Views & Rating for the T&T vs SLV game (12-Aug-09).

[Sam]

Clayton Ince - 9, man of the match and made a save I thought was impossible. Between he legs. NAH !!! that was sweet.

Dennis Lawrence - 6, handle the defence well, but still a little slow on the final toe poke and also takes to long to clear the ball.

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

Radanfah Abu Bakr - 7, excellent center back in the making. Finally a man to replace Andrews.

Silvo Spann - 5, was the weak link in defence, had it been Mexico or USA we would have conceded a lot of goals from Spann side, he gives his marker to much space and get caught out of position to many times. Latapy should have sub Spann and move Edwards to right back and replace Spann with Tinto. Spann is to inconsistent.

Clyde Leon - 6, handle the defensive midfield very well but still needs to work on his distribution.

Christopher Birchall - NR, Didn't make any impact when he came on. But out of the three subs Latas made he was the better one.

Trent Noel - 7, good in midfield and work from the start to finish. He has a good shot, needs to use it more.

Keon Daniel - 5, again, had good runs forward but very inconsistent. He needs to take more shots on goal because he is capable.

Dwight Yorke - NR, Didn't have any impact on the game and look unfit. Time for Yorke to get a club and play regular football or retire.

Carlos Edwards - 7, good free kick, boss first half but faded in the second half a bit.

Cornell Glen - 8, showed class and caused alot of problems for El Salvador when ever he got the ball. Should not have been sub.

Jason Scotland - NR, Is he really premiership quality.

Kenwyne Jones -7, work his socks off but for his size and strength he should be taking more shots on goal. Better game that his last one for T&T but still a rough diamond.

Russell Latapy - 7, he gets rating for the win, made 2 good subs (Yorke & Birchall) even though they didn't make an impact the idea was good just the players didn't improve the game or lift it. Jason Scotland should have never played. Overall, Latapy needs to be better a preparing the team and making tactical changes.

Anyone could have seen El Salvador was using the wing attack all game and they were coming very close to scoring and no adjustment was made. They were attacking on Spann saide the most.

When didn't T&T try to kill of El Salvador. They got comfortable and could have lost the game. We have to much of exprience for that.

We allow El Salvador to control the game and midfield for the entire second half.

On the positive side. Congrats to T&T, we have 3 weeks before we start again (back to back  games) and I await to see if Latapy will do anything positive from here on as far are preparation goes. Remember, we still LAST place.

Even if we win 3 more games we will only have 14 points and the way the other results going, we could still be in trouble even for 4th place.

Costa Rica 12
Honduras 10
USA 10
Mexico 9
El Salvador 5
Trinidad & Tobago 5

[weary1969]

Bakr eh deserve dat 7

[grskywalker]

Jason Scotland - NR, Is he really premiership quality.

I have FAITH in Scotland he only got about 12min in the game but did cause problems. You should be asking the same thing about Jones. At least Scotland rack some goals last season so we know he could score.

I keep saying over and over let Scotland and Glenn start and you would see some real action

[Trini]

Yea, Bakr make some fundamental errors, a man cuss him whole second half, but he also made some big plays in between.

Also, second half, El salv attack almost exclusively down the TT left flank and Willaims get burnt. We have 2 very ordinary wingbacks.
we need Tinto/Edwards on the right, and Jloyd/Avery/Daniel/Hyland/Samuel to control the left.

[weary1969]

Jason Scotland - NR, Is he really premiership quality.

I have FAITH in Scotland he only got about 12min in the game but did cause problems. You should be asking the same thing about Jones. At least Scotland rack some goals last season so we know he could score.

I keep saying over and over let Scotland and Glenn start and you would see some real action

OK Glen and Scotty as we try Glen and KJ.

[Dinner Mints]

At least Scotland rack some goals last season so we know he could score.

The top scorer in the EPL had 19 goals last season. Kenwyne had 12. So Kenwyne also "racked up some goals last season," even though he was out at the start of it.

[Trini _2026]

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

So much ... i hope he does play another game in the hex

[Arimaman]

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

So much ... i hope he does play another game in the hex

I also didn't think he was as bad as some people indicated.  Played well in the first half but clearly he got tired in the second half and was struggling.

[Trini _2026]

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

So much ... i hope he does play another game in the hex

I also didn't think he was as bad as some people indicated.  Played well in the first half but clearly he got tired in the second half and was struggling.

struggling because the exploited him in the second ...

[Mad Scorpion a/k/a Big Bo$$]

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

So much ... i hope he does play another game in the hex

I also didn't think he was as bad as some people indicated.  Played well in the first half but clearly he got tired in the second half and was struggling.

Tired?!!  Nah frankie, de man was not positioned well.  Only difference is he seemed to recover a little better than Spann would on his side.  He often had too much space between him and his mark but he also had little help from Skilla which only served to magnify any errors he made.  As the second half progressed he might have gotten tired since he was the target of ES attackin route.  Honestly I don't think Aklie could look any worse than KW did.

[College]

"Carlos Edwards - 7, good free kick, boss first half but faded in the second half a bit."


I would say Carlos 8.5 ..... yes a boss first half...but the WHOLE team faded in the last 20 mins .. Carlos is clearly our best player and his performance last night was that of a premiership player. Aye, and he crosses was much better last night

[Quags]

Am glad Glen came off ,he was giving it his all ,to much infact he woulda hurt himself or stretch up himself.

[KND2]

Get ready for honduras anything less than 3 pts and we done.

With that cut arse Honduras give Costa Rica it shows they are not going to self destruct. They have good players and now they playing good so real problems.

I cannot see costa rica not getting at least 3-4 more points easy so they are in.

USA will be in, they will beat el salvador in their next game.

Mexico will be in, Azteca will make sure.

Our hopes of coming 4th at least is fading fast.

We will need some divine intervention to pull this one out.

4 wins will do it but to win at Honduras and San Jose and beat Mexico and USA at home is almost impossible for this group.

but hey you never know.

[Jayerson]

As long we have wingers that cannot consistently put in good crosses into the penalty box. Kenwyne will struggle to score for T&T.

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

thanks for the positive vybes


You dont think we know we need a miracle? But at least we have something to hope for ... with thread titles like this it just confirms how much of you lack belief on this forum

When it Done it Done..simple like that...Right now it still there..dont go and f**k up the good vybes today

[Andre]

believe man.

i don't think we could get a top 3 spot but 4th is a possibility.

6 points at home vs. mex and usa and hopefully something on the road.

we done beat honduras in their yard...or was that the ghost of Mickey Trotman?

[GunnerStunner]

impssible is nothing
ONLY is they do thier jobs, we need serious fittness and footballing brain upgrades

[Touches]

Under all kicks...El salvador going and help us.

They ent that shitty and I feel they could take a few points off our opponents.

Once we do the deed in Honduras we go be right back in it.

[Weh-it-is]

Alyuh forget we was in Germany in 06 and we still ent know how we reach dey. We is ah las lap Country.  

An somebody say GOD is ah Trini.

[palos]

It have 4 games left

12 potential points to get.

We could even lorse a game and still end up qualifyin with 14 points.

EVERY TEAM still very much in de runnin in dis Hex.

[Quags]

As long we have wingers that cannot consistently put in good crosses into the penalty box. Kenwyne will struggle to score for T&T.

Song to the tune of WAR by Bob Marley.

[Peong]

Somebody said that Honduras will be without Palacios, Costly and somebody else.
Those players make a big difference.

We could beat them.

[Rodney]

Personnally, if we ever manage to get our Team playing as a cohesive unit defensively, I think we would have a very good chance of qualifying for 2010 (even with our current points tally). Having seen all the sides in the Hex now, none of the teams are spectacularly better than us, we get enough of the ball it's just they get oppertunities through our defensive lapses...and they happen quite often unfortunately. I'm surprised we haven't conceeded more than 3 in a game so far to be honest. We were lucky yesterday but hey...ah win is ah win, on to the next one.

We are yet to give a sound defensive display, there have been competent even good individual performances but I cannot remember a time since 2006 when our back 4/5 genuinely played well as a unit. Considering the experienced players we have I'm amazed at the level of panic that sets in during most games. I suppose it shows the lack of confidence they have in each other. It's not just about having aging players, sometimes poor performances are simply down to a lack of concentration and trust in your teamates ability and decision making. I think our issues are more to do with the later than the former...and those are things that proper preparation can improve. Let's hope we get it....I'm always hopeful.

[STEUPS!!]

It have 4 games left

12 potential points to get.

We could even lorse a game and still end up qualifyin with 14 points.

EVERY TEAM still very much in de runnin in dis Hex.

 

im shocked. palos has something positive to say!!!

thanks 4 d positive vibes palos. 

[weary1969]

LOUDDDDDDDDDD STEUPSSSSSSSSSSSS. It coulda done last nite.

[Weh-it-is]

Somebody said that Honduras will be without Palacios, Costly and somebody else.
Those players make a big difference.

We could beat them.

We almost beat ah country name Sweden in the last WC  like alyuh forget. We beat Bahrain with people pleting we with stone and ting. The ball round and is 11 vs 11.

[arrow]

Pick the right players in the back line, add J Lloyd and Zamora to the mix, set up a small camp in England, have a couple decent warm up games and we're pretty much already in South Africa.  These concacaf teams are nothing special.

[weary1969]

Keston Williams - 6, had a very good match for a debut world cup game, make 2 bad mistakes though that could have cost us. But did very well, better choice so far for left back over Aklie Edwards.

So much ... i hope he does play another game in the hex

I also didn't think he was as bad as some people indicated.  Played well in the first half but clearly he got tired in the second half and was struggling.

struggling because the exploited him in the second ...

Cosign

[2cents]

Carlos was d man of d match on ppv and in my opinion so tha rating wiggin

[Trinidogg]

Keston wasn't really bad but this is the worst team we gonna play in the competition Jlloyd samuel should seal that spot for the rest of games... Carlos was better than a 7...