Happy New Year managers of BB Singapore!
First I'd like to thank everyone for putting your faith in me once again. After some in depth scouting and talks with some managers, I have updated our U21 shortlist. The good news is, we seem to have a decent supply of players for the coming years, and a lot of them with MVP or higher potential. The bad news is, only a little over half of them have confirmed training plans. I actually messaged the managers of every player on the shortlist and the U21, and there was quite a bit of no replies. I will continue to bug them periodically I guess xD
That said, we have finally finalized our U21 roster for this season, just before the U21 enthusiasm reset! Initially we were going in with 13 players, but I had to drop one tonight as his manager has been inactive for a while and his game shape seems to have suffered (due to not having any games). I will keep monitoring the said manager, and hope I will be able to bring the said player back once the game shape issues have resolved.
That said, without further ado, let's look at our team for this year! The team will be led by Poon Su Jing, who is spending his third season in the team. Do note, positions are based on their best position as listed in the roster:
Back Court:
Hasibul Muhammed
Mok Dong Ting
Chng Kuan Choon
Mohammad Uddin
Chenbagarajan Ali
Ong Yeng Soon
Front Court:
Koo Wee Yao
Chua Chee Da
Tan Su Tong
Cheung Nie Jin
Kwok Lai Loong
Poon Su Jing
Just as it is suggested on the surface, we have a really balanced team this year, and I'm really proud of the work put in by all the managers who trained them so far. I have set sights on a couple of players who might make the team later on, so don't worry folks, we will decide when they're ready to join the team, be it to cover injured players or bad game shape (let's hope these stuff are minimal). But for now, we shall roll with these 12 players.
As usual, I hope all managers who have players in the U21 or shortlist (whom I've contacted) have a habit on maintaining their player's game shape.
We face Pakistan U21 in our opening match. They might have less quality, but their game shape seems pretty great, especially on their star player. Let's wish our boys all the best!