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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Tallman on April 02, 2005, 03:01:01 PM
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Beenhakker arrives on Monday, Latapy ready to exploit passion.
By: Shaun Fuentes, TTFF Press Officer.[/size]
Newly appointed Trinidad and Tobago head coach Leo Beenhakker is scheduled to arrive in this country on Monday evening from the Netherlands for a four-day stay during which he will meet with local officials and players and take care of initial arrangements for his tenure with the National Football Team.
Beenhakker, the former Netherlands, Real Madrid and Ajax coach will meet with Special Adviser to the TTFF, Jack Warner and other members of the TTFF Executive and Technical Advisory Committee as well as visit some of the facilities in the country before returning to the Netherlands on Thursday.
Meantime, the TTFF wishes to advise that there is no truth to an article in the UK Daily Mirror on Saturday which stated that Ron Atkinson was the man initially appointed as head coach before a being stripped of the job.
“Ron Atkinson was offered a new job as coach of the Trinidad and Tobago football team yesterday - then stripped of the position after a furious players' revolt.
Delighted team chiefs - who had ruled out ex-Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan as too expensive - called the squad together yesterday to announce their new appointment. After a stunned silence, one senior player screamed: "You have got to be f***ing mad! You are joking me! I am not playing for Ron Atkinson. I don't care what anybody says, he's a racist."
Other members of the squad - which includes ex-Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke, Portsmouth keeper Shaka Hislop and Southampton's Kenwyne Jones - stormed out of the meeting. They warned they would quit the side if he was made boss. The meeting was called at 2pm. The vicious backlash left the embarrassed Trinidad FA with no option but to withdraw the offer to Atkinson - which had already been signed and sealed, subject to conditions,” The Mirror report stated.
The TTFF did have Atkinson on a shortlist of coaches and this was mentioned to the players during a meeting at the Crowne Plaza on Thursday morning but no word of his official appointment was given. Following further talks, Atkinson and other names were then taken off the list as it was agreed that Beenhakker was the best man for the position. This decision was then well received by the players.
Beenhakker has worked as coach for Feyenoord, Ajax, Real Zaragoza, Volendam, Real Madrid, Grasshoppers, America (Mexico), Istanbulspor, Guadalajara and Vitesse Arnhem. In 1985, 1986 and 1990 he was Dutch national coach and guided the Saudi Arabian national team between 1993 and 1994.
The Dutchman has won six national titles in his coaching career, two with Ajax, three with Real Madrid and the last, with Feyenoord, in 1999.
With Beenhakker scheduled to come in on Monday, newly appointed Assistant Coach Russell Latapy has indicated that he should be in the country within the next two weeks.
“Latas” beat five players before slotting home in Fakirk’s 3-0 win over St Johnstone on Saturday and is likely to see his team clinch promotion into the Scottish Premier League by next weekend.
“I am grateful for having this opportunity now to come back and exploit this passion that I have for the game by working with the Trinidad and Tobago team in a positive way,” Latapy told TTFF Media.
“I think it’s the best time and way for me to impart my knowledge and I have no doubt that we can pull this off once everything is well orchestrated and the team can rise to the call. I am really looking forward to this challenge,” Latapy said.
In another interview published on the Falkirk website, Latapy said the invitation to become assistant coach came out of nowhere and he will leave options open at Falkirk.
”This offer came out of the blue. I receive e-mails every day from back home, asking me to come back and help my country out. I love it here at Falkirk, and would not have given any other job any consideration at all. I will stay here until we have completed our season, and hopefully see the Club back in the SPL. Depending on the results in the three vital qualifiers in June and July, I will make a decision then. If it is a return to Falkirk, I will be delighted because I love the Club and have made many new friends here.”
He added to TTFF Media: “I have confidence that we can work to a plan and come up with the sort of results that we are looking for to take us through the rest of the campaign”
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Palos, which one yuh think is true. The Daily Mirror report or Shaun Fuentes?
Also it looks like Jahyouth could stop sending Latas emails now.
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Palos, which one yuh think is true. The Daily Mirror report or Shaun Fuentes?
Also it looks like Jahyouth could stop sending Latas emails now.
Breds....is TTFF we talkin bout. I eh know if de Mirror report COMPLETELY accurate, but if it not..I eh think it far off.
What is not in dispute is dat TTFF did have Atkinson as a option. Dey present dey options to de team and dey obviously went fuh Beenhakker. How it all went down is a matter of conjecture.
I must say it was very good to get the players involved in the process and for that the Advisor Committee deserve kudos.
I jes happy they got it RIGHT in de end.
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I eh know if de Mirror report COMPLETELY accurate, but if it not..I eh think it far off.
Look de link tuh de Daily Mirror article: Big Wrong (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=15355290&method=full&siteid=50143)
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Wha yuh expect is Darren Lewis who write that article.......... ::)
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Palos, which one yuh think is true. The Daily Mirror report or Shaun Fuentes?
Also it looks like Jahyouth could stop sending Latas emails now.
Damn, for true, all them emails like it had a real contributing impact in the end yes.
The SW message board and the forumites are one of the best things in TT football yes.
One day I dream of Camps leaving and a man who really have some talent take over the reigns. A man who will work will all who want to work to see the common good (maybe even a forumite??)
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Flex.
Sam could do de wuk too but he go be absent too much peltin jock.
;D
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Depending on the results in the three vital qualifiers in June and July, I will make a decision then. If it is a return to Falkirk, I will be delighted because I love the Club and have made many new friends here.”
Somebody need to tell latas we only have TWO Qualifiers in June and NONE in July! We play in the Gold Cup in July. After that we face USA in Connecticut, so realistically he CANNOT give Falkirk a decision until SEPTEMBER because we will still be in with a MATHEMATICAL chance up to then.
In related news, I was informed by LP that Ron Atkinson was NEVER appointed and stripped of the job. There was a short-list drawn up by the Technical Committee, of which Atkinson was one,and the pros and cons of each candidate were discussed by the Committee AND players' input was sought. The Tech Committe THEN selected the candidate who they felt were the BEST and went with Beenhakker.
I hope the first thing the TTFF do is give the new coach tapes of our last 3 games and those of our opposition, ESPECIALLY the Panama/Mexico game, so he could get to work ASAP! Big names will not give us victory against Panama, proper planning, hard work and execution will. After all, Panama are the ONLY side to take points off Mexico, something the US and CR failed to do!!! We CAN beat them, BUT our preparation will be key!
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Better yet; let the new coach read all the 'posts'' in here. It go be thunder. Men in here like TTFA 'WATCHDOGS'
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In all likelihood Latapy could do a good job. Nonetheless, one must feel sorry for him in a certain way. That is because he knows that a few years from now, and --- unless there is a change in mentality --- people will be talking about him in the same way they spoke about Carl Brown in Jamaica and Bertille St. Clair or T&T.
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storebay limer..chill breds....yuh more bitter dan aloes
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In related news, I was informed by LP that Ron Atkinson was NEVER appointed and stripped of the job. There was a short-list drawn up by the Technical Committee, of which Atkinson was one,and the pros and cons of each candidate were discussed by the Committee AND players' input was sought. The Tech Committe THEN selected the candidate who they felt were the BEST and went with Beenhakker.
So was LP less than forthcoming, oooooorrrrrrrr was he just "unaware" that RA was offered the position. According to Shaun's other article, RA seems to contradict LP's statement. Hmmmmmmm :-\ :-\
Atkinson disappointed with not getting T&T job
By: Shaun Fuentes. (http://www.socawarriorssc.com/swonline/smf/index.php?topic=648.0)
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storebay limer..chill breds....yuh more bitter dan aloes
There is nothing in the post that indicates bitterness. The post is about a prevalent mentality, and the possible impact on a gifted and capable person (Latapy) whom we all like. You did not address the subject. BY the way I like some of your lines
`` ... nah like dey was waiting fuh ah couva doubles .''
In all likelihood Latapy could do a good job. Nonetheless, one must feel sorry for him in a certain way. That is because he knows that a few years from now, and --- unless there is a change in mentality --- people will be talking about him in the same way they spoke about Carl Brown in Jamaica and Bertille St. Clair or T&T.