ARE WE READY FOR THE TRUTH?
Let us be honest about the game last Saturday. The team played like secondary school boys. The structure of play was wanting. It seemed as if the only planned build up was for Avery John to distribute to Latapy, latas would then somehow elude his markers and distribute to either Dwight or Stern; However the markers for latas were on target and they did frustrate the little magician to the point where the coach felt that it was best to substitute him --- BIG MISTAKE
---- Even if latas was marked off or even tired, the Bahrain game was centered on him (latas) & Stern John... All that was needed was to switch the structure of the game from being Latas, Dwight and Stern focused from a warrior perspective but let the Bahraini keep their focus there. Once they keep focusing on the trio that simply means we would have more freedom in other areas which should have been effectively utilized------ Immediately when Jones was introduced we saw the Bahraini team being a bit confused because this went against their game plan however their adjustment came in.
:oIndividual Bahrainis are not skillful as the warriors however their play was strategically planned and we fell victim. The hard fact is that the Bahraini team is simply not a good team. Their players can hardly even shoot at goal. Did we notice how much shots went zooming over-bar?
If Avery John is to continue he need to buck up and stop giving away easy balls Also, I can’t understand why Mr Spann was allowed to continue playing……. It was nice to see Dwight back up front. Birchall is good right where he is, he has proven that he is not afraid to attack from outside…. This is a great plus for the team. Jason Scotland was disappointing.
Overall, I have argued (everyone disagrees with me) that the team is playing no better than when coach St Clair was dismissed.
The reference is always drawn to the Mexico game and how good we looked then --- I tell my friends that Mexico did not play when they came to Trinidad. The saving grace for the team post St Clair was Latas. The arrival of the little magician against Guatemala was most instrumental in the team’s progress not Bennhacker.
Nevertheless I am not a supporter of the current coach although I believe he is a very good coach for European style football NOT SOCA FOOTBALL-- I know most people disagree with me but I would say employ Russell Latapy or David Nakhid for the job and stop the habit of firing coaches on the doorstep of success. We have the technology available-- are we saying that we do not have the minds..........?