Why surprised that Look Loy says Pfister should not be kept on? Pfister's project was never to develop TNT football or even the senior men's team over the long term. It was always to qualify the team for Brasil 2014. That has not been achieved and now he must be replaced. The immediate priority must be the resolution of the TTFF's politics and leadership question, however. Without a new, capable leadership, any new coach would be constrained by the same old nonsense that undermines all TTFF initiatives.
And this is what's destroying T&T football, instant gratification!
so let me get this straight, we fire the coach, and then we park the team in ah ole garage until the degicel cup, then we bring it back out , give it ah wash and ah vacuum, bring in ah new mechanic tuh tune up the engine, and is back on the race track with cars that's been active and overhauled regularly and running while we were parked in some old garage until is time tuh race again?
that is why we not doing well @ football in the region, bc we don't have our priorities straight! this coach is the 4th coach in 5 yrs! now if that isn't counter productive then i don't know what iz!
i understand what yuh saying bro, but that quick fix mentality in football has to stop! this is what's killing the boys! imagine having 6 or 7 different philosophies in yuh head on how to play football, how does that work exactly?
take forinstance the US mens team, they had two coaches in 7 yrs, both coaches took them to a WC, and every time they change a coach it was way before the other campaign started, and that coach takes them right through the campaign.
they recently fired bradly bc they thought it was time to raise the bar, not bc they were afraid that bradley couldn't take them to another WC.
they want to compete on ah higher level, and instill ah more efficient philosophy on their players! which includes player development, better ball handling and creativity, together with technical and tactical development, and for this reason alone, the US would never suffer the pain and gripes we do!
they know ah system by heart, they studied it, it grew on them and they can play it with their eyes closed, ask our boys, what system do they play, and they can even identify it? that's bc over the past 15 yrs it's about 10 philosophies /systems they've had put down their throats, together with ah new national team every 2 yrs, so no cohesion, no basic system, and no continuity, and we wonder why we failing so much!
what T&T needs to do is......... and i'm being unrealistic here but practical. get with ah good foreign whiteman coach for the next 7 yrs! yes i said it! and equally ah good technical director, and yes we have the fackin money tuh do so!
we also need tuh have ah core of @ least 40 players learning ah system under this great coach, not no fackin local xenophobe! ah real tech minded stalwart in the know coach, that's if we decide to rid our selves of pfister (which i'm totally against), but be it as it may,
if they decide to axe pfister, i would like to see a new coach as soon as january! and i repeat! not no local donkey either ! but ah fackin over qualified coach from europe with all his badges from A-Z.
i'd like to see this coach and TD work hand in hand with the TTpro league and the under 20 team to help raise the level of play on the islands. this work in progress should continue for @ least the next five yrs, implementing his system and a team that can identify this system with their eyes closed!
i would also like to see the team up and running as soon as january, no time for pitty parties, just like england did when they failed to make the euro in 2008, they got off the ground as soon as possible and went and got ah strong coach and immediately started competing.
yes folks, this is how big name footballing countries do it, they put their money and hearts where their mouths is, and if we want tuh be amongst the elite, then we have tuh start thinking as such!
which means, no mo quick fixes, go out and spend the fackin money, get serious help, play ah friendly every fifa break, and build ah solid structure so that the grenadas, the bermudas, and guyanas, would not stand ah snow balls chance in hell of coming up to such ah structure, but if we want tuh keep building straw houses, then go on right ahead, we all see where that does get us!
this is real folks, if we want bragging rights, then we need tuh put in the time, money and 100% effort! this is what the USMNT does, the english team, and all the successful footballing nations around the world.
we also need tuh revamp this pro league! smaller community fields like what they have in the english conference league, needs to be implemented. forget ato, manny and larry gomes stadiums, we need smaller intimate venues to encourage community support like back in the old days.
i believe this would bring the sponsors on board, just like community steelbands did, but ppl this is what is needed to go forward. i can't believe no one in T&T couldn't sit down and have this discussion, my god! how the rass these ppl expect to move forward??!! are they that bloody clueless.
BTW, i glad guyana beat us, we reap what we sow. fuh five yrs them men eh plant ah crop, but they expect tuh pick fruits in the harvest ? that is utta madness! how out of it could these ppl possibly be? positive.