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Thinking Tornado
11-30-2004 9:48 am
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Good Speakers must be Good 'ACTORS"
the singapore men's hockey team is in bad shape... maybe it is the coach which needs to be changed and some of the players ..like pravin "for example" who does not deserve a place in the national squad at all...
I don't think that hiring coaches from the 80's or even 90's era will change the hockey scene or standard of hockey in singapore very much.. My guess is that Many of these coaches like Jude Felix and Young Pak JO, are outdated and unrelevent to the times..
Well one good example was when Coach Zhang left the singapore hockey scene because he saw no remedy with his presence... maybe singapore hockey fed. should invest coaches from the "West" , e.g germany and australia where hockey is a well played and recognised sport there..
Personally I have never seen a western coach coaching in singapore before... Whooo Knows Singapore hockey may just produce some good results.. like winning the razak cup... increasing it's chances of being a merit sport there???
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Thinking Tornado
11-30-2004 9:56 am
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Good Coaches may not be best 'players"
In singapore there is no proper selection for hockey talents in the country!!! How can a Quality NATIONAL team be produced when the coaches are bias in selecting hockey players from the school teams that they coach... leaving others with little or no opportunity at the national level!!!
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Thinking Tornado
12-06-2004 12:47 pm
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Preparing?
It should be 4 Nation preparing the Singapore team for the Razak Cup...
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WHOEVA
12-06-2004 10:26 pm
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true
Whoever u are that wrote the comment above..i really agree with you.Coz in Singapore coaches are mostly biased.I think its tyme that we change into a new coach coz till now the coaches did not even produced anythng.iNSTEAD bring the singapore hockey glory down.I hope the Singapoe Hockey Federation will take action.Coz if this goes on SINgapore will oni be at ONE particular spot moving nowhere....
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Hector
12-16-2004 8:35 am
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Selection
The selection process is being revamped. The High Performance Committee is looking into it. Please be patient and we'll see the results in a few years from now.
We do have lots of catching up to achieve the glory days! That is why we are embarking on a Funkey Programme. It is fun hockey based on Horst Wein's Hockey Development Model. It takes kids progressively through 5 styages from 8 yrs to 15 yrs. From basic individual games and skills to the full 11 a side game!
The programme will be rolled out next year. We need your support! Sponsorship contacts will help!
Cheers
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National Player
12-22-2004 8:20 am
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hello everbody, I am currently in the Singapore National Training squad and i thought i would pen some of my thoughts as a player.
Firstly, for Thinking Tornado's information. Do you think its really easy being in the national squad or the national coach? Just to let you know, there are some people who were chosen for Razak Cup but chose to decline representing the Nation but instead chose to represent their club at some nonsense tournament in Thailand? I think that Ronnie and his selection committee by omitting these players because it really shows their priorities. And as for western coaches, SHF has employed the services of many western coaches. Coaches like Harm Schumacher from Netherlands, Grahamme (Butch) Butterworth from Australia and in more recent years, Brian Glencross and Vicky Poiser both also from Australia. SIngapore hockey has proven that there is no point hiring the BEST coach in the world if the players and the coach do not agree on certain aspects of the game. A good example of that is, Brian Glencross and our national ladies in 2001 for the SEA games. Brian Glencross is a coach with great credentials and great female players like Alyson Annan have rated him as the best coach that she has ever had. But a Master Coach with his knowledge and experince couldn't even bring our ladies to a silver at those games.
So as i have mentioned before, there is no point hiring the best coach but you need a coach that can gel with the team and have one common goal and targets.
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observer
12-27-2004 9:24 pm
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singapore hockey has juz no hope with this bunch of players.fancy to beat a chinese taipei u-17 team but only manage to draw.wonder wat will the scoreline b if the full national squad were to b here.mayb dey wont b able to touch the medals dey muz b sleepin wif now.manage to beat macau only the last 5 mins.come on singapore.change the coach n new ideas will b introduce.u cant play wif the same formation all the time.all the best to u all.hope to see better showings in august when the next 4 nation will b played.
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Passer-by
12-29-2004 3:23 am
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i juz gt one thing to say... empty vessel make the most noise..
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Thinking Tornado
12-29-2004 4:18 am
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I'm a Genius
Why doesn't anyone take me seriously? Sure my comments might lead one to think that I place an interstate tournament above an international one, that I have a personal gripe against the nathional team, my use of "unrelevent"(a word i cleverly made up), my thinking that Australia is a Western country, my history of Singapore national team coaches is limited, at best, but I AM clever I tell you!
Also I'm a top player as well! Given the chance to represent I'm a sure starter for the national team. You people know nothing. Only I know best for Singapore hockey! ME! So take me seriouly!
Want to be a powerhouse in international hockey? Listen to me!
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12-29-2004 8:15 am
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Such a PAIN in the ASS....
HEY THINKING TORNADO..... u are just a pain in the ass u know that.... u are just wasting ur time blabbering about u being the 'BEST', this and that.. and also talking bad about SINGAPORE HOCKEY.... i might be juz a club player but i think u juz dun have the guts to tell the management face to face... WAT A COWARD!!! no wonder u give comments here and think that u are the BEST... wat CRAP!!!
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paul mitchell
12-30-2004 10:31 pm
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singapore hockey is sooo political now..backbiting everywhere..
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Abdul Nul.......
01-03-2005 1:11 am
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U must be stupid
who is thinking tornado anyway??? and is it one person or a few others (imposters thinking their smart???
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butt-kicker
01-05-2005 10:25 pm
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yuhoooo
when singapore hockey wanna improve??im waiting for sumting to b proud of.
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passer-by
01-05-2005 11:39 pm
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singapore hockey isnt political at all.. its juz such ppl out there who dun have a life .. utterin rubbish .. as long as u enjoy the sports.. nuttin else matter...who cares about politics.. use ur skills..show it tt u r worth tt spot in the nat team.. actions speaks louder than words.. who cares if u r a top player.. u might juz be one of those top players with a losu attitude? better do some self reflection...
anyway,i thought these comments will get reviewed?? arent they like suppose to be like of certain std in order to be publish?? webmaster arent doin anythin i suppose...
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a charitable man
01-05-2005 11:57 pm
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hey thinking tornado.... here's 10 cents.... go call someone who cares!!!!!!
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Thinking Tornado(s)
01-11-2005 10:27 pm
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then vote the article!!!
Players and onlookers alike If you guys really think that this article is really worth the effort reading than vote for it... give it the best rating of 5 stars... (if you have got the guts to do so) this goes out to PEOPLE ::: 'national player' 'a charitable man' 'passer-by' and other singaporean hockey players who have just read the article and have chose to ignore the truth behind whatever we're saying...
I think that the Idea here is not to throw arrows at each other, but to give CONSTRUCTIVE comments for improvementS so that the singapore hockey scene can improve...
this is for 'HECTOR' or anyone who knows, HOW DOES THE SINGAPORE HOCKEY FEDERATION (SHF) GO ABOUT SELECTING NATIONAL PLAYERS??? as WE have not seen any national trials in recent years.... and i heard that there are 'club coaches' that have a say of who makes it into the national TRAINING squad...(is this piece of information reliable???)
Hector " or anyone for the matter .... unless you know enter '''YOUR OWN''' comments so that other readers too may benefit from it!!!
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01-12-2005 9:51 am
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hate to say this.....
got to say that thinking tornados got a point there.... how do u guyz go about selecting national players?? why do the management and 'club coaches' have the right to choose the team?? i thought it is for the coach to decide in finding the players....
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Leon Lim
01-13-2005 9:53 am
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wads there to hide?
thinking tornado(s), no one is pointing arrows here nor there. i think ppl who read this section like me are getting abit annoyed at how u guys seem to be very critical of the national team, even to the extent that u all can praise yourseves (thinking tornado 12-29-2004 4:18am) when u all can't even do something as decent as using your REAL NAMES. i have nothing to hide. do U? i think ppl MIGHT pay more attention if the comments were from someone with real names instead of a phantom alter-ego.
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thinking tornado(s)
01-17-2005 2:49 am
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I guess you know the now rite???!!!
i think that nobody is "very critical' of the singapore hockey national team, U never know I may have just been in the national team myself... and how would you know I'm not anyway... either way i think singapore hockey side has done that the singapore hockey proud by coming in 2nd in the 4 nations cup held at the delta sports complex and is a good stepping stone to other competitions ahead of us...
then again Leon of Jansenites and of course the National Team ... now everyone knows who you really are... if people don't really want to feature their names what can you do???
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Leon Lim
01-17-2005 10:02 am
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congrats if u have made the national team before. congrats if u are in the national team. look forward to playing with ya one day then;) i dont mind ppl knowing wad i type because i've got nothing to hide. if ppl dont wanna use their names then obviously i cant do anything.. was juz making a point abt wad fake names insinuate.
have a good day mate!
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Passer-by
01-19-2005 10:58 pm
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yeah yeah..
congrats to thinking tornado too! wow.. u are indeed a tornado!! livin up to ur name! i guess selection trials are neccesary but if you are good and impressive.. i think words will get to the coaches or even mgmt rite? coaches are present during leagues .. to watch the pool of players.. and players are given the opp to train with the nat side too... n there are many who joined the team in this way .. n moreover.. u cant just use one training trial to select a team... a player mite not perform during the trial.. it would be fairer if he is training with the team n coaches are able to track their performances along the way and determine if they deserve a spot in the team..
its a pity..maybe u shd juz write in to SHF and ask to sit on the slection panel..
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National Player
01-21-2005 5:07 am
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National Trials a JOKE!!!
Hey thinking tornado,
You got to be a joking to call for trials for the national squad. This is the national squad you're talking about and not a school team or a club team. What SHF have inplaced for the national squad is quite sound. If Ronnie and the selection comittee, sees a player with potential to be in the national squad, ronnie would invite them to train with the national squad and see how would they fit into the squad. If the player slots in well with the squad, he will definitely be in the squad BUT if he doesn't fit into the squad or in the national team plans than, he is simply not good enough for the team.
From what i can judge through your comments here, I think you are a person who thinks too highly of yourself. I say this because if you were so good to be able to walk into the national team first eleven, then why don't you know how ronnie and his selection comittee work and you would have been asked to join the national squad for training.
If only you would put as much effort into your hockey than in your comments here, probably you might just be able to join Ronnie, Leon, myself and the rest of the national squad for training ONE day!!!!
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ishak
01-22-2005 5:11 am
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thinking tornado will be a great player..
thinking tornado will definitely be one of the best player in the world if his mouth can play hockey..:)
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yew ang kat
01-23-2005 11:55 pm
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play with balls
have a nice day ppl :)
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Hector
01-25-2005 10:51 am
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Selection
Most 'small nation' National Teams don't have trials as the national selectors can watch the club and school matches without much difficulty. They selection process and criteria is not so simple. It considers intangible factors like attitude and ability to learn and carry out tactics. Like all processes it is not full proof.
Do you think a single trial will tell the National coaches much? Or would their weekly observations and recommendations of the club coaches count more?
I think that Singapore hockey needs to look more at talent development now. We need a broader base of players to select from for the National teams.
Let's hope the Fun Hockey programme which starts with the 9 year olds will be a success in 10 yrs!
Cheers
This is my personal opinion.
Cheers.
Hector
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goh sing song
01-27-2005 6:37 am
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hello
hey did u know that there is no more offside in hockey?
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hu tok kok
01-28-2005 1:10 am
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hello there
hello people. hockey is a great game!
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hockey no hoper
01-29-2005 10:31 pm
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trials are a great idea
if the national body selected people to trial over a weekend will be great. At least it would give people in the team a kick in the ass to go out and train as they will see that their place is under pressure. hammer the players and see how good they are under pressure instead of playing a casual game over the weekend or being able to dribble around a 15 year old that can barely hold a hockey stick.
Just by turning up to a handful of training sessions does not mean that a player can cut it in international matches. I also think that there is a big gulf in standards between singapore club hockey and singapore national team - and an even bigger gap to other national teams.
Its funny reading on this site - in general - that everyone has ideas but nothing to back them up.
e.g 1 "have a bigger pool of players" - how - have sh*t trainings, sh*t competition and then expect large numbers to play hockey? Based on this, i heard that someone gave up hockey for those very reasons and is now playing floor-ball.
e.g.2 its tough being in the national team - how tough is it - you have no trials so you cant get dropped, you get allowances, you play very few games so you cant be assessed. and it sounds like if you are nice to your coach you will get in the team.
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leon lim
01-30-2005 9:13 am
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as "hockey no hoper" is saying, being in the national team is damn easy.... so why are there so little ppl coming down for trng??? can get paid for "easy" trng wad...
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hello
01-30-2005 1:37 pm
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i tink singapore hockey should get heineken to sponsors us
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jeremy leong
02-10-2005 9:57 pm
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src player of the year
what about jack daniel's or carlsberg fosters beer is also not bad too... they can sponsor the national team free beer after training very motivating and ...
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heineken
02-11-2005 12:44 pm
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Hello i did not post the above ok......
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carlesberg
02-17-2005 8:10 am
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this site is sponsered by carlesberg
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Cookie
02-18-2005 10:11 am
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to hockey no hoper
hey.. well said ya..
trials are great if it for junior squads.. but for senior teams.. i need accessment of players' thru skills and attitudes during games and trainings are definitly way much better than trials..
basically.. i tink its ridiculous to select a player by juzt watchin his performance for a game over a weekend.. coaches need to access and see if he can play as team with the rest, on top of the fitness and setplays tt the nat'l coaches do for a number of trainings.. moreover.. his attitude counts big time.. if he cant even show good attendance all the training, wats the point of him displaying fantastic skills in tt weekend game.. i doubt he can make it anywhere with tt kind of attitude.. a player's attitude, efforts and peformance will determine his position with the nat'l side..
as for those who have switched to floorball for good.. congrats if they found recognition and fame over there.. from wat i know.. floorball situation isnt as good as u tink... *maybe u shd go find out bout it*... it shows how determined they are... to give up easily.. mebbe we shd juz say.. they arent cut out to be a hockey player?
at the end of the day, i have only got to say.. with the same kind of mentality and attitude that one's hold.. no matter which sports u decides to switch too... u will never rise...
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Cookie
02-18-2005 10:13 am
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to hockey no hoper
hey.. well said ya..
trials are great if it for junior squads.. but for senior teams.. i need accessment of players' thru skills and attitudes during games and trainings are definitly way much better than trials..
basically.. i tink its ridiculous to select a player by juzt watchin his performance for a game over a weekend.. coaches need to access and see if he can play as team with the rest, on top of the fitness and setplays tt the nat'l coaches do for a number of trainings.. moreover.. his attitude counts big time.. if he cant even show good attendance all the training, wats the point of him displaying fantastic skills in tt weekend game.. i doubt he can make it anywhere with tt kind of attitude.. a player's attitude, efforts and peformance will determine his position with the nat'l side..
as for those who have switched to floorball for good.. congrats if they found recognition and fame over there.. from wat i know.. floorball situation isnt as good as u tink... *maybe u shd go find out bout it*... it shows how determined they are... to give up easily.. mebbe we shd juz say.. they arent cut out to be a hockey player?
at the end of the day, i have only got to say.. with the same kind of mentality and attitude that one's hold.. no matter which sports u decides to switch too... u will never rise...
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Firdaus - Floorballer
02-20-2005 7:10 pm
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We can't have trials...
At international level, there's no point of holding trials. It's based on weekly observations during club games and national trainings. If I were the coach, I'll go for games to personally note a player or two and observe them even closer during national trainings. That's why we don't read in papers shouting "SVEN GORAN ERIKSON IS HOLDING TRIALS FOR ENGLAND!!!" It's just a matter of mentality whether the players themselves want to go all out for Singapore. For me, let's say, if Singapore Hockey offers me financial support in EVERYTHING, I'll gladly put my heart and soul into the international games that I play.
For the floorballing scene, I think it's better to find out yourself first-hand.
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singaporean
02-24-2005 9:26 pm
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conclusion
so is being in the singapore national hockey squad good? or bad overall? what's good and what's bad?
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tang
02-25-2005 4:33 am
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whats bad is the players mentality & the way they carry themselves socially. in addition, players' attitude on the pitch does not set a good example for younger players & do not promote singapore hockey as respectable players.
what's good is that...there has not been any good results! which means more room for improvement & changes in the team!
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singaporean
02-25-2005 9:38 pm
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reply for tang
well, must say theres some truth in what u wrote. i dont know about the others, but its pretty amusing after reading the 'whats good' part. :) and with all respect to national hockey, cmon, work hard players. m not doubting your abilities and commitment to this game. but perhaps improve the mental and attitude side. add in respect for others and yourselves, passion for the game and fire to win, then results will come, slowly but surely. its easy to write all these and i reckon its tough actually practising it. so players, give your best shot on and off the pitch. ppl can see whether effort has been put in.
all the best.
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Trueno
02-27-2005 3:41 pm
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To Thinking Tornado
Hey, you obviously think too highly of yourself man.. Granted, some of your comments are true to a certain extent but if you're really that TALENTED, you would have been in the national team long ago. So just shut up and play the game.
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hu deed eat
03-07-2005 7:26 am
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wats happening
huh wat? someone? whos there?
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Thinking Tornado
03-07-2005 10:21 pm
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what are you trying to get at BIT*h???
to Trueno... who the hell do you think that you are??? and play the game.... I am not playing games here you know....... I play hockey.... you think you're some superwoman cum hockey player izzitt... If you can't play hockey for nuts then don't tell me to shut up.. for your info::: its what Jude and Sunil do for a living..moron.. If you think that it is just a game just play and go home??? then I'm telling you that PEOPLE (human beings) do this for a living.. And guess what if you're smart enough then... U know what to do..... to all hockey players in singapore If you guys/gals think that I'm some kcorky hockey player... then have you seen me play b4.. I probably knew less than you but that does not mean that I know nothing.. 'hockey is a simple sport.... It is peolpe like you 'Trueno' who make things difficult........B*tch
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Trueyes
03-07-2005 10:29 pm
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my name is actually Trueno
I was the gal who posted the Trueno comment above.... I just wanna apologise for looking down on you..Thinking Tornado. I saw you playing for THC that day during Training... U know you were great..fast pace, good dribbling skills and lots of muscle.. I really look forward to see you playing in the DIV 2 league... Hey you know what maybe someday we could meet??? Will you forgive me..... Thinking Tornado???
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shine
03-12-2005 9:26 am
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no biggie
aiyah.. being in the nat team is no biggie lar. all you have to do is carry coaches' balls and laugh at their lame jokes. trust me. oh.. must know hw to stab ppl in the back and b*tch ard.. it's a gd tool. The only thing that i'm proud of being in the team is the free Grays tee with 'Singapore Hockey' written behind!
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singapore
03-23-2005 12:29 am
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3 games into premier league
and the competition is still not good. the only team that plays with a good structure is SRC men. skills are still bad and umpiring is worse.
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player
03-24-2005 7:42 am
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i agree. umpiring is bad but hope things will change.
yeah i totally agree. all those who saw would agree. our umpiring is really getting from bad to worse but there are many up and coming young umpires in the scene now. hope on e day they would and could bring up the standard in Singapore League. Certainly Rome wasn't built in jus one day, guess let's see what the management have install for the umpires and i REALLY wish they will improve cause many times our local umpire actually made the game even more interesting. no offence.
jus some of my personal view. cheers to all here.
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anti umpires
03-25-2005 5:59 am
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SHF really needs a change of umpires.
no offence umpires out there but e standard of umpiring is getting worst.. ya some might say tat no one is perfect. everyone makes mistakes ( making wrong calls during a match for umpires) but from wat i've observe, ther umpires are far from making wrong calls but they are more to "BIAS"
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SCC
03-27-2005 1:58 am
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EX NZ
why dont the national team players retired and start umpiring as they are not gonna improve and good enough for international.face the fact.the standard of the league and official is not good enough so why not spending all the time to umpiring..atleast maybe our country will be known in the hockey world atleast.
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ibm hunk
03-27-2005 8:54 pm
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nz rulz!!
ya dats rite.all the national players should retire.N LET THE NEW ZEALANDER BE THE ONLY 1 PLAYING.we can see him cry when playing against the malaysians..y dont u take up citizenship new zealander?i quite disagree abt the league being quite low standard.if its low standard,y is an ex world cupper playing in dis low standard league of ours?go n play in malaysian or indian league.see u in the league boy!!
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passerby...
03-27-2005 8:58 pm
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wondering
hmmm... jus wondering... wat is an ex NZ world cupper doin playing in this low standard singapore league? is it cos his standard is as low as e league's standard? hmmm.... can someone pls tell me... or better still can this ex NZ world cupper tell me. im sure many out there would like to know too..
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Passer By.
03-27-2005 10:41 pm
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no offence but look here...
To be a good umpire, you must firstly play at top level.I certainly got to agree that yes we are not really playing at that stage yet but plans are made and we are working our asses off to reach the target.Quit now and umpire? Are you mad? Quit at almost 20 years old or just alittle older? Whoever you are, you must be crazy. No offence, but to represent your country is an honour. Quit your national team to umpire is totally out of your bloody mind dude. All i can say is continue playing and at the same time use the playing experience overseas and umpire locally. Does this sound logical to you eh? Your point about us not improving? Prove to us! Come play against us or something...have you watched us play before? Do some homework before saying such nonsense about Singapore National players. If you are Mr "i-know-everything", come show something to us mate.
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alpesh
03-28-2005 9:31 pm
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RE: SCC, ibm hunk and passerby
I have not replied on this site before and was amazed at the interest in Singapore's place in the Razak Cup.
Quite interesting reading everyones thoughts on Singapore hockey.
Thanks for the comments. ibm hunk and passerby - please read SCC's comments and study that persons grammar and assist in raising their literacy level.
SCC - do you really think your suggestion is workable? Singapore needs more people to play hockey and suggesting that national players give up (which reduces the number of players) and become umpires lacks sense.
ibm hunk - i thought that this was a hockey site and not one about citizenship etc which are personal matters.
passerby - well you know when the games are so if you want to find out, come and have a chat. I dont know of anyone called passerby - interesting name - which team do you play for?
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zach
03-29-2005 9:02 am
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just curious
i just a hockey player playing for a sec sch in s'pore. im just an average player reading through all the comments but i'm kind of curious bout wat passerby has said about an ex new zealand ( if im not wrong thats wat NZ stands for ) world cupper playing in the s'pore league. No offence whoever the ex NZ player is but why are u playing in the singapore league?
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glow.
03-29-2005 1:24 pm
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dun u ppl read the newspaper? He's married to a Singaporean.
And it's his freaking wish to play for SCC and raise some high standard hockey. Obviously, there's other foreign players employed by diff clubs- Chenab, SRC and so on. So wads the big deal? i wonder. Isn't all tis benifiting us, Singaporeans?
And comming frm an umpire's point of view. You ppl think it's easy to umpire? Take up tt course. Umpire a match with teams like Dmasters, Khalsa.. who thinks that they know better than we umpires. Appealing for every single thing, claming that they are right. So u tell me. Easy?
The standards of umpiring will improve. It juz takes time. You dun expect this to take overnight. With the guidance with the senior umpires, Steph and respect of each individual hockereans, i'm sure umpires will do a hella better job. Human makes mistakes- yes. If u notice, a player makes more mistakes than umpires. But you can't right cuz there's 22 players, 8 subs and onli 2 umpires.
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anti umpires
03-29-2005 7:49 pm
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hopefully
like i had said in my previous comment that yes ppl do make mistakes but the umpiring in Singapore is very bad and its getting from bad to worst. If the umpires are allowed to make that many mistakes, than the phrase " everyone makes mistakes " will not apply... but e phrase " Singapore umpires are plain below standard " would suite more. but like i've said i still feel that the umpires in Singapore are more towards bias. btw.... if u are a good umpire "glow" you would't be troubled by all the appeals the players make during a match. you'll stand firm with your decision. hey man! you're the one making the calls in a match... not the players....
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catfish
04-02-2005 2:12 am
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wai tok kok
y is there so much crap on the net now? lets go fishing!!!
and its so obvious alpesh was set up. lets give him a fair trial. ask our famous hockey lawyer to represent him. i dont want him to goooooo! noooo! its the end. fair trial! fair trial! fair trial!
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glowing
04-03-2005 1:19 am
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oh well
if u think we umpires are bias, we sucked, spoild the game and all tt utter rubbish. GO play chess, hopscotch, skipping dear. enjoy that. anti-umpire~ sheesh. w/o us, there's no match. So, enuff talking and take up umpiring.. be my guest. u tell me hw u'll cope under pressure of players, coaches and even ur self- yes, that is wad goin on in our mind, whether we made the right decisions or nt in every blow- i tell u will cry like a baby and regret wad u said. :)
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Stopper
04-05-2005 12:14 am
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Stop all e crap
hey guys stop all e nonscence and accept e facts. Singapore umpires are below standard (as wat anti umpires have said). gotta brush up to improve e hockey standard in singapore. cheers! :)
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Stopper
04-05-2005 12:14 am
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Stop all e crap
hey guys stop all e nonscence and accept e facts. Singapore umpires are below standard (as wat anti umpires have said). gotta brush up to improve e hockey standard in singapore. cheers! :)
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stomper
04-06-2005 12:56 am
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icic
LOL. i gt a theory- and sure many ppl wld agree. Low umpiring standards = Low hockey standards = Low coaching standards. Hurray! so what Singapore goin to do? Nothing. We just sucked. accept that fact.
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****
04-08-2005 8:43 am
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hahahhaa...
Yes stomper! i agree! hahahha.... relax suah!
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Cooks
04-12-2005 2:57 am
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If all your mouths can play hockey... bet the level of play here will definitely be raised...
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siul
04-12-2005 11:27 am
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hmm...
I think this forum should be link to singaporehockey website.......
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Cookie
04-14-2005 7:52 pm
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Link www.singaporehockey.com
Yeah... agreed with Siul...
"Dear reviewer... could we request for www.singaporehockey.com be linked to planetfieldhockey?"
Thanks and regards.
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tang
04-21-2005 8:47 am
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the lack of action & a whole heap of crappy words written with both negative & positive views of singapore hockey & the people involve is a whole bunch of nonsense!
so what the umpires suck? the obvious workshops and training provided will lead them somewhere. just a matter of time. things dont happen overnight.
its about the path to being successful, to succeed we must fail.
so just try hard and show you're committed. dont sit on the sideline have a go at everyone involved.
coz its so typical singaporean style!
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Sinder
07-26-2005 10:20 am
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Its been most interesting reading what various people have to say - of course soem were only amusing while others were actually constructive. I do agree with the idea of national trials for the national team. Hector is wrong in suggesting that in 'small' countries it is not suitable. In fact, the very fact that it is small and people don't have to travel large distances to one place for the trials in a case for the trials. Moreover, just to jolt some people's memory, when graeme 'butch' worth, came to coach the men's national team in the early 1990's, he had exactly such a trial to select his national team. Some people here are right in saying that the process of selecting people to be invited to the national team is not very transparent. With particular coaches and officials holding positions both in their various clubs as well as being involved in the process of selecting players for the national team, its difficult to deny that a less than transparent process is what we have at the moment. Bring in a foreign coach, give him a complete free reign over which players he wanst for the national team and the rest fo us, who have been too far tainted with our biases against particular people or particular clubs, should just stand back and let him do the job. I can hear people saying that we have had foreign coaches for the men's team before but I think the question you needd to ask is how much of a free hand he had to select teh palyes he wanted for teh national team without any pressure from people in the hockey federation or the locally appointed team manager to leave out particular 'black-listed' individuals.
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