Yuh cant fault men for wanting to play on the biggest stage! But i am a bit annoyed that some fellaz feel they could add something tuh we team just so, all of a sudden!!
ah cyar love dat!!
I truly don't understand why all the animosity is directed to these players who want to come on board.
All de time we scruntin. Sam and Triniman tired post a setta long list about players who playin outside de country, who should get call up, who playin in US, UK etc
Jes up to de beginnin of dis year, most players would not want anyting to do with playing for T&T..including the ones who did end up playing. Why? Mainly because of our shoddy way of doing things, the scant respect shown to our players, and the corruption & ineptitude within the TTFF.
EVERYBODY and dey muddah on dis board CUSS DE TTFF, Jack Warner etc fuh f**kin up we football. So who really would want to come and travel a setta miles, pay yuh own way, without insurance for the most part, cyah even get water and a snack after practice where de national coach end up havin to go and buy ting out he own pocket fuh players, get pick and without even doin anyting wrong, doh get a nex call...not even a word of thanks, and runnin de risk of not gettin back yuh spot on yuh club tea, because yuh went and play fuh T&T?
Is DAT what it takes to be considered a REAL Trini? To get abuse? Allyuh tink if Birchall had was to pay he own way to come and play fuh we or didn't get no insurance he was comin anywhere? Allyuh get REAL nah!
Now we have the OPPORTUNITY to change in a very REAL way, the perceptions of T&T football..not JUST on the playing field, but more importantly, off of it. It is no different in my mind to the ex patriates who live outside who love T&T and keep up the culture etc but not comin back home to scrunt and/or deal wit some a de dotishness dat does be goin on home.
As far as I concerned, the TTFF put out a call for all ELIGIBLE Trinbagonians who FEEL they can contribute to the WC effort on the field of play. I feel it is right and proper to do so because a country as small as ours need to MAXIMIZE ALL OF OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. 95% of dem who feel they could contribute in all likelihood would NOT be able to make the team.
I REALLY watch Zamora in de West Ham game last Saturday fuh de first time. Before dat was lil highlights but first time for 90 minutes. in my opinion, he brings nothing to the plate that is anything more than Stern John, Jason Scotland or Kenwyne Jones. In my opinion, he cannot make our team but if he is ELIGIBLE, he has EVERY RIGHT to try out.
Yes...the WC is the big carrot, it is every footballer's dream to play in that tournament. But how we and by we I mean the TTFF, conduct ourselves with regard to creating an environment where players WANT to come and play for T&T down the road and not just at WC time is going to be VERY IMPORTANT.
I doh know bout allyuh, but simply making the WC, as great an achievement as that is, is not in and of itself going to cut it for me. I want to see us in future world cups AT ALL LEVELS. This is but one step in the realization of that overall vision. I cannot be certain that the TTFF is thinking the same way, but I sincerely hope they do for the benefit of Trinbagonians EVERYWHERE, no matter where they are located. Some a allyuh who livin outside, imagine if was allyuh chile who was interested in comin back to play fuh T&T and have to deal wit dis setta talk. How allyuh woulda feel fuh ALLYUH CHILE?