It is good to give the young talents a chance to excel themselves.
Coming up with strategies to disband the Singapore lions and doing a new based on merit selection might came as a shock to many.
i feel that even though the decision to select new players from ground zero might not be a very wise decision as it takes time to groom and develop the young players,but it might be a gamble that is worth to take the risks. We should give the young players a chance, afterall the Singapore Lions did not performed well.
It might seem to be unfair to those current national players for replacing them with new players that has to be trained from ground zero when they have trained for a very long time as compared to the new ones.
Hence,There is also definitely a need to include previous excellent players as mentioned in the article, to train and share their experience with the young players and then work together to achieve the same goal which is making it to the national team.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Football: Singapore Lions disbanded (Wei Sheng)
Emotions such as surprise, shock and craziness ran through my mind when i read this article. I felt that even if they did not really performed well, there would probably be not a need to change the entire team. I feel that if the whole team gets changed, many people would probably feel offended as the players may seem not to be cut out for this. I feel that not all players in Singapore Lions are really bad; i believe that what they are lacking are actually experience and proper guidance. With those two factors mentioned, I believe that they would excel to greater heights. However, because of this termination of the old players, many of the fans would probably be disappointed as their favourite members or team is being cut off. In all, I feel that the decision of the higher-ups is too rash and they need to take in serious consideration before letting this situation to take place.
A fan stated that, 'Young players should....not be going for competition until they are really prepared for it'. I feel that this is a very honest opinion from a fan. This is because young players probably lack the experience and there is a possibility that they are rash and might lose their morals when they lose.
A fan stated that, 'Young players should....not be going for competition until they are really prepared for it'. I feel that this is a very honest opinion from a fan. This is because young players probably lack the experience and there is a possibility that they are rash and might lose their morals when they lose.
Football: Singapore Lions disbanded (Sandi)
http://sports.xin.msn.com/channel-news-asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4561570
The recent failed attempts by the Lions, our national football team, to qualify for the last 16 of the Asian Cup and to advance beyond the group stage of the recent Suzuki Cup prompted the president of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), Zainudin Nordin to sack all the players in the national team. There have been talks about the players are being complacent with their comfortable salaries and I think there is some basis of truth because some people did not find the news to be shocking or surprising.
But to sack all the players, i have to agree that this is abit too harsh. Some players definitely do not deserve this treatment as they proved to be hardworking on the pitch like Shi Jiayi and Daniel Bennett. Fans have questioned the decision whether to be a knee-jerk reaction because in the recent years, when the performance is equally bad, the Football Association of Singapore did not make any drastic change.
Most people felt that the coaching staff are also to be blamed for the decline in the standard of our national team because they feel that the situation has become like this partially is because of a lack in a good and proper managment but I do not think so as coach Raddy has proven to himself when a year after he became the head-coach, our national team won the ASEAN football championship and also in 2007.
After the FAS has dropped the bomb, people are now starting to explore other alternatives that can replace or een do better than the current team. One of the alternatives is to introduce fresh new young talents into squad from the youth olympic squad or the under-23 squad. However, I do not think that the guys from these squads are experienced enough or well-equipped enough to handle matches that are more tense cause afterall, the league that they are playing is going to be so much different.
Another alternatives is to have a total local talents domination of the national team which means that everything from the management to the players, all are local. I personally would prefer a management from overseas because of the experience they have abroad. Overseas management would have definitely been exposed to so much things that locals would not have. I would not mind having an all-local players team cause it would better create a bond between the fans and the team but having a few foreign players who are PR would not hurt as well as long as they are bringing in the results.
In conclusion, to disband the whole national team was abit too harsh and that in order for a true improvement in the standard of our football, everyone, including the national team and the coaching staff have to work hard on it with the support of the whole nation.
The recent failed attempts by the Lions, our national football team, to qualify for the last 16 of the Asian Cup and to advance beyond the group stage of the recent Suzuki Cup prompted the president of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), Zainudin Nordin to sack all the players in the national team. There have been talks about the players are being complacent with their comfortable salaries and I think there is some basis of truth because some people did not find the news to be shocking or surprising.
But to sack all the players, i have to agree that this is abit too harsh. Some players definitely do not deserve this treatment as they proved to be hardworking on the pitch like Shi Jiayi and Daniel Bennett. Fans have questioned the decision whether to be a knee-jerk reaction because in the recent years, when the performance is equally bad, the Football Association of Singapore did not make any drastic change.
Most people felt that the coaching staff are also to be blamed for the decline in the standard of our national team because they feel that the situation has become like this partially is because of a lack in a good and proper managment but I do not think so as coach Raddy has proven to himself when a year after he became the head-coach, our national team won the ASEAN football championship and also in 2007.
After the FAS has dropped the bomb, people are now starting to explore other alternatives that can replace or een do better than the current team. One of the alternatives is to introduce fresh new young talents into squad from the youth olympic squad or the under-23 squad. However, I do not think that the guys from these squads are experienced enough or well-equipped enough to handle matches that are more tense cause afterall, the league that they are playing is going to be so much different.
Another alternatives is to have a total local talents domination of the national team which means that everything from the management to the players, all are local. I personally would prefer a management from overseas because of the experience they have abroad. Overseas management would have definitely been exposed to so much things that locals would not have. I would not mind having an all-local players team cause it would better create a bond between the fans and the team but having a few foreign players who are PR would not hurt as well as long as they are bringing in the results.
In conclusion, to disband the whole national team was abit too harsh and that in order for a true improvement in the standard of our football, everyone, including the national team and the coaching staff have to work hard on it with the support of the whole nation.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The ENTIRE national team being sacked (kah jing)
This comes as sudden news to everyone, yet not everyone is shocked. A majority had already foreseen this move due to the Singapore lions' under-performance and a similar state of discipline, 2 reasons which were, not surprisingly, the push for what the governing body has done. However, there is now an on-going debate on whether having the entire team sacked was the best move. It was argued that only certain players in the team should be met with such fate while the rest stayed on. Understandably, this was due to some key players within the team that did nothing wrong, but are still brought down by the rest who were guilty of the charges.
I agree with them and do feel this big overhaul was too much, and that some players truly did not deserve such a fate. On a side note, I am against the people who say that the coach is the one responsible for the team's lackluster performance. Despite the team's recent lackluster performance during the Asian games and matches after, the coach had done very well overall, and therefore that counts more to me.
However, with the move already being made, most people are now theorizing the next set of players that will be representing Singapore after this big reset. Many people, such as myself, have pointed the finger at the young Singapore lions that did very well during the Youth Olympic Games. Their performance was the best i have seen Singapore play on an international stage, disregarding their age and their 3rd place finishing. To me, It would be no surprise that many or even all the players who brought us national glory during the YOG will represent us once again.
I agree with them and do feel this big overhaul was too much, and that some players truly did not deserve such a fate. On a side note, I am against the people who say that the coach is the one responsible for the team's lackluster performance. Despite the team's recent lackluster performance during the Asian games and matches after, the coach had done very well overall, and therefore that counts more to me.
However, with the move already being made, most people are now theorizing the next set of players that will be representing Singapore after this big reset. Many people, such as myself, have pointed the finger at the young Singapore lions that did very well during the Youth Olympic Games. Their performance was the best i have seen Singapore play on an international stage, disregarding their age and their 3rd place finishing. To me, It would be no surprise that many or even all the players who brought us national glory during the YOG will represent us once again.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Egypt to have at least 64 women MPs after election (Sandi)
Even though Egypt has guaranteed that out of 508 parliamentary seats, 64 of them would be for women and that in terms of the process of women's rights, i think that this a positive but small development in the Egyptian's government part. I still cant help but to feel sceptical about this issue because Egypt is a country where political expression is limited. Firstly, potential candidates must meet strict criteria in order to participate in the elections process and secondly,the strongest challenger to the ruling government is the Muslim Brotherhood which is tolerated but officially banned by the authority.
When freedom of political expression is not there in the first place, or like what Gamila Ismail, an independent, has pointed out, when the electoral process is not transparent, I start to question what really motivated the government to do so and the political context in which it was taken in. The government could be like what Gamila Ismail said, that it wants to boost its image abroad by using the increase in women participation in election as a tool.
If the government is really trying to address the longstanding under-representation of women and bring Egypt in line with levels of female parliamentary participation elsewhere in the Arab world and boost its image, then why should it has only 64 out of 508 seats reserved for women. My sentiments are the same as The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights, non-government organisation, that the proportion is too low. I feel that the seats should be freely contested and there would be no quotas regardless of gender if the government really appeared to be that open-minded.
When freedom of political expression is not there in the first place, or like what Gamila Ismail, an independent, has pointed out, when the electoral process is not transparent, I start to question what really motivated the government to do so and the political context in which it was taken in. The government could be like what Gamila Ismail said, that it wants to boost its image abroad by using the increase in women participation in election as a tool.
If the government is really trying to address the longstanding under-representation of women and bring Egypt in line with levels of female parliamentary participation elsewhere in the Arab world and boost its image, then why should it has only 64 out of 508 seats reserved for women. My sentiments are the same as The Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights, non-government organisation, that the proportion is too low. I feel that the seats should be freely contested and there would be no quotas regardless of gender if the government really appeared to be that open-minded.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Egypt to have at least 64 women MPs after election (Cheryl)
I feel that this is something new, for the first time, egypt boosting women's profile in the male-dominating society by reserving at least 64 parliamentary seats for women who participated in the election.
Despite some comments that there is no need for women to strengthen the party which is already full of important and brilliant men, and women being a burden to the party, i still feel that it is not a bad thing to allow women to be in the party. It can prove to others that even though it has always been the men who had been managing the party well, women can do the same too and might even do it better.
This might also be a chance to prove to those who have the traditional mindset of "women are weak and should stay home to be just housewives, leave the rest to men" that women can do what men are doing now and do not underestimate women as whether it is men or women, we are all equal.
As quoted from the article, "The large size of the constituencies reserved for women is a financial and physical burden for the candidates," the NGO said, resulting in the "sidelining of social groups that are more in need of political representation." I feel that the NGO is prejudiced. Like i mentioned earlier, women should be given equal chances to fight for their rights. I believe that there is nothing that men can do which women cannot do.
Despite some comments that there is no need for women to strengthen the party which is already full of important and brilliant men, and women being a burden to the party, i still feel that it is not a bad thing to allow women to be in the party. It can prove to others that even though it has always been the men who had been managing the party well, women can do the same too and might even do it better.
This might also be a chance to prove to those who have the traditional mindset of "women are weak and should stay home to be just housewives, leave the rest to men" that women can do what men are doing now and do not underestimate women as whether it is men or women, we are all equal.
As quoted from the article, "The large size of the constituencies reserved for women is a financial and physical burden for the candidates," the NGO said, resulting in the "sidelining of social groups that are more in need of political representation." I feel that the NGO is prejudiced. Like i mentioned earlier, women should be given equal chances to fight for their rights. I believe that there is nothing that men can do which women cannot do.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Egypt to have at least 64 women MPs after election (Wei Sheng)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1095560/1/.html
Being a male dominated society, Egypt is beginning to be more open-minded and see the fact that the country's prosperity is far more important than which gender is doing the work from. Beginning from Egypt establishing its first women's quota system in 1979 of 30 seats, to now - 31 years later, the seats are twice or even more as much available for the women.
However, there are some of the people who felt that this implemented idea is not successful. This can be seen from the source that a lady, Osmane who is a long-practising accountant claimed that she has been a party member all her life commented that 'the party is already very strong and full of important and brilliant men. It does not need women to strengthen its position.' I find it quite perplexing as someone of the same gender who would claim these kinds of saying, however she probably has an idea that probably the males could do it better as of now.
However, there are also people such as Gamila Ismail, an independent who has refused to join the list reserved for women, felt that the regime actually cheats women and uses them to boost its image abroad. She also said that women will participate fully in the political aspect when men do too, however they are unable to to participate in this regime as there is an electoral process that is not transparent.
Being a male dominated society, Egypt is beginning to be more open-minded and see the fact that the country's prosperity is far more important than which gender is doing the work from. Beginning from Egypt establishing its first women's quota system in 1979 of 30 seats, to now - 31 years later, the seats are twice or even more as much available for the women.
However, there are some of the people who felt that this implemented idea is not successful. This can be seen from the source that a lady, Osmane who is a long-practising accountant claimed that she has been a party member all her life commented that 'the party is already very strong and full of important and brilliant men. It does not need women to strengthen its position.' I find it quite perplexing as someone of the same gender who would claim these kinds of saying, however she probably has an idea that probably the males could do it better as of now.
However, there are also people such as Gamila Ismail, an independent who has refused to join the list reserved for women, felt that the regime actually cheats women and uses them to boost its image abroad. She also said that women will participate fully in the political aspect when men do too, however they are unable to to participate in this regime as there is an electoral process that is not transparent.
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