What's next for Merlion? The schedule is out now...
1. vs Barbados (rank 95) 8/22/2011 6:00:00 PM
2. @ Bahamas (rank 96) 8/30/2011 7:00:00 AM
3. vs Kazakhstan (rank 67) 9/5/2011 6:00:00 PM
4. @ Belgium (rank 21) 9/13/2011 1:35:00 AM
5. vs Japan (rank 69) 9/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
6. @ Hungary (rank 19) 9/27/2011 12:40:00 AM
The snowball.... is the best to describe how's Singapore schedule looks like.
Barbados and Bahamas are the right place to for the Merlions to breathe for a moment, before the spiral goes bigger with a visit from stronger Kazakhtsan team.
After that, the schedule become more challenging with the squad have to travel to Belgium to face the world rank #21.
Back home to host Japan. Time to relax? Not really, because the Ninjas are usually strong near end of Tournament, and won't hesitate to initiate a CT battle, which sent Singapore U21 laid goose egg, winless on Consolation Tournament two season ago.
The final game is much like the Adventure Sony Playstation video games, when you have to face the last boss battle. Hungary is much looking like Eesti, with their six-figure salary mammoth waiting to swallow their opponent.
Looking at the Standing, India, Macau and Thailand are leading the pools, with better chance to host next season Asian Tournament.
For Singapore to slip past them, they will need their Fantastic Four (Lim Shi Xin, Peh Jian Long, Abdul Rauf Ishak & Ling Feng Kong) to stay max, and then they will only have to fear Belgium and Hungary.