September 1, 2004

Radojko Avramovic is ready to give debuts to Geylang United defender Faizal Hamid & Home United winger Imran Sahib, as well as new citizen Itimi Dickson.

Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic plans to take a look at a couple of new faces when the Lions take on old rivals Indonesia on Saturday as this way Avramovic will have given as many players as possible a run out at the Jalan Besar Stadium to contend for a place in the Tiger Cup squad.

Avramovic said the Indonesians have shown their quality in the Asian Cup this year & they are a good team for Singapore to play against.

Also Singapore is Group A of the Tiger Cup with them so it will be good for us to get a feel of their team & he will be giving a chance to most of the players to show what they can do against Indonesia.

Describing Faizal as a player who has good defensive qualities as the player was with the Young Lions last year. Avramovic feel Faizal can covers his position well & is also a good man-marker 

While for him Imran is 1 of Singapore up-and-coming young players who gets involved a lot in his team's attacking build-up play & he want to have a good look at him against Indonesia.

Coached by Englishman Peter Withe, who was the former Thailand manager, Indonesia have included several names familiar to Singapore fans, including veteran goalkeeper Hendro Kartiko, midfielder Budi Sudarsono and striker Bambang Pamungkas, recently linked to S-League side Home United.