Bowen - An unnamed source from Myjia has labelled the team's performances this season as woeful, particularly after yet another heavy defeat against Buffalo United on Saturday afternoon.
Player-manager Vincent Low moved astutely in the transfer market prior to the match with the twin loan capture of Wan and Xiong from Harding United FC to bolster Myjia's rank.
The team was in an upbeat mood as the players played their first match in three weeks and the mood was carried into Myjia's play as both teams traded passes for passes.
It was Buffalo who drew first blood though as a well-orchestrated attacking move saw the Buffalo strike pairing combining superbly to leave Raymond stranded for an opening Buffalo goal.
The scoreline soon read 2-0 to Buffalo and you can just sense that when the second goal went in, Myjia's enthusiasm for the match ebbed away.
Chia Junhao had another ideas though.
Latching on to a hopeful punt from Kenneth Koh after some inspired harassing from Ronnie Low offered Myjia possession, Junhao dummied the Buffalo keeper to score possibly the easiest goal of his career - and open goal from less than six yards out.
2-1 and just when Myjia sensed a possible comeback, any little flame of optimism was doused when Buffalo showed their class with a third goal.
In the 39th minute though, the referee handed Myjia a lifeline into the game as he deemed Eric Low to have been fouled by the Buffalo defence in the penalty box.
Up stepped Junhao and cruelly, the usually-clinical striker hit a poor effort to leave Myjia trailing 3-1 at halftime.
Vincent Low attempted to raise the team morale during the halftime peptalk but to no avail.
Within minutes of the restart, Myjia had trailed 4-1.
Vincent then gambled on a tactical change, shifting central midfielder Leong Wai Meng to the right wing and the gamble almost paid off with Junhao hitting the bar with a bullet header off a Wai Meng cross.
That proved to be the only real attempt on goal after the tactical switch until loanee Xiong provided a glimpse of hope with a brilliant goal.
A corner taken by Kenneth was untidily half-cleared to the edge of the penalty box and with his first touch, leftback Xiong unleashed a right-footed rocket past a masse of bodies for a goal reminiscent of Germany leftback Philip Lahm's ability.
Myjia attempted to push bodies forward and despite the best effort of Jackson Seetoh to outsprint the defenders, the strength of the defenders prevail against the pace of Myjia forward and when the fifth Buffalo goal went in, Myjia had humbly bowed to a classy performance from a young Buffalo side.
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