Chase Well On
Grilled Birds' brief before the match was to get the points and run up the goal advantage if possible, and they achieved both objectives with aplomb. This further stretched their unbeaten run to nine games - including eight wins - and with 22 out of a possible 27 points and still top of the S-League table, there surely couldn't have been much more expected out of the squad.
Their lead remained precarious, however, as Haha stayed firmly on their tails with a hard-earned 2-1 home result over UDNTK FC, in which they had to deal with the sending-off of influential Italian striker Giuseppe Ghiringhelli for the final ten minutes. Meanwhile at Sarcastic Fringeheads' home ground, -= Manchester United =-'s early ascendancy was shown to be a mirage of sorts, as they were found out by the vastly more assured hosts. This made it just two points out of a possible fifteen for United in their most recent five league matches, after a perfect twelve of twelve from the first four rounds.
Still, Haha could do well to be wary of a wounded United side next weekend, seeing as how they were held to a 2-2 home draw on the last occasion they met. "There are a lot of money games and dare I say it, hidden traps coming up." Grilled gaffer
Eren Serpin opined. "Plenty of the clubs in the S-League are more than capable of springing a shock."
There wasn't too much excitement on tap at Fossil Park, granted, as Club Dinosauria played out a tired 0-0 draw with Ramseille Volliard FC, seemingly exhausted by their giantslaying act last Sunday. Their upcoming trip to Tecos will probably have in huge role in determining whether they get to stay up, for another shot at glory.
Expectations have not been running high at the Farmer Bunnies for some time, and are not likely to be raised after their 2-5 loss at Joker 9. With the title race all but over after The EV extended their perfect run to nine games - though Lawrence, KS FC did press them unexpectedly hard, even taking a two-goal lead - all attention now rests on the struggle to be runners-up. From today's showing, the Buns aren't favourites.
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Ibrahim Zahran Al-Maashany aside, Bunnies' pride in their defence would be increasingly shown to be unfounded, with nobody getting near Máté Veseta in the 29th minute as the Hungarian teed up for the opener. 19 year-old homegrown youngster Jeffrey Carroll then had the day of his life, as he made the most of indecisive marking from the Buns' centrebacks.
Wong Ting Yew did pull one back before half-time, but that and a double substitution going into the second half hardly helped their fortunes.
Lim Su Liang would be tried out as a defensive pivot, and did not fully convince the supporters with his eager but disjointed movement.
"We've known that the team has needed an overhaul for a long time, but didn't think it would really get this bad." disappointed fan Ryan Teh sniffed. "I'm voting for a total clearout and rebuild."
