Back Passt With Ras

We catch up with Yazid Yasin, a former goalkeeper in the S-League whose career spanned 2 decades from 1996-2014. He shared about his debut for Sembawang Rangers and what it meant for him to play for them, his transfer to their Northern rivals, Woodlands Wellington and winning trophies for Home United and Geylang United. 

He then spoke about the best foreign and Singaporean players he played with in the league and answered questions from fans about the strikers he hated to face, his Best XI and why he didn't get more than 1 international cap for Singapore. 

In the third segment, he spoke about playing in the Singapore Football League 2, two tiers below the professional Singapore Premier League. We concluded the episode chatting about the international goalkeepers that inspired him, his favourite World Cup and the team he supports in the World Cup. 

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This week we speak to the goalkeeper of Balestier Khalsa that has played the most number of minutes between the posts, Hairul Syirhan. We start by looking back at their trip to Terengganu for the friendly against Terengganu FC. He shared with us the travelling experience, what the team got up to in the bus, the hospitality they receive, the facilities and the stadium itself. He ends the segment speaking about the match. 

In the next segment, we find out about how he became a goalkeeper, mental preparation, match preparation and we look ahead to the upcoming match against defending champions, Lion City Sailors.

We end it by speaking about his first break in the S-League and signing for Balestier Khalsa.

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This week we speak to assistant Head Coach, Syed Azmir and co-captain, Darren Teh as we look back at the recent matches, the morale in the team at the moment, the sentiment among the management staff and looking ahead to the next two Singapore Premier League matches. 

We look ahead to the cross-border friendly against Terengganu. How that opportunity came about, what they know about their opponents, what the coaching staff is working on ahead of this friendly and what they are hoping to achieve through this game. 

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We speak to Balestier Khalsa FC's Fitness Coach, Rory Winters revisiting the defeat to Hougang United and the sequence of defeats since Round 2 of fixtures started. 

We then get him to compare the fitness level of players in Singapore and those in Europe, the diet and lifestyle of the players in Singapore, the fitness level of the Balestier players and their motivation to train beyond the club. 

We also find out about his business, Edge Of Box Mentoring and the importance of mental strength and health for footballers. 

In our last topic, we find out about his days representing England as a schoolboy and a fitness consultant for the Premier League. 

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In a continuation of the previous episode, we speak to Real Madrid fan, Dalvin on Real Madrid again this week.

We speak about all the big signings the club made from 2000-2010; the hits and the misses. 

Then we speak about the club's triumphs in this period. We end with Dal's Real Madrid XI vs Europe XI. 

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This week we speak specially to the Balestier Khalsa FC Women head coach, Ratna Suffian and captain, Mastura Jeilani ahead of the start of the Deloitte Women Premier League on Saturday, 28th May 2022. 

We learn about how the squad was brought together and the pre-season training and friendly matches. 

Then we find out about the team's objective for the season, Mastura's personal objectives and the teams they rate as challengers and are looking forward to playing against. 

We end the show speaking about Ratna's start in the S-League, his time at Balestier Khalsa and how he got started with women football. Mastura talks about how she started playing football, her major injuries and life as a mother and footballer. 

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We speak to Real Madrid fan, Dalvin and ex-STAR Sports, FOX Sports and ESPN pundit, Antonio Codinach on Real Madrid this week. 

We touch on the Presidents - Florentino Perez and Ramon Calderon. 

Then we speak about the flop signings, great signings and under-rated players and end it by speaking about the future of the current team. 

Look out for Part 2 where we speak about the big signings known as the Galacticos and the triumphs from the period 2000-2010. 

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We speak to legendary S-League goalkeeper and current Balestier Khalsa goalkeeping coach, Yazid Yasin about the late, narrow defeat to Albirex Niigata and look ahead to the match against Tanjong Pagar United. 

We also try and understand better his goalkeeping coaching methods; how he imparts his experience as a goalkeeper to the keepers that he is training now and the differences as a goalkeeper today compared to when he was playing. 

We had a special message from one of his former team-mates and briefly, he shared about the Lion City Cup 1995 experience, shared his memories of facing Balestier Khalsa as an opponent and what it means to have sons that are now footballers and what advice he has given them. We end the show with a special message from one of his sons. 

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We speak to Ammirul Emmran about what went right, the goals conceded, Delwinder's red card and his personal performance in Balestier Khalsa's previous defeat against Tampines Rovers FC. 

We then look ahead to their preparation for the upcoming match against Albirex Niigata and how the corresponding defeat would serve as a motivation. Finally, we end it by getting him to look back at his Youth Olympic Games adventure and his breakthrough in the S-League. 

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We speak to Gareth Low about how he fell in love with football, where he got his first professional break, his versatility on the pitch, his preferred position, and what he learned from his season in the Singapore Premier League (SPL)/S-League champion with Albirex Niigata Singapore FC. 

We look ahead to Balestier's upcoming match against Tampines Rovers as he shared the team's preparation.  

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