Editor's note I hate to state this - Myjia FFC sank to new depths as a makeshift squad crashed 2-5 to Chinese Veterans at Marsiling Secondary.
To say Saturday was possibly the worse matchday of Myjia as a club was an understatement.
It was much worse than that.
The team played with ten players throughout the match, such was the size of the squad that the fans equaled the number of players. Such a statistic is simply embarassing.
Worryingly, the entire situation could have been even worse had midfielder Wilson not pushed for an early release from work to make himself available for the game.
It could have been worse had Eric Low not put aside some time for the team away from his family commitments. Without Eric, Myjia would have been two players short - Eric's brother-in-law was signed on loan as an emergency leftback.
Without the enthuasiam and commitment of these two players, the match would have been cancelled on Saturday. Imagine yourself slogging through the work week just to look forward to playing a game of football on Saturday. Now imagine changing appointment times, arranging your Saturday plans around the football match. And now, imagine you turning up only to see your seven other team mates. Then you wait and hope that the rest shows up. And then finally the match is cancelled due to the lack of players. I hope you see the picture. We were that close to this scenario on Saturday.
I don't mean to be critical. But everyone has their own commitments and priorities and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
The manager has a difficult enough task to appease everyone so that the players have enough playing time when they turn up but we could all make his job easier when we promptly reply our attendance for the forthcoming match. If the number's lacking and there aren't sufficient reserves players to call up then fair enough, cancel the match. But bear in mind that the referee needs a couple of days in advance before we can cancel a pre-arranged field.
Cancel a game and those players yearning for the match will be disappointed but to carry on with the arrangement with insufficient players presents another set of problems. It's a tough call and I'm just glad I'm not the manager-cum match organiser.
On a brighter note, despite the ultra-demoralising defeat at the hands of another average team, Myjia looks to have unearthed a striking prodigy in Edwin Goh.
The lanky new signing had an impressionable debut and wowed the stadium with a stunning effort when he scored from the centre of the pitch upon kickoff. The ball sailed powerfully past a stunned keeper into the top corner.
Edwin then added an assist when he broke the offside trap before laying the ball for Wai Meng to roll into an empty net.
"The boy's got good strength, physique and packs power in his shot. However, all that is not important if he doesn't possess the right attitude," remarked an insider source.
A Myjia Productions 2006 | All Rights Reserved ® | You are visitor no.
