Boon Lay - Myjia player-manager Vincent Low has praised his young charges ahead of Myjia's final game of the season on Saturday.
Speaking ahead of the first night game this season, Vincent was visibly pleased with the progress his team has made over the past season.
"Compared to Season One, we faced much tougher opponents this season but encouragingly, we have more often than not managed to put up a good fight and secured several well-deserved draws."
"The youngsters especially deserves much praise. The likes of Delvin, Wilson, Wilkin are developing and maturing nicely. Delvin has done really well to improve his attitude and aggression towards the game which is a credit to the boy. The twins are coming along fine and when you compare their performance when they first broke into the team, you can tell they are different players now."
When probed further for his views on the transfers this season and for next season, Vincent was refreshingly open.
"Our signings this season have generally done well. Yongchun has a fantastic attitude which any manager would love to have in their players. Aaron took a while to get used to our game but he is a settled member of the squad now. All in all, our signings have mingled around really well with the entire squad which is a great thing cos Myjia is more than just a football club."
"As for the new season, I'm looking to promote Roy and Aaron to the first team. These lads deserved it. I'm also looking to ease Ryan into the first team whenever possible. The boy is bulking up nicely."
Myjia Online also understands that midfielder Jerry is expected to be released on a free transfer after a season spent with the reserves while young prodigy Ryle Low is tipped for future stardom with Myjia according to insider sources.
Ryle's elder brother, Ryan Low has already broken into the first team this season and Myjia could see another pair of brothers graduating from the Myjia academy featuring for the first team in the near future.
HIGH FIVE!
1/15/08, Report by L. Weimin
Bowen - With two games left to play in the season, Myjia FFC produced football of the highest quality albeit against a weak Bowen Chinese side to triumph 5-0 on the excellent artificial pitch.
Despite missing experienced campaigners such as Raymond Tan and Sunny Rai, Myjia youngsters, Ebenzer Low in particular, showed that the future is blazingly bright with a matured performance beyond their years.
With the absence of Raymond, reserve keeper Aaron Tan came to the fore and caught the eye with an excellent tip round the post when he was tested by a tricky free kick in the 15th minute. Aaron, ably defended by captain Vincent Low and Roy Tan and flanked by Ng Yongchun and Wilkin Tan hardly had a testing save to make thereafter throughout the game - such was the dominance of Myjia.
Within ten minutes of the kickoff, Myjia had launched numerous attacks only to be letdown by the players' own over-elaborateness. If there was a fault to be pointed out in the early stages of the game, it would be that Myjia appeared to be looking to score the perfect goal.
The first real chance of the game for Myjia came via the left flank when Wai Meng skipped past the rightback and in a 3 on 1 situation with Junhao and Eric in support, the latter missed Wai Meng's low center across the goal.
The glaring miss was to be only a sign of things to come.
Skilful midfielder Kenneth Koh played a series of one-twos with Junhao which put him clean through and when his initial shot was parried by the keeper, Kenneth made no mistake with the second attempt with a thunderous left foot shot.
1-0 to Myjia. The Bowen Chinese defence was continously stretched to the max by the flank play of Wilson and Ebenzer and also the speed of Delvin. Ebenzer in particularly had an outstanding match as he proved a menace for the leftback with his intelligence.
Under such trying circumstances, it was no surprise when the Bowen defence crumbled under Delvin Ng's demonic speed.
Beating the midfielder to a through pass down the left flank, Delvin outpaced and dribbled past another two defender before his quickness of the feet got him to the ball before the onrushing keeper to put Myjia two goals up.
Junhao soon added another assist when Wai Meng added a third goal for Myjia with a sweet turn-and-shoot attempt off the former's pass which left the keeper grasping thin air.
3-0 to Myjia at halftime and if the team thought the first half was excellent, the second half proved an even more exhilarating display.
Man of the Match Ebenzer was beginning to exert his influence on the match with several dangerous runs down the right channel and his hard work eventually paid off when he cracked in a stupendous shot from 25 yards out for his first goal of the season.
The effort was reminiscence of a goal he scored last season. The ball half cleared from a corner dropped to Ebenzer and with a quick glance at the goal, the youngster let fly a rocket which dipped past the keeper into the top corner. Truly a contender for the Goal of the Season.
Not contended with just a goal, Ebenzer doubled his season tally after a brilliant control and back flick from Eric Low found Jackson who in turn released Ebenzer who finished with much aplomb. The goal was brilliantly celebrated with a little jiggle which cousin Kenneth Koh spontaneously joined in. What a Kodak moment!
Myjia continued to attack and on one fast break down the left flank, Jackson raced to the byline looking for support which eventually arrived in the form of Vincent and Ebenzer.
Vincent controlled the ball and rolled an inviting ball to his son who unfortunately blasted the ball powerful but only just above the crossbar. Had the ball go in, it could have match Ebenzer's earlier goal for the Goal of the Season.
Jackson Seetoh continued to have chances aplenty but only the flailing limbs of the keeper prevented the striker from getting an early birthday present.
In the final minutes of the game, Jackson had one last attempt to put his name on the scoresheet but alas, the trailing legs of the keeper kept the ball out and when the ball fell to Wilkin Tan, the defender missed a glorious chance to score his first goal of the season when his shot was blocked by a desperate defender.
In the end, Myjia deservedly thrashed a weaker opponent 5-0 but what was most pleasing was the manner in which the team stroked and passed the ball about in search of an opening. Even more pleasing was to see a youngster progress through the youth ranks at Myjia and score his first career double. Well done everyone!
Jackson to aim for Birthday goal
1/11/08, Report by L. Weimin
Tuas - Jackson Seetoh will look for an early birthday present when Myjia play at Bowen Secondary on Saturday.
The winger will celebrate his 27th birthday on the 15th and will look to score his seventh goal this season before the season ends.
Myjia team mates are rumoured to be in full force to assist in giving an early birthday present. The only setback however is that Jackson will be only available for the second half till the end of the season owing to personal commitments.
Meanwhile, Myjia faces a mini crisis tomorrow when first-choice keeper Raymond Tan will miss the game and missing-in-action defender Sunny Rai could still miss his third game in a row with work commitments.
Youngster Wilson Tan is doubtful with a virus but could be pushed into action regardless.
TRAINING SESSION AT FICO SPORTS CLUB
1/2/08, Report by Benze
Pasir Ris- Despite having the match being cancelled last weekend due to bad weather, Myjia FFC held their own training session at the Fico sports club. During the training session, there were many fans who turn up to cheer their players on.
The training session was a session which enphasise more of ball control and passing of the players. Player/Manager Vincent told the club official website:" By organising this training session, i hope it will build up the fitness and passing ability of the younger player. I will also hope Myjia will start the year off on a winning note after consistency have not been in the team. Secondly, i hope to wish all the Myjians a happy new year and year 2008 will be a year of joy to everyone."
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