Comments on: Singapore National Football Team Saga: Straits Times article VS Avramovic’s subsequent clarification

By: Laniaz

Laniaz — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:51:06 +0000

I have been reading about soccer especially in Singapore since 1974.

Things have not changed in the reporting but reporters have changed.

They are still singing the same tunes.

The reporting was and is always very biased. The press has got so much freedom that is unbelievable.

Instead of rallying our multi-cultural society to support the team the press took and still taking cheap shots.

Instead of motivating the team they were and are ever ready to criticise.

So what is new ?

By: Bhas

Bhas — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:22:07 +0000

hi sahb. i don’t know who you are but please don’t use my name in reverse to make your point. thanks.

By: sahb

sahb — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:23:34 +0000

Avramovic never said he was misquoted. He only said he was clarifying some comments. That is very telling. Notice that all the newspapers never said that he DENIED making the comments.

Also, even TODAY astutely noted that while Avramovic said he has never seen any player smoke in front of him, it doesn’t mean that they don’t smoke out of his sight.

This article by TR is seriously poor. So much for being praised for objectivity.

By: Damon Yeo

Damon Yeo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:02:06 +0000

@Bhas
thanks for echoing my views.

I think at the end of the day, what I was trying to say is that there is a stark difference between what ST reported and what Avramovic said afterwards. Either one is not truthful.

By: Bhas

Bhas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:59:43 +0000

@cy – if you watched the match, you’d realise the alleged ‘team indiscipline’ isn’t the reason why the Lions lost. Jordan are no pushovers and if i’m not wrong they were quarterfinalists at the second last Asian Cup. And if you read the link I posted above on the pre-match issues you’d realise there were other factors too. For ST to narrow it down to just the indiscipline is very narrow sighted.

By: RayAngLdn

RayAngLdn — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:50:18 +0000

i guess end of the day, facts will be facts. The more important take away from this is that if the ST article was written with the intention of skewing the facts to try to grab attention, then we can jolly well do without as local media should be more supportive of local football. If the intention is to shame those players involved and eradicate the ills in local football and improve the standards, then well done to the reporter. Either way, i think it’s good to have an alternate voice here so that we can always do a rain check to make sure that the reporting is done properly!

By: cy

cy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:35 +0000

i don’t agree with this article, obviously Raddy can’t say that ST is right, else players will be more demoralised if they hear their coach lecture them in the media. washing dirty linen in open is not raddy’s way.

remember Lim biow chuan’s case, he said he was misquoted.

raddy would have spoken the same.

anyway,today’s ST interviewed goh Tat chuan who shed light that indiscipline has been going on for a long time but no-one took charge.

The old days of role models like Fandi who can discipline younger players are over for the Lions.

By: Bhas

Bhas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:16:27 +0000

@The Sims – I’m involved in the FAS NOW and I think the ST is likely to be wrong. They’re just trying to sell a story and start a frenzy.

By: The Sims

The Sims — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:28:54 +0000

I was involved in the FAS 4-5 years ago, and i think ST is likely to be correct in this issue.

By: Wong Ah Meng

Wong Ah Meng — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:13:40 +0000

The Avramovic must be right, how else could he have dare challenged the monkeys in SPH? He would risk getting sued! If the ah Meng kia dont issue a clarification to Avramovic’s comments, then we all know who is the ‘ah meng’ lor.