Kampong Bahru - Myjia stormed back from 2 goals down to triumph 4-3 over Team YCK on Saturday.

Inspired by the first generation of academy graduates namely, Eugene Low, Vincent Low and Eric Low, Myjia took an early lead into the match with a sublime through pass by Jerry Lim to provide Chia Junhao with a glorious chance at the edge of the six yard box.

The topscorer for Myjia looked up and picked his spot with precision into the far bottom corner to repay Jerry's brilliant surge from defence and dribble past 3 defenders.

Playing reasonably well on a hot afternoon, Myjia looked to hang on to the slender one goal advantage and also tried to increase the advantage with chances falling with regularity to forwards.

It looked to be a different Myjia side from the previous week and with keeper Raymond Tan in commanding form, Myjia almost just did enough to hang on to the lead until halftime when a momentary lapse in concentration from the Myjia defence allowed a Team YCK striker to shoot from distance and when Raymond parried the shot, no one was in sight to play the second ball thus allowing Team YCK no. 9 to tap in a simple rebound.

An equaliser for the opponents coming in the 44th minute, the goal sapped the confidence out of Myjia's play.

When the second half restarted, Myjia's continuing lethargy from the restart resume its work.

A quick succession of goals in the space of 10 minutes saw Myjia trail by 3-1 and by this time, it had appeared that we are looking at the same old Myjia of previous weeks.

However, a masterful stroke of tactical ingenuity from manager Vincent Low saw himself pushed up to attack and Junhao dropped to defence. Jackson Seetoh and Delvin Ng swapped flanks and both to devastating effect.

Vincent was the first to benefit from the switch as he latched on to a ricochet off a defender from Kenneth's pass to round the keeper and slot home for his first goal of the season.

3-2 and game on! Vincent's goal appeared to rouse the fire back into Myjia's game and Uncle Eric Low soon played his part in Myjia's comeback.

A right wing ball was whipped crossfield and instead of chesting the ball down while in the penalty box, Eric showed immense awareness as he dummied the ball for an overlapping Delvin to speed past the bewildered defender and fire in Myjia's equaliser.

3-3 and the crowd were beginning to sense an incredible match on hand as chants of "Myjia, Myjia" rang around the stadium.

Shocked by Myjia's comeback, Team YCK piled on the pressure hoping to get something out of the game while desperately trying to plug the holes on the left side of their defence as Eugene and Vincent wrecked havoc.

The pair of brothers turned back the hands of time with a display of intelligence, movement and great understanding as they tormented the YCK leftback throughout the match.

With 5 minutes remaining on the clock, Vincent controlled a long punt from Junhao and when Leong Wai Meng picked the ball off Vincent and surged into the box with purpose, time appeared to stand still as the midfielder shuffled his feet past two defenders before launching a shot from the edge of the box for a shocking comeback by Myjia.

4-3 at this stage, Team YCK refused to give up and Raymond was repeatedly called into action as he returned to top form to preserve Myjia's lead and victory.

A very satisfying victory to end the recent run of poor results for Myjia and credits must go to the entire team for playing above themselves to lift Myjia out of the doldrums.

In particular, regular striker Ronnie Low was deployed as an emergency rightback and did brilliantly in an unfamiliar position while Wilson Tan is fast improving into a quality midfielder with a sound footballing brain. Wilkin Tan, often criticized for his lack of composure on the ball, too played a blinder, nullifying the opposition threat from the wings though his composure on the ball still leaves much to be desired.

Nonetheless, a win is a win despite conceding three goals. What's more important is this win has lifted Myjia's morale and with another match coming up on Saturday 2nd May, Myjia is just eager to play and build on this result while the Uncles continue to lead the way in the Myjia revival.

Tuas - As Myjia slumped to another demoralising defeat on Saturday to SuperDad FC, it is imperative that the club should hold an inquest to determine the causes to this free falling downward slide towards relegation.

A look at previous seasons will show that during Myjia's second season, the first five matches brought about 3 wins and 2 draws. Last season's record was an impressive 4 wins and 1 defeat. Alarmingly, Myjia have started this season horribly with 2 wins and 3 defeats, not forgetting we almost drew the previous game which we won when we had a stranglehold of the game.

Take a deeper look at last season's results and you will find the rot taking place somewhere in August at Old Westlake where in the space of two months, Myjia were thrashed in 3 out of 4 games. Subsequently, Myjia were winless in the remaining 4 games of the season after edging out two identical 3-2 wins.

So, the rot has carried on and eaten into this season. What exactly is happening?

Our game has been frustrating to say the least. So much so that veteran Eric Low allowed his emotions to get the better of him as he lashed out at the referee and getting himself red-carded in the process.

Why are we continually playing below par? I can only imagine that firstly, when Myjia started out, we meet together to firstly participate in this novel idea to play a match as a family and secondly try to win against OTHERS. It's the famed Us Against the World mentality.

As the seasons go by, the first objective was overwhelmingly achieved but not so for the second. We are turning up just to play a game, forget the Us Against Others mentality. Frankly, it is not a bad thing as ultimately we are Myjia. Family unity and spirit should rank above every other thing. However to keep Myjia Family Football Club alive, we must start to win games again. And do so consistently.

Why the need to emphasize on winning games? It's simple. We are a football club and in sports like everything else, everyone loves to be in a winning team, a successful team. Should this current abysmal run continue, the consequences could be dire.

For a start, we are already seeing an increase in cards being dished out to us partly as a result of frustration boiling over. Should such indiscipline continue, the rest of the players on the field will eventually start to get tired of the arguments and fights against the opponents or referees. Remember? We just want to play a game of football. The worst scenario would be for teammates to get fed up with one another be it for spoiling their game of football or showing a lack of desire to win a match.

Maybe such a scenario may appear extreme. However, consider this next point.

Should we continue losing, interest in the team will gradually wane and when players start to leave the team or to a lesser extent not turn up for matches, it is the beginning of the end for Myjia. Why torment yourself to experience the demoralising losing feeling every fortnight?

(Do note at this point that I am not in anyway referring to Delvin who was paparazzied in Genting Highlands' casino and who spilled the beans on fellow striker Ronnie who was also gambling in the same casino. Nor am I referring to Jackson who was also paparazzied at Sentosa. Hahaha..cheers guys! )

The demise of everything starts with a simple four letter word: Lose.

Lose your self-esteem, lose your confidence, lose your pride, you lose yourself. Lose an interest and you will never be interested again. Lose something and that something is forever lost.

Keep losing and Myjia Family Football Club will lose its existence.

All is not lost however. For the antidote to losing is belief. When we start believing we are the better team, start believing that we can play better, start believing that we can win matches again, only then can we will pull ourselves out of this rut.

We have to have that belief in ourselves and Myjia.

This, afterall is my own belief. It is now up to you to believe.