Back Passt With Ras

In our latest episode, we collaborate with The Bola Bola Show represented by Sivan John together with our guest, Javier Yang as we discuss South American national teams in the 90s and 00s.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. The difference between Brazil's 1994 and 2002 World Cup wins.

2. The World Cup in the 90s and 00s that Brazil should have won or done better in.

3. Despite the talent they possessed in the 90s and 00s, why didn’t Argentina at least go to another World Cup final in this period after 1990?

4. The World Cup Argentina should have won or at least gone further than they did?

5. Passarella and the long hair ban. What was that all about and its impact on the Argentina national team.

6. From Brazil and Argentina's perspective, the most memorable match between the two in the 90s and 00s.

7. Emergence of Colombia, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador at the World Cup.

8. Copa America memories.

9. Sao Paulo in the 90s.

10. Boca Juniors in the 00s.

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In our latest episode, we interview one of the best strikers ever produced in Singapore, Noh Alam Shah.

These are the topics of discussion:

Part 1

1. His background.

2. How he got acquainted with football.

3. Watching football as a youngster.

4. Getting his break at Sembawang Rangers and his time there.

5. His time at SAFFC.

6. What does Tampines Rovers mean to him?

7. Toughest opponent, best team-mates, team-mates that surprised him and favourite strike partners to work with in the S-League Part 2

8. Experience playing overseas.

9. Winning the AFF Cups in 2004 and 2007.

10. Biggest disappointment while playing for the national team.

11. Favourite strike partner to play with in the national team.

12. His suspensions.

13. Reflecting on his career.

14. Constructing his perfect player.

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In our latest episode, we interview Singaporean entertainer, Rishi Budhrani

These are the topics of discussion:

1. What does football mean to him?

2. Favourite club and how did he become a fan?

3. How did he first get acquainted with football?

4. His earliest footballing memory?

5. The greatest joy and sorrow supporting his favourite football club.

6. His all-time favourite footballer

7. If he could swap his life with a footballer for one day, who would he like to swap with?

8. His favourite club's current season

9. How did he get into stand-up comedy?

10. His physical transformation and fitness journey. How did it come about?

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On our special landmark, the 50th episode we speak to former Singapore captain, Nazri Nasir.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. How he was discovered for the Singapore Semi-Pro team in 1990.

2. Share with us about the 1990 team. How was it for a young player in that team and how good was that team?

3. His initial reaction to being asked to sing the Dream Team song in 1993 and what was the recording session like.

4. Post-1994, what was his personal fan-following and was he approached to appear in endorsements?

5. What was the 1998 Singapore team like in the Tiger Cup and how did they approach each match as underdogs?

6. Which S-League club was special to him?

7. Best local and foreign player he played with in the Malaysian league and S-League

8. Toughest opponent in the Malaysian league and S-League

9. The worst memory of his career

10. Having a son who is a professional footballer

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This week we speak to renowned Malaysian stand-up comedian, Kavin Jay. These are the topics of discussion:

1. Myths about stand-up comedians and how he started as one

2. How did his love affair with football start

3. Did he play a lot of football in his youth

4. Earliest footballing memory

5. Best Manchester United team he has seen, under-rated title-winning United team, over-rated players from the 1990s and 2000s.

6. International competition eg World Cups, European Championships

7. Thoughts on United of today

8. Anything about modern football that peeves him

9. His connection with Malaysian football

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This week we speak to a Sembawang Rangers fan, Haizam Ja'udin and Woodlands Wellington fan, Hussain Razzak as well as returning as an expert panelist, Gary Koh on the forgotten S-League clubs.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. How did Haizam and Hussain become fans of their respective club?

2. Haizam & Hussain's match viewing experiences and interactions with the club.

3. How it ended with the respective clubs.

4. The story of SAFFC,

5. The team name changes and the change of identity.

6. The legacy of the foreign teams.

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It's a special collaborative episode with The Bola Bola Show and our guest, Gary Koh as we look back at the Malaysian national team in the 90s.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. After winning the gold at the SEA Games in 1989, what was the expectation going into the new decade?

2. 1991 friendly against England

3. 1991 Sea Games

4. The Ken Worden era

5. The arrival of Claude Le Roy

6.  Wan Jamak Wan Hassan

7. 1996 Tiger Cup

8. 1997 SEA Games

9. 1998 Tiger Cup

10. A glance at Harimau Malaya today, how much have things changed? 

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It's a special collaborative episode with The Bola Bola Show and our guest, Gary Koh as we look back at the Malaysian League in the 90s.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. 1991 - Malaysia Cup final: Johor vs Selangor

2. 1992 - Pahang Dream Team

3. 1993 - Kedah

4. 1994 - Singapore & the dark days of match-fixing

5. The rising power of the Borneo teams; Sarawak & Sabah

6. 1995 - Singapore's exit, Perlis and Brunei, the surprise package of the season and Selangor finally win the Malaysia Cup

7. 1996 - Malaysia Cup final - Sabah vs Selangor

8. 1997 - Selangor; Tony Cottee & Chris Kiwomya

9. 1998 - Selangor's relegation, Pulau Pinang, the league champions and the decline in attendance for Malaysian league matches.

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In our latest episode, we speak to Juventus fans, Assarie Mohamed and Ped Pedregosa from Juventus Club Singapore and Zaki Rashid from Juventus Official Fan Club Malaysia.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. The seasons before 1994-95

2. 1994-95 season

3. The Champions League finals

4. The Players

5. Lippi, Directors and Gianni Agnelli

6. The Legacy

7. Gianluigi Buffon

8. Going into 2023-24

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to goalkeepers, Hairul Syirhan and Wayne Chew.

Topics of Discussion:

1. How Wayne got the opportunity to join Balestier Khalsa?

2. Wayne's journey to Balestier Khalsa

3. How much Wayne knows about goalkeeping coach, Yazid Yasin and what has he learned so far?

4. Hairul assessment of his season so far.

5. Reliving Hairul's national team call-up and his experience there.

6. How Hairul reacts to criticism.

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to sports trainer, Danial Feriza and equipment officer, Abdul Latiff

Topics of Discussion:

1. How they got the job at Balestier Khalsa and what has been their experience so far.

2. What do they do on a day-to-day basis

3. Where did they start off in their career

4. They share about the players

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to Syukri Noorhaizam and Fudhil I'yad

Topics of Discussion:

1. They share the journey they have been on to reach the first team at Balestier Khalsa

2. Their analysis of their season.

3. The senior player that has given them the most advice and guidance on and off the field.

4. The importance of Peter De Roo in their career

5. Any external work they do outside the training pitch

6. The analysis of the previous match against Hougang United.

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to Emmeric Ong and Ignatius Ang.

Topics of Discussion:

1. How Emmeric got the chance to play for Balestier Khalsa?

2. How their season has been and what do they need to do to get more minutes on the clock?

3. What the head coach, Peter De Roo is doing to keep everyone involved and motivated in the league run-in.

4. When Emmeric started planning for his future away from football and how he got into the property business.

5. The progress in Ignatius' career as a coach.

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In Part 2 of this episode, we speak to an author, journalist, pundit, podcaster and radio jockey in Singapore, Mr Neil Humphreys.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. Manchester United's dominance vs Manchester City's dominance

2. Impression of Singaporeans adopting a national team for international competitions

3. First match he watched in Singapore

4. What he liked about football in Singapore in the 90s and 00s

5. What would he do if given the keys to making the changes in Singapore football?

6. The choice of Singapore's national team manager and are the national team players too big for their boots

7. Why does he do what he does

8. Any real-life stories he can share behind his book, Match Fixer

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In Part 1 of this episode, we speak to an author, journalist, pundit, podcaster and radio jockey in Singapore, Mr Neil Humphreys.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. How he became a fan of West Ham & his best and worse moments as a fan in the 90s & 00s.

2. The players of the English Premier League in the 90s & 00s - the best, underrated, overrated.

3. Best memory of an international tournament in the 90s & 00s

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to Daniel Goh.

Topics of Discussion:

1. How his season has been going

2. What he feels needs improving in his game

3. What does he feel about the increased turnout for Balestier's matches this season

4. The experience of playing for the Singapore national team and joining the squad

5. How is it like for him to meet players in the national squad that he just came across as an opponent and might have had a conflict with?

6. What he would like to achieve at the end of the season.

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In this episode, we speak to members of Newcastle United Supporters Club Singapore, Ashwin Tiwary and Terence Ong, Indo Toon Army, Abram Pranata Ginting and Toon Army Malaysia, Azrail bin Khaidzir.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. Introduction of their respective clubs

2. The rise of Newcastle into the English Premier League and their first two seasons there.

3. The title challenge

4. The end of Kevin Keegan's era

5. Mike Ashley's Era

6. Catch up With Azrail

7. The new ownership

8. Review of the past season

9. Looking forward to next season

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to Darren Teh.

Topics of Discussion:

1. Looking back at the match against Lion City Sailors.

2. How has stability helped him this season?

3. What he feels he has done better this season and needs to improve on

4. The extra work he does outside of the football pitch

5. What advice does he give young footballers that want to be professional footballers

6. Looking ahead to the next match, we ask if he analyses the opposition winger or gets tips from the coaching staff.

7. We ask him about his team-mates.

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In this episode, we speak to two members of Singapore's 1994 M-League and Malaysia Cup Double-winning team, Lee Man Hon and Samawira Basri.

These are the topics of discussion:

1. Why is the 1994 team a benchmark for success for Singaporeans?

2. Man Hon's experience in Czechoslovakia.

3. Joining the Dream Team as youngsters.

4. Toughest/scariest Atmosphere they played in the M-League/Malaysia Cup campaign.

5. Personal fan following in 1994

6. The S-League club that is closest to their heart.

7. Fondest memory in the S-League

8. Saddest, most painful memory in the S-League.

9. Best team-mates and the worse

10. What is wrong with Singapore football today and what needs to be done?

11. Football as a career for the youth today.

12. The growth of women's football in Singapore

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This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to two young members of the squad, Max McCoy and Lewis Lee.

Topics of Discussion:

1. How they got the opportunity to play for Balestier Khalsa?

2. Their experience of playing for Balestier Khalsa.

3. Max's experience of playing football in England and the difference between football in England and in Singapore.

4. How does Lewis juggle school with football?

5. How do they deal with negativity on social media?

6. What is their biggest distraction outside of football?

7. What do they need to do to make it to the top of football?

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Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa is back with our 7th episode with one of the most sought-after guests, Madhu Mohana.

We find out from him how he would assess his time at the club if this season had more positives than negatives, the difference between this season and last and finally what it is like playing with a different centre-back regarding consistency.

We also find out what he has been up to during a long break since their last league match. Looking ahead to the match against Tampines Rovers, we ask him what he feels the club needs to do to get something out of that game and if this match means more to him or is it just another match.

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After 3 weeks away, Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa is back with our 6th episode and this week we focus on the club's youth setup as we interview the Head of Youth, Firdaus Salleh and the U21 Head Coach, Indra Sahdan.

We find out from Firdaus whether the youth team would mirror the senior squad in terms of tactics and philosophy of each youth team would have its unique philosophy and tactics.

We then find out from Indra how this opportunity to join Balestier Khalsa came about, his coaching methods, the formation of this U21 team and their expectations.

We find out from Firdaus what it is like to have someone with vast playing experience like Indra in the coaching setup, his playing and coaching career, the formation of his U15 team, and the challenges he faces adn the approach he adopts.

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In the fifth episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview two members of the Balestier Khalsa FC Women's Team, Nur Sabiah Bte Suhardi and Shazana Ashiq.

We start with an ice breaker between the two.

We find out about their pre-season preparations and any new and exciting talents in the squad to look forward to and ask Shazana how she got the opportunity to play for Balestier Khalsa. We also ask them what the team's objective is this season and Shazana's personal objective for the season.

In the second segment, we ask Nur Sabiah about her journey to get a Degree in Nursing and how she juggles her job as a nurse and a footballer. We ask Shazana what her experience was playing in the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers against Vietnam, Indonesia and India.

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In this episode, we speak to two Manchester United fans, Ram Ranai, one part of The PLot Malaysia and Muhammad Fadzli about United's Treble winning season of 1998-99. 

These are the topics of discussion:

1. 1997-98 & the summer signings of 1998

2. Road To The Treble

3. Clinching The Treble

4. Sir Alex & Steve McClaren

5. The Years After: 2000-2002

6. Where Is Manchester United Today?

7. Where Do United Go From Here? 

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In the fourth episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest signing, Iqram Rifqi and club captain, Ho Wai Loon. 

We ask Iqram about how he got the offer to join Balestier and what made him take it up, we ask him about which team-mate he is glad to have on his side now instead as an opponent and we find out why he has not started the first two matches of the season. 

We then speak to team captain, Ho Wai Loon about how he feels to be named captain, how he helps the new signings integrate into the team and how he resolves any friction in the dressing room finally, we look back at his game against Young Lions. 

We end the show with the Sarah Segment.

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In the third episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest foreign signings, Fabian Kwok & Mukundan Maran.

We start with an ice-breaker for both players. We find out what convinced them to join Balestier Khalsa and if they are coming into the season on the high of winning the Singapore Cup with their previous club, Hougang United or on a clean slate. To end the first segment, we find out how their friendship blossomed. 

In the second segment, we ask Fabian what his perception of the club was before joining the club and how he finds it now that he has joined them. We find out how they are settling into the team and the tactical demand of the head coach. Finally, as fate has it, their first league match is against Hougang United and we find out from them what it feels like to play against their former team so early into the season. 

We end the show with the Sarah Segment. 

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In the second episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest foreign signings, Alen Kozar and Masahito Sugita. 

We find out about how they feel ahead of the season and what fans can expect from them this season. We ask Masahito Sugita about how his career panned out that he played in Singapore and ask Alen how he ended up in Singapore. 

In the second segment, we asked Alen how he is adapting to life in Singapore and what challenges he has faced. We find out from Sugita what the differences are between playing for Albirex Niigata and Balestier Khalsa and about the bonding during the pre-season trip to Malaysia.

We end with our latest segment, the Sarah Segment. 

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In the first episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview the head coach, Peter De Roo. 

We find out about how he built the squad for the upcoming Singapore Premier League (SPL) season - what changes he needed to make after last season, how he came to a decision on who to keep from last season and who to sign, how the new players complement the ones from last season and if he is glad for the squad at his disposal now.

In the second segment, we find out how the opponents for their pre-season were chosen, the thought around pre-season friendlies, online criticism the club has received for some results and the team's progress and preparation after their pre-season trip to Malaysia. 

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In our first episode of 2023, we speak to Chelsea fans, Adam Hamizan and Kalvinder Gill, who is returning for the second time on the show to speak about Jose Mourinho's era at Chelsea. 

Points of discussion:

1. Players - pivotal players, under-rated players and players that flopped

2. Trophies - the first league title that was won and another triumph from Mourinho's first spell at the club

3. European Nights 

4. Jose Mourinho's Sacking

5. Reaction to Jose Mourinho's appointment in his second spell

6. Mourinho's second sacking

7. Mourinho's legacy

8. What's wrong with Chelsea today?

9. Their expectations of Chelsea

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In the second part of our episode with Singapore legend, Fandi Ahmad, we resume looking back at his time in Kuala Lumpur followed by his move to Pahang to form part of the Dream Team. Then we revisit his return to Singapore to be part of another Dream Team, the start of his time in the S-League with Geylang United and his retirement at SAFFC. In the final part, we look at the beginning of his coaching career, how he would describe himself as a coach and the teams he enjoyed coaching. We then get his views on the current challenges in football, the good and bad of social media, importance of mental health and his parenting skill and type. 

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In the first part of our episode with Singapore legend, Fandi Ahmad, we look back at his playing career in Holland, Indonesia and the start of his time in Malaysia with Kuala Lumpur FA. 

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We speak to Harikishin Samanadas from The PLot Malaysia as we review the Round of 16 and preview the quarter-final.

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This we speak to Antonio Codinach, a former TV pundit at ESPN/Star/FOX Sports and Lee Chun Hang, who is currently hosting a show called Gol Per 90 on Astro Arena in Malaysia.  We discuss the continued curse of European World Champions with Germany's early, shock elimination. We then move on to the performance of the host nation, Russia, Japan's unusual passage to the 2nd Round and look at some of the games of the tournament.  We then look at the path of England, Belgium, Croatia and France to the semi-finals for the former two teams and the final for the latter two teams. We end with each one of us ranking our favourite World Cups from the time we started watching.

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We speak to Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show as we look back in-depth at the group stage and briefly preview the Round of 16. 

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This week we speak to the head coach, Peter De Roo as we review the recently concluded Singapore Cup and look at the league campaign when he was in-charge of the team. 

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We speak to Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show, returning for the third time in this series and for the first time ever, Suffian Zain from FWENS TV. We get into our respective memories of this World Cup first before getting into the curse of the European World Champions suffered by Spain. We then speak about Costa Rica and any other surprise teams in the World Cup. We then discuss the teams that we expected more from, the performance of the host nation, Brazil, Holland and the journey to the final of Argentina and Germany before ending with the respective Brazil 2014 XIs. 

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This week we speak to a returning guest, Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show and new guests, Jijay Kumar and Luqman Hakim about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 

We start with our memories of this World Cup and move on to discuss the performance of the host nation, South Africa. We then speak about the drama in the France camp and who we thought disappointed the most and then look back at the commendable performances of Japan and South Korea. We then discuss who we thought was the surprise of the tournament. We then speak about Argentina, Germany and Uruguay's path in this World Cup before discussing that of the finalists, Holland and Spain. 

We end with our World Cup 2010 XI. 

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This week we speak to a returning guest, Raphael Reich who was there in Germany at the time of this World Cup and Muhammad Fadzli and Azmi Danuri from This is Calcio! podcast.   

We learn from Raphael about the atmosphere around the stadium and in Germany during this World Cup and ask Fadzli and Azmi for their memories of this World Cup.   We then find out who they would name as a surprise package in this tournament, analyse the performance of the host nation and look at the big countries that came close and which one disappointed the most. We then look at the journey to the final of Italy and France and name their respective Germany 06 XI. We conclude with Ras sharing his thoughts and the legacy left behind by Italy.   

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This week we speak to a member of the Balestier Khalsa Women's team, Syafiqah Peer who was recently called up for the Singapore National Women's Team and the head coach of the Balestier Khalsa Women's team and the assistant coach of the Singapore National Women's Team, Ratna Suffian. 

We find out from Syafiqah her reaction to receiving the call-up and what it was like going into the national team training alongside two other club teammates, Siti Nurewadah and Nur Izyan. We ask Ratna for his reaction to his players receiving a national call-up. We find out from Syafiqah what is the difference between training for the club compared to the national team. We get her reaction to not playing in the international friendly against Indonesia and we get Syafiqah and Ratna to analyse the friendly defeat to Indonesia. 

We got Ratna to analyse the Women's Premier League season that had just concluded for Balestier Khalsa. We find out from Syafiqah what she improved on and what she feels she needs to improve. 

We find out from Ratna what his future plans are for the team and what Syafiqah's career goals are. Finally, we get their views on the support received this season from the sponsors for the Women's Premier League and the issues surrounding the lack of amenities available at the stadium for their matches. 

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This week we speak to two young talents, Puvan Raj and Hariysh Kumar. First we revisit the epic win over Lion City Sailors (LCS) on Sunday with Hariysh, as we probe to find out more about what was said by the head coach at half-time and the reaction of the players on the bench to the goals. We ask both of them about how they felt they played in the U21 team as individuals and as a team. 

In the following segment, we get their honest opinions on how their career is panning out so far, what their ideal career would be like and what they need to do to improve. We also ask them if not for football what would they have been pursuing in terms of their career today? 

Finally, we find out from Hariysh the atmosphere back in training after the win over LCS and what the coach is doing to keep them grounded. We also find out what they feel they need to do to force themselves into contention. 

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This week we speak to three players that were called up for the senior (Ho Wai Loon) and U21 (Aidil Johari & Ryan Praveen) Singapore national teams during the recent international break in September 2022. 

We first find out about their reaction to being called up for the national team. In the case of Wai Loon, it was his first call-up since 2018 so we find out what the differences were between then and now and if he found any familiar faces from back then. In the case of Aidil and Ryan, we find out how they settled into the squad and what the takeaway is for all three players from their international duty. 

Next, we look forward to the game this Sunday against Lion City Sailors and we ask Wai Loon, after his experience with the national team dominated by Sailors players, how much are they looking forward to facing them. We ask Ryan on what he thinks he needs to do to break into the starting 11. We ask Aidil if the current head coach would give young players more chances to play after seeing players like him make the breakthrough in the first team this season.

We ask Wai Loon as one of the team captains and best players in the team how he plans to motivate the team going into the final stretch of the games this season and we jokingly asked if he picked out any weakness of his national team-mates playing for Sailors to pass on to his head coach. 

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We start the show on a solemn note as we pass our condolences to the late FAS President, Mr Lim Kia Tong. 

We speak to Serbian centre-back, Ensar Bruncevic this week and get an update on his injury and try to understand the general procedure when a player gets injured. 

We try and find out what he can share on his so-far brief experience of working with the new Head Coach, Peter De Roo. We also find out from him what brought him to Singapore, settling in Singapore when he newly joined the club, what he likes about living in Singapore and what he misses about Serbia. 

We then find out what he thought of the previous match against Tanjong Pagar United watching from the sidelines, the upcoming match against Hougang United and what he has made of his season so far. 

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We speak to Balestier Khalsa's U17 Head Coach, Leonard Tan and Captain, Irfan Siregar.

We find out about how the squad was formed, their pre-season preparations, the coach's philosophy and tactics, the challenges of the players in managing life as a student and footballer, the choice of captain and the challenges the head coach faces. 

We get Irfan to describe his coach, we get them to analyse the season so far, who they feel are their strongest challengers in the league and finally, we check with Leonard if there are any senior players keeping tabs on the U17 team. 

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We speak to Balestier Khalsa's new Head Coach, Peter De Roo this week. 

We find out how he got to know of the job vacancy at Balestier and what convinced him to take up the job. The difference between the role of a Technical Director and Head Coach, the difficulties of coming in the final phase of the league season to work with a squad he inherited. 

We then got him to describe himself as a Head Coach and what the fans can expect from him, working with the players and if anyone has impressed him, looking ahead to the next match against Albirex Niigata and the standard of the teams in the Singapore Premier League. 

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We speak to Balestier Khalsa's newly formed Supporters Club, Lightning Tigers. In the first segment, we speak about the positives, negatives and players that have stood out and about Head Coach, Akbar Nawas in Balestier Khalsa's Singapore Premier League season. 

In the second segment, we found out about the formation of the Lightning Tigers, their participation in the Fan Club Futsal League and plans for fans engagement. 

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