played in Tampines Stadium. As the years go by, I grew disillusioned by the standards and now when I watch games live on TV, I either laughed my hearts out or simply cringe at the way they are playing.
No doubt yes I’m only an amateur as compared to any of them playing in the league but the standard of football here has actually dropped in my opinion since 1996.
Noh Alam Shah, the footballer in question, blasted the league saying he has had enough of the sub-standard refereeing, bad crowd presence and the stringent guidelines set up by the fas on the league. In its defense, the FAS said that if this was the case, then the sleague won’t have been one of the top 10 leagues in Asia. I thought that it was the poorest comeback anyone could offer.
What alam shah did was to voice the opinions of some other footballers and fans alike who like him are disillusioned with the league. The refereeing standards in recent games have got to be one of the most amateurish I’ve seen in a long time. The crowds have indeed dwindled and it is of no fault of ours.
The league has not received much media coverage since it started. Pre-season news were barely present, even if it did then it would have been one tiny column beside the obituaries page. You could be the top 10 in Asia but what were the criteria in deciding that? Definitely not through the playing standards on the pitch I reckoned.
What he did to me was an awakening to the league. Truth which they have found hard to swallow. Ernest Luis of tnp said that alam shah pointed out long time probs without providing solutions. I'd say even if he did present some solutions, it still won’t go down well with FAS. So why bother?
So well done Alam Shah for speaking your mind. All the best for the future.
For those who don’t know, yours truly is keeping up with the league since its inception in 1996. I was a season ticket holder for all home games played in Tampines Stadium. As the years go by, I grew disillusioned by the standards and now when I watch games live on TV, I either laughed my hearts out or simply cringe at the way they are playing.
No doubt yes I’m only an amateur as compared to any of them playing in the league but the standard of football here has actually dropped in my opinion since 1996.
Noh Alam Shah, the footballer in question, blasted the league saying he has had enough of the sub-standard refereeing, bad crowd presence and the stringent guidelines set up by the fas on the league. In its defense, the FAS said that if this was the case, then the sleague won’t have been one of the top 10 leagues in Asia. I thought that it was the poorest comeback anyone could offer.
What alam shah did was to voice the opinions of some other footballers and fans alike who like him are disillusioned with the league. The refereeing standards in recent games have got to be one of the most amateurish I’ve seen in a long time. The crowds have indeed dwindled and it is of no fault of ours.
The league has not received much media coverage since it started. Pre-season news were barely present, even if it did then it would have been one tiny column beside the obituaries page. You could be the top 10 in Asia but what were the criteria in deciding that? Definitely not through the playing standards on the pitch I reckoned.
What he did to me was an awakening to the league. Truth which they have found hard to swallow. Ernest Luis of tnp said that alam shah pointed out long time probs without providing solutions. I'd say even if he did present some solutions, it still won’t go down well with FAS. So why bother?
So well done Alam Shah for speaking your mind. All the best for the future.
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