Kerry Baptiste signs with League Champions Joe Public.

[Bally]

Kerry Baptiste signs with League Champions Joe Public.
By: Randy Bando (ttproleague).

CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh and Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Kerry Baptiste has joined the 2006 League Champions B Mobile Joe Public on a two year contract.
The national midfielder was sent job-hunting by Coach Terry Fenwick of the San Juan based Club after the 2006 season although he was contracted until the end of 2007.
Fenwick told ‘ttproleague.com’, “It was solely my decision to offer Kerry the option of seeking opportunities outside of Jabloteh. Kerry is absolutely a great passer of the ball, but we have younger guys at the Club who are now coming forward.”
Baptiste who captained Jabloteh for more than half the 2006 season told ‘ttproleague.com’, “I have joined Joe Public and it’s great to be reunited with players such as Dale Saunders a former Jabloteh player, and national teammates Lyndon Andrews, Arnold Dwarika and Gary Glasgow which was one of my reasons for joining the Club,” he said.
The 25 year old father to be is now promising trophies for his new club the ‘Eastern Lions’.
“I am now looking forward to a great season with Joe Public. I always try and bring an input forward and now I am going to help Joe Public win titles.”
“I am expecting my first child this year and this is my motivation to having my greatest season as a footballer,” ended the national player.
Technical Director of Macoya based Club, Keith Look Loy speaking with ‘ttproleague.com’ confirmed the two year signing of the national midfielder.
“Kerry approached us after Jabloteh advised him to seek another Club and we have decided to sign him on a two year contract.”
“We have already signed an agreement with Jabloteh on a free transfer of Kerry. In the agreement Jabloteh can also get a free transfer of such a quality player from Joe Public once agreed upon by both Clubs,” confirmed Look Loy.
The Technical Director also believes that Kerry Baptiste is a significant addition to his Club saying, “Kerry is an important addition to us. He is a very ambitious player and can be very vital for us. He can fit in well in the middle of the field just as he did for Jabloteh, even on the flanks like what we saw in the Digicel Caribbean Cup with the national team. He is also a player that can contribute with goals and this will be good for us,” ended the Joe Public Technical Director.

[maxg]

25 and too old ? wha is the next story, it mus have ah next one!

[dreamer]

Something is not adding up as Kerry is one of the hottest local based talents and is a certainty for 2010 as duplicate for Carlos Edwards. He has potentialy high resale value that is expected to significantly go up after the Gold Cup. What on earth is going on? Fenwick needs his head checked. It could be a fight over money. Maybe Jackula offered money that Jabloteh could not compete with. Could also be that Theobald is about to go Austria and the glue in the team is unraveling and the incenrtive for Kerry to stay is gone. Either that or Jackula has some blackmailing hold on his career with Gold Cup group selection tomorrow hovering over his head.

One thing I know from the I95.5 FM interview, is that Kerry's top priority is to get on the World Cup qualifier team so he wil have to do what he has to do.

[Trini _2026]

Something is not adding up as Kerry is one of the hottest local based talents and is a certainty for 2010 as duplicate for Carlos Edwards. He has potentialy high resale value that is expected to significantly go up after the Gold Cup. What on earth is going on? Fenwick needs his head checked. It could be a fight over money. Maybe Jackula offered money that Jabloteh could not compete with. Could also be that Theobald is about to go Austria and the glue in the team is unraveling and the incenrtive for Kerry to stay is gone. Either that or Jackula has some blackmailing hold on his career with Gold Cup group selection tomorrow hovering over his head.

before yuh start talking about VALUE GOING UP AFTER GOLD  just remember he has to make the squad  become  a starter and perform damm welll..............

[dreamer]

Doh worry yuhself triniman, unless some unforeseen calamity happens, de man is guaranteed   a pick as he has the stuff, and not only that, he can be perfectly fitted into the national team strategy.

[Bourbon]

Ent Kerry Baptiste was one of the Jabloteh players that TTFF force fenwick to allow to play in the digicel cup? It have more in the mortar than the pestle.

[dreamer]

Ent Kerry Baptiste was one of the Jabloteh players that TTFF force fenwick to allow to play in the digicel cup? It have more in the mortar than the pestle.

Yeah, and who force Kerry to play while Cyd (from de same team) geh blanked...and who is and is not on the warrior lawsuit ?.....

[Fyzoman]

yuh see how ah could rely on allyuh fellahs to-kinda-clarify thing for me......when ah read de headline ah thought was just ah regular transfer, then when ah read wha fenwick say, ah say well ok, de man want youngsters-not realizing kerry is only 25!!!! and like ah man say, SURE to make de gold cup side, so then ah realize fenwick just hitting we a 'spin' wid da explanation.....and by de way, who is dem youngsters dat kerry make way for, some ah dem fellahs who play for TnT against the US and Costa Rica and Jamaica in da last U-20 tornament......oh wait, we didn't make da tournament, it was St. Kitts!!!!!

[doc]

Baptiste didn't feature in the Champions cup games that followed the digicel cup. Was all this set in motion by then? I don't recall any questions asked about his exclusion, nor any explanation given.