Back Passt With Ras

In the second part of our episode with Singapore legend, Fandi Ahmad, we resume looking back at his time in Kuala Lumpur followed by his move to Pahang to form part of the Dream Team. Then we revisit his return to Singapore to be part of another Dream Team, the start of his time in the S-League with Geylang United and his retirement at SAFFC. In the final part, we look at the beginning of his coaching career, how he would describe himself as a coach and the teams he enjoyed coaching. We then get his views on the current challenges in football, the good and bad of social media, importance of mental health and his parenting skill and type. 

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In the first part of our episode with Singapore legend, Fandi Ahmad, we look back at his playing career in Holland, Indonesia and the start of his time in Malaysia with Kuala Lumpur FA. 

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We speak to Harikishin Samanadas from The PLot Malaysia as we review the Round of 16 and preview the quarter-final.

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This we speak to Antonio Codinach, a former TV pundit at ESPN/Star/FOX Sports and Lee Chun Hang, who is currently hosting a show called Gol Per 90 on Astro Arena in Malaysia.  We discuss the continued curse of European World Champions with Germany's early, shock elimination. We then move on to the performance of the host nation, Russia, Japan's unusual passage to the 2nd Round and look at some of the games of the tournament.  We then look at the path of England, Belgium, Croatia and France to the semi-finals for the former two teams and the final for the latter two teams. We end with each one of us ranking our favourite World Cups from the time we started watching.

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We speak to Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show as we look back in-depth at the group stage and briefly preview the Round of 16. 

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This week we speak to the head coach, Peter De Roo as we review the recently concluded Singapore Cup and look at the league campaign when he was in-charge of the team. 

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We speak to Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show, returning for the third time in this series and for the first time ever, Suffian Zain from FWENS TV. We get into our respective memories of this World Cup first before getting into the curse of the European World Champions suffered by Spain. We then speak about Costa Rica and any other surprise teams in the World Cup. We then discuss the teams that we expected more from, the performance of the host nation, Brazil, Holland and the journey to the final of Argentina and Germany before ending with the respective Brazil 2014 XIs. 

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This week we speak to a returning guest, Sivan John from The Bola Bola Show and new guests, Jijay Kumar and Luqman Hakim about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 

We start with our memories of this World Cup and move on to discuss the performance of the host nation, South Africa. We then speak about the drama in the France camp and who we thought disappointed the most and then look back at the commendable performances of Japan and South Korea. We then discuss who we thought was the surprise of the tournament. We then speak about Argentina, Germany and Uruguay's path in this World Cup before discussing that of the finalists, Holland and Spain. 

We end with our World Cup 2010 XI. 

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This week we speak to a returning guest, Raphael Reich who was there in Germany at the time of this World Cup and Muhammad Fadzli and Azmi Danuri from This is Calcio! podcast.   

We learn from Raphael about the atmosphere around the stadium and in Germany during this World Cup and ask Fadzli and Azmi for their memories of this World Cup.   We then find out who they would name as a surprise package in this tournament, analyse the performance of the host nation and look at the big countries that came close and which one disappointed the most. We then look at the journey to the final of Italy and France and name their respective Germany 06 XI. We conclude with Ras sharing his thoughts and the legacy left behind by Italy.   

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This week marks the return of co-host, Resident Young Man, Kelvinpal and we are joined in the show by a Japanese guest, Kimiya Shibazaki and Pathma Raj from the Jom United podcast. 

In the first part, we find out from Shibazaki the reaction of the Japanese public to Japan's first-ever qualification to the 1998 World Cup and then four years, what the build-up was like and the attention the Japanese national team got from the public leading to the 2002 World Cup which they hosted. 

We then find out from Pathma how old he was and what he was doing during this World Cup and from Shibazaki if he caught any matches in the stadium or attended any public appearances or training sessions. 

We then find out who their favourite underdog was in a World Cup of shocks and get Shibazaki to run through Japan's performance in the World Cup. We discuss as well the controversies around South Korea's progress to the semi-final and which of the big teams disappointed them the most. We ask for standout players and discuss the final. 

We end as usual with the World Cup 2002 XI. 

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