Captain's Call

Yet again, we failed to produce the results that we wanted. 2 draws in 2 games. It is likely that we have nothing to play for in SUNIG 2008. Winning the last game is most probably still not be good enough to win to be crowned champions. But we play for pride. On paper, NUS is the better team, but seriously we can match them.

Whats at stake: We havent won NUS in competition proper for a long time already. This is the chance to do it on our home ground.

From SUNIG 2008 results, we havent played badly at all. We havent had a win, yet we havent lost a game. Guys, i want the team to be able to end SUNIG 2008 on a high note. The results for the last game do not matter to me. I wanna see us putting in a good performance for the last game, like we have put in decent performances for the last two games (only failed to come away with wins). I want SUNIG 2008 to be a memorable experience for the NTU team (every player in the squad), that even if we dont be champions, we fought each game with the NTU spirit. Then we say that we play for each other in the team and that is what i want to see from our team. So let us be able to end on a high.

I hope that all players will come down for training. Guys, we need to work together as a unit, thats what the NTU soccer team is all about. Thus, more players will have to come down for training. We only have 3 trainings and 1 friendly match plus the big match. Can we put in the efforts and be committed so that we can produce the results for our last match?

Guys, i need to know the numbers for saturday's friendly match, so please let me know who can and cannot make it so that we have enough in numbers for the match.

Somethings to take away from today's match:
1. Our fitness definitely SUCKS. We lack the conditioning that enables us to play at a high tempo. Our drop in fitness level certainly affected our results too in some way. We need to do something about it to bring the average team fitness to a decent level!!! You guys must be responsible enough to do your own conditioning and trainings if you lack the trainings.
2. We may have stressed ourselves too much in the previous games in wanting to get the wins, which may not have allowed us to play our decent football. We pressure ourselves too much and in the end we cant play smart or thinking football. So lets go out and enjoy the game!! And the results will come.