Geylang United
Posted by rajiv on 17 February 2009
Geylang United is now officially the S. League team that FIOFAFI will be following this season.
Geylang United, nicknamed “The Eagles”, kick off their league campaign tonight, 7.45 pm, with a home game against Albirex Niigata at Bedok Stadium.
Geylang United have an experimental three-man coaching team.
After five seasons, where they’ve finished no better than sixth, the Eagles have turned to Lim Tong Hai, Mike Wong and Seak Poh Leong to guide the two-time SLeague champions (1996, 2001) back to the top of the table.
Director of coaching Poh Leong, a former Singapore skipper, holds the deciding vote to team matters when he is around, although most of the match-day duties will be administered by Lim and Wong.
Although Geylang United have a history behind them, no one can say we’ve adopted them because they’re successful!
Managing football teams by committee hardly ever proves successful, for example:
- Alan Curbishley’s first four years at Charlton Athletic.
- Steve Coppell’s second spell at Crystal Palace.
- Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier as joint managers at Liverpool.
Things usually only get better when one man takes charge.
Hopefully, Geylang United’s “threesome” works out better than FIOFAFI’s own Bukit Timah triumvirate!
Wong said that one of Geylang’s problem was the high squad turnover in recent years.
Nine players left Bedok Stadium after the 2008 season, with as many new players arriving, including Canadian striker Rickey Marvin Harris.
“A good team needs to keep its core, like SAFFC, before it can turn into a strong side. We are hoping to do that,” said Wong, who hopes to retain 80 per cent of the Geylang squad for next season.
We’ll just have to wait and see how they do this season.
So that you know, some general information about Geylang United:
rajiv said
Geylang United got off to a winning start, overcoming Albirex Niigata 3-1 at Bedok Stadium last night.
Geylang United fell behind after 32 minutes, but a penalty in the 41st minute, and further goals in the 45th and 85th minutes saw Geylang triumph.
Kevin said
Yay! How do we celebrate after every Geylang win?
rajiv said
I’ll take suggestions. 🙂
Andy M said
is one of the regular futsal colours going to now be green to show support of our team?
rajiv said
We could pick Tampines Rovers next year, but their home colour is yellow. 🙂
Andy M said
cool so we get lots of new shirts 🙂
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rajiv said
Geylang United’s result so far this season:
• 17 Feb 09: Geylang United 3 Albirex Niigata 1
• 28 Feb 09: SAFFC 2 Geylang United 0
• 5 Mar 09: Sengkang Punggol 2 Geylang United 2
Not too bad a start to the season, even though they did throw away a 2 goal lead last night away to Sengkang Punggol.
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rajiv said
Just over a week ago, I said:
Yesterday, the Today paper reported that:
Geylang United won last night’s game 1-0.
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