RedSportsXI
POLLS CLOSED MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY, MAY 23.
Hi football fans and players,
The poll is over and before we get into the best 11 players, I must add that this poll is the most popular on Red Sports so far. As with all reader-generated polls, controversy abounds. Some have said the top 11 are not the best and are just a reflection of their popularity in school and mobilisation efforts by their friends. Well, so be it. No poll is perfect and if the best 11 were just picked by me and a couple of coaches, what’s the fun in that yeah? I’d rather let you guys do the picking.
So, here’s the RedSportsXI based on the votes:
Pierson Ang (#20, goalkeeper, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Adam Yuu Douglas (#26, defender, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Khairil (#23, defender, Meridian JC)
Gavin Lee (#13, defender, Victoria JC)
Fazli (#7, right-back, Meridian JC)
Mohamed Aswad (#10, midfielder, Millenia Institute)
Mahdi (#23, midfielder, Meridian JC)
Nathaniel (#12, centre midfielder, St Andrew’s JC)
Muhd Afrizal (#19, left winger, Jurong JC)
Alex (#10, striker, Victoria JC)
Chong Kuo Loon (#17, striker, St Andrew's JC)
So six schools have representatives on the RedSportsXI team. I think that’s a nice spread of schools and shows that no school has succeeded in spamming the poll in any great way. It also shows that there is talent spread out across the schools, players whose skills have impressed a wider selection of readers.
Out of curiosity, I decided I would list the next 11 players by vote. So here they are:
Alfred Yue (#1, GOALKEEPER, Jurong JC)
Lim Jun Liang (#5, defender, Victoria JC)
Matthew, (#3, defender, Meridian JC)
Warrick Wee (#7, right-back, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Luo Yu Kai (#18, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Cedric Goh (#8, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC)
Nicholas Kang (#17, left winger, Victoria JC)
Jeremy Ong (#2, midfielder, St Andrew's JC)
Chester Lum (#16, midfielder, Victoria JC)
Anders Aplin (#9, striker, Victoria JC)
Daniel Kao (#14, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC)
If anyone can tell me what position Irwin Goh (#14, position?, St Andrew's JC) plays, he might warrant a position in the second RedSportsXI. I’ve left him out in the meantime because I don’t have that information.
So there you have it, the two best teams at A Division level according to the readers. Now, I don’t know about you, but I would pay good money to watch these two teams play. And if got to pick my players, I would add someone like Augustus Set (#7, midfielder) of St Andrew’s in my team cos that guy plays beautiful football. Augustus was a very late addition in the poll because he wasn’t nominated early by readers.
Although I only got to watch the semi-finals of the A Division, I was struck by the level of skill on display. It was a joy to watch. Also what was missing was all the nonsense you see from the English Premier League – diving, trying to get opponents sent off, arguing with the referee. Most players conducted themselves with decorum, dignity and manliness. My hats off to you.
So now, if you guys really want to watch RedSportsXI (A) vs RedSportsXI (B), and the players really want to play that game, hey, let me know. Maybe we can form a committee with 3 to 4 people and get this executed. I’m not doing this alone, that’s for sure!
Red Sports. Always Game.
uncle Les
RedSportsXI: Who are the best 11 A Division footballers?
- Alex (#10, striker, Victoria JC) (4%, 193 Votes)
- Mohamed Aswad (#10, midfielder, Millenia Institute) (4%, 180 Votes)
- Chong Kuo Loon (#17, striker, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 154 Votes)
- Mahdi (#23, midfielder, Meridian JC) (3%, 147 Votes)
- Anders Aplin (#9, striker, Victoria JC) (3%, 140 Votes)
- Nathaniel (#12, centre midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 135 Votes)
- Khairil (#8, defender, Meridian JC) (3%, 134 Votes)
- Adam Yuu Douglas (#26, defender, Anglo-Chinese JC) (3%, 133 Votes)
- Muhd Afrizal (#19, left winger, Jurong JC) (3%, 130 Votes)
- Daniel Kao (#14, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 125 Votes)
- Cedric Goh (#8, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 120 Votes)
- Pierson Ang (#20, GOALKEEPER, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 115 Votes)
- Nicholas Kang (#17, left winger, Victoria JC) (2%, 106 Votes)
- Jeremy Ong (#2, midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (2%, 101 Votes)
- Gavin Lee (#13, defender, Victoria JC) (2%, 91 Votes)
- Fazli (#7, right-back, Meridian JC) (2%, 90 Votes)
- Lim Jun Liang (#5, defender, Victoria JC) (2%, 83 Votes)
- Chester Lum (#16, midfielder, Victoria JC) (2%, 77 Votes)
- Luk Sau Chiu (#22, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 77 Votes)
- Matthew, (#3, defender, Meridian JC) (1%, 74 Votes)
- Warrick Wee (#7, right-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 72 Votes)
- Cheong Bao Ren DJ (#15, winger, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 70 Votes)
- Irwin Goh (#14, position?, St Andrew's JC) (1%, 68 Votes)
- Malcolm (#10, right midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 63 Votes)
- Luo Yu Kai (#18, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 62 Votes)
- Wei Liang (#20, left-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 62 Votes)
- Jeremy Tan (#4, left-back, St Andrew's JC) (1%, 58 Votes)
- Zachary (#7, right wing, Jurong JC) (1%, 55 Votes)
- Jonathan Tan (#2, right-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 55 Votes)
- Daryl (#11, position, Meridian JC) (1%, 54 Votes)
- Alan (#14, Meridian JC) (1%, 52 Votes)
- Yap Heng (#7, right midfielder, Victoria JC) (1%, 52 Votes)
- Koo Yi Jing (#10, left midflelder, Raffles JC) (1%, 51 Votes)
- Tan Yong Geng (#5, centre midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Akmal (#22, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Hyder (#15, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Samuel Tan (#7, defender, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Alfred Yue (#1, GOALKEEPER, Jurong JC) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Aran Shanmugaratnam (#19, midfielder, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 47 Votes)
- Joseph (#16, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Hari Valuri (#9, left midfielder, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Dennis Ciptanicaputra (#17, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Lee Yan Gen (#6, right-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 43 Votes)
- Umesh (#4, midfielder, Victoria JC) (1%, 42 Votes)
- Muhd Faris (#16, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 42 Votes)
- Zheng Hao (#8, right midfielder, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 40 Votes)
- Mohd Hafizuddin (#8, midfielder, Millenia Institute) (1%, 39 Votes)
- Ian Chang (#24, defender, Jurong JC) (1%, 38 Votes)
- Bryan Tan (#20, centre midfielder, Jurong JC) (1%, 37 Votes)
- Daniel Guo (#9, striker, Meridian JC) (1%, 36 Votes)
- Chiang Wen Jun (#4, winger, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 33 Votes)
- Divesh (#24, midfielder, Meridian JC) (1%, 32 Votes)
- Benjamin Raja (#1, GOALKEEPER, National JC) (1%, 31 Votes)
- Wincoln Tham (#27, defender, Hwa Chong Institution) (1%, 30 Votes)
- Siddiq Poh (#7, position, Raffles JC) (1%, 29 Votes)
- Khyrul (#11, GOALKEEPER, Tampines JC) (1%, 27 Votes)
- Asyraf (#26, left-back, Victoria JC) (1%, 27 Votes)
- Toh Hao Li (#11, left-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Park Wonil (#16, defender, Jurong JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Kai Shuin (#13, GOALKEEPER, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 26 Votes)
- Yong Zhi (#7, midfielder, Nanyang JC) (0%, 25 Votes)
- Lloyd Lin Jian Bang (#22, GOALKEEPER, Innova JC) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Ariff (#10, midfielder, Nanyang JC) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Nasrullah (#18, GOALKEEPER, Millenia Institute) (0%, 24 Votes)
- Aliff (#7, striker, Millenia Institute) (0%, 23 Votes)
- Sivashankar (#9, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 23 Votes)
- Ng Xiang Yi (#4, defender, National JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Chun Yang (#3, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Hendra Darmawan S(#7, striker, Millenia Institute) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Yap Hsien Liang (#2?, position?, Victoria JC) (0%, 22 Votes)
- Muhaimin (#13, right-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 21 Votes)
- Navin (#45, position?, Meridian JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- William Samara (#7, striker, National JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Moses Ho (#6, centre-back, Anglo-Chinese JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Kor Wei Lun (#1, GOALKEEPER, Anderson JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Low Kok Yao (#10, striker, Jurong JC) (0%, 20 Votes)
- Ernest Aw (#22, midfielder, Jurong JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Daryl Wong Wai Mun (#23, striker, Tampines JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Harrison (#25, striker, Jurong JC) (0%, 19 Votes)
- Cornelius Hey Kah Leong (#?, position?, Nanyang JC) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Muhammad (#4, centre-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Lee Zi Yang (#6, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 17 Votes)
- Sohail Nagrani (#25, striker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (0%, 16 Votes)
- Chan Peng Xiang (#8, winger, Jurong JC) (0%, 16 Votes)
- Jacky (#10, midfielder, Anderson JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Keith Chnioh (#17, midfielder, National JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Augustus Set (#7, midfielder, St Andrew's JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Haikal (#9, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Raihan (#21, defender, Serangoon JC) (0%, 13 Votes)
- Mohamad Fitri (#21, defender/midfielder, Millenia Institute) (0%, 12 Votes)
- Nigel Lam (#22, midfielder, ACS International) (0%, 12 Votes)
- unnamed (#30, central midfielder, Meridian JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Daniel (#6, left-back, Millenia Institute) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Shawn Wee (#7, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Kenneth (#15, striker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Elvinder Singh (#10, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Fairuz (#9, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Yue Wai Kit (#5, right-back, ACS International) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Joel Tan Jun Hao (#5, position?, Dunman High) (0%, 9 Votes)
- Wee Ta (#4, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 9 Votes)
- Daniel Tan (#17, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Dan (#1, GOALKEEPER, Nanyang JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Haikal (#14, winger, Nanyang JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- Con (#5, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Yi Ning (#?, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Lucas Ng (#20, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Chang Hoe (#6, defender, Nanyang JC) (0%, 7 Votes)
- Marcus Phooi (#13, midfielder, ACS International) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Brian (#?, striker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Nigel Poo (#15, defender, Serangoon JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Sim Rui Jie (#15, striker, Dunman High) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Sahmadi (#14, defender, Anderson JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- unnamed (#7, midfielder, Anderson JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Crispin (#10, striker, Yishun JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- Janaton (#23, left midfielder, Yishun JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- unnamed (#9, stirker, Nanyang JC) (0%, 5 Votes)
- Thanaphon (#9, ACS International) (0%, 5 Votes)
- unnamed (#3, position?, Nanyang JC) (0%, 4 Votes)
- Fang Jia Bin (#19, striker, Meridian JC) (0%, 4 Votes)
- Sean (#?, midfielder, Serangoon JC) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Sze Wee (#6, defender, Dunman High) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Jerome Yew (#4, centre-back, ACS International) (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,332
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to be honest, dont know why u all even bother, let anyone vote for whoever they want, they might not understand football, but they still support their friend. lets jus be open minded.
if people start watching soccer for SOCCER itself and not because the acjc guys are celebrated in school then perhaps the polling would be different.. and if you don’t think #7 and #17 of SAJC is good then perhaps you should start watching golf. but then of course you have a point saying that everybody is entitled to their opinion. exactly why the poll is so imbalanced is because you acjc people are entitled to YOUR own opinion ..which…intriguingly does not seem to be on the same wavelengths with even the neutral’s….do you think something is amiss here?
who are you to say that sajc #7 and #17 are better than those acjc players? if you feel they are better then by all means vote for them. however, know that this is just an opinion of yours. everybody are entitled to their own opinions and that includes who they vote for.
daniel kao’s quite good too! okay actually it doesnt matter whose in the top eleven, soccer should unite people WHY ALL THE CRITICISM
uncle les gotta bthe coolest uncle ard. and hey you jocks dont think this is the most accurate poll is it not. afrizal from jjc makes a good winger. nathaniel from sajc’s quite an awesome midfielder. vote pour them!
I think abby shiek of TJC should be inside
it’s astonishing how some of the acjc players got in the top 11,and how little of the sajc players made it into top 11?come on guys,vote for the better players and not your friends.where’s #7 and #17 of sajc?
i think in order to stop the inflammatory comments you should change to 11 most popular not best
I feel that football is a team sport. It doesn’t matter if one team has more skilled players than another. At the end of the day, it is whether 11 people can play together as a team that matters. One man doesn’t make a team.
hmmm, junliang’s jersey is #5 and he is from VJC not RJC.
thanks.
WELL SAID la neutralgay _ please read before even bothering to type can?
what is there to be jealous about AC? and come on la how can everybody NOT SEE how they play when the group stage of the A div is literally over. watching the game = not seeing them play?
and why is anybody not entitled to comment they are overrated? then why are you entitled here in this situation to comment that they are NOT overrated?
erm its dam obvious ure pro ac. however keep in mind tht they are not questioning the amount of passion or teamwork acjc players have. its a debate on who deserves a spot. u cant doubt tht players from other top soccer jc or even yjc players dont have the same amount of passion as acjc.
honestly why do people even criticise ac? is it jealousy or is it that you havent seen the boys played before? nobody has a right to critic any players ‘overrated’ or whatsoever, the ac boys play with alot of passion to make up for all of your self-perceived ‘lack of skill’.
i have to agree with adivobserver. based on my observations on the games played in this year’s adiv tournament, its simply ‘unbelievable’ that 5 out of the top 11 players come from acjc. however, me unlike adivobserver do not make sweeping statements like acjc players are simply ‘overrated’. in my personal point of view, acjc keeper and no26 deserve a spot at top 11. the others just cannot make it. let me just conclude, their skills are just simply inferior to those of mjc vjc sajc and even some from jjc and nanyang jc.
whats MBJ??
MBJ sia acjc..
agreed
voting aint gonna show us who are the better players of the tournament. acjc students are obviously more supportive of their peers than other sch students. For eg sub player like ‘kai shuin’ who nvr even started have even more votes than much better players from sajc vjc mjc. players from mj especially are overly underated and even njc & cjc. players from ac on the other hand are just simply ‘OVERATED’
kokyao u r a good player, dun let all these silly remarks affect ur game.
for the sake of kokyao and this voting system on the best XI, i think there should be an end to this debate over kokyao and more focus on the remaining Adivision matches instead. that way, we ll be able to see who are the great players that really are capable of being in the best XI.
i have faith in you kok yao. you can do much better.