It’s about time we stop treating the Football Association of Singapore as the whipping boys of Singapore’s footballing nadir, and take a long hard look at ourselves, says sports enthusiast Alywin Chew.
Naturally, football fanatics have been up in arms, and the. But the way I look at it, this isn’t simply a case of poor management.
Gone are the days when kids play football in the void decks. There are now futsal courts scattered in the heartlands, but they don’t seem to be utilised as often as they should. I cannot even remember the last time I saw a group of kids casually playing football in a random open field.The gradual decay of footballing culture - some might even argue that it is inexistent - in Singapore shouldn’t come as a surprise. In a way, we have been victims of our own success.
But we must be highly cognisant of our circumstances, because doing so will bring about the realisation that we have a much taller hurdle to overcome compared to others when it comes to creating a footballing culture that can give birth to footballing dreams. Earlier this year, researchers at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore gave Singapore a C- rating in terms of the overall physical activity of children and adolescents. The study was published in the Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness.. It’s about time we stopped treating them as the whipping boys of Singapore’s footballing nadir. Because they aren’t the only ones to blame.
Every parent wishes only the best for their child. Playing football for a living in Singapore is certainly on the other end of the spectrum. But therein lies the problem - we are often practical to a fault. I disagree with those who attribute Singapore’s poor showing on the field to our small population. Just look at Iceland. Despite being a tiny nation with just over 340,000 people, it qualified for the 2018 World Cup and became the underdog that won the hearts of millions around the globe.Though Singapore’s population is more than 15 times larger than Iceland’s, I won’t be surprised if we have far fewer people who are willing to play football for a living.
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