Unido 1-2 Cosmos Santos

Everything was late for this one. We were late, opponents were late, and the ref was even later. The police even had time to come and rescue the guy stuck in the drain. And when the game finally kicked off, you could see sweat glistening on the faces of our own players as if we'd already been through the first half.

The opponents this time were no "New Balance" wearers; before the match they had their little trophies and medals on the sidelines, and even their very own team photographer! We were suitably impressed, but as we always tend to do, we managed to take the game to the opponents.

Neither side got the better of the other in the first 10-20 minutes, as the game went back and forth from our half to the opponents' and back again. We had a gilt-edged chance which Seng put wide, before they took the lead near half-time with the overlapping full-back beating the offside trap and hitting a shot past Jackson.

It was 0-2 early in the second half, as the left and centre backs got into a little of a mix-up, allowing the number 10 (in his flashy yellow boots, no less) to nip in between and tuck home the second. But we never gave up and ShiAn gave us a fighting chance with his 7th goal, although he could have more but for a combination of good goalkeeping and some questionable offside calls.

The overall assessment for the match was that our passes were rather disjointed and we tried too hard to play long balls forward instead of using the midfield as a pivoting point. But as our cap said, we tend to up our game for such opponents who offer up a "challenge".

Let's hope we break the streak for our yellow jerseys next week by raising our game even higher than this. =)))

Guys,

Wanna watch Tampines Rovers v.s Home Utd at the Tampines Stadium on this coming wednesday, 27th Feb , at 730..?

Match on 2 March against TPJC Alumnus

Guys,

This coming sunday match @ Tampines Safra at 1100.. Reach at 1030 am as usual. We wear yellow as opponents will be in blue. So yup, take note of the change of timing from the post that ks posted up earlier. Sorry for the confusion if any.

Matches for March

Hi all,

please note that matches for the month of march have been arranged and confirmed. all on sundays.

do take note and keep those dates free. 2 , 9 ,16, 23, 30 march

Sun 5pm 24th Febuary 2008

Hi all,take note of our game. Sunday 24th febuary 2008. 5pm match start. reach at 430 pm. location regent secondary. we played there before. it's in CCK. =)

link as per below. Wear BLUE. see u guys
there

.http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_15165/travel_site_121705/.

Line up for match

Hey all...here's the line up

1.Jq
2.Ks
3.Kerong
4.Reuben
5.Chunseng
6.Alex
7.Marcus
8.Weirong
9.Shian
10.Ben
11.Kelvin
12.Hong
13.Hongloon
14.Jackson

19 Feb: Unido 5-1 New Balance Wearers @ SengKang Fernvale Field

"We better win this one, they wearing New Balance to play one leh..."

Upon hearing KR say that and seeing our opponents donning their proud New Balance shoes, we somehow know that this team is there to be slaughtered.

Indeed, my hunch was right. They started with 10 men and ended with 8 or 7. Not because they were "Red-carded" but because they chose to sit out due to fatigue.

Finally, the final score - "5-1." We won by a rather large margin but we were not very happy with our performance. Despite winning 5-1, we show that our team still has plenty of room for improvement. Personally I feel that the last 20 mins was horrendous. There are several things to note.

- Positional Discipline.
After leading 5-0, I feel that the team totally lost its shape. Many of us were playing out of position. Many wanted to score and thus did not have the discipline to stay in our own position. Honestly, we lost our game plan and we even let a 8-men team score against us. Which is rather depressing.

- Temperament and Composure
Due to some reasons, some of us lost our cool because of the way we played or.... However, if there is anything to learn from this episode, it should be the fact that we should learn to keep our cool and be patient with our team. Even if the team is "anyhow playing", we should not give up.

- Attitude
Sometimes, we can be overly hard on ourselves. Come on, we won! OK. Like what Qiang say, winning is not everything. Like what Alex say, winning is everything. Another lesson we learn is that the most important thing is to be happy. Winning 5-1 unhappily is not better that losing 1-0 happily - like some of us mentioned.

To conclude, this game could easily have been 10-0 or 20-0 if we were clinical and disciplined enough. However, we decided not to make it a rugby score line. :) Most importantly, remember not to take the fun out of the game.

Onwards we march! Bros.
Mahjulah Unido!!

CHEERS!!!!

IMPT : CHANGES Matchday : Sunday 17th February 2008

pls note changes for the match. location is now at fernvale fields. pls see map

http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel.php?ismap=1&starmode=0&star=1&buildingid=22768&masterid=130217&x=32564.3366&y=41363.7883&level=6?49,284


match start 11am, reach 1030am. colour blue as usual

for those travelling by public transport, take 163 from sengkang interchange. keep a look out on the left for the fields, once u see the fields then alight.

for those driving, need to park at the MSCP. Do not park road side. a lot of complains by residents = TP everytime come.