Highlights of Matchday 1

At the end of the opening day's matches, we were left wondering what some of the stars of the previous seasons were polishing their boots. In the unpredictable footballing world, the unthinkable would be to experience the second season syndrome, where teams just fade into the wilderness. (see Reading FC)

An exodus in the Marine Parade team has actually done more good, as the reshuffling and rebuilding exercise propped them up to 3rd place with 2 wins on Matchday 1 alone.

With award winning players like Karthigesan back to strengthen Geylang West's striking department, he has failed to shake off his injuries which left him out of the squad in Season 2, thus unable to produce the form that brought him the Player of the Season.

Last season's top marksman, Khairulnizam is still wondering where he left his scoring boots, as he struggled to make an impact on Matchday 1. Bedok must be eagerly waiting for their talisman to start banging in the goals to help their push for honours.

In a surprise package that comes in 2 parts, last season's wonderkid who blasted his way into the footballing scene in the League, Mathan Kumar, who turned everybody's head with an amazing 13 goals has yet to smell the goalmouth, with none to show after 4 matches. Part reason why MacPherson is rooted at the bottom at the moment. Everyone's anxiously anticipating him to break his duck soon, and the goals will flow...

On a positive note, another player has not gone unnoticed. We're talking about Muhd Hazly from Bukit Merah. The pint-sized playmaker puts most strikers to shame as he slammed home 7 goals in 4 games to finish top of the goalscoring charts. He converts chances presented by his hardworking teammates and even creates his own openings, that is 1 player we will be looking out for from now on...

Geylang West has its team, building on foundations that go back to the first season, will be hoping the backbone of the squad, with silent contributors like Da Silva, Leow Wei Sheng and Shafiee would make them serious title contenders this term.

Bedok has always been blessed with safe pairs of hands, with the ineligibility of overage custodian, Abdul Munaf, the team have found another promising player who might just shut out the goal supply of the other teams. Nawi NurHakim is certainly one gem waiting to be polished. Watch out for him!

Some of the other players that came to out attention include Muhd Zaki from Ang Mo Kio, Muhd Faiz from Taman Jurong, Muhd Farhan from Sembawang, Shafiyuddin and Aidil Iskandar, both of whom plays for Marine Parade. Let's see what's in store from them in Matchday 2 as we continue to lookout for more raw talent.

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