As anticipated by many, the team started phenomenally - 4 losses in a row. High standards were maintained when the team exceeded even public expectations and brought their streak to 6 matches. At a point when interest in the team ebbed to an all time low and even the Buddhists claimed they couldn't play because they had to go stroke the Good Luck Stone Turtle at Pulau Ubin on Sunday mornings, the management board managed a stunning coup by persuading the RJC Chinese Orchestra to send a team out against the Alpha Betas. Suddenly soccer became everyone's religion again. The result, if I were to recall clearly, was a closely contested 12-0 win. Further attempts to entice the Brass Band and The Raffles Voices for matches met with inconclusive results.

Buoyed by the win, the life span of Alpha Beta enjoyed a brief extension until the dreaded "Men who spend their lives trying to look like trees" came calling. Hence ends a brief chapter of the Alpha Betas.

PLAY

Though almost discredited by its difficult birth, the Alpha Betas have came to its own of late. The play of the team is nothing fancy; and the team is not scared to be brutally effective. This is a team who has questioned itself after its many defeats; a team who has learnt to trust each other and know each other's capabilities. Almost none of its goals are the result of a super skilled stylo milo king who dribbles into the goal by himself but almost always the collective effort of the team. The team fights to win the ball together, the team gets attacking possession as fast as it can, the team takes a chance at goal and so on.

Individually, we may suck but collectively, I certainly believe that each of us are the best candidates to contribute because we have more or less molded our own style of play to suit the team. No dribbling, first time long passes into space and high crosses/ through-pass and ultimately - SHOOT ON SIGHT!!


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