As quickly as that, the Singapore national
football team are out of the AFF Suzuki Cup. The biennial football competition is
contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia and Singapore had slumped to
their worst showing in the 20-year history by finishing last in their group.
The blame game has already began with the
players, the coach, the management, are getting some of the blame. To me, the
blame game starts and ends on one thing; age.
Simply put, the national team is too old.
The defence is anchored by 38 year old Daniel Bennett, our main striker is 31
year old Khairul Amri, and our captain is 32 year old Shahril Ishak. Our team
is just too old to compete and that’s not something the players or the coach
can control.
That’s on the Football Association of
Singapore. Our youth development has failed so if there’s anyone to blame on
the Singapore team getting kicked out on the first round of the Suzuki Cup, it’s
on the FAS.
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