There are letters going in fast and furious to all newspapers calling for the return of the Singapore national team into the Malaysia Cup. Now, i was a big, and i mean REALLY BIG fan during the Malaysia cup days. those were the days when almost everyone watched the Malaysia Cup. When Singapore played, it would always be shown live on TV. Practically the whole block would watch. When Singapore scored, the whole block would erupt with a sound of "GOAL!!"

Those were the days. The days when almost everyone was supporting Singapore soccer. Fast forward to today, and the S-League. I wouldn't call it a total faliure, but 9 out of 10 people i know don't care about it. Who cares if Home United thrases Woodlands 10-0? Who cares if clubs get thrown out of the S-League only because they can't find a sponser, league standing notwithstanding? Like when Jurong FC will not be playing this year even though they finished 6th in the league. that's mid-table. The bottom club stays in because they have a sponser, and now they're bringing in a Japanese third division club to complete the league...

but i digress. While i hate what the S-League has become, and miss what the Malaysia Cup used to be, i believe that sending the National Team back to the Malaysia Cup is a huge step backwards. As lously, boring and low quality as the S-League has become, the FAS should concentrate on improving the quality instead of spreading rumours that we're going back to the Malaysia Cup. If we send our national team to the Malaysia Cup, we can only be as good as a malaysian CLUB. Granted, while we were playing there we actually could beat malaysia and could play decently(for southeast asia standards). But how much can you improve playing in another country's club competition? By developing our own league, we can only get better and better as the standard of the league improves. If we go back to the Malaysia Cup, we will never be as good as Malaysia, much less better than them.

Those people pushing for a Malaysia Cup return are just living on memories of the good ol' Malaysia Cup days, not for the betterment of Singapore Soccer.