Honestly, I did not watch the match at all. Although I was aware that the Singapore team won against Malaysia, I wasn’t impress or amuse because 5 of our National team are foreigners. I can understand if you bring in 1 or 2 foreign players but 5?!
The Singaporean who shrugs this aside and say that it is okay as long as we win, have indirectly supported Singapore’s FT policy. If you support the Singapore soccer National team, don’t complain if a foreigner takes your day job.
When are we going to have our own Fandi Ahmad, Sundramoorthy, and Steven Tan again? If you are born in the 90s, chances are, you missed a time where we saw a soccer team that was truly Singaporean. This is what the Singapore Team should look like. And below is a clip.
I read an article online and this quote raised my right eyebrow. “Singapore won the match. Though he was born in China, Shi Jiayi is 100 percent Singaporean,” he said.
Woah. With this rational, the only way to tell if a foreigner is 100% Singapore is if he is skillful enough to score a goal. I suggest applicants for PR go through a soccer test. If you can’t score a goal you are not 100% Singaporean. What a joke.
Don’t let Nationalism cloud your mind,
Evil Bunny!