Our Uzbek Friends Were A Little Too Strong
It was always going to be tough against Uzbekistan but we were still hopeful for a result.
Well 3-1 was a fair reflection of the difference in strength although at one point I feared a wipeout.
Lost Generations?
REALITY? This year I dropped by the National Age Groups for the first time. It was a Sunday and I had planned to watch a few games, say hello to a few people and go home but I ended up staying almost the whole day as my family decided to go to Melaka and so left me a little more free than normal. I have always looked at the 14 year olds to provide a benchmark and what I saw was very disappointing from the perspective of seeing talent coming through because there is clearly no progress with 1800 level William Lee winning ahead of Cheong Jie Yao in a play-off. Both of these young men whom I know well must really do a lot more for the rest of the year! HISTORY? A few years ago there were hopes for the likes of Evan Capel and to some extent the rest of his generation of which Lim Zhou Ren and to a lesser extent Sumant Subramaniam could be included but now they would be more occupied with starting college. These former U-18s are more than 2000 but much less than 2200 strength
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