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 […]