Stand up and be counted
21/04/07

Five games on and the Sharks are still looking for that elusive win. Let’s face it. Besides the humiliating 8-1 defeat at the hands of Sunrise Place, the team was hardly over-ran in their 4-2 defeat against Tiong Bahru. Despite going down 3 goals in quick succession in that game, the team fought back to 3-2 and were caught late in the second half. In their fourth game, the team managed to draw parity after going down early in the first half before finally losing 3-1. In their latest game, Elias Park managed only a solitary goal.

Nonetheless, let’s not take the fact that in the game, it’s finding the net that’s important to at least stand a chance of a victory. With an average of only 1 goal per game so far and a leaking defence, it’s high time that the players awake from the slumber. The team didn’t become bad overnight and comparing the make-up of the current team with the team that played in the Islandwide League, the Sharks looked to have strenghten in most department.

In a candid interview after the game with Elias Park, the manager had this to say, ‘Although it’s still early days, it’s probably time for the players to stand up and be counted rather than ponder on what could have been for the last five games. We didn’t come this far by some turn of events, we came here because we fought for it and deep down, we wanted it badly. Now, let’s show that we deserve a place in the league and take the level up a notch. It’s important to remember that things happen when you work for it. When you stopped having that hunger, no amount of morale-boosting pre-game talk can help any team. Show the rest of the team in the division what’s it’s like to be playing with a Shark’s crest on your chest.’

The Sharks are currently trailing by 5 points from safety as the bottom two will be relegated. They will be meeting Sporting Westlake this weekend and it’s important for them to start accumulating points before the gap from safety widens further.