17 ordspråk av Kevin Palmer
Kevin Palmer
Boy, do we need him. We've had to make a lot of substitutions with him out.
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Compared to countries in the region, Singapore has a very sophisticated dengue prevention system so when ... infections keep rising it's hard to tell what the problem is.
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He was pretty tough. He did a fantastic job of keeping us at bay, and they put it together when it counted.
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I can't wait to play them again. We'll see them two more times, and I think they'll be some real barn-burners. We'll be ready for them when we play them in the league.
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I liked the way he didn't just talk Xs and Os. He talked a lot about preparation, organization and delegation -- things that, with me just becoming a head coach, I needed to hear.
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It is hard to understand because in the past, Singapore has had a very sophisticated dengue surveillance and prevention system,
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It just seemed to all come together this time,
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It raises awareness of our priorities. It reminds us that when we chant, 'We are a family,' in the huddle, we really mean it.
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It's a city. It has a well-organized health-care system and a preventive system, ... It should kick it when it has an outbreak. There's something missing when the cases go very high.
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Singapore is unique and known worldwide for its dengue control measures. It shouldn't be having this outbreak, but the number of cases is really shooting up there,
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The high number of cases is very hard to explain.
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The rain was a little bit late. There was a lot of it. The temperatures have been higher than normal. So we got a lot of extra mosquitoes, a lot of extra transmissions. It all made a nice combination and blew the top.
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The rising number of cases and deaths indicates that something may have happened to that system whereby some breeding places have gone unnoticed and therefore uncontrolled,
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We definitely feel like we should have won that game.
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We had a couple of mental breakdowns. My guys have been working out so hard. ... They were really excited to see a new team, and they kind of had some mental gaps. But they were intense, and I like that.
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