New Straits Times, 10 Jan 2012LIONSXII and Malaysian Super League football. It's an open invitation to sarcasm -- just like mini-buses and traffic jams. Or tongkat ali and teh tarik. Cynics are greatly amused as to why the Singapore team is calling itself LionsXII. Why can't they be like everybody else in 11-a-side football such as Tamil Youth Bell Club XI or Sri Manjung XI?
Who could be the "12th man" in LionsXII, some Malaysians are asking, and then cheekily suggest that the extra one could be the referee. Full story
