361
Football / Re: On the Jason Nelson issue...Palos
« on: March 24, 2005, 10:04:26 AM »
What level teams are these coaches coaching- panything below professional and National level is not comparing apples to apples?
May 05, 2024, 11:31:59 PM
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
362
Football / Re: On the Jason Nelson issue...Palos
« on: March 24, 2005, 09:57:54 AM »
There are many coaches that I know if faced with the opportunity to see possible talent at such a critical time, would be so focused on prepartion, they would simply say - "for me to give him a good look I would have to arrange to see him at another time." SIn my opinion seeing him three days before a WCQ will focus the coaches attention in the wrong direction if he is really trying to give the kid a good look.
363
Football / Re: ‘Coaches undermining effort’
« on: March 24, 2005, 09:09:21 AM »
Could anyone conceptulize any National Coach outside of our own making such statements. He is in essence the CEO of the National team and is responsible for putting together a team and will implement his agenda as thought it was theie own. And if they can't then he should people with similar skills that will - this sounds like a recipe for failure.
364
Football / Re: My Team for Saturday
« on: March 23, 2005, 05:43:27 PM »
Forgot to mention the team should be Angus Eve and ten others.
365
Football / Re: My Team for Saturday
« on: March 23, 2005, 05:29:40 PM »
Because of the problems we have been having in defense, our culture and the opponents style, we should play a 4-2-3-1 formation.
A flat back four, with two defensive midfielders in front of the to center backs, with midfielders in the middle and one forward. We should plan a containing game, defending with 11 players at all times - with our wing backs free to move up and down the line. That way we can have as much as six players in the box on attack and at least four in the middle on defense in case of a counter.
There must be a lot of emphasis placed on keeping the ball.
A flat back four, with two defensive midfielders in front of the to center backs, with midfielders in the middle and one forward. We should plan a containing game, defending with 11 players at all times - with our wing backs free to move up and down the line. That way we can have as much as six players in the box on attack and at least four in the middle on defense in case of a counter.
There must be a lot of emphasis placed on keeping the ball.
366
Football / Re: My Team for Saturday
« on: March 23, 2005, 08:22:35 AM »
AlbertaTrini:
Your approach sounds good, but you cannot get there in four days with a program that is building from the top down. Try building a structure/house that way and see how much conviction and pride you will have about what purpose your efforts will serve. And how positive you will be about it's cohesiveness and whether or not you will build it successfully?
Your approach sounds good, but you cannot get there in four days with a program that is building from the top down. Try building a structure/house that way and see how much conviction and pride you will have about what purpose your efforts will serve. And how positive you will be about it's cohesiveness and whether or not you will build it successfully?
367
Football / Re: Silverbacks To Take On Trinidad & Tobago National Squad
« on: March 22, 2005, 08:21:13 PM »
VERY FUNNY - YOUR QUESTION IS MAKING ME LAUGH.
368
Football / Re: Silverbacks To Take On Trinidad & Tobago National Squad
« on: March 22, 2005, 06:48:24 PM »
WHAT IS EVEN MORE DISGRACEFUL IS THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT PLAY A MEANINGFUL FRIENDLY SINCE THE USA GAME PRIOR TO THE WCQ THIS WEEKEND. WHAT DOES THIS GAME (T&T VS. ATLANTA SILVERBACKS) DO TO OUR IMAGE AS A NATIONAL TEAM? YOU ALL WOULD EVEN MORE DISTURBED IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE GAME AGAINST HONDURAS WAS CANCELLED.
369
Football / Re: Silverbacks To Take On Trinidad & Tobago National Squad
« on: March 22, 2005, 06:34:11 PM »
I HEARD STERN'S GOAL WAS A VERY GOOD ONE.
370
Football / Re: Silverbacks To Take On Trinidad & Tobago National Squad
« on: March 22, 2005, 06:31:31 PM »
FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WHO WAS AT THE GAME.
371
Football / Re: Silverbacks To Take On Trinidad & Tobago National Squad
« on: March 22, 2005, 06:15:03 PM »
WE WON 2-1, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT.
372
Football / Re: Luxemburgo on borrowed time
« on: March 22, 2005, 01:47:12 PM »
In my opinion the decision that hurt the team the most was his failure to respect Claude M... enough to increase his salary commensurate when his performance and resign him.
373
Football / Re: U.S. prepares for Mexico
« on: March 22, 2005, 07:38:31 AM »
Truetrini: WHAT IS THAT BASED ON?
375
Football / T&T Prepares: To Win or Lose?
« on: March 22, 2005, 07:17:56 AM »
It was was written in the Guardian this morning that T&T will play the A-League team Atlanta Silverbacks in preparation for the WCQ this weekend. When one compares the friendlies that other nations play in preparation for competition, against what we do in preparation for the same competitions - one must ask are we preparing for success or failure? As a Trini I cannot subscribe to the tenants of blind patriotism. In our attempt to qualify for the Youth WC our preparations were lacking and the results reflected as much starting with a six, one loss to the USA.
376
Football / Re: Is T&T's UK obsession good for its players?
« on: March 22, 2005, 06:56:53 AM »
In my very first posting "Trinidad vs USA - More of the same" I pointed out that sending our players to England, Wales, USA, Scotland and Asia was having no positive effect on our football. And I agree with the author of the article that there are other options. I would point out again though that Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico are better options for our young talent to begin theie carrers. Some would make the money arguement, but I guarantee the money will come in abundance if you are a well deveoloped player with a winning culture and attitude.
377
Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 02:28:41 PM »
They do not need a travel agent, they need good managers and thinkers - that we can offer.
378
Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 01:48:11 PM »
I worked with teams from UK, Mexico and other countries that have players that played in the WC and none of the requested to travel first class. It seems as though we are justifying spending money badly, the problem I suspect is bad planning.
379
Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 01:23:05 PM »
That means we and spending 2400USD person (30) to travel to miami? This should cost no more thirty thousand (30,000USD) including the guys comming out of the UK.
380
Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 12:50:56 PM »
Following is what they said “Just the mini-camp for the team in Miami this week will cost $1 million, while the cost of tickets is $450,000. They did not mention the game.
381
Football / Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 12:41:17 PM »
Why is it costing us 450,000.00TT (72000USD) for airfare to miami, is the whole country travelling?
382
Football / Re: Football: Germany or bust
« on: March 09, 2005, 04:40:57 PM »
"And if the little magician, Latapy, is offering his services as a coach, we should welcome that. He will bring fresh ideas. After all, he is the only person to represent T&T from a tender age to adulthood and was captain of the team at each stage. I do not know anybody else in the world who has such a track record."
Pele also served his country for 22 years.
Pele also served his country for 22 years.
383
Football / Trinidad vs. USA - More of the same?
« on: March 09, 2005, 02:31:46 PM »
Please note the following was written before the game!
Last Thursday we all woke up to two very interesting headlines as it relates to football in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), "Dwight York is back" and "Bring back David Nakhid". Both headlines ignited a lot of discussion among Trinidadians all around the world, as to whether or not football in T&T is heading in the right direction - which ultimately led to this response. The individuals debating this topic are all supporters of our national teams, some of them ex-national players, whose only desire to see T&T participate at the highest level in football. But that desire raises the question, have the people responsible for football in T&T done everything possible over the last four years to ensure our qualification to the 2006 World Cup (WC).
As I read both articles it became apparent that the recent performance of the national team has caused panic among the T&T coaching staff. Hence the "knee jerk" reaction of adding the individuals in question to the roster without considering the impact it would have both short and long term, on the players that will be sacrificed, but more importantly the impact it would have on the game itself. As Dwight is allowed to return, play and even be captain, what message would that send to our young players as it relates to what is acceptable behaviour. While these comments are not intended to pass judgment on neither David nor Dwight, it is difficult for one to discern why it is that the coaching staff would introduce both players as members of the team six days before such an important game (with Dwight only being available five days before). It must also be mentioned that both individuals have not been playing at this level for more than six months. It leaves one to question, whether or not we would be having this discussion if the teams' performance in the Digicel Cup and more recently against Haiti were up to par. This introduction can only serve to do more harm than good because of the timing and the fact that both players may not even be close to the type of fitness that is required to compete successfully at this level. One immediate consequence is the addition of a third friendly against Haiti, that will conclude less than seventy-two (72) hours before such an important game - apparently to accommodate these individuals at the expense of the entire team.
Our opponent, the United States (US) started preparing for this game four years ago, hence the reason they would most likely earn three points from the game. For those of you who do not like the previous statement - the truth is often painful. To put in context, recently, T&T U-20 team participated in the youth WC qualifiers and lost 6-1 to the United States and subsequently lost the other two games to Costa Rica and Panama. In preparation for that tournament the United States played more than twenty (20) friendly internationals against teams from around the globe, to included South America and Europe. Our national team in preparation for the same tournament played a couple of games against Cuba, and a couple of games against youth teams here in Trinidad. I mention this only to highlight that the problem would not be solved by desperately introducing David and/or Dwight at this critical juncture, but a more thorough look at our culture and how it is affecting our ability to compete successfully in top flight football, along with developing a serious long term plan starting with the development of young players.
Currently our young players are being shipped to countries such as England, Scotland, Wales, America and Japan to play professional football. None of the countries mentioned above have enjoyed success in recent history, yet we continue to send our young players to those countries. Now, who benefits from this? Some would argue that the agents luring these guys off to play second and third division football in some of the countries mentioned above are the sole beneficiaries. As a country, are we benefiting from this? Are our players being properly developed as they ply their trade in some of the countries mentioned above, are they being equipped with the tools that allows them to return and compete for this country successfully? I think we all know the answer to that, we have more players today than any other time in our history playing professional football overseas and we are unable to establish ourselves as a force to be reckoned with in international football. In my humble opinion, we have two areas in which we need to focus on inorder to develop our young talent so that we can start qualifying for the youth World Cups, which would serve as a foundation for the senior team to qualify for the WC eventually. First, we need to invest hard dollars in the development of football (Mr. Warner cannot do it alone), and we need to have our young talent play professionally in countries such as Argentina and Brazil so that they can truly learn the game of football and develop a culture about the game that is conducive to winning - second and third division in England and Scotland for example, is not the same as second and third division in Brazil and/or Argentina.
Finally, it was a little disconcerting to read in one of the articles mentioned above, again six days before such an important game, the following comparison made between David and the existing players. "When I saw David play recently his touch was very clean much more cleaner than any of the others. Nakhid had matched and surpassed all of the midfielders in the current squad." The previous comments could serve as a de-motivator to a team that appears to be trying their utmost best under what seems to be difficult circumstances. Most of us really hope that we can qualify for the 2006 WC; however, my fear is that if we do qualify, we would begin to believe that we had it right all the time.
GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAM, WE ARE ALL WATCHING!
Last Thursday we all woke up to two very interesting headlines as it relates to football in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), "Dwight York is back" and "Bring back David Nakhid". Both headlines ignited a lot of discussion among Trinidadians all around the world, as to whether or not football in T&T is heading in the right direction - which ultimately led to this response. The individuals debating this topic are all supporters of our national teams, some of them ex-national players, whose only desire to see T&T participate at the highest level in football. But that desire raises the question, have the people responsible for football in T&T done everything possible over the last four years to ensure our qualification to the 2006 World Cup (WC).
As I read both articles it became apparent that the recent performance of the national team has caused panic among the T&T coaching staff. Hence the "knee jerk" reaction of adding the individuals in question to the roster without considering the impact it would have both short and long term, on the players that will be sacrificed, but more importantly the impact it would have on the game itself. As Dwight is allowed to return, play and even be captain, what message would that send to our young players as it relates to what is acceptable behaviour. While these comments are not intended to pass judgment on neither David nor Dwight, it is difficult for one to discern why it is that the coaching staff would introduce both players as members of the team six days before such an important game (with Dwight only being available five days before). It must also be mentioned that both individuals have not been playing at this level for more than six months. It leaves one to question, whether or not we would be having this discussion if the teams' performance in the Digicel Cup and more recently against Haiti were up to par. This introduction can only serve to do more harm than good because of the timing and the fact that both players may not even be close to the type of fitness that is required to compete successfully at this level. One immediate consequence is the addition of a third friendly against Haiti, that will conclude less than seventy-two (72) hours before such an important game - apparently to accommodate these individuals at the expense of the entire team.
Our opponent, the United States (US) started preparing for this game four years ago, hence the reason they would most likely earn three points from the game. For those of you who do not like the previous statement - the truth is often painful. To put in context, recently, T&T U-20 team participated in the youth WC qualifiers and lost 6-1 to the United States and subsequently lost the other two games to Costa Rica and Panama. In preparation for that tournament the United States played more than twenty (20) friendly internationals against teams from around the globe, to included South America and Europe. Our national team in preparation for the same tournament played a couple of games against Cuba, and a couple of games against youth teams here in Trinidad. I mention this only to highlight that the problem would not be solved by desperately introducing David and/or Dwight at this critical juncture, but a more thorough look at our culture and how it is affecting our ability to compete successfully in top flight football, along with developing a serious long term plan starting with the development of young players.
Currently our young players are being shipped to countries such as England, Scotland, Wales, America and Japan to play professional football. None of the countries mentioned above have enjoyed success in recent history, yet we continue to send our young players to those countries. Now, who benefits from this? Some would argue that the agents luring these guys off to play second and third division football in some of the countries mentioned above are the sole beneficiaries. As a country, are we benefiting from this? Are our players being properly developed as they ply their trade in some of the countries mentioned above, are they being equipped with the tools that allows them to return and compete for this country successfully? I think we all know the answer to that, we have more players today than any other time in our history playing professional football overseas and we are unable to establish ourselves as a force to be reckoned with in international football. In my humble opinion, we have two areas in which we need to focus on inorder to develop our young talent so that we can start qualifying for the youth World Cups, which would serve as a foundation for the senior team to qualify for the WC eventually. First, we need to invest hard dollars in the development of football (Mr. Warner cannot do it alone), and we need to have our young talent play professionally in countries such as Argentina and Brazil so that they can truly learn the game of football and develop a culture about the game that is conducive to winning - second and third division in England and Scotland for example, is not the same as second and third division in Brazil and/or Argentina.
Finally, it was a little disconcerting to read in one of the articles mentioned above, again six days before such an important game, the following comparison made between David and the existing players. "When I saw David play recently his touch was very clean much more cleaner than any of the others. Nakhid had matched and surpassed all of the midfielders in the current squad." The previous comments could serve as a de-motivator to a team that appears to be trying their utmost best under what seems to be difficult circumstances. Most of us really hope that we can qualify for the 2006 WC; however, my fear is that if we do qualify, we would begin to believe that we had it right all the time.
GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAM, WE ARE ALL WATCHING!