Syazwan Radhi (red) fighting hard to clear the ball at the feet of an U-18 forward. He will have to forge a better understanding with Lightfoot in the centre of defence to prevent goals at the YOG. (Photo 3 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
There will not be much changes made to the starting 11 as Kadir said he is already “80% settled” with his team. However he will want his team overcome to another weakness — nervousness.
“From my experience at AYG, they can play but they are nervous,” he said. “That’s why we have a psychologist on board to overcome that. If they are not nervous, I’m confident they will do well.”
The Cubs will play three more warm-ups prior to the YOG, one against the Singapore U-16 boys and two against Centre of Excellence (COE) club teams. With less than a month to the games, coach Kadir will not only have to find the right solution soon but also the unenviable task of choosing which players to drop.
The current 23-man squad will have to be culled to 18 for the YOG.
For information on the YOG squad fixtures, go to the 2010 YOG FIXTURES page
Previous Results
YOG (U-15) 2 St Andrew’s JC 1
YOG (U-15) 3 Meridian JC 0
YOG (U-15) 1 NFA U-17 1
YOG (U-15) 0 NFA U-18 4
YOG (U-15) Starting Lineup against NFA U-18
Fashah (#1, GK)
Dhukhilan Jeevamani (left-back, #16), Jeffrey Lightfoot (centre-back,#5), Syazwan Radhi (centre-back, #3), Illyas Lee (right-back, #14)
Brandon Koh (left midfield, #7), Amirul Iskandar (centre midfield, #6), Ammirul Emmran Mazlan (centre midfield, #8), Jonathan Tan (right midfielder, #11)
Md Hanafi Md Akbar (striker, #10), Muhaimin Suhaimi (striker, #17)
Used substitutes
Irfan Asyraf (centre-back, #22), Sunny Ng (centre midfield, #12), Bryan Nicholas Neubronner (#15, left midfielder), Syazwan Zin (striker, #9), Hazim Faiz (#21, striker)
Full 23-man Squad
Hamzah Fazil (GK), Fashah Iskandar (GK), *Nurshaban Razali (GK), Dhukhilan Jeevamani, Amirul Iskandar, *Azrin Hamdan, Syazwan Radhi, Sunny Ng, Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot, *Illyas Lee Si Qin, Nurhidayat Rahim, Firdaus Sham, *Fatemy Firdouse, *Bryan Nicholas Neubronner, *Oscalli Rahim, Ammirul Emmran Mazlan, Brandon Koh, Irfan Asyraf, Muhaimin Suhaimi, Hanafi Akbar, Jonathan Tan, Syazwan Zin, *Muhammad Hazim Faiz
*new players who were not part of the 2009 Asian Youth Games squad
New right back Illyas Lee (red) played the full 80 minutes and coped well with the threat on his flank. He is one of the few in the squad who did not play in the AYG last year. (Photo 4 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
More communication will be needed to clear aerial balls at the back when they take on larger opponents in Zimbabwe and Montenegro at the YOG. (Photo 5 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Amirul Iskandar (red) showed signs of a midfield hardman in the making with a couple of strong challenges in midfield. (Photo 6 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Jonathan Tan (red) will be integral in setting up attacks for the YOG team with his good technique on the ball and ability to switch flanks. (Photo 7 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Hanafi Akbar (red) controlling the ball under pressure from a U-18 defender. He will have to turn on his AYG form if Singapore wants to do well at the YOG. (Photo 8 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Like many of their teammates, Hanafi Akbar (left) and Amirul Iskandar will have plenty of thinking to do as they goes back to the drawing board to rectify their weaknesses. (Photo 9 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
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