Deeks is right - but Panamanians don't have alternative time-sinks like fete-mad Trinis, it's sad when I hear reports of good T&T players who'd rather lime than take their career seriously.
Which could be why Panama are around 36 on FIFA rankings while T&T is in the 70's. I don't understand why club teams are supposed to dominate teams from nations who our national team can't dominate?
FS, you are an intelligent fella, but you seem to have this self-defeatist kind of attitude and that is uncivilized, as Charles Barkeley would say. Here is why I say this.
A few threads ago you mentioned to me that WConnection is the run away train in the league and that nobody is going to catch them, well, this is what Angus Eve had to say about that recently “We want to finish in the Concacaf Champions League spots (this season),” said Eve who is presently in his second season as head coach of the Stars.
“It’s early days in the league,” added Eve who finished the Stars in a creditable fourth position last season and won the 2012 Toyota Classic.
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There is still time for teams to catch W Connection. I think the stop-start in the season doesn’t help. But I think the mini pre-season that we just had during the Christmas break has helped in strengthening our squad and also to strengthen some of the areas we were a little bit weak in.”
I also metioned the fact that Fenwick and Central FC couldn't beat Police and Caledonia and you stated that Police was playing well, yet, Eve was able to beat Caledonia and Police was assaulted in the first degree by Point, badly.
This is what Eve had to say about the CCL, “We want to finish in the Concacaf Champions League spots (this season), I want a taste of that tournament” said Eve who is presently in his second season as head coach of the Stars. By beating teams they are suppose to beat they seem to be moving in the right direction. See the standings. It would be interesting to see the level of his coaching skills and his team's performance in the CCL. Ironically, when I mentioned the CCL to you, you said I was looking ahead or the CCL was too far ahead, or words to that effect. Really?
To help me understand if it was possible for a club team to dominate nations that it's country's national team couldn't dominate, I decided to do a liitle research to see if that has happened before and this is what I found.
Al Ahly SC:Al Ahly is the most successful club of the 20th century in the African continent according to CAF, closely followed by their rivals Zamalek SC.
As of 2013 Al Ahly is currently the third most successful club in terms of international titles won (17), behind Boca Juniors and A.C. Milan (18). Al Ahly was the first club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup twice following two consecutive appearances in 2005 and 2006 then in 2012 and 2013 winning the Bronze Medal in 2006, becoming the first African club to win a medal in the competition. After qualifying for the 2013 edition, Al Ahly became the team with the most appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, having qualified for 5 times out of 10 competitions.
FIFA Ranking for African National Teams. This may have changed recently but the fact is Egypt is not in the top ten of African nations to make it to the World Cup.I think Cameroon holds the distinction of making it to the World Cup more than any other African nation. Egypt has only been there twice. How can that be? They clearly don"t dominate, by all accounts they have trouble getting there because of the other teams. Yet, Al Ahly as a club team dominates CAF. Really, bro?
1 Côte d'Ivoire
2 Ghana
3 Algeria
4 Zambia
5 Mali
6 Gabon
7 Libya
8 Tunisia
9 Nigeria
10 South Africa
11 Morocco
12 Cape Verde Islands
13 Egypt 14 Guinea
15 Cameroon
And yes Deeks, resources and fan support or the lack thereof, play an important role, and yes the owners should be commended for sustaining, and yes, I would agree that WConnection is the closest thing to resembling a professional team but I don't understand why that club team is not supposed to dominate teams from nations who our national team can't dominate. Clearly, David Williams and WConnection have more resources than most teams, if not all the teams, in Trinidad and Tobago.