KD, some of what you say is true, but some of it is inaccurate or even unreasonable.
If you had been at last nights game, you wouldn't have said this: There is no fight, no challenge, no professionalism, no bite. These are teams without a backbone,
We hear so many excuses why people don't come to football, but maybe it's just a Trini thing? Millions of people world wide travel further, pay more money, suffer worse weather to see lower quality football.
We talk about poor marketing, but do we really believe that only 500 people knew about yesterdays cup final? It was in the papers, on the radio, on the TV news, on facebook etc. We gave out 1,000 flyers while we also gave out 1,000 toys. I wonder how many of those grateful parents attended last night? We also had flyers in local shops and bars.
As for coaches having not played in a world cup, how many English League 2, 1 or even Championship coaches have played in a world cup? In fact, how many EPL, Bundesliga, Serie A or La Liga coaches have? Many of the world's best coaches never played football at a high level. (Wenger, Ferguson, Mourinho etc)