Balestier Khalsa, with their Eastern European contingent, were better than expected. Geylang International’s patchwork of localised foreigners put a stop to BG Tampines’ winning ways. Hougang United nuked their squad in the off-season, resurrected themselves and gave defending champions Lion City Sailors a decent fight last night — way better than expected. Truly, misplaced expectations […]

He didn’t have to, but when asked what his game plan was for BG Tampines Rovers during the pre-match interview, Geylang International Head Coach Noor Ali summed up his comments with this line: “Definitely, we have prepared… but it’s the first game of the season; we must be very, very cautious.” It was a precious […]

If the opposition likes to field three centre backs and you choose *not* to press them aggressively when out-of-possession, it almost always means that you will have a numerical advantage over them within a smaller, compact zone in front of your goal. This compactness will allow you to man-mark opposition players fully without leaving exploitable […]

How much defending should a winger do? How much defending can a winger do? In addition to scoring two goals and providing one glorious, long-ball assist in the SPL Community Shield match between Lion City Sailors and BG Tampines Rovers, BGT No.12 Trent Bugahiar’s defensive partnership with teammate BGT No.26 Takeshi Yoshimoto down the BGT […]