论实力，中国队不说。

越南、中国香港、中国台北的实力或许在我国之上，但我国也尚可一战。

虽然国家队近况不佳，但是我仍然对他们有信心，也相信他们绝对有能力进前六。

黄荣岳、吕瑞展都在今年全国赛证明自己是大赛型棋手。

两人和朱永吉都未曾代表过，所谓“初生之犊不怕虎”，我相信他们在不被看好的情况下能够有出乎预料的表现。

两届全国冠军吴宗翰在国际赛事中证明了自己雄厚的实力（06年亚洲团体赛五胜一和）

支持国家队的朋友们不应该因为友谊赛表现差强人意，而对他们失去信心。

Understand that everybody wants the National team to do well.

I feel that no matter what, the players earned their right to represent Singapore.

They produced the results during Quan Guo Sai. Despite much controversy and debate over the lack of number of rounds (seven as compared to the more ideal 9 or 11 or even 13), we should respect that these players earned their right fair and square over seven matches to enter the top four.

If we were to replace some of the players now just because they played poorly in friendly matches, it would prove detrimental to their morale. They have fought hard during quan guo sai to get into the national team.

If they were replaced now, what kind of signal would it send to future aspiring chess players hoping to break into the national team? As it is, the A division is already facing shortage of participants, struggling to get 20 plus players each year. Would graded chess players still be motivated to join the A division in future.

It is true that the national team has underperformed in friendlies, but I believe when Asian cup arrives, the team will be driven by national pride to do well in their home ground.

Just my two cents worth of opinion.