Raddy Avramovic named his list of "new" squad of National players a few hours ago. And I've got to say this is one of the most absurd decision. That inexperienced new FAS President Mayor Zainuddin axing the whole team. Guess what? 16 out of 33 players are "Old Guards" aka players that has been in the team before it was axed.
No doubt it is a very good experience for the other 17 players comprising both of youth players and those who earned the spot to represent Singapore. Question is, in the 33-player squad, who really shouldn't be there and should have been there.
Noticeable fault in the squad would have to be Aleksandar Duric. This 41 year old can even pass a Beep Test, but when it comes to the pitch, it seems as though age has caught up with him and he had a bye through the Beep Test. Shahdan Sulaiman, Jumaat Jantan and Shukor Zailan are another part of this category. Both didn't have a very good records in their caps for Singapore, inconsistent. Lionel Lewis, another really inconsistent goalie that would be a gamble for Raddy to field as the result will either be him at his top or lowest form.
Noticeable additions would include Hamqaamal Shah and Ruzaini Zainal. Great platform for them to develop further out of their clubs. And the miss will be Precious, Baihakki and Ridhuan Muhammad. Can't agree further with this, Precious' a little too aggressive, Ridhuan is plain dribbling up and down the flanks and Baihakki is rather rash when deciding for an offense or defense.
Noticeable misses would be Ahmad Latiff, Shahril Jantan, Eugene Luo and Jeremy Chiang. Raddy still can't f'n put away his prejudicialness of Ahmad Latiff, he's a great winger and can feed ball dangerously into the box. Shahril Jantan is very consistent as a goalkeeper and he has proven this from time to time. Eugene can dart and shake off players easily in the centre of the field. Jeremy on the other hand is a great full-back, can run back to defend after providing assist for an attack.
Raddy still can't tabulate his stuff properly, its the National Team we're talking about. Apparently, the fans can think and analyze things better than this 'veteran' does. Problem is whether they're hearing us and working on it.
Goalkeepers
Lionel Lewis (Home United)
Hassan Sunny (Tampines Rovers)
Izwan Mahbud (Courts Young Lions)
Defenders
Juma'at Jantan (Home United)
Shaiful Esah (SAFFC)
Daniel Bennett (SAFFC)
Ismail Yunos (Gombak United)
Hamqaamal Shah (Gombak United)
Afiq Yunos (Courts Young Lions)
Safuwan B Baharudin (Courts Young Lions)
Irwan Shah (Courts Young Lions)
Shakir Hamzah (Courts Young Lions)
Delwinder Singh (Tanjong Pagar United)
Midfielders
Shi Jia Yi (Home United)
Isa Halim (Home United)
Shahdan Sulaiman (Tampines Rovers)
Shukor Bin Zailan (Tampines Rovers)
Hariss Harun (Courts Young Lions)
Raihan Rahman (Courts Young Lions)
Faris Ramli (Courts Young Lions)
Zulfahmi Arifin (Courts Young Lions)
Nazrul Nazari (Courts Young Lions)
Fazly Ayob (Courts Young Lions)
Mustafic Fahrudin (Persela Lamongan)
Shahril Ishak (Medan Chiefs)
Ruzaini Zainal (SAFFC)
Andrew Tan Wee Tat (Balestier Khalsa)
Forwards
Qiu Li (Home United)
Sufian Bin Anwar (Home United)
Fazrul Nawaz (SAFFC)
Khairul Amri (Persiba Balikpapan)
Aleksandar Duric (Tampines Rovers)
Khairul Nizam (Courts Young Lions)