July 19,
2004
They had came
into the S-League in a blaze of publicity, and promised to show Singaporeans
what Chinese football was all about.Vice-chairman
blames inexperience for club's poor performances but since making their
S-League debut in the 2003 season, Sinchi have made
the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Their short
history in
Sinchi finished a disappointing seventh last season &
currently up to now for the 2004 season, it is not any better as he China-based
club are rooted at the bottom of the table after suffering a shocking13 defeats
in 18 matches.
Sinchi vice-chairman Wang Jinhui
admitted it is heart-breaking as a lot of money had been pumped into Sinchi & all involved wanted to see results but somehow
the club just stumblied from one mistake to another.
For that he
blamed the fact everybody running the club are still inexperienced in managing
a football club
Sinchi are desperate not to finish bottom of the 10-team S-League
& that have lead them to sack coach Xie Yuxin.
Poor
performances in the first half of the season saw 7 players replaced by a more
experienced bunch but after seeing no improvement in results, head coach Xie Yuxin was sacked last week.
Wang aid he was
satisfied with Xie in terms of his work ethic but his coaching expertise was
not up to the mark so they decided to go for a more experienced coach, with
more strategic & tactical know-how in the hope it would be able to help the
club do better.
With it is
looking hopeless for the club to improve on last season performance one must
asked what of Wang's bold declaration earlier this season that Sinchi would quit the league if they did not improve from
last season?
Wang
answered even if they end up bottom, Sinchi will
still be here next season as the agreement with the Football Association of
However if
they continue to perform poorly after that then there's no point carrying on