Groom Singapore atheletes. Don't rely on foreign talent!
I was alarmed that Singapore Soccer players mostly are MAJORITY foreign talent and not Singaporeans. Why must they depend on foreign talent (insert question mark) and why they have many so talented soccer player hiding out there? Do some scouting, don't sit there and wait something to happen.
If we looked on the present today, how many Singaporean support the Singapore national team, especially soccer. Yes, we might have a few talented Singaporean "star player" for example, sharil Ishak, Lionel Lewis or even Khairul Anwar. But that's the few of them, the rest of them are who? Foreign players? Singaporeans are not happy with the current trend, they only want Singaporean player to be played on Singapore teams. You get what I meant? I might not support my own national team to the fullest but I hope that one day, things change.
Some of the Liverpool players might be laughing later when they against Singapore today. They will think that,
"Is this Singapore nationality players or is this some kind of soccer league?"
Surely, some of the foreign players are capable of doing Singapore proud. If not, they can be groomed. For example, silat is doing very well with local talent. I agree that foreign players can act as sparring partners and provide competition for local talents. But do they deprive our local talents of their places in the national team? Many young sporting talents aspire to represent the nation. Foreign players may win medals for Singapore but I believe not many of us are really proud of them.
I feel really proud only when Singaporeans, not foreign players, win medals for Singapore. Sports is not just about winning medals. We must also not forget the passion of our local talents and fellow Singaporeans. To mould Singapore into a sporting nation, we have to depend on ourselves.
We must have our own sportsmen whom we can be really proud of.
