H8FC Training 1 October 2011

I think 14 people played today. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Alex
Crazy
David
Syahrein
Wee Zheng
Shyong Ming
Cher Siang
Topless Chinese Guy
Jeff
Jeff's Friend
Andi
Uncle
Nicholas
New Blue Shirt Indian Guy

Today Alex was his usual self. Like the playmaker that he is. He just needs to rough it up with the tackles and he would be the complete midfielder.

Crazy is like Phil Jones. He can bring the ball out of defence and dribble all the way and trouble the keeper with a shot.

David did two brilliant things today. I gave a long ball as keeper and he finishes it with a goal. Cher Siang punted the ball too in another match and David finishes it too past me this time.

I think I had a good game as goalkeeper. How long I took to concede in one of our 5-goal matches? Around 30 minutes? Saves after saves until Uncle ended that.

This Wee Zheng is rapidly improving damn fast. When I first knew him in 2008, he was fat, slow and clumsy. Fast forward to this day, he is slimmer and at least useful playing football. And I don't understand why intelligent girls are attracted to him.

Shyong Ming as we all know is one of the best in our team. There was once he was clear on goal. I was playing goalkeeper. I did what a keeper could do by closing him down. SM was so fast he scored past me and I'm left going for the ball but brought him down instead.

Cher Siang will be different 5 years later. I've seen a lot of boys like him. Overweight, goes to NS becomes slim and becomes rich selling pirated items. Then marry a sexy wife.

Topless Chinese Guy is very fit. He plays too much Shaolin Soccer game and tries to do fancy moves.

Jeff is always full of energy and running everywhere. I can see he's used to the normal pitch. Our goalposts are not big so his shots are off-target.

Jeff's Friend is at least passing me the ball when I play outfield unlike last time. He does have the basic skills.

What was Andi thinking wearing sunglasses while playing? For someone with tattoos, it's strange he is humble and happy playing football.

Thanks to Uncle for picking us up from the bus stop in his lorry. Every week he puts on a 5 star performance.

Teck Seng's friend Nicholas is like Charlie Adam isn't he? Like me, Teck Seng is picky when choosing friends. I've known him since 2005 and all his friends are nice people. Good he introduced Nicholas to us.

New Blue Shirt Indian Guy may look a little overweight like how most of you knew me in 2008. But I think he did well on his first day. He knows where to position himself during play.

On a last note, I'm glad all of us played attractive brand of football by playing the ball on the ground most of the times. I hope long balls are played on a minimum. I don't really like long balls as the opponents can cut them off. I prefer buliding short passes from the back like Barcelona, Chelsea and Liverpool before you were born. And try to curb long shots as 9 out of 10 times won't work on the uneven ground.