AFF-Group Review

well, de group stage has come to an end. de tourney is already approaching de SF stage which will b played between 16-21Dec. it gonna be 2-leg matches.
I'm proud of my Spore Lions for their excellence in de group stage which they remained unbeaten and won all de 3-group games and yeah, they topped de group which mean they managed to avoid Thailang, who topped de another group.
same cannot b said for my '2nd love', de Msia tigers. they were already knocked out from de tourney. such a pain to see them already out of de tourney when they were trying really well during de built-up 2 de tourney & had gotten some positive results in those frenly matches they played.
so let me do some quick review on both nations' performance during de group stage:

SINGAPORE
vs-Cambodia 5-0 (Agu 2, Farra, Indra, Alam)
as many predicted, 1st game was de easiest though de Cambodians did gave our lions some hard times with their determinations and cud be seen clearly as our lions only managed to find de back of de net ONCE, few mins be4 de half-time.
in de 86th min of play, de pair of central defenders (none other thn Bai & Precious) made some comical defending which de lions were DAMN LUCKY that de Cambodians were nt sharp in front of goal. not once, but TWICE. we were saved from some unnecessary stupid conceeding of goal(s).
de referee for this game is from Thai, such a stupid 1. I cudnt stand de way he handled de match along with his 2 assistants who some times, made silly mistakes and to my dissapointment again n again, ref & linesmen made diff decisions at a time.
de Cambodians were not really fit & in my PERSONAL view, their country standard of football is so much lower thn de other ASEAN countries so their fitness lvl were in jeopardy as well. I wont blame them for falling easily to even a slight challenge or suffered cramp esp after half-time coz they were not ready to play in de big stage just yet. its better that de AFF has 2 major tourney for its' countries; 1 for de big names like Spore, Thai, etc while de another 1 is for de minor like Cambodia, Phillipines, etc.
no doubt, Jiayi & Ridhuan had a bad game.
and please, never doubt Farra captaincy & his loyalty to de nation. he truly love his adopted nation & he lead de team by example.
I was shocked upon reading a post in KallangRoar.com bout Noh Rahman bad performance in dis game, WTH? he was 1 of de best performers.
lastly, de most least needed indeed, Alex was injured and he will be out for few weeks which mean he may likely to miss de remaining matches of de AFF tourney even if de lions qlfy for de final. what a sad news.
vs-Myanmar 3-1 (Alam, Agu 2)
Noh Rahman captained de team. and I dont deny his performance was lil affected by de captaince. maybe he is nt ready to captain de squad esp in an important match like dis but still, he was not de worst performer.
Noh failed to clear properly on several occasions and that 'GENDUT' (figure out who he is) scolded him so many times. he was damn furious padahal dia tu panic as he was nt prepared to do de clearance as well. come on la gendut, ur performance was like yo-yo too so dont act big. I spotted for so many times that other players were doing ur job 2 clear de ball while u, were nowhere to be seen ...? still trying to run back to ur position which clearly showed ur poor speed.
when de Myanmar managed to score, many blamed Noh including de stupid commentator. Noh was already die-die trying to mark down de opponent till he slipped off but again, de 2 clowns were nt bein helpful, padahal they got nthg to do at that time. it was really frustrating. come on lions, there are 4-defenders, so pls cover up for each other. well, Bai had a better game & Benno did well too.
de ref was shitty again. keep spotting de lions' fouls and booked them but de Myanmar players escaped punishments for so many times.
de match commentators who covered de game were damn nonsense. they kept saying wrong names, again n again.
and yeah, de pushing of ref incident. what a circus ;) I wonder why they didnt protest earlier bout de quick free-kick. haha, after de goal went in, baru nak mengamok. nampak nah tak sangka conceed kan. well, dat happened when butt rules more thn brain. what a sad incident to be seen worldwide. another shameful incident after de Thais walk-out last yr.
Jiayi didnt do well enough just again but Raddy still keep him for full 90mins. Raddy's substitutions could make me wonder some times. pelik! and yeah, Farra was booked.
vs-Indonesia 2-0 (Bai, Jiayi)
de toughest game predicted but turned out to be just de normal/average game for de lions. maybe many looked too high on de Indon as they are de co-host.
nthg much to be said but seriously, this was de best game for de lions in the group stage. they really showed their hunger & determination to win de match & to make de Senayan's crowds quiet. they made it! :) de crowds' plan to irritate us was backfired and their own countrymen were de ones who felt de pressure more thn us & failed to show gd performance and cudnt even made some perfect passes.

MALAYSIA
vs-Laos 3-0
vs-Vietnam 2-3
vs-Thai 0-3
a convincing in de opening game followed by a disaster defeat and lastly, a predicted defeat. what a sad campaign for de Tigers.
in de 2nd game against Vietnam, though nt perfect, things went well for de Msia even they were left trailing TWICE. a draw would be just nice even a win would b much sweeter. but everythg collapsed just bcoz of 1 man who was none other thn 1 of de tigers; de goalie; Helmi Eliza. he already conceeded twice which in my view and many others as well, could be saved comfortably if he made more efforts and prepared on time. and he made it again, for de 3rd time. he was outside de post, a lil too far away and de Vietnamese sensed some chance, took a long range shot which finally ended with A GOAL. OMG, I cudnt believe my eyes. even if blood dropped down ur cheek wont bring back anythg for de team. he must took almost all de blames.
last game, Msia must win in order to qlfy but it was against de Thai who already qlfied but didnt rest their key players as they wanted to top de group in order to avoid Spore lions. Helmi was dropped & replaced de ever suave Syed Adney. he conceeded 3 too, but he cudnt be blame fully as he seldom get de chance to play and SERIOUSLY, de last 2 goals were mistakes by de defence. they didnt cover Adney & left so much empty space for de Thais to roam. de 1st goal was Adney's mistake as he cudnt hold de ball tightly after managed to touch it so de ball went in.
so thats de end of their journey for dis yr AFF tourney. better luck nx time, tigers.

I guess I need to end here, has been a terribly long post.
will be back soon with more updates.
take care all :)