Geylang sell out official replica jerseys and launching heritage T-shirt

Geylang United have announced they have sold out all the ready stocks for Geylang United Official Replica Jerseys which was selling for $50

But fans who are still interested to buy one can still place order with them.

At the same time, the club is launching a heritage T-shirt at the end of this month.

Record sponsorship for Home

Cola-Cola has renew it sponsorship of Home United for another 3 years until 2014.

It will set a new record in term of total sponsorship as Home United will be getting S$1.6million in their new deal.

It beat the previous record, also held by Home United, of S$1.5million.

Cola-Cola has been Home United main sponsor for the last 9 years.

Home sides 8 Away sides 0

All the home sides won their matches as SAFFC crushed  TPUFC 4-0, Gombak United defeated Woodlands Wellington 3-0 and Geylang United defeated Courts Young Lions 1-0.

Mislav Karoglan scored a hat-trick with the other goal coming from Fazrul Nawaz.

In the Bulls-Rams matchup, former Geylang flop Jung Hee Bong notched his fourth goals since departing the Bedok club as he hit a brace with Ruhaizad Ismail scoring the other goal.

As for the final game before the break for the Singapore Cup, Kim Jae Hong got the winner for the Eagles.

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Shaiful Esah (Noh Rahman), Razaleigh Khalik (Hafiz Osman), Bah Mamadou, Ivan Jerkovic, Rhysh Roshan Rai, Goran Subara, Taisuke Akiyoshi, Mustaqim Manzur, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Indra Sahdan) 

TPUFC 

Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Khairul Solyhin, Delwinder Singh, Taufiq Rahmat, Sudhershen Hariram (Ganesan s/o Devadas (Israel Tan)), Kim Jong Oh, Cyril Bagnost, Takaya Kawanabe (C), Nurizam Azman, Gary Loo, Abdul Rahman (Arisman Arman)

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Gombak United

Zaiful Nizam (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Jeremy Chiang, Ismail Yunos (Jaslee Hatta), Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Tengku Mushadad, Park Kang Jin, Fareez Farhan (Ruhaizad Ismail), Jung Hee Bong, Chang Jo Yoon (Ridhwan Jamaludin) 

Woodlands Wellington 

Ang Bang Heng (GK), Fumiya Kobayashi, Duncan Elias, Sahairi Ramri, Munier Raychouni, Madhu Mohana, Jalal (Darrel Tan), Sazali Salleh (C), Han Yiguang (Guntur Djafril), Hyun Jong Woon (Goh Swee Swee), Moon Soon Ho  

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Geylang United

Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Sevki Sha'ban, Adrian Dhanaraj, Jonathan Xu, Daniel Hammond, Syed Fadhil, Jeon Byung Euk, Kim Jae Hong, Syed Thaha, Nakano Yuta, Hafiz Rahim (Khalili D'cruz) 

Courts Young Lions 

Izwan Mahbud (GK), Irwan Shah (C), Shahir Hamzah, Safuwan Baharudin (Afiq Yunos), Al-Qaasimy Abdul Rahman (Ruzaini Zainal), Zulfahmi Arifin, Faris Ramli, Nazrul Ahmad Nazari (Fazli Ayob), Shahdan Sulaiman, Nigel Vanu, Fairoz Hasan

There is no stopping Home as they win yet again

Home United continue their march towards the 2011 S-league by beating Geylang United 3-1 convincingly at Bedok. 

Qiu Li, in hot form recently, got a brace while Sherif El-Masri mark his comeback into S-league contention recently with a goal as well.

Sevki Sha'ban got the consolation goal for the Eagles.

Tampines Rovers kept pace with the leaders after defeating Hougang United 3-1 thanks to goals from Ahmad Latiff, Aleksandar Duric and Jamil Ali.

Jordan Webb got the consolation goal for the Cheetahs.

But this was not the case for the defending champions, Etoile FC, as their title hopes looked hopeless now as the Courts Young Lions held them to a 1-1 draw.
 
Nazrul Ahmad Nazari scored for the Cubs while Hicham Bouchemlal got the goal for the French side.

In one other match, Albirex Niigata (S) crushed Woodlands Wellington 5-1 with goals from Norihiro Kawakami, Shotaro Ihata, Tatsuro Inui, Bruno Castanheira and Shimpei Sakurada.

Moon Soon Ho got the sole consolation goal for the Rams.

Woodlands Wellington
Phang Chin Guan (GK), Fumiya Kobayashi, Duncan Elias, Sahairi Ramri (Goh Swee Swee), Munier Raychouni, Madhu Mohana, Nawfal Shahib (Syed Karim), Jalal, Sazali Salleh (C), Hyun Jong Woon, Moon Soon Ho 

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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Sevki Sha'ban, Adrian Dhanaraj (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Daniel Hammond, Syed Fadhil, Jeon Byung Euk, Shah Hirul (Sofiyan Abdul Hamid), Syed Thaha, Khalili D'cruz (Stanely Ng), Nakano Yuta, Hafiz Rahim 

Home United
Fajar Sarib (GK), Kenji Arai, Juma'at Jantan, Valery Hiek, Rosman Sulaiman (Masrezwan Masturi), Shi Jiayi (C), Isa Halim, Firdaus Idros (Khairul Anwar), Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Sherif El-Masri (Faizal Samad) 

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Tampines Rovers

Yohann Lacroix (GK), Benoit Croissant, Seiji Kaneko, Fahrudin Mustafic, Firdaus Kasman (Shukor Zailan), Ahmad Latiff, Akihiro Nakamura, Imran Sahib, Ismadi Mukhtar (Zahid Ahmad), Jamil Ali (Aliff Shafaein), Aleksandar Duric (C) 

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK) (Ridzuan Hasan), Lau Meng Meng, Shahril Alias, Fathi Yunus, Ratna Suffian (C), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Sobrie Mazelan (Noor Ali), Carlos Delgado, Vitor Borges

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Courts Young Lions

Jasper Chan (GK), Afiq Yunos, Irwan Shah (C), Shahir Hamzah, Fazli Ayob, Hafiz Abu Sujad, Ruzaini Zainal (Nazrul Ahmad Nazari), Emmeric Ong (Safuwan Baharudin), Nigel Vanu, Fairoz Hasan, Fadhil Noh (Shahdan Sulaiman)

Big 3 marches on

The S-league Big 3 marches on as they won their respective matches.

Home United defeated Gombak United 2-1, Tampines Rovers won against Balestier Khalsa 1-0 and lastly, SAFFC crushed Courts Young Lions 3-0.

Firdaus Idros and Frederic Mendy had scored the goals for the Protectors while Jung Hee Bong got the goal for the Bulls.

Ahmad Latiff got the winner in the Stags-Tigers matchup while Shaiful Esah, Ivan Jerkovic and Mislav Karoglan scored the goals in the Warriors-Cubs matchup.

In one other match, Albirex Niigata (S) defeated TPUFC 1-0 thanks to a winner from Yosuke Saito. 

TPUFC 

Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Khairul Solyhin, Kim Seong Kyu (C), Delwinder Singh, Taufiq Rahmat (Abdul Rahman), Sudhershen Hariram, Kim Jong Oh, Cyril Bagnost, Takaya Kawanabe, Gary Loo, Hafiz Nor (Ganesan s/o Devadas) 

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Home United
Fajar Sarib (GK), Kenji Arai, Juma'at Jantan, Valery Hiek, Rosman Sulaiman, Shi Jiayi (C), Isa Halim, Firdaus Idros (Faizal Samad), Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Sherif El-Masri (Masrezwan Masturi)

Gombak United

Zaiful Nizam (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Jeremy Chiang, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Tengku Mushadad (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Park Kang Jin, Fareez Farhan (Zulkiffli Hassim), Jung Hee Bong, Chang Jo Yoon (Ruhaizad Ismail) 

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Balestier Khalsa

Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), K Sathiaraj, Vahid Bogucanin, Ishak Zainol, Armanizam Dolah (Ridhwan Osman), K Vikraman (Hilmi Azman), Poh Yi Feng, Andrew Tan (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Kim Young Kwang, Mark Kevin McGough 

Tampines Rovers

Yohann Lacroix (GK), Benoit Croissant, Seiji Kaneko, Fahrudin Mustafic, Firdaus Kasman (Jufri Taha), Ahmad Latiff, Akihiro Nakamura, Imran Sahib (Aliff Shafaein), Ismadi Mukhtar, Jamil Ali (Fazil Zailani), Shukor Zailan, Aleksandar Duric (C)

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SAFFC 

Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Shaiful Esah, Razaleigh Khalik, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett, Ivan Jerkovic (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Goran Subara, Taisuke Akiyoshi, Mustaqim Manzur, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Indra Sahdan) 

Courts Young Lions

Izwan Mahbud (GK), Safuwan Baharudin, Fazli Ayob, Hafiz Abu Sujad (Afiq Yunos), Ruzaini Zainal (Fairoz Hasan), Zulfahmi Arifin, Hariss Harun (C), Faris Ramli (Irwan Shah), Nazrul Ahmad Nazari, Shahdan Sulaiman, Safirul Sulaiman

Home look to pull away

Home United was the only one of the Big 3 clubs to win and looked to have a golden chance to pull away from the crowd.

Home United defeated Balestier Khalsa 4-0 with goals from Qiu Li, Juma'at Jantan, Sherif El-Masri and Frederic Mendy.

As for Tampines Rovers and SAFFC, they fell to defeats against Geylang United and Etoile FC respectively.

Geylang United defeated Tampines Rovers 2-0 in the Eatsern Derby at Tampines own ground with goals from Jeon Byung Euk and Yuta Nakano.
 
This was only the Eagles third win in the last 27 Derby meetings.

For SAFFC, they went down to  a 1-0 defeat with the winner from Jonathan Toto.

In one other match, Courts Young Lions defeated Hougang United 2-0 with goals from Shahdan Sulaiman and Nazrul Ahmad Nazari. 

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), K Sathiaraj, Vahid Bogucanin, Ishak Zainol, Armanizam Dolah, K Vikraman (Ridhwan Osman), Poh Yi Feng, Andrew Tan (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Kim Young Kwang (Hilmi Azman), Mark Kevin McGough 

Home United 

Fajar Sarib (GK), Kenji Arai, Juma'at Jantan, Valery Hiek, Rosman Sulaiman, Shi Jiayi (C), Isa Halim, Firdaus Idros (Masrezwan Masturi), Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li (Nor Azli Yusoff), Sherif El-Masri (Faizal Samad)

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Courts Young Lions

Izwan Mahbud (GK), Irwan Shah (Safirul Sulaiman), Safuwan Baharudin, Fazli Ayob (Faris Ramli), Hafiz Abu Sujad, Ruzaini Zainal (Al-Qaasimy Abdul Rahman), Zulfahmi Arifin, Hariss Harun (C), Nazrul Ahmad Nazari, Shahdan Sulaiman, Nigel Vanu

Hougang United

Fadhil Salim (GK), Lau Meng Meng, Shariff Samat (C) (Basit Hamid), Shahril Alias, Fathi Yunus (Raymond Kwa), Ratna Suffian, Azhar Sairudin (Sobrie Mazelan ), Faizal Amir, Noor Ali, Carlos Delgado, Vitor Borges

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Tampines Rovers

Yohann Lacroix (GK), Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Akihiro Nakamura, Imran Sahib, Ismadi Mukhtar, Aliff Shafaein (Jamil Ali), Shukor Zailan (Firdaus Kasman), Aleksandar Duric (C) 

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Sevki Sha'ban, Adrian Dhanaraj (Hassan Aziz (Mubarak Ahamad)), Daniel Hammond, Syed Fadhil, Jeon Byung Euk, Kim Jae Hong (Sofiyan Abdul Hamid), Shah Hirul, Syed Thaha, Nakano Yuta, Hafiz Rahim

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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Shaiful Esah, Razaleigh Khalik ((Syaiful Iskandar), Hafiz Osman, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett, Noh Rahman (Fazrul Nawaz), Ivan Jerkovic, Goran Subara, Taisuke Akiyoshi, Mislav Karoglan

Hall of Fame Menu

A 

• Aide Iskandar & S.Subramani - The Perfect Pairing

E

• Egmar Gonclaves - classic goalscorer

I

• Ivica Raguz, Jure Ere, Velimir Crljen - The Triumvirate 

M

• Mirko Gaboavc - Goal Machine 

N

• Nazri Nasir - Leader and Player of his generation

P

• Peres De Oliveira - Brazilian wizard

Aide Iskandar & S.Subramani - The Perfect Pairing

Aide Iskandar

Nationality: Singaporean

D.O.B: 28 Mar 1975 

Club: Home United (1996-2005) Tampines Rovers (2006) Geylang United (2007-2008) Sengkang Punggol (2009)

Position: Defender 

Honours

S-league: 1999, 2003

Singapore Cup 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006

FAM-FAS Cup Champions Cup: 2005

Tiger Cup: 98, 04/05

ASEAN Football Championship: 07

S.Subramani

Nationality: Singaporean

D.O.B: 5 Aug 1972

Club: Tanjong Pagar United (1997-1998) Home United (1999-2005)

Position: Defender

Honours

S-league: 1999, 2003

Singapore Cup: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

FA Cup: 1998

Player of the Year 1998

FAM-FAS Cup Champions Cup: 2005

Tiger Cup: 98, 04/05

ASEAN Football Championship: 07

Players History 

It would have been much fairer if both these two gentlemen had a writeup of their own football career but it would be impossible to tear them apart just like the careers they forge together.

But who would have believed that for the start of their individual career was much different.

Aide was always earmarked to be a national player as he came out of the national youth setup but Subramani never had that privilege.

But one can never keep a good player down and Subramani started his road toward being the national star by 1996 - the same year the S-league started; which gave him the stage to show off to then-national coach Barry Whitbeard his talent.

At the same time, his football career was also taking off with his club Tanjong Pagar as his no-nonsense defending endeared him to head coach Robert Alberts; who will really mould him into the star defender the Lions will depend on for over a decade.

Indeed by 1998, S.Subramani was one of the factor why the Jaguars nearly won the Treble as build on a bed-rock defence, Tanjong Pagar United pushed SAFFC to the end and only missed out on the S-league title due to goal difference.

But it was still better than one can expect as he won a Cup Double - Singapore Cup and FA Cup - as well as the S-league Player of the Year award at the end of it all.

It was fully justified for the saying go, all championship sides are build from the back and he was the main pillar at the back for the Jaguars and without him, it was doubtful the Queenstown club would have matched SAFFC all the way in the League and won the Cup competitions.

At the same time, Aide career cannot be considered as brilliant for the criticism of him at that point was he lacked concentration for the full 90 minutes thus he was not fulfilling his early promise.

Still, if there are moments that change history, 1998 was it for a recession meant Home United could picked up Robert Alberts in mid-point after the league season (At that time, league and Cup can be considered two separate seasons with Cup competition only starting after league season end) and much like how he mould Subramani, the Dutchman will finally kickstart Aide club career.

Other than that, the other moment was the Tiger Cup in Vietnam as Barry Whitbeard finally solved his defensive puzzle with a three-man partnership - Aide, Subramani and R.Sasi Kumar.

It was perfect as Aide was the passer while Subramani had the focus and Sasi kumar got the muscle.

That foundation saw Singapore bring back their first-ever international trophy - Tiger Cup and it caught the eye of the Dutchman now at the helm of Home United.

He was determined to bring the trio together for the start of the 1999 season and he got his wish thus the start of Home golden age, up to this point, was build.

For it was not difficult to guess what happen at the end of the 99 season.

Yes, Home United won their first S-league crown with the best defensive record and they only missed out on a Double after their bitter uniform rival SAFFC knocked them out in the Singapore Cup semi-final. 

But next season, it was in reversal as Home United will go to win the Singapore Cup after beating SAFFC in the Final while the Protectors lost the S-league crown to the Warriors in return despite having another good defensive record that year.

At the point, Sasi kumar was starting to develop other interests and he will soon fade out of the picture and in such circumstance, clubs will usually go look for a foreigner to bulk up their defence but Aide and S.Subramani will show why they are the perfect pairing as they adapt brilliantly to the new situation.

They will now form a partnership in the centre that was as brilliant as the trio one and they show they did not need the muscle for they had the defensive capabilities to cope without it.

However during that transition period, national coach Vincent Subramaniam and after that his successor Jan Poulsen seek new partnership for them with the likes of Winston Yap and Razif Mahamud etc all try out but they could not replicate the same wavelength as the Home United pair.

Indeed by the end of the 2002 season, the Home United pair defensive capabilities was back to it best and the 2003 season will see the Bishan club sweep all opposition in front of them as the Protectors achieved a League and Cup double.

In 2004, Home United will reach the AFC Cup semi-final - the first time in history a local club had gone so far in Asia continental competition - and a year later, they will win the Singapore Cup for the fourth time.

All this achievement, the pairing had a major part in it for since the end of the partnership, up to the point of writing nearly six years later, Home United had been unable to achieve that high point again.

Even the Lions achievements in that period was build on such a solid foundation as the Lions won their second Tiger Cup in 05 and the duo gave a performance that was as good as 98 especially Subramani who had soldiered on in the second leg of the semi-final after being hit in the head by a bottle thrown by the opposition.

In 07, the Lions won the renamed, from Tiger Cup, ASEAN Football Championship for the third time and after that, the Lions did remarkably to reach the World Cup Qualifiers group stage - which only the top 20 Asian nations participate in. 

Much like Home United, the four years since their retirement from international football one after the other, the Lions have struggled to find another pairing like them to build a solid foundation so to launch an assault on Asia. 

They have shown what a pairing they were at the back as they won a combined 236 caps and nobody could have replaced them in their time.

Aide, who depart Home United in 2005, play for Johore FA in the MPL, Tampines Rovers, Geylang United and then lastly Sengkang Punggol in the next four years.

He will win another Singapore Cup with Tampines Rovers but he was never able to forge another partnership in defence that will match the high of the past decade again.

As for Subramani, he took over the captaincy from Aide at Home and continue to play as good as he give at the club until 2009 when he decided his body could take it no longer after over 350 appearances for them. 

Singapore, Home United and the public must be grateful for their contribution in their time and they were the perfect pairing at the perfect time for Singapore football.

Aide Iskandar stats

Geylang United

Year	League App	Goal	Cup App	Goal
2007	30	1	1	0
2008	27	3	2	0
Total	57	4	3	0

GEYLANG UNITED vs GOMBAK UNITED – 28/5/07

Home United

Year	League App	Goal	Cup App	Goal
1999	21	1	6	1
2000	21	1	6	1
2001	31	0	5	0
2002	30	2	3	0
2003	28 (2)	1	5	0
2004	22 (1)	2	4	0
2005	24	2	4	1
Total	177 (3)	9	33	3

Home United - Asia

Year	Asian App	Goal	Others	Goal
2000	?	?	-	-
2001	?	?	-	-
2002	2	0	-	-
2004	10	0	-	-
2005	8	1	2	0
Total	20	1	2	0

Sengkang Punggol

Year	League App	Goal	Cup App	Goal
2009	11	0	3	0
Total	11	0	3	0

Tampines Rovers

Year	League App	Goal	Cup App	Goal
2006	18 (1)	1	6 (1)	0
Total	18 (1)	1	6 (1)	0

TAMPINES ROVERS vs SAFFC – 25/10/06

Tampines Rovers - Asia

Year	Asian App	Goal
2006	2	0
Total	2	0

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S.Subramani stats 

Home United

Year	League App	Goal	Cup App	Goal
1999	22	0	6	0
2000	21	0	6	0
2001	31	0	5	0
2002	30	0	3	0
2003	28	0	5	0
2004	22	1	4	0
2005	26	0	5	0
2006	25	0	1	0
2007	32 (1)	1	6	0
2008	26 (1)	0	3	0
2009	9 (1)	0	2	0
Total	272 (3)	2	46	0

Home United - Asia

Year	Asian App	Goal	Others	Goal
2000	?	?	-	-
2001	?	?	-	-
2002	2	0	-	-
2004	10	0	2	0
2005	8	0	-	-
2006	2	0	-	-
2008	6 (1)	0	1	0
2009	5	0	-	-
Total	33 (1)	0	3	0

S-league PreviewXXI & XXII

Tue 2-Aug CYL - Hougang United (JBS)
Tue 2-Aug Balestier Khalsa - Home United (TPY)
Wed 3-Aug Tampines Rovers - Geylang United (TMP)
Wed 3-Aug Etoile FC - SAFFC (QTN)
Thu 4-Aug Albirex Niigata (S) - TPUFC (JES)
Fri 5-Aug Home United - Gombak United (JBS)
Sat 6-Aug Balestier Khalsa - Tampines Rovers (TPY)
Sun 7-Aug SAFFC - CYL (CCK)

Mon 8-Aug Woodlands Wellington - Albirex Niigata (S) (WLD)
Mon 8-Aug Geylang United - Home United (BDK)
Wed 10-Aug CYL - Etoile FC (JBS)
Wed 10-Aug Tampines Rovers - Hougang United (TMP)
Thu 11-Aug SAFFC - TPUFC (CCK)
Fri 12-Aug Gombak United - Woodlands Wellington (JBS)
Sat 13-Aug Geylang United - CYL (BDK)

S-league Preview IXX & XX - 5 right with 1 perfect score and 9 wrong 

CYL vs Hougang United
Will Hougang be tired? Likely as they just endured a grueling campaign of 4 games in 11 days in the league cup that ended disappointingly. Mentally they will be affected no matter what as they came so close to a trophy. So this game will be a test but can they beat the Cubs in that state? 100%! They have the players so Aide have to pick them up. 2-1 to Hougang

Balestier Khalsa vs Home United
The Tigers have not shown they are in any sort of form other than being terrible now. It is a bad time to face Home United who will welcome back their national players and to be honest, the Protectors  may not even need them against the Toa Poyah side. 3-0 to Home

Tampines Rovers vs Geylang United
The Stags are slowly regaining their form after a blip in June. They have now won their least two league games and one of them was against the league champions, Etoile FC. More encouragingly was the fact they kept a clean sheet in both their victories despite a keeper crisis. Now they have signed French keeper Yohann Lacroix until the end of the season, they will be looking to build from that. 2-0 to Tampines

Etoile FC - SAFFC
It is tough to predict when the big guns matchup but this one I have to give it to the French. They looked to have recruited well in the transfer window and their financial situation have improved thus giving their players a peace of mind that should increase their morale. Indeed talks that they are here to stay for years to come show they have more faith in local football than that man in charge of it (who I wondered why he was appointed by the government in the first place since he does not seem to have time or even faith in local football but that is another story) Thus even with the point penalty, the French are not out of the title race and the faith they have shown, I return to them as well as the Warriors have blown hot and cold and at this point in time, the French are hot. 3-1 to Etoile FC  

Albirex Niigata (S) vs TPUFC
The League Cup champions will be glad their league campaign resume a few more days after their League Cup one ended. They have endured three games that needed extra-time and out these two of them - semi-final and - Final - required PK to sort it out. Physically or Mentally, it must have taken a lot out of them so they will be even more delighted they will have the easy task of the Jaguars. The Jaguars are stronger now but is not yet there to challenge the newly-crowned League Cup champions. 2-0 to Albirex

Home United vs Gombak United 
The Protectors are facing a tough schedule now of playing 3 games in 6 days. The Bulls are the second match and no matter how one think, they are still a difficult side to face as we do not know which one will turn up. However, the Protectors want to be champions then they need to win such matches in such grueling schedule. And there is no excuse as they have a squad to deal with it. 2-1 to the Protectors

Balestier Khalsa vs Tampines Rovers 
Anybody seriously think the Tigers can stand up to the Stags? Few, right (if any). In the best of time, the Tigers may have a chance, like at the start of the season when they put up a bus in front of their goalpost to win a point,  but now they are in the worst run of the season where they cannot pick up a point even against bottom sides like Woodlands Wellington, we know they have no chance. 2-0 to Stags  

SAFFC vs CYL
Like the Tigers -Stags match, one cannot see how the Cubs will upset a Warriors looking to win the 2011 S-league crown. The Warriors cannot afford to mess up now as they have no way back into the title race unlike earlier in the season and Richard Bok is an experienced enough coach to know that now is crunch time. 2-1 to the Warriors  

Woodlands Wellington vs Albirex Niigata (S)
The White Swans are smiling as they have a soft schedule to return to from their grueling League Cup campaign. The Rams are a much improved side like the Jaguars who faced the White Swans days earlier but is it enough? Not likely and the only hope they have is that the White Swans will be feeling the effect of playing so many games in the past month. A chance even if it is a slim one. 2-2 draw

Geylang United vs Home United
A tough end to the grueling schedule facing Home. The Eagles are much tougher now as they have toughen up their team in the transfer window and it looked to have paid off. The Eagles are climbing up the league table and in the League Cup, they should have finished off the eventful League Cup champions, Albirex Niigata (S), if they held up for another few more minutes. That is how good good they are now and Home should not think they can walk away with 3 points easily. They will need their full team for this one and it should be enough, if only just. 2-1 to Home

CYL vs Etoile FC 
I cannot see how the champions who are on a good run will fall now. The last time round, the Cubs caught them cold as they were back from an enforced rest that clearly disrupted their form. Now two months later, the French side are in great shape and form and they can beat the Cubs. No doubt about it. 2-0 to Etoile 

Tampines Rovers vs Hougang United
Hougang have shown they can take on the big boys on their day so will it be this day? Surely the Stags will have learn their lesson in the 2-0 defeat at Hougang earlier in the season and they will have prepared well to take on the North-East side. A slip up now will be disastrous and the Stags must know that. On their own day, Hougang will not be a match but now is not the time to take such chances. They must stifle the Cheetah at Tampines. 3-1 to Tampines   

SAFFC vs TPUFC
Surely the Warriors will not slip up against the Jaguars again. If they have not learn anything the last time round, the Warriors deserved to fall but if they have, they must know they need to win this match no matter what. 2-0 to SAFFC

Gombak United vs Woodlands Wellington
I have no trust in the Bulls (This is well-known) even as they should start as favourite here. They have a light schedule in view of other teams who have to play as many as 3 of 4 matches in a few days. They are well-rested so they should beat as man for man they are still better than the Rams. But mentally I feel they suck and the Rams, having spend so much effort rebuilding in the transfer window, will put a fight and i am willing to trust them for this one. 2-2 draw 

Geylang United vs CYL
The last of the Eagles own  grueling schedule but at least they are spread out over 11 days unlike their opponent who have one more game squeeze in and this will be the Cubs third games in 7 days. I cannot see how they will be able to match up to the the Eagles after such a run. The Eagles now have the weapons - Yuta Nakano - to harm their rivals and they should take advantage of it. 3-1 to the Eagles