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Man say weeks yes.I meant he missed April 1 by a couple weeks
fitz The title of this thread is misleading .Last few pages I read were only about who black and who white/ who vote for PNM and who didn't. I was under the assumption this thread would be about Jack Warner's sons and their arrest or lack thereof.
I was advise that you should bring the evidence to support you claim.
I beg to differ, fazeer made some good observations, but he was way to cynical.I understand where you coming from, but after watching those games did u get a sense that the team was playing to a specific set of plans? The impression I got was that they were told, get the ball to Kenwyne/Cornell, Kenwyne/Cornell get the ball in the net. Even I could do that. Our team lacked structure, shape, ambition and ideas and sorry but I can't be glad to just continue watching what we are currently trying to pass off as football.
the team lost to puru twice, and any realistic person would not be too surprised by this. the object here was not to win or draw, but to get match practice against strong opposition, and to assess players to see who fits in where and who lack where, i'd much rather lose and have a clear scope on our deficiencies so we could close the gaps and make adjustments, than to win and have a false sense of security.
i say instead of crying we should reach out to the coaches and share our observations, i don't think hutson charles is soooo inaccessible especially to someone like fazeer.
i remember when jack and camps was in charge, we saw a friendly now and again and the coaches were hands off, but since they flew the coop the two federation presidents were very good to the football.
we had four friendlies last yr and this yr we already had four, and heading to the gold cup for the first time in six yrs, what the fack more they want, blood??
IMO it's too late to hire ah new coach, plus we don't have money to do so anyway. i say lets just support the coaches and say thank God we playing football again, be patient, rome was not build in ah doggone day ppl!!
The reason why I brought this up..(and the points about those great coaches are well taken)..is that the game has changed so much over the years.A friend of mine and I were debating what criteria our current coaches use to 1) evaluate players 2) evaluate games played since comments coming from both players and the coach after the last two games indicated that either we were watching two different games or that the analysis of those games were seriously lacking. Do we even scout teams anymore? Granted our budget constraints considered, I'm sure videotapes of our and our opposition games are available. Do we have any coaches locally that are seriously of international caliber?
There is a lot more to coaching these days. Ten years ago til now we saw possession football increase year by year, the number of tackles decreasing, technically gifted players increasing. Italy is not a defensive team anymore ..my point is the game is continually changing.
Traditionally it wasn't too difficult to put a group of good players together and the outcome would either be magic or bust..the coach didn't have to do much the players worked it out on the field.
Nowadays it's different the coach has to have expert knowledge of many fields e.g leadership, management, psychology, and sports science.
Now when you take a player who has been playing most of his life, and he takes a couple coaching courses ,when would he have been able to gain this valuable knowledge in order to be an effective National Coach?
Many of the nonplayer coaches spend a longer time in the 'school of coaching' thus making that coach better qualified for the job. Some of them get masters degree in football.
Now I don't put Shabazz in this category because he hasn't demonstrated that he's up to date with the most current coaching trends.
you can also ask people here about Rafa benitez, Mourhino and others
Could always count on the Mag to keep it real. My 2 cents, since Beenhaker we haven't had many coaches that were given complete control of the football. Having said that, idk that we had the tools to play with at the time, and Latas being a novice coach didnt have the time or maybe know how on how to work around it. International coaching and club coaching is two completely different things.
I don't think is a matter of stealing support, he contributes and has been contributing to this forum for some time, very valuable and interesting stuff too, I don't see the trouble in posting a comment on his site.QuoteHehe. Definitely hope you share that on Wired868 as well
Stop begging for bloggers Lasana. We good right here, yuh moving like Prakash, trying to theif supporters for nothing.
Besides, I would not waste my time, Shabazz and de TTFF will not take any advice from anyone, this is a big pappieshow, all they go say, good idea and give a big round of applause and nothing more.
Act like yuh know nah...
So Pulis could've give the fella ah weekend off, to do some prayers and sacrifices for pan. "Oh Goooorrdddd, music sweet boy", get re-acquainted with family..." Aye, Family, come nah, ah wha talk tuh yuh"...and in true TT culture, excorsise some demons " " yuh feel I cyah wine, lemme see yuh go down so , nah..jump an wave, jump & wave "... So the man could comeback cleansed , at peace, an prepared , to finish the season focused and with a few bangs, under he belt....nah, rush him back to Sidown on bench in the cold...chhheeeuuupppsss
Man getting paid to siddung on the cold bench eh...remember that!! Plus is only man like Yorke and Latas I does see getting away with them thing every year so
When was de last time we had a striker de crowd love?True...We didn't even like Yorke in he prime
Look I learn a new term. Thanks Dinner MintsI now understand why we football so...so much bias from them older heads eh...smh. Them men really was calling for Jorsling???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
Stoke City signed Brek Shea today from MLS FC Dallas for $4 million pounds. Go figure.Tony Pulis real know how to show confidence in his players
. Man was ready to get rid of both Jones and Crouch...smh
Jonesie look like he's headed to villa...as in Aston villa...I know men was thinking villa capri in southReports calling that move unlikely...i feel he staying put until the summer at least
Mourinho already a coaching great at 50
Published: Friday 25 January 2013, 17.50CET
With José Mourinho celebrating his 50th birthday on Saturday, he has already achieved more success than most coaches manage in a lifetime, notably as one of just six to have won the UEFA Champions League twice since its inception in 1992/93.
The 'Special One' can also boast seven domestic titles, four domestic cups and a UEFA Cup – a massive haul made even more spectacular by the fact the Portuguese tactician never played professional football. Interestingly, the only coach to have triumphed more than twice in Europe's top club competition – Liverpool FC's Bob Paisley – had not even led a club in his own right until he was 55.
However, by surveying what those coaches with two UEFA Champions League titles attained during their first half-centuries, UEFA.com learns that the great trainers of the modern age developed at different speeds.
José Mourinho
UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 1
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 7
Domestic cup: 4
It is difficult to picture Europe's football landscape without him, but it is only 11 years since a typically bullish Mourinho announced his arrival in the big time at FC Porto by promising the side would be champions the following year. He did not disappoint; he rarely does. Indeed, he also lifted the UEFA Cup in his first full season with the Dragons, eclipsing that 12 months later when he oversaw UEFA Champions League glory. He moved to Chelsea FC, proclamed himself "the special one" and lived up to that, guiding them to their first English championship in 50 years.
In 2008 it was on to FC Internazionale Milano, where he spoke Italian in his first press conference having "learned it in three weeks". He was soon up to speed on the pitch as well, steering the Nerazzurri to back-to-back titles and, in 2010, the UEFA Champions League, before taking the reins at Real Madrid CF. Could he end FC Barcelona's hegemony? Could he ever. In his second campaign, his team broke all records en route to the Liga title. What next?
Ottmar Hitzfeld
UEFA Champions League: 1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 4 (plus two as player)
Domestic cup: 3 (plus one as player)
Hitzfeld was one of – if not the – most established coaches in Germany by the time he reached his half-century. Having spent the better part of his playing days in Switzerland, where he landed two league titles and a national cup with FC Basel 1893, it was fitting that he lifted his first trophy as a coach in the same country. Starting at second-tier SC Zug in 1983, he immediately won promotion yet then left for rivals FC Aarau, where he collected the Swiss Cup in his debut season.
From 1988 to 1991 he claimed five pieces of domestic silverware with Grasshopper-Club, before taking over struggling Borussia Dortmund in 1991. Dortmund lost the 1993 UEFA Cup final but Hitzfeld directed them to a UEFA Champions League triumph against the Bianconeri in 1997. After a short stint as BVB sporting director, Hitzfeld joined FC Bayern München in 1998 and won the league in his first term – aged 50. Now Switzerland's coach, with a total of seven Bundesliga championships, Hitzfeld's motto is: "Success is not everything, but everything is nothing without success."
Sir Alex Ferguson
UEFA Champions League: 0
European Cup Winners' Cup: 2
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 5
Domestic cup: 1
When he turned 50 in December 1991, Alex Ferguson was not yet a 'Sir' and had still to conquer the English game. He had achieved a phenomenal amount in Scotland before arriving at Manchester United FC in November 1986, aged 45 – witness a second-division title with Saint Mirren FC and three national ones with Aberdeen FC, whom he also inspired to glory in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup. England, however, was a tougher nut to crack, and in December 1989 he looked close to being dismissed: "Three years of excuses and it's still crap... ta-ra Fergie" read a banner displayed at Old Trafford.
Winning the FA Cup in 1989/90 helped ease concerns, and in the 1990/91 Cup Winners' Cup final two Mark Hughes goals earned United a 2-1 victory against Barcelona. The following season's league campaign was once more to end in disappointment, though, and Sir Alex had to wait until he was 51 to pick up the first of his 12 Premier League titles. UEFA Champions League success, meanwhile, did not come until he was 57.
Carlo Ancelotti
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus two European Champion Clubs' Cups as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 1 (plus three as player)
Domestic cup: 1 (plus four as player)
Ancelotti celebrated his 50th birthday in June 2009 a few days after ending his successful spell at AC Milan to sign for Chelsea. He had presided over the Rossoneri's UEFA Champions League triumph of 2003, beating his former side Juventus on penalties in the final, before avenging a painful 2005 defeat by Liverpool FC in the 2007 decider. "We had eight wonderful years together," he said when leaving Milan. "It's not a sad day, just a strange one. Usually when a coach and a club go their separate ways there is conflict, but not in our case. My special relationship with Milan will never change."
The ex-Italy midfielder helped Chelsea do the double during his first term in London and he is now trying to win a league title in a third country with Paris Saint-Germain FC. He went there in December 2011, brought in by sporting director Leonardo, the man who had replaced him as Milan boss in 2009.
Vicente del Bosque (aka the Observer section)
UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 2 (five as player)
Domestic cup: 0 (four as player)
Prior to leading Real Madrid to an eighth European Cup success in his 50th year, 'The Quiet Man' – as Del Bosque is known – had already made his name as an attack-minded midfielder of some repute with the club he joined as a 17-year-old. Del Bosque enjoyed a fruitful career with the Merengues, scoring 27 goals in 335 games while collecting five Liga titles and four Copas del Rey.
As Madrid's youth-team coach, Del Bosque later became famed as something of an 'apagafuegos,' or one who puts out fires, when briefly taking over senior-team duties in 1994 and 1996. He grasped his chance when offered the job full-time soon afterwards, however, and led the side to UEFA Champions League final glory against fellow Liga team Valencia CF in Paris in 2000. Subsequent honours with Madrid have since been overshadowed by his unprecedented exploits at the Spain helm.
Josep Guardiola
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus one European Cup as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0 (one as player)
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 3 (plus six as player)
Domestic cup: 2 (plus two as player)
Like Mourinho, the former Barcelona ball boy has acquired two UEFA Champions League crowns as a coach before his 50th birthday. Unlike his erstwhile rival from Real Madrid, however, Guardiola has another eight years to win a third before beginning his sixth decade.
As a defensive midfielder, 'Pep' first lifted the European Cup as a player with Barça in 1991/92, helping the Blaugrana win six domestic titles before hanging up his boots to take over the club's B team. Handed a shock promotion to senior duties in 2008, replacing Frank Rijkaard, the hierarchy's faith was repaid tenfold when he guided Barcelona to three successive league championships, two UEFA Champions Leagues, a UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA World Club Cup and a Copa del Rey. After taking a year out from the game, he will see if he can work similar wonders at Bayern München when he assumes control in the summer. "Pep is already learning German," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1913040.html
Talk is Kenwyne to Swansea. Replacing Danny Graham. Still a rumor, but a very persistent one. We'll see.