Comments on: Victoria JC retain A Division girls’ football crown after penalty shootout win over Raffles Institution

By: kb

kb — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:28:14 +0000

We mustn’t forget the hardwork, determination, never-say-die attitude that the VJ soccer girls showed too. Trailing 1-0 so early isn’t easy to cope with, and they recovered from their mistakes and kept fighting on. They had quite a few shots at goal, but were always denied by Raffles. 30 seconds from losing the finals, they never lost heart even though VJ supporters kinda did… So it was really a heartwarming match to watch, seeing both teams play the beautiful game. Can’t wait for the next season. Congrats to both teams once again (:

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:59:58 +0000

Shirley, I find it troubling when a “young schoolgirl” of your evident intellectual calibre comes on a website and does a dump over the efforts of others. It’s poisonous behaviour. Instead of tearing down, why not show us how it’s done – post an alternative account, one without mistakes, without childish phrases, not exploitative, yet supports readers’ interest and passion, and faithfully records what happened?

By: Les Tan

Les Tan — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:03:33 +0000

We have no problems admitting that we make mistakes in our articles. When people point it out, we gladly change it.

However, you have yet to specify what is wrong with the article.

Also, your accusation that the writer did not get the interview himself is baseless. We refer you to the last photo above (photo 32). Generally, we don’t put such photos up but since you have no qualms about casting aspersions on the character of the writer, I asked our volunteer photographer to put it up to address your lie.

Lastly, you confuse fact and opinion. There are facts, but the interpretation of those facts constitute opinion. The story above is the writer’s opinion.

Your opinion, if you wish to share it, is still welcome if you want to write about the game at http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story/

As we say to everyone who reads Red Sports,

“You send it, we post it.”

By: Kenneth Tan

Kenneth Tan — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:29:45 +0000

Hi Shirley, thanks for your comments. I would like to know what are the things that i wrote which didn’t happen, can you kindly list them out here? It can help to improve as a writer as well!

I would also like to know who was the people who said did not interview the coaches and players. I kept a copy of me interviewing VJC coach Lim Wei Quan. If you need that as evidence, i can upload it into the story!

By: Koh Yizhe

Koh Yizhe — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:03:18 +0000

Once again, Shirley, you fail to specify the “a lot of what is mentioned in the report didn’t happen”.

We can only guess, but if you’re talking about the errors of names/numbers, it is very easy for people in the stands who don’t know the team inside-out to mix up the numbers. Understand that this is soccer, and spectators stand far away from the action and it is a struggle to see the numbers sometimes.

If you think your lens is cleaner, go ahead and write what you seem to know well. You have failed to specify what happened during the match that was misrepresented.

Send it to us, and we’ll post it.

By: shirley

shirley — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:36:36 +0000

then ur lens is very badly stained and there IS such a thing as an objective article. because what transpired on the field were events not opinions.

a lot of what is mentioned in the report didn’t happen. it’s obvious the writer didn’t do his work very well. also there were other mistakes in the article that have since been rectified ONLY because ppl have commented on it.

and i was told by some that the writer did not even interview the coaches and players himself. it was someone else who got the quotes. though this i cannot confirm.

By: heh

heh — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:46:52 +0000

both are not nice

By: mcwinner

mcwinner — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:35:26 +0000

The Raffles soccer girls team has really shown everyone how hard work and effort will get one to the top. They played valiantly, and to the supporters, it was an emotional and inspirational match. Watching the raffles girls show their grit, display their skills and most importantly playing with their heart, the end-result seemed to have assumed a secondary place as what is really important is that one meets the challenge in its face and attempts to bring it down.
Their unwavering fortitude is what sports is all about, bravo!

Congrats to VJC for winning the title too

By: Les Tan

Les Tan — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:33:06 +0000

Your complaint is unspecific and unhelpful.

If there are FACTUAL errors, please point them out. We will fix them.

If you disagree with the opinions, well let’s agree to disagree, because there is no such thing as an objective article because everyone sees things through a particular set of lenses coloured by their background.

The writer of this article has shown a consistent record of good, credible articles. I value his stories and his contributions in building up awareness of the A Division football scene, especially the boys’ championship.

Given that, we always encourage readers to share their version, that invitation is also extended to you. You can do so at http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story

We will post your story in FULL, without corrections.

You send it, we post it.

By: shirley

shirley — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:54:31 +0000

this article is awful. riddled with mistakes and childish phrases. most of what you wrote didn’t even happen. pls dont exploit us young schoolgirls’ interest and passion with terrible ‘articles’. someone should file an official complain to stop you from making anymore coverage. this is unacceptable.

By: :)

:) — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:19:07 +0000

i think it will mean alot to her:)

By: CC

CC — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:03:55 +0000

because the referee couldnt react fast enough

By: fan

fan — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:08:53 +0000

yes yes no doubt about that! she made many good saves and didn’t falter even though the goal came in the 1st min… i don’t think it’s easy to recover from that. well done keeper!

By: fan

fan — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:07:28 +0000

i thought it was ri push vj, then cos vj advantage then the winger got it so the ref wave play on… i think it’s fair?

By: christian

christian — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:10:16 +0000

why wasnt the foul given when vj pushed a ri girl down just before they scorede

By: Tan Jon Han

Tan Jon Han — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:40:14 +0000

Apologies, thank you for the correction =)

By: ziddy

ziddy — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:51:55 +0000

#40 is TERI TAN dont put tan zhuo hui its totally not nice.

By: watcher

watcher — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:27:48 +0000

omg, the VJC #7 is an unsung hero. I saw the match and the first goal was the DEFENCE fault, not entirely hers. and the one on one save was amazing. she kept vjc alive. no doubt the substitute VJC goalkeeper terrific job with the penalties, i just wanted to highlight some of the contribution of this courageous player

By: random

random — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:33:51 +0000

photo 7 is Sarah Long, not Huixin.

By: Kenneth Tan

Kenneth Tan — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:38:21 +0000

Hi Azrul, thanks for notifying the minor mistakes. It was certainly an exciting match with goals scored so early and so late in the match, with the penalty shootout capping it off!