Back Passt With Ras

This week on Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa, we speak to two young members of the squad, Max McCoy and Lewis Lee.

Topics of Discussion:

1. How they got the opportunity to play for Balestier Khalsa?

2. Their experience of playing for Balestier Khalsa.

3. Max's experience of playing football in England and the difference between football in England and in Singapore.

4. How does Lewis juggle school with football?

5. How do they deal with negativity on social media?

6. What is their biggest distraction outside of football?

7. What do they need to do to make it to the top of football?

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Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa is back with our 7th episode with one of the most sought-after guests, Madhu Mohana.

We find out from him how he would assess his time at the club if this season had more positives than negatives, the difference between this season and last and finally what it is like playing with a different centre-back regarding consistency.

We also find out what he has been up to during a long break since their last league match. Looking ahead to the match against Tampines Rovers, we ask him what he feels the club needs to do to get something out of that game and if this match means more to him or is it just another match.

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After 3 weeks away, Back Passt x Balestier Khalsa is back with our 6th episode and this week we focus on the club's youth setup as we interview the Head of Youth, Firdaus Salleh and the U21 Head Coach, Indra Sahdan.

We find out from Firdaus whether the youth team would mirror the senior squad in terms of tactics and philosophy of each youth team would have its unique philosophy and tactics.

We then find out from Indra how this opportunity to join Balestier Khalsa came about, his coaching methods, the formation of this U21 team and their expectations.

We find out from Firdaus what it is like to have someone with vast playing experience like Indra in the coaching setup, his playing and coaching career, the formation of his U15 team, and the challenges he faces adn the approach he adopts.

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In the fifth episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview two members of the Balestier Khalsa FC Women's Team, Nur Sabiah Bte Suhardi and Shazana Ashiq.

We start with an ice breaker between the two.

We find out about their pre-season preparations and any new and exciting talents in the squad to look forward to and ask Shazana how she got the opportunity to play for Balestier Khalsa. We also ask them what the team's objective is this season and Shazana's personal objective for the season.

In the second segment, we ask Nur Sabiah about her journey to get a Degree in Nursing and how she juggles her job as a nurse and a footballer. We ask Shazana what her experience was playing in the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers against Vietnam, Indonesia and India.

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In this episode, we speak to two Manchester United fans, Ram Ranai, one part of The PLot Malaysia and Muhammad Fadzli about United's Treble winning season of 1998-99. 

These are the topics of discussion:

1. 1997-98 & the summer signings of 1998

2. Road To The Treble

3. Clinching The Treble

4. Sir Alex & Steve McClaren

5. The Years After: 2000-2002

6. Where Is Manchester United Today?

7. Where Do United Go From Here? 

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In the fourth episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest signing, Iqram Rifqi and club captain, Ho Wai Loon. 

We ask Iqram about how he got the offer to join Balestier and what made him take it up, we ask him about which team-mate he is glad to have on his side now instead as an opponent and we find out why he has not started the first two matches of the season. 

We then speak to team captain, Ho Wai Loon about how he feels to be named captain, how he helps the new signings integrate into the team and how he resolves any friction in the dressing room finally, we look back at his game against Young Lions. 

We end the show with the Sarah Segment.

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In the third episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest foreign signings, Fabian Kwok & Mukundan Maran.

We start with an ice-breaker for both players. We find out what convinced them to join Balestier Khalsa and if they are coming into the season on the high of winning the Singapore Cup with their previous club, Hougang United or on a clean slate. To end the first segment, we find out how their friendship blossomed. 

In the second segment, we ask Fabian what his perception of the club was before joining the club and how he finds it now that he has joined them. We find out how they are settling into the team and the tactical demand of the head coach. Finally, as fate has it, their first league match is against Hougang United and we find out from them what it feels like to play against their former team so early into the season. 

We end the show with the Sarah Segment. 

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In the second episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview Balestier's latest foreign signings, Alen Kozar and Masahito Sugita. 

We find out about how they feel ahead of the season and what fans can expect from them this season. We ask Masahito Sugita about how his career panned out that he played in Singapore and ask Alen how he ended up in Singapore. 

In the second segment, we asked Alen how he is adapting to life in Singapore and what challenges he has faced. We find out from Sugita what the differences are between playing for Albirex Niigata and Balestier Khalsa and about the bonding during the pre-season trip to Malaysia.

We end with our latest segment, the Sarah Segment. 

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In the first episode of our second season on Back Passt X Balestier Khalsa, we interview the head coach, Peter De Roo. 

We find out about how he built the squad for the upcoming Singapore Premier League (SPL) season - what changes he needed to make after last season, how he came to a decision on who to keep from last season and who to sign, how the new players complement the ones from last season and if he is glad for the squad at his disposal now.

In the second segment, we find out how the opponents for their pre-season were chosen, the thought around pre-season friendlies, online criticism the club has received for some results and the team's progress and preparation after their pre-season trip to Malaysia. 

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In our first episode of 2023, we speak to Chelsea fans, Adam Hamizan and Kalvinder Gill, who is returning for the second time on the show to speak about Jose Mourinho's era at Chelsea. 

Points of discussion:

1. Players - pivotal players, under-rated players and players that flopped

2. Trophies - the first league title that was won and another triumph from Mourinho's first spell at the club

3. European Nights 

4. Jose Mourinho's Sacking

5. Reaction to Jose Mourinho's appointment in his second spell

6. Mourinho's second sacking

7. Mourinho's legacy

8. What's wrong with Chelsea today?

9. Their expectations of Chelsea

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