“Come on Flex, why in the world would I dislike Stephen Hart? In-fact, I am quite amazed with the good job that he has been doing with the national team with so little at his disposal added W Connection's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David John Williams.”
“Like everyone else, we are all entitled to our own opinions and I did say, we could have rested some of our regulars against Mexico at the 2015 Gold Cup group match and keep them fresh for the more relevant semi-final match, now I get called a Stephen Hart hater?, added Williams.”
Here is a little synopsis about W Connection, they are by far the most successful club team from Trinidad and Tobago that ever exist. They have won the most domestic titles than any other clubs and brought pride to this country's football on the international circuit over the years.
Good interview flex but the question that needed to be asked was, will you undermine and try to replace Hart..
Will you push for more connection players on the national team and put the coach under pressure because of your own personal agenda?
Laughing it off isn't impressing me...
Signs of an autocrat until he proves otherwise
Well ...with John Williams in charge..it goes like this..to get on the National team yuh have to be from W Connection..if yuh from W Connection yuh will get the required amount of senior caps to make yuh illegible for pro contract in europe.
The National programs would become intertwined with W Connection....TTFA would become TTW Connection...the National colors would change to green and white...the rising sun/ball would be replaced with a boot and a ball..green ofcourse..
Mr John Williams would be in control of all the top players in Trinidad and Tobago..Stephen Hart would be replaced ..because his philosophy doesn't fit with John Williams'...the National Coach would be Earl Jean.. with Stuart Charles as technical director...for the Williams brothers this means more money...more money..more money..
Good interview flex but the question that needed to be asked was, will you undermine and try to replace Hart..
Will you push for more connection players on the national team and put the coach under pressure because of your own personal agenda?
Laughing it off isn't impressing me...
Signs of an autocrat until he proves otherwise
I myself do not like both Earl Jean and Stuart Charles.
Why?
Hey Deeks, trying jocking with mayonnaise.
Hey Deeks, trying jocking with mayonnaise.
I don't need to do that. You probably do.
I don't trust David John Williams and I know for a fact he manipulated national coaches so his players can get picked.
If he becomes president, T&T football will get worst.
And expect to see Stuart Charles as head coach, look how long Charles coaching W Connection and have a secured job even if the team not winning anything and for so long his job is secured.
Did you guys see W Connection play in the last two years at the CCL level? They had one decent game but look at the way the team playing, poor structure and positioning and this is before their young team they have now.
David will get his players international caps so their value can go up.
I do not support this guy and I hope others don't fall for this.
Breds, at times you on disconnect mode. We discussing nominees to run TT football. Braps! You come with totee and mayonnaise. What?
Breds, at times you on disconnect mode. We discussing nominees to run TT football. Braps! You come with totee and mayonnaise. What?
Yuh prefer stand up and shit, or sit down and fart?
Flex you leave out DJW from the poll or you file he under Other? ;D
Ramdhan have Sagba backing, wow, money gallor.
What is Ramdhan goals for the TTFF if he wins? I am asking because I have not heard anything from him yet in terms of what he will do differently than Tim Kee. Before I choose from the list above I want to know what these candidates are bringing to the table.
What is Ramdhan goals for the TTFF if he wins? I am asking because I have not heard anything from him yet in terms of what he will do differently than Tim Kee. Before I choose from the list above I want to know what these candidates are bringing to the table.
Agreed :beermug:
Ramesh Ramdhan:
My approach would be an all-inclusive..…
Ramesh Ramdhan:
“My focus in vying for the position as president is not limited only to the field of football but expands beyond the field into the arena of national development.
My approach would be an all-inclusive approach where I would seek the input from all the relevant stakeholders. I would partner with the players, officials, supporters, associations, clubs, the media, the business community and government…
“So much people have lost faith in the administration of football. It is time to regain that trust and faith. Let’s leave the playing of games to on the field. As president of the TTFA, I would ensure that Trinidad and Tobago football achieves the heights that is evident in our potential. Unlike most of the other candidates, I don’t have a vested interest in football. This is for the love of the sport and country.”
Agreed! Best statement thus far. Still got to learn more of what he's really all about.QuoteRamesh Ramdhan:
“My focus in vying for the position as president is not limited only to the field of football but expands beyond the field into the arena of national development.
My approach would be an all-inclusive approach where I would seek the input from all the relevant stakeholders. I would partner with the players, officials, supporters, associations, clubs, the media, the business community and government…
“So much people have lost faith in the administration of football. It is time to regain that trust and faith. Let’s leave the playing of games to on the field. As president of the TTFA, I would ensure that Trinidad and Tobago football achieves the heights that is evident in our potential. Unlike most of the other candidates, I don’t have a vested interest in football. This is for the love of the sport and country.”
Excellent statement! The best of the lot.
Ramesh Ramdhan has worked with Joe Public before, very good guy. Sam Phillips is good to and Dale Saunders.
David John-Williams is only interested in W Connection and St Lucia.
Selby Browne is ok, but has to many old friends that does not know much about mordern day admin operations. They could hardly use the internet or a blackberry, ow will they run a office?
Sure RR is a good referee. However in this rongs, is much much more than this that matters.
Iz all about integrity, love for the players who deserve a quality chance without any more years of rip-off and abusive exploitation.
Iz also about passion for the game and T&T's stake in it, then we later look at competence for the job description.
Notice the above emphasis long before we start talking bout which supa Pac or big honcho in yuh corner looking to get a piece of de action.
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Now history is also important to know so we know where we could be heading. History for a long period was life under Renraw / Jackulito, a dark period if carefully analyzed through an honest lens. Admittedly for some misguided admirers, it was a happy time where milk and honey flowed if you allowed your soul to be properly owned or you were tragically beholden.
Not much different from living in a world under Pablo Escobar. In his village, almost everybody loved little Pablo, an underground economy thrived revolving around him. Yuh hungry, Pablo give yuh some money, yuh need a wok he fix yuh up, police giving yuh trouble, send a hitman and take care of that. Home football team hungry for some glory to boost the behind God back local economy, bribe 2 referee and geh a Concacaf job for a couple of them. To some, Pablo is a cancer but iz hard for some to see why Renraw should be categorized in the same way. The same damage to the fabric of your village takes place. They both get either exterminated or extradited and leave the stunted dependent village with NO development and only pain for years and many lives destroyed tragically.
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Now as we speakin' of referees, I eh sayin' candidate RR did anything wrong but seems to have emerged with FIFA wok & all from the patronage years of Jackulito who was known for fixing up most who couldn't resist. It makes you wonder whether candidates like him still sing the praises of Renraw or have they divorced themselves conveniently recently, if at all. Some direct blunt questions should address that. The evasive Uncle Tim type answer would say enough about potential trouble.
Find the candidate who EXPLICTLY condemns the evils of the past or honestly repents about their association with it and has genuine love for the players, loved the game before money and has integrity as their pillar of doing business. Daiz your candidate who is closest to this. My sense tells me that's Selby Browne. Not RR nor Uncle Tim (same ting)
Honestly I am yet to hear anything from any candidate that will make me support him.
I know you guys like Stehpen Hart, so let me outline some thing here for you, a possible.
If John Williams win, Hart days will be numbered, he will have no room for mistakes and will be pushed out quick.
If Ramesh Ramdhan win, Hart days is also numbered, guarantee you he will hire Terry Fenwick to be coach. Fenwick is a money hungry person and have been eying the T&T job a long time now, his and Ramesh Ramdhan are personal friends.
So be careful who you guys backing.
I'm openly and whole-heartedly supporting Ramesh Ramdhan for this. From the list above clearly the most suited.So to be straight with you'll. The reason why I said I supporting Ramesh, is that he had some discussions with me on his bid. And based on those discussions and the vision and plans he articulated, I was convinced that he is the best suited (In my opinion of course). So it gets better. He has now asked me to assist him professionally in his bid. He shared some more details on his plans (some of which I will share with you'll later). I, of course asked him some straight forward questions that would be deal-breakers for me. Amongst them being his past relationship with Jack and if any still exist. And if his friendship with Fenwick meant he wants to replace Hart with him as National Coach. Two big No Nos for me. He assured me that in both cases that those were not issues. Ok. So I'm considering, and while I may not be a saint, I am very concerned about any association with anything that may affect my integrity. I've known Ramesh for years but not really closely. (Sport interaction and mutual friends). So I want to hear some of the forumites views on him before I make up my mind. What says you'll?
... and the plot thickens. Interesting to see how this morning's latest development (yet to be publicized) will impact the elections.(yet to be publicized) timkee wins, yes the mayor of pos where headless corpse (Mexican style) bodies an inner city youth blood overfloweth, is head of ttfa once again, when asked how he did it tim kee replied " certain things were put in place"...
Hmmn. Please share... and the plot thickens. Interesting to see how this morning's latest development (yet to be publicized) will impact the elections.(yet to be publicized) timkee wins, yes the mayor of pos where headless corpse (Mexican style) bodies an inner city youth blood overfloweth, is head of ttfa once again, when asked how he did it tim kee replied " certain things were put in place"...
What sparked Ramesh's decision to run? He came out of nowhere. Also what's Fenwick's role in his campaign?So I'm officially the campaign manager for Ramesh Ramdhan. I've accepted his offer to work with him to get elected as President and ultimately reform TTFA and save our football. I've begun working with him to finalise his vision and his plans and we'll be officially launching the campaign on November 4th. We expect most of the delegates and stakeholders to be there, including supporters' representation. So please let me know which two Reps from the forum invitations should be sent to.
Congrats on your endeavour. Good luck. But can you explain the issue with the CFA clubs who have issues with your candidate?Thanks Deeks.
BTW. This is Walter Alibey's third incorrect article in the last few weeks.
The first which got Sheldon fired, which he had to retract. The second regarding Ramdhan and the CFA which he had to retract. And now this one, again on Ramdhan and the CFA which he will probably have to retract too.
Alibey either incompetent. Or somebody pulling his strings
(Journalism 101. Check your facts before publishing)
What sparked Ramesh's decision to run? He came out of nowhere. Also what's Fenwick's role in his campaign?So I'm officially the campaign manager for Ramesh Ramdhan. I've accepted his offer to work with him to get elected as President and ultimately reform TTFA and save our football. I've begun working with him to finalise his vision and his plans and we'll be officially launching the campaign on November 4th. We expect most of the delegates and stakeholders to be there, including supporters' representation. So please let me know which two Reps from the forum invitations should be sent to.
So you can accuse me of being biased in this thread from here on. But I will continue to look at this objectively for the good of T&T football.
I'll be sharing some plans etc. straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.
Please, I welcome all objective and honest suggestions, feedback and criticisms.
I'll also organise an interview with the gloves off for the forum.
Let me know the two reps please.
Lol. I can assure you there is no intention to fire either Hart or Waldrum. To use RR's words exactly. "Can you imagine how much they could achieve with the adequate resources?" He is a firm supporter of both men.What sparked Ramesh's decision to run? He came out of nowhere. Also what's Fenwick's role in his campaign?So I'm officially the campaign manager for Ramesh Ramdhan. I've accepted his offer to work with him to get elected as President and ultimately reform TTFA and save our football. I've begun working with him to finalise his vision and his plans and we'll be officially launching the campaign on November 4th. We expect most of the delegates and stakeholders to be there, including supporters' representation. So please let me know which two Reps from the forum invitations should be sent to.
So you can accuse me of being biased in this thread from here on. But I will continue to look at this objectively for the good of T&T football.
I'll be sharing some plans etc. straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.
Please, I welcome all objective and honest suggestions, feedback and criticisms.
I'll also organise an interview with the gloves off for the forum.
Let me know the two reps please.
Sounds great, It will be nice to get new blood, however, if your motive is to eventually fire Stephen Hart then you wont get much support from that.
He is the best thing to happen to T&T football, Randy Waldrum also.
Does RR have the finances to run the TTFA?
What is Terry's main goal and whats in this for him?
Maybe you should contact Flex to do a piece for you.
I remember Fenwick taking Central FC to the Concacaf Cup and then decided to wanted a lot more money they couldn't afford and bailied out. He went to Ma Pau but that scheme didn't work out either and now he wants piece of the T&T pie.
Why does everyone use our sports for personal gian?
Ramesh Ramdhan is launching his campaign tomorrow (Thursday 5th November) at 5.30pm at Trotters
Ramesh Ramdhan says it’s time to re-boot the TTFA.
Ramdhan Press Release.
Former international referee Ramesh Ramdhan today officially launched his campaign as he bids to become the next president of the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TTFA).
At a gathering of sports media, zonal representatives, representatives of TTFA and supporters at the Trotters Sports Bar and Restaurant in Port of Spain, Ramdhan presented his vision and 4-year plan to recapture the heights of Trinidad and Tobago football reflective of our legendary qualification at the 2006 World Cup.
Central to Ramdhan’s 10-point plan is re-engaging corporate T&T and the implementation of a good governance structure. Ramdhan says he wants to ensure consistent qualification of T&T teams at the World Cup and the commoditization of sport through sport tourism.
Ramdhan described the current state of national football today as “lacking proper plans and processes and plagued by weak financial systems.” He said, “It is my commitment to re-boot the TTFA through strong leadership and clear direction to rebuild the TTFA’s image and reputation both at home and abroad.”
Ramdhan stressed that his vision is one of inclusivity. He said, ‘There will be no unilateral decisions under his leadership as success can only come through participation by all stakeholders.”
Lending his support to Ramdhan’s bid is businessman and owner of Trotters, John Sabga who is seeking election to the position of 1st Vice President alongside Ramdhan. Sabga has been involved in football for over 18 years having served as both referee and coach to the American Youth Soccer Organisation (AYSO) and as sponsor and manager locally.
In his address to attendees, Sabga said, “What football needs is someone with true passion for the game, a love of country and a vision to resuscitate the sport… I know that we can return the glory to the sport and Ramesh is the man to do it.”
Ramdhan pointed out that Trinidad and Tobago is in the midst of World Cup preparations and has promised to utilise all available resources to support national coach Stephen Hart, as the national football vies for a place at World Cup 2018.”
Ramesh Ramdhan is the first Caribbean national to ever have officiated in a World Cup final. He has over 30 years of experience in local, regional and international football and is the recipient of the Trinidad and Tobago Hummingbird Silver Award for contribution to sport.
Ramesh Ramdhan is the first Caribbean national to ever have officiated in a World Cup final. He has over 30 years of experience in local, regional and international football and is the recipient of the Trinidad and Tobago Hummingbird Silver Award for contribution to sport.
DAVID WILLIAMS SEEKS TTFA PRESIDENCY
The owner of local professional football club W.Connection David John Williams is hoping to win the votes of delegates in the race for the Presidency of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.
Mr. Williams in his first interview since his nomination shares his thoughts with senior reporter Astil Renn ahead of the November 29th elections.
T&TFA executive lose confidence in Tim Kee.:rotfl: :duel: :challenge:
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
In spite of positive results on the field of play, members of the executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) have agreed to take a stance against the administration of the sport.
Vice presidents Lennox Watson, Rudolph Thomas and Krishendath Kuarsingh as well as other executive members Roland Forde, Neville Ferguson and Richard Kwan Chan, in a penned letter to the media, stated that they have lost confidence in president Raymond Tim Kee.
They described the administration of the sport over the past three years as the lowest it has ever been due to presidential incompetence and lack of consultation with executive committee members and/or the Emergency Committee of the T&T Football Association on critical issues.
The executive members also highlighted a number critical decisions made by the embattled football association president that derailed their confidence in him.
These include:
Alleged payment to the president’s son for providing a TTFA website without consultation and agreement of the executive committee and or the emergency committee;
Illegal and unconstitutional dismissal of the general secretary of the TTFA;
Taking unilateral decisions with regards to matters pertinent to the TTFA and in such circumstances, failure of the president to convene one single meeting of the Emergency Committee, of which he is the chairman to address such matters.
The decisions also included;
Failure of the president to convene one single meeting of the Finance and Marketing Committee and/or the Fundraising Committee of the TTFA;
Failure of the president to ensure Audited Financial statements for the last three years, taking into consideration possible strategies to do so, as advised by Robert Reis of KPMG;
Failure of the president to ensure a strategic plan for the development of football in Trinidad and Tobago over a ten year period is produced;
Not providing relevant, timely and appropriate Financial statements over the last three years leading to the uncertainty surrounding the indebtedness of the Association, to the extent that the association may be bankrupt;
Under Tim Kee the Standing Committees system has failed to function; Not addressing in a timely manner a threat by the FIFA to institute disciplinary charges against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association for failure to adhere to a FIFA mandate to pay former National Women’s coach Even Pellerud.
Watson said the decision by the executive is a bold move to save the sport of football from a certain suspension by the world governing body- FIFA. This letter was sent out to all stakeholders of football in T&T, as well as the FIFA. “We must understand that we are in a crisis situation and it is critical that the FIFA knows so that extreme measures are not taken against us” Watson explained yesterday.
A reliable source, however, told the T&T Guardian that there are attempts to ensure that the November 29 elections do not come off as expected. And if this happens it can spell danger for T&T as its executive members are to be compliant with the FIFA if they are to be allowed to vote at the FIFA Congress.
According to the source if they do not vote it would mean an immediate ban for the executives from the FIFA which would lead to no representation for T&T at the FIFA level.
The Guardian questioned Watson about the time frame given to the TTFA to be compliant and he said “TTFA executives have been given a certain period of tyime to be compliant by the FIFA and that time is November 30. If we are not compliant by then, we will be given another 18 months before the FIFA will intervene and throw us out as members.
Now after watching the game on Friday night I am sure that the TTFA being thrown out will hurt all the players who played and all other players throughout T&T and therefore what we are trying to do now is to do damage control before it becomes worse” Watson said.
Meanwhile, Watson added also that the world governing body for football had ordered the TTFA to make payment of well over $200, 000 to Pellerud- the United States coach who was at the helm of the TT women’s team for the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in 2010 from September 5- 25. That order was not adhered to.
The T&TFA vice president has made it quite clear he will want nothing to do with T&T football after the coming annual general meeting (AGM) and Election of Officer on November 29 because of the destruction to the sport by Tim Kee.
Contacted Tim Kee said he was not surprised by the actions of his executives. “They are the ones who have criticised me when I took up office in 2012 and therefore they have been very consistent. I can tell you though that they are the ones from the Jack Warner era who are oppose to change and who do not want the sport to progress” Tim Kee said.
(http://www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/TTFA%20Letter%202.png?itok=qhpQ2jW6)
There is a rumor out there that Jack is financing one ofTimKee's challengers hence the Sunshine article and the TTFA Exec signed letter. Any ideas which candidate it might be???
There is a rumor out there that Jack is financing one ofTimKee's challengers hence the Sunshine article and the TTFA Exec signed letter. Any ideas which candidate it might be???
Looks like we have to take a good look behind de candy wrapper tuh see what it is they really selling we.
There is a rumor out there that Jack is financing one ofTimKee's challengers hence the Sunshine article and the TTFA Exec signed letter. Any ideas which candidate it might be???I can tell you who it's absolutely not. As Ramesh Ramdhan's campaign manager. I can emphatically state that Jack has absolutely nothing to do with his campaign. When Ramesh shared his plans with me and asked me to assist. My #1 condition was that if he had any dealings with Jack I want no part of it. But one of the other candidates (we know who it is) is spreading a Ramesh/Jack rumour. People realising that we have a good chance, so the gutter politics start. Men getting desperate. Watch out for real character assassination over the next 10 days.
SP, dah vettin' question eh songin' thorough dread.Very Good points. Like you was peeping when I drilled him. lol. Trust me I drilled him properly. Actually we doing an interview with SWO. so maybe most of those would be asked.
SP: Ram, yuh know I eh tolerating no Jackula business eh, look me in de eye & tell me, do you have any connection at all to Renraw?
RR: Absolutely not!!!! Hardly ever heard of the guy.
SP, gimme a break. Daiz how he convinced you? An you fall hook line and sinker? Or gorm. Dig a li'l deeper nah. Ask him how much time he has spent talking to the real participants, footballars in this sector and not just the powerful. Ask him these simple off the cuff question and come back with a reply please.
1. Did he ever speak out publicly about Jackula's, Scampito's and Rodent's transgressions. Please direct us to the newspaper article or socawarriors.net article. What committees if any did Renraw or Scampito have him on? What year was it that Renraw voted or requested him to be a FIFA referee for the World Cup?
2. Should we pursue the trail of lost money and have some kind of commission of enquiry or should we, as Uncle Tim wishes, just bury the Renraw syndicate crimes and jess forget about the syndicate associates and let it rest with the cancer still festering?
3. Rate Renraw's, Scampito's, Uncle Tim's and Rodent's performances over the years on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best.
4. Did RR support Nakhid's candidacy. In what way? How vigorously? If not, why not?
5. Why is he more audible now that Renraw is out if the way. Is that just accidental? He claims to be an outspoken man but was seemingly relatively silent until recently. Why?
Leh we give this a try. Respect.
Watch out for real character assassination over the next 10 days.
Really can't see the justification for such. But Win, Lose or Draw, I would hate for that to happen. That would really be the end of T&T footballWatch out for real character assassination over the next 10 days.
Unlikely that anything will happen 10 days from now. Elections will be postponed and FIFA will likely invoke Article 17 and step in.
Really can't see the justification for such. But Win, Lose or Draw, I would hate for that to happen. That would really be the end of T&T football
Yuh see how the pen is mightier than the sword? Just so Alibey make Pellerud American. Thought he was in on de 'secret'. Not so great considering how long Pellerud was around football in T&T.
Finally an answer to my "voting" question in another thread.
read .......and there are things in there that while it seems noble on the surface makes me nervous particularly the distribution of association monies to clubs at the expense (it would appear) of solidifying national programs
I have already stated that I don't trust him and that position hasn't changed one bit with this....on the other hand ah tink it is also abundantly clear that Timkee ent d man for the job
John-Williams launches his TTFA Presidential Bible for T&T football.
By Inshan Mohammed.
Just like de ole TTFA, when I see it I will believe it, because all of this to me is just talk.
De last TTFA promise so much including a top class training center and they even get de money from FIFA to do it and nothing.
John Williams want to bring Stuart Charles to coach T&T, soon as Hart lose one or two games or he might even bring him to coach de women team, but either way, Stuart Charles will be involved in T&T football at some capacity and Charles eh bad, he just backward, W Connection does still play like a football team from de 80's.
Everybody want to use our country sports to they own benefit and shop to make money.
He will make sure W Connection players get pick on de national teams so he could sell them to make money for his club.
Ah hope he make me eat my words.
:rotfl: :rotfl: Breds Tim Kee driving a 500 benz and Ramdhan a BMWx6. That ain't sound like broke to me.
Ramdhan, Taylor, Tim Kee and Browne all broke, without money, ideas is just as good as promises.
I knew Selby from the Malvern days, A decent lad with football on his mind and ideas to take us forward.
Well we are taking about T&T and the politics always play a major part in funding and sponsorship.
With PNM in power and the Minister of Sports and TimKee in the same bed , it follows that the best bet would be to put back Mr Timkee.
Having said that , if the new executives are not going with Cap in hand to beg the Govt and have plans to raise Funds and gain sponsorship , then Selby is the best of the lot.
If the truth be told is mere exchange with the others. This election is crucial with World cup Qualifiers both with the men and women. We owe it to the players to get it right this time.
I knew Selby from the Malvern days, A decent lad with football on his mind and ideas to take us forward.
Well we are taking about T&T and the politics always play a major part in funding and sponsorship.
With PNM in power and the Minister of Sports and TimKee in the same bed , it follows that the best bet would be to put back Mr Timkee.
Having said that , if the new executives are not going with Cap in hand to beg the Govt and have plans to raise Funds and gain sponsorship , then Selby is the best of the lot.
If the truth be told is mere exchange with the others. This election is crucial with World cup Qualifiers both with the men and women. We owe it to the players to get it right this time.
I agree with this post. Watching the options from the outside he looking like the only one who i really seeing as there for the sport first as opposed to self. He might not be the man to take us to the future but I think he is the best bet to restore confidence in the TTFA for corporate Trinidad to invest and get the organisation running properly. John Williams is a business man and I know ppl figure he in it for money. Ironically, the Referees dont have enough respect within the game to command the organisation and well Tim Kee is tainted.
But I not voting and most people who are tend to look for what the person in charge will do for them as opposed to what is best for all so it will go to whoever promise the most
Selby will not be slated in as TTFA president,there is noway in hell that will happen. He has no professional attitude as well as the lack of knowledge of the modern game and many other negatives.
Browne wants to return T&T to CONCACAF No 1.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
He reminded all of the glory days in which T&T defeated Mexico 4-0 in the 1974 World Cup Qualifiers in Haiti and then followed up that performance by scoring five goals against Haiti in Port au Prince but had four disallowed by the officials. T&T eventually lost the game 1-2 while referee Jose Enrique of El Salvador and linesman James Higuet of Canada were banned for life by the world governing body for football- FIFA.
In reminiscing about the glory days of the sport, Browne pointed out that Haiti moved to the number one spot in the Concacaf region when it should have been T&T and later explained that five T&T players Kelvin Barclay, Selris Figaro, Everald ‘Gally’ Cummings, Warren Archibald and lethal striker Steve David were named on a CONCACAF All Star team afterwards.
So old people ent people too ?
So old people ent people too ?
It's said if you know not where you are from,how can you know where you are headingI not simply dismissing him because he old, but because he seems to have similar attitudes and notion endemic in our old that I consider anemic to our development
Age is not the issue but ideas,which can aid in your progress is what matters
So easy to be dismissed,when you are afraid to open your mind
To this man it appears good on paper what this elder's vision is,the only issue here is our minds open to implementation,this shit did not happen overnight
This man can relate because he's been there and done that....experience
Thanks for your time
Raspect
So old people ent people too ?
Don't know if is d up bringing or the culture, but some people who born in a certain era never mentally leave dat era, and are often prone to sticking to outdated ideas and procedure even when they clearing no longer work, I would have no problem with older folks in this country running things IF......IF they were naturally progressive in their thinkin and mindset but I don't know if is culture or what but we seem to get stuck at a certain age and a certain decade.....some frustrate progress jus to try an stay relevant rather continue the process of learnin to stay relevant.... tell me that team dat get rob in '74 wha happen to dem in 78.... 82...onwards
In this country nostalgia does stall progress not help it, yuh does see it day in day out.
again, is d culture
TTFA candidates to debate tonight.It will be good if we can see the footage on here, maybe someone can post it afterwards.
T&T Express Reports.
Four of the five candidates vying to be president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will engage in a debate tonight.
The podium style debate will be televised live on WI Sports (Flow Ch.14) and will take place between eight o’clock and nine-thirty at the VIP Lounge of the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The moderator will be well-known sports commentator Fazeer Mohammed.
This Selby Browne fella on Andre baptiste show sounds very very outdated , way too old for this ... I really don't think he would be fit for this role. I'm sure he means well but this is no time for charity
Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Sometimes yuh dont have to say anything and people will know you vex, if Hart dont pick W Connection players I am sure JW go vex, even if he doh say nothing and eventually, Hart will be out because JW will have a personal connected to his club even if he resign.
I eh saying W Connection dont have good players eh, ah just trying to highlight that JW will always be bias towards them.
JW have to be mad to think Shahdon Winchester should be on the T&T side, he is not a bad player, but not a top striker and not good enough even for a T&T B team.
Furthermore, Aubrey David, Andre Toussaint, Marcus Joseph, Marvin Phillip, Carlyle Mitchell, Arnold Dwarika and Kenwyne Jones came through Joe Public youth system, not W Connection.
Guerra, Baptiste, Molino, Cato, Plaza, Mekeil, Bateau, Cyd Gray, Collin Samuel, Aikim Andrews, Josiah Trimmingham, Kelvin Jack, Cornell Glen, all Jabloteh most under Terry Fenwick,,,,
Fenwick did more for T&T than Stuart Charles in the short sapce he was jabloteh coach.
Jomal Williams, Radanfah Abu Bakr and Densill Theobald (Caledonia), Daneil Cyrus (Santa Rosa), Caesar (Ma Pau), Hackshaw (NE Stars), Gomez (Defence Force), Rundell (Stokley Vale), Corbin and Aurtis Whitley (Rangers).
When T&T went to de world cup in 2006 not one W Connection player who they produce went to Germany.
Atiba Charles was listed as a W Connection player but he came through Point Fortin Civic.
De only two from W Connection who came through they youth team is Joevin and Jan-Michael Williams.
And W Connection have a lot of foreign players who help them win titles to, they team had more foreign players for most of de times they won, only now they starting to have more local players.
They also have a full foreign coach staff for they SENIOR team.
And as far as successful, yes, Connection have a good system going and some deserve to get pick, but it MUST BE FAIR.
If this man win, Hart days numbered.
Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Davy, I eh get you on this one. All of us bawling for new blood for the TTFA and you asking why they want to get involve football now. We wanted fair elections, transparency, etc. It is pretty obvious why they throw their hats in the ring. No Jack. It appears more democratic. You think this could have happened under Jack. Let the this election play out. If RTK don't get elected, so be it.
Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Where was the opportunity?
I understand your point and i do agree that everyone deserve a fair chance at the up coming elections but, with the exception of RTK, do one think that the candidates who are vying for the presidency are capable to take TT football to a top rank level and beyond in Concacaf? It is left to be seen. Above everything else, successful results are by far the most important priority at the moment. If RTK is not selected then so be it and the responsibility will be some one else's.Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Davy, I eh get you on this one. All of us bawling for new blood for the TTFA and you asking why they want to get involve football now. We wanted fair elections, transparency, etc. It is pretty obvious why they throw their hats in the ring. No Jack. It appears more democratic. You think this could have happened under Jack. Let the this election play out. If RTK don't get elected, so be it.
Selby Browne, TTFA Presidential candidate:
Newly interviewed this week (different from the episodes above) in preparation for the upcoming TTFA election.
Interviewed by Steve David, legendary T&T striker and the very sharp Narada Wilson, on the former's show "Field of Dreams".
https://www.youtube.com/v/qAR_clCr0aU
I understand your point and i do agree that everyone deserve a fair chance at the up coming elections but, with the exception of RTK, do one think that the candidates who are vying for the presidency are capable to take TT football to a top rank level and beyond in Concacaf? It is left to be seen. Above everything else, successful results are by far the most important priority at the moment. If RTK is not selected then so be it and the responsibility will be some one else's.Apart from TK none of the other candidates ever try to become involve in top level football admin,why now after the all these years ?. Tim K (one man) took on all the problems of the past admin.
Davy, I eh get you on this one. All of us bawling for new blood for the TTFA and you asking why they want to get involve football now. We wanted fair elections, transparency, etc. It is pretty obvious why they throw their hats in the ring. No Jack. It appears more democratic. You think this could have happened under Jack. Let the this election play out. If RTK don't get elected, so be it.
So old people ent people too ?
Don't know if is d up bringing or the culture, but some people who born in a certain era never mentally leave dat era, and are often prone to sticking to outdated ideas and procedure even when they clearing no longer work, I would have no problem with older folks in this country running things IF......IF they were naturally progressive in their thinkin and mindset but I don't know if is culture or what but we seem to get stuck at a certain age and a certain decade.....some frustrate progress jus to try an stay relevant rather continue the process of learnin to stay relevant.... tell me that team dat get rob in '74 wha happen to dem in 78.... 82...onwards
In this country nostalgia does stall progress not help it, yuh does see it day in day out.
again, is d culture
Good talk....
Them fellas head real hard.
Them still feel Archie or David could be de same player today like he was in de 70s, so they getting tie up.
Football change and de game to, on and off de field.
Them talking about glory days, but back in the days, management was f00ck up to.
Look at Lincoln, he was from that era, and what did he do when he was TD for 7 years,,,, nothing much.
Gally, too, he took he team to Siparia de day we had to play USA while USA was resting and preparing for us, Gally, make Jack fool him and take de team for a f00cking parade on de SAME DAY.. !!! Them men look bun after 5 mins.
I eh taking away nothing from them when they was players, in them era they was GREAT, ...
But without money and knowledge of today technology, you cant do one f00ck.
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
SP (Sweetie Paper), yuh still dey?:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Dreamer yuh have meh weak yes.
I was looking out for your candidate (if you're still with him) to address the big 18000 pound elephant in the room. Not a whimper. Very very strange.
Imagine trying to reform FIFA and not discussing Sepp Blatter, and the web of connections to Platini, Beckenbaur, Havelange, Renraw, his US buddy Chuck "Chucky" Blazer, Concacaf's Jeff Webb and the list goes on.
So imagine trying to reform TTFA & not discussing Scampito, Rodent and the container-loads of missing funds that were supposed to go towards T&T football development. So business as usual and just, as said in campaign, "reboot" the computer that you just turned off after it froze? Amazing.
Thought we would be hearing about a complete virus scan, change of operating system, loading new software, completely new antivirus & firewall, possibly even new computers. Nothing less. The silence is deafening, and we fans, supposedly priding ourselves in vigilance after having been burned, should be ashamed.
Wow! Hit me with a reply when yuh get a chance, as I could have misunderstood or missed something.
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
How Syrians printing money come into this?
it's just terminology like saying keys to the bakery, but we do have a Syrian running in this race, and love them or hate them they know how to turn a profit in any situation...
A lot of people will be crying here after the election because their favorite individual did not win.
A lot of people will be crying here after the election because their favorite individual did not win.
Breds, I do not know about crying. But this election, though flawed in some aspects, is much better than what happened in the past. At least candidates came out and had a " public Debate" so that we know where they stand on the issues. Hopefully the future will have more people "throwing their hat in the ring". Football is in need of diversity in all aspect. We still underachieving on the regional and international fields. When everybody participates then we will be underachievers no more. Good luck TT.
Yes but if he wins how exactly would that mean in terms of what we are willing to tolerate on the administrative side of things......let's honest outside of choosing the right coaches "with the input of others too" and a constitution, which he himself may have contravened, what is timkee's other notable achievement.........note I have given him the benefit of the doubt on countless occasions eh..........but blatantly lying about a sponsorship deal really turned my mind.
A lot of people will be crying here after the election because their favorite individual did not win.
Breds, I do not know about crying. But this election, though flawed in some aspects, is much better than what happened in the past. At least candidates came out and had a " public Debate" so that we know where they stand on the issues. Hopefully the future will have more people "throwing their hat in the ring". Football is in need of diversity in all aspect. We still underachieving on the regional and international fields. When everybody participates then we will be underachievers no more. Good luck TT.
Wait till results come out. If RTK wins yuh go hear the election was flawed or we doh want better for we football :)
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Yes but if he wins how exactly would that mean in terms of what we are willing to tolerate on the administrative side of things......let's honest outside of choosing the right coaches "with the input of others too" and a constitution, which he himself may have contravened, what is timkee's other notable achievement.........note I have given him the benefit of the doubt on countless occasions eh..........but blatantly lying about a sponsorship deal really turned my mind.
A lot of people will be crying here after the election because their favorite individual did not win.
Breds, I do not know about crying. But this election, though flawed in some aspects, is much better than what happened in the past. At least candidates came out and had a " public Debate" so that we know where they stand on the issues. Hopefully the future will have more people "throwing their hat in the ring". Football is in need of diversity in all aspect. We still underachieving on the regional and international fields. When everybody participates then we will be underachievers no more. Good luck TT.
Wait till results come out. If RTK wins yuh go hear the election was flawed or we doh want better for we football :)
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Dey interviewing some of the candidates on i95 now and again dat Selby fella sounding nutten but bitter and out of touch.......if I hear reference 1974 one more time again, d man would not even admit dat d national team has improved...... He only dancing around d question....... Dat is a bitter deceitful and ultimately useless mark my words.....if people loose dey brain and elect he.............
Although I've clearly indicated my support for one of the candidates. As others have indicated, regardless of what happens tomorrow, Trinidad and Tobago football would have been better for it. We have a new constitution (that still needs quite a bit of work. But is a great start).
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
Updated.
Listen to TTFA Presidential Candidate Clint Taylor give his vision for T&T football if elected as new TTFA President this Sunday.
Field of Dreams Ep 17 - TTFA Presidential Candidate Clint Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/v/kvNTP2tXeck
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
Wait Syrians are not Trinis or you talking about some immigrant group who just come yesterday? You talk about the, as if they outsiders. Hmmm time for allyuh old fellas to run away and leave Trini for people who want to be Trinis and see everyone as Trinis
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
Wait Syrians are not Trinis or you talking about some immigrant group who just come yesterday? You talk about the, as if they outsiders. Hmmm time for allyuh old fellas to run away and leave Trini for people who want to be Trinis and see everyone as Trinis
when we trinis talk we don't say trini Indians or trini Africans or trini chinee so it is understood when we say Syrian it is our born and bred trini Syrians we speak of, if you were a trini you would know this...
ttfa is really a license to print money mr tim kee, you came in and met tt$38. M in debt, that's peanuts, watch how the Syrians print money, they don't jus own carib they own stag too, they don't own one mall they buy up all the malls, they shift the whole scene from st james to de avenue and de blvd, charlotte st alone turns over billions yearly, the very city you are mayor of, something doh smell right, like you an touches paco rabanne have de same thing in common allyuh is imitation...
Wait Syrians are not Trinis or you talking about some immigrant group who just come yesterday? You talk about the, as if they outsiders. Hmmm time for allyuh old fellas to run away and leave Trini for people who want to be Trinis and see everyone as Trinis
when we trinis talk we don't say trini Indians or trini Africans or trini chinee so it is understood when we say Syrian it is our born and bred trini Syrians we speak of, if you were a trini you would know this...
Old man I born in Trinidad and have been living Trini most of my life and I know your type. When you said 'watch how the Syrians' you think we don't ketch yuh drift. Like I said is time for allyuh old men to run away and leave Trinis for Trinidadians. A flicking plague in society.
David John Williams - 18
Raymond Tim Kee - 13
Clynt Taylor - 8
Ramesh Ramdhan and Selby Browne have been eliminated. There will be a second round of voting after a 5-minute break.
In.order to be elected President, the candidate must have 50 percent of the votes or more. There were 45 delegates.
#TTFA Presidential Elections
ah find de forum rather quiet tonight for what is transpiring for the future of T&T football.
The VPs are Ewing Davis, Joanne Salazar and Colin Murray.Sorry Warner from Tobago. Not Colin Clean sweep by the DJW camp,
On another note. There's no way any grown man should be calling another grown man "Sweetie". F&$king retards.Where all yuh illiterate jack arses does come out from boy.
ah find de forum rather quiet tonight for what is transpiring for the future of T&T football.
Would have preferred to see two independent VPs in there though.
Joann Salazar, Colin Murray and John Sabga would have been great as the 3 VPs.
DJW and his 3 VPS. Hmm. Slippery slope. I wish them all the best though and really hope they are all embracing in their approach.
Certainly interesting time ahead.
Good Luck Presi.
Sometimes yuh dont have to say anything and people will know you vex, if Hart dont pick W Connection players I am sure JW go vex, even if he doh say nothing and eventually, Hart will be out because JW will have a personal connected to his club even if he resign.
I eh saying W Connection dont have good players eh, ah just trying to highlight that JW will always be bias towards them.
JW have to be mad to think Shahdon Winchester should be on the T&T side, he is not a bad player, but not a top striker and not good enough even for a T&T B team.
Furthermore, Aubrey David, Andre Toussaint, Marcus Joseph, Marvin Phillip, Carlyle Mitchell, Arnold Dwarika and Kenwyne Jones came through Joe Public youth system, not W Connection.
Guerra, Baptiste, Molino, Cato, Plaza, Mekeil, Bateau, Cyd Gray, Collin Samuel, Aikim Andrews, Josiah Trimmingham, Kelvin Jack, Cornell Glen, all Jabloteh most under Terry Fenwick,,,,
Fenwick did more for T&T than Stuart Charles in the short sapce he was jabloteh coach.
Jomal Williams, Radanfah Abu Bakr and Densill Theobald (Caledonia), Daneil Cyrus (Santa Rosa), Caesar (Ma Pau), Hackshaw (NE Stars), Gomez (Defence Force), Rundell (Stokley Vale), Corbin and Aurtis Whitley (Rangers).
When T&T went to de world cup in 2006 not one W Connection player who they produce went to Germany.
Atiba Charles was listed as a W Connection player but he came through Point Fortin Civic.
De only two from W Connection who came through they youth team is Joevin and Jan-Michael Williams.
And W Connection have a lot of foreign players who help them win titles to, they team had more foreign players for most of de times they won, only now they starting to have more local players.
They also have a full foreign coach staff for they SENIOR team.
And as far as successful, yes, Connection have a good system going and some deserve to get pick, but it MUST BE FAIR.
If this man win, Hart days numbered.
Sometimes yuh dont have to say anything and people will know you vex, if Hart dont pick W Connection players I am sure JW go vex, even if he doh say nothing and eventually, Hart will be out because JW will have a personal connected to his club even if he resign.
I eh saying W Connection dont have good players eh, ah just trying to highlight that JW will always be bias towards them.
JW have to be mad to think Shahdon Winchester should be on the T&T side, he is not a bad player, but not a top striker and not good enough even for a T&T B team.
Furthermore, Aubrey David, Andre Toussaint, Marcus Joseph, Marvin Phillip, Carlyle Mitchell, Arnold Dwarika and Kenwyne Jones came through Joe Public youth system, not W Connection.
Guerra, Baptiste, Molino, Cato, Plaza, Mekeil, Bateau, Cyd Gray, Collin Samuel, Aikim Andrews, Josiah Trimmingham, Kelvin Jack, Cornell Glen, all Jabloteh most under Terry Fenwick,,,,
Fenwick did more for T&T than Stuart Charles in the short sapce he was jabloteh coach.
Jomal Williams, Radanfah Abu Bakr and Densill Theobald (Caledonia), Daneil Cyrus (Santa Rosa), Caesar (Ma Pau), Hackshaw (NE Stars), Gomez (Defence Force), Rundell (Stokley Vale), Corbin and Aurtis Whitley (Rangers).
When T&T went to de world cup in 2006 not one W Connection player who they produce went to Germany.
Atiba Charles was listed as a W Connection player but he came through Point Fortin Civic.
De only two from W Connection who came through they youth team is Joevin and Jan-Michael Williams.
And W Connection have a lot of foreign players who help them win titles to, they team had more foreign players for most of de times they won, only now they starting to have more local players.
They also have a full foreign coach staff for they SENIOR team.
And as far as successful, yes, Connection have a good system going and some deserve to get pick, but it MUST BE FAIR.
If this man win, Hart days numbered.
Well boy, we in trouble.
Hartie, pack yuh bags and get ready.
We go see 11 W Connection players on de T&T side soon.
i hate it! it seems like every time we get the federation in line with the government it is a short lived scenario, for instance when jack warner was the president we had a pnm government for the most part whom he went heads up with, then the federation changed to a pnm aligned federation president and the government suddenly changed, and we all saw how that worked out with both roberts and sancho being totally antagonistic to the federation.I have my reservations too, but DJW earned his chance and timkee screwed his........I have come to believe....a bit grudgingly that putting timkee back would have been a bad step.......hopefully good sense prevail and T+T and T+T football are placed above politics........ We must wait and see.
now finally we got a pnm federation president and a pnm minister of sports and wallah, it only lasted 2 months tops. honestly i would have liked to see what timkee could have done for the sport having the full cooperation of the government.
TBH i don't trust this david williams guy and i believe in my heart of hearts that he is here only to upset the apple cart and seek his own interest and i fear that he would prove too much for coach hart to deal with, whom i believe will eventually leave the job. mark my words this spells trouble for our football. as the old saying goes, when something is not broken trying to fix it may eventually break it. i am sick.
Time will tell how this W Connection man will run the TTFF ;)
Anyone bad talking David John Williams actually read his manifesto?
How does a country that purports to be serious, about football, have a defunct players association and a defunct coaches association?
Dale Toney represented the TTAYSO and was present at the AGM.How does a country that purports to be serious, about football, have a defunct players association and a defunct coaches association?
Anyone able to cast light on whether the American T&T entity was present at the AGM, and, if present, who represented the entity?
Ah like Fuentes' word choice: "non-operational".
I didn't hear the program but did the election went according to TTFA's constitution rules and guidelines ?Yeah. I was there. Everything was above board (free and fair). However there was some crap with the election of VPs though. Although they did follow the constitution. How the VPs are elected has to be amended. In its present format. A separate election for each VP. So the process was long and painful. Everyone was fedup and voted for the damn thing to be over and done. The initial voting actually had both Colin Murray and John Sabga in the running and Warner was supposed to have been eliminated. But the way the process is, any president that has the majority votes will always see his 3 VPs being voted in.
don't trust DJW but I would be willing to see what happens there, still doh trust him though heard shabbazz has been making representation on his behalf dat alone makes me nervous...Selby Brown seems way out of touch.....Timkee need to take a rest...Ramdan well the less said about him the better
Hahaha, u jokey oui........carry ondon't trust DJW but I would be willing to see what happens there, still doh trust him though heard shabbazz has been making representation on his behalf dat alone makes me nervous...Selby Brown seems way out of touch.....Timkee need to take a rest...Ramdan well the less said about him the better
Exhibit #1 :)
Hahaha, u jokey oui........carry ondon't trust DJW but I would be willing to see what happens there, still doh trust him though heard shabbazz has been making representation on his behalf dat alone makes me nervous...Selby Brown seems way out of touch.....Timkee need to take a rest...Ramdan well the less said about him the better
Exhibit #1 :)
Anybody know anything about thisHe is a businessman from a successful business family.SanchoGillette person.
ah time to get rid of DJWWho yuh go put?
ah time to get rid of DJWWho yuh go put?
Contro, are you the person behind this slate above?
Seems like there was a reason behind Ferguson's big spending and sponsorship to rescue domestic football.
Yes Deeks got his wish for someone with deep pockets to run for President.Seems like there was a reason behind Ferguson's big spending and sponsorship to rescue domestic football.Dahis de kind of thing Deeks was calling for. However, I would rather have seen Richard Ferguson continue on the path he set out on, without entering his candidacy. He stood to be very effective in that approach.
On the other hand, this race needs to be more than two candidates per function/office to extract the right sauce.
Nonetheless, still missing from the mix are people who are professionally trained in this field. We have been down several roads of leadership through acquired experience and governance by instinct and it has not produced the fruit of excellence and best practice.
The less incestuous the interlocking relationships are, the best prospects are for our progress out of this abyss.
Yes Deeks got his wish for someone with deep pockets to run for President.Seems like there was a reason behind Ferguson's big spending and sponsorship to rescue domestic football.Dahis de kind of thing Deeks was calling for. However, I would rather have seen Richard Ferguson continue on the path he set out on, without entering his candidacy. He stood to be very effective in that approach.
On the other hand, this race needs to be more than two candidates per function/office to extract the right sauce.
Nonetheless, still missing from the mix are people who are professionally trained in this field. We have been down several roads of leadership through acquired experience and governance by instinct and it has not produced the fruit of excellence and best practice.
The less incestuous the interlocking relationships are, the best prospects are for our progress out of this abyss.
Totally agree with what you said in regards to the best practice for someone in this leadership position. Do we have eligible individuals with the appropriate training in the field? Isn't a criteria that you must be a living in T&T for the past x number of years and be involved in the sport at some level? I think that's what it was last election.
I wanted Ramesh Ramdhan to win but ah change meh mind.i know we all wished that Ramesh ramdhan had won since anything would have been better than DJW.
This f00cker was one of Jack Warner boys and now he team up with another con man Terry Fenwick.
If anybody know Terry Fenwick they go tell you he is a real smartman and will do anything for money and to get into T&T football.
You cannot trust this man.
Fenwick feel people in T&T chupid, real whiteman mentality.
He try to f00ck up Harrison and them at Central, he try to con de pro league with Ma Pau and now this.
Allyuh, watch who allyuh voting for.
CFA need to go to court to get this man out of our football and country.
Sure RR is a good referee. However in this rongs, is much much more than this that matters.whatever happened to this bloke. I remember he was an ardent opponent of raymond timkee and complained about him on every post. I was thinking maybe he was a DJW supporter and now he’s too ashamed to show his face around here since DJW has taken football to a new low in this country.
Iz all about integrity, love for the players who deserve a quality chance without any more years of rip-off and abusive exploitation.
Iz also about passion for the game and T&T's stake in it, then we later look at competence for the job description.
Notice the above emphasis long before we start talking bout which supa Pac or big honcho in yuh corner looking to get a piece of de action.
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Now history is also important to know so we know where we could be heading. History for a long period was life under Renraw / Jackulito, a dark period if carefully analyzed through an honest lens. Admittedly for some misguided admirers, it was a happy time where milk and honey flowed if you allowed your soul to be properly owned or you were tragically beholden.
Not much different from living in a world under Pablo Escobar. In his village, almost everybody loved little Pablo, an underground economy thrived revolving around him. Yuh hungry, Pablo give yuh some money, yuh need a wok he fix yuh up, police giving yuh trouble, send a hitman and take care of that. Home football team hungry for some glory to boost the behind God back local economy, bribe 2 referee and geh a Concacaf job for a couple of them. To some, Pablo is a cancer but iz hard for some to see why Renraw should be categorized in the same way. The same damage to the fabric of your village takes place. They both get either exterminated or extradited and leave the stunted dependent village with NO development and only pain for years and many lives destroyed tragically.
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Now as we speakin' of referees, I eh sayin' candidate RR did anything wrong but seems to have emerged with FIFA wok & all from the patronage years of Jackulito who was known for fixing up most who couldn't resist. It makes you wonder whether candidates like him still sing the praises of Renraw or have they divorced themselves conveniently recently, if at all. Some direct blunt questions should address that. The evasive Uncle Tim type answer would say enough about potential trouble.
Find the candidate who EXPLICTLY condemns the evils of the past or honestly repents about their association with it and has genuine love for the players, loved the game before money and has integrity as their pillar of doing business. Daiz your candidate who is closest to this. My sense tells me that's Selby Browne. Not RR nor Uncle Tim (same ting)
Ferguson real special
Weird vibe from this one. Not taking that $ bait at all
Ferguson real special
Weird vibe from this one. Not taking that $ bait at all
Richard Fergeson come out of no where with the intention to run eh .. however ,is he eligible ?
Ferguson real special
Weird vibe from this one. Not taking that $ bait at all
Richard Fergeson come out of no where with the intention to run eh .. however ,is he eligible ?
Supposedly he has been involved with La Horquetta XF in the East Zone.
I must be hallucinating. Is Collin Partap really joining a DJW slate?He did a 180 in the space of a year, that means he drank the kool aid.
Maybe some other Collin Partap, not this one:
https://www.socawarriors.net/federation-news/21197-partap-to-support-look-loy-s-high-court-application.html
Many locals thought DJW was serious too with what he did with Connection. I'm just surprised as how sponsorship money just arised from Ferguson a few months before elections when clubs and admin has begging for sponsorship for years.Ferguson real special
Weird vibe from this one. Not taking that $ bait at all
Richard Fergeson come out of no where with the intention to run eh .. however ,is he eligible ?
Supposedly he has been involved with La Horquetta XF in the East Zone.
Ferguson has been involved with football for a good while now. He did acquire Rangers from Fakoory(RIP) and moved them to LaHorquetta. Fixed up the field and appears to have Rangers ready to challenge Connection and them. Now the pro league has some sponsorship money from him. So he appears serious.
So this man really serious about running for election again. Exactly what can he point to in his term that has been a success?didnt you watch his interview with fazeer mohamed? he said he had build a money making venture (home of football), he paid off most their debt (ttfa) and he’s on the brink of a turn around in our football fortunes. please don’t kill the messenger.
Look Loy calls for public disclosure of TTFA candidates.This right here should make them ineligible right? Didn't they reject and fine clubs for non-compliance? Well they should be unable to run for election due to non-compliance! Learn to abide by the rules like everyone else.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).
TT SUPER League president Keith Look Loy is calling on TTFA (TTFA) general secretary Camara David to disclose the names of all those who have been nominated for positions in the TTFA executive, ahead of the November 24 elections.
In a message sent to David, on Wednesday morning, Look Loy wrote, “The deadline date for the nomination of candidates for the 2019 TTFA election of officers (on Tuesday) has expired. The names of persons included in two lists of nominated candidates (led by William Wallace and Richard Ferguson respectively) were revealed to the public by the media.
“(The) media reported that the participation of the incumbent TTFA president David John-Williams and any person associated with him had not been verified by the said president,” Look Loy added.
Look Loy, who is a member of the United TTFA team – led by Wallace – addressed the TTFA general secretary. “I now request the names of all persons whose nomination met (the) said deadline, as well as the positions they propose to contest.”
According to the outspoken administrator, “This is the only fair manner in which to proceed despite the fact that the constitution allows the general secretary to withhold said names up to ten days prior to the election. This gives a tremendous advantage to any incumbent.”
Look Loy made it clear that he is asking David to comment on the content, and not legitimacy, of any nomination.
Asked yesterday for a comment, David said, “That decision does not lie with me, that’s for the Electoral Committee to decide.”
However, it is understood that the electoral committee – the body in charge of organising and supervising the election process – has remained dormant under the current TTFA leadership, headed by president David John-Williams.
Repeated calls to John-Williams, about the Electoral Committee and if he has officially decided to seek re-election, went unanswered yesterday.
So this man really serious about running for election again. Exactly what can he point to in his term that has been a success?didnt you watch his interview with fazeer mohamed? he said he had build a money making venture (home of football), he paid off most their debt (ttfa) and he’s on the brink of a turn around in our football fortunes. please don’t kill the messenger.
Who to vote for boi? Enthusiasm or integrity?;D I know right. We need a debate to separate the sheep from the goat aka greatest of all time.
Who to vote for boi? Enthusiasm or integrity?;D I know right. We need a debate to separate the sheep from the goat aka greatest of all time.
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Maybe from a fan perspective it would be strategic to trigger government intervention into the affairs of the national federation. Eventually that would pick the TTFA president and his collaborators as losers and the national community as winners.
Mr. Prime Minister, it's a winning proposition and a vote getter. Have you seen the response to the petition? It's a referendum on the land provided by the State to the TTFA.
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Maybe from a fan perspective it would be strategic to trigger government intervention into the affairs of the national federation. Eventually that would pick the TTFA president and his collaborators as losers and the national community as winners.
Mr. Prime Minister, it's a winning proposition and a vote getter. Have you seen the response to the petition? It's a referendum on the land provided by the State to the TTFA.
Always better to grab the bull by the horns than to have de bull grab you by the horns.
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Maybe from a fan perspective it would be strategic to trigger government intervention into the affairs of the national federation. Eventually that would pick the TTFA president and his collaborators as losers and the national community as winners.
Mr. Prime Minister, it's a winning proposition and a vote getter. Have you seen the response to the petition? It's a referendum on the land provided by the State to the TTFA.
Always better to grab the bull by the horns than to have de bull grab you by the horns.
The worse thing is for the govt to intervene in the election. FIFA will then ban TT because of govt intervention. What govt could do is pull the sponsorship money. Then the league will collapse.
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Maybe from a fan perspective it would be strategic to trigger government intervention into the affairs of the national federation. Eventually that would pick the TTFA president and his collaborators as losers and the national community as winners.
Mr. Prime Minister, it's a winning proposition and a vote getter. Have you seen the response to the petition? It's a referendum on the land provided by the State to the TTFA.
Always better to grab the bull by the horns than to have de bull grab you by the horns.
The worse thing is for the govt to intervene in the election. FIFA will then ban TT because of govt intervention. What govt could do is pull the sponsorship money. Then the league will collapse.
Normalization means everything the word suggests. But, I didn't advocate for government intervention in the election. I was referring to outside of the context of the election. Suspension (per normalization) does not impede on the operation of a domestic league. Funding would. However, since government has historically been the primary mover ... unlike in other countries ... then gov't has a unique interest. Plus the land it provided the FA as a public good.
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Maybe from a fan perspective it would be strategic to trigger government intervention into the affairs of the national federation. Eventually that would pick the TTFA president and his collaborators as losers and the national community as winners.
Mr. Prime Minister, it's a winning proposition and a vote getter. Have you seen the response to the petition? It's a referendum on the land provided by the State to the TTFA.
Always better to grab the bull by the horns than to have de bull grab you by the horns.
The worse thing is for the govt to intervene in the election. FIFA will then ban TT because of govt intervention. What govt could do is pull the sponsorship money. Then the league will collapse.
Normalization means everything the word suggests. But, I didn't advocate for government intervention in the election. I was referring to outside of the context of the election. Suspension (per normalization) does not impede on the operation of a domestic league. Funding would. However, since government has historically been the primary mover ... unlike in other countries ... then gov't has a unique interest. Plus the land it provided the FA as a public good.
However, since government has historically been the primary mover ... unlike in other countries
I beg to differ here. I think in most countries governments have a big say in sports. especially for stadiums. The US, England, Western Euro. Canada are some of the exceptions. But I am almost sure if the EFA has a guys like Jack or DJW doing havoc to their football, the govt plus MPs would have called for their heads. Football, Rugby, cricket, horse racing are not mere sports, They employ a substantial amount of people.
SOS! Man overboard! A man jump ship!???
SOS! Man overboard! A man jump ship!???
oh typical hopefully if all dat is true, people invovled resist d draw to be wasteful or self serving should the promised resources actually become reality. I would like to see a field and football cage or 2 in as many communities as possible and of course the required ground work to get people into/onto them.SOS! Man overboard! A man jump ship!???
Word is that there has been a defection from one camp to the other. De Nike vibe$ tell him ... Just Do It! :)
Ultimately, Ferguson's selection of Dean ought to be chalked in the category of bad judgement.don't know d Dean fella, but given TTFA financial frailty could d perceived disloyalty here be based on actual and true introspection or ah greedy move, ah get d impression yuh opinion falls in d latter category
Ultimately, Ferguson's selection of Dean ought to be chalked in the category of bad judgement.don't know d Dean fella, but given TTFA financial frailty could d perceived disloyalty here be based on actual and true introspection or ah greedy move, ah get d impression yuh opinion falls in d latter category
Ultimately, Ferguson's selection of Dean ought to be chalked in the category of bad judgement.don't know d Dean fella, but given TTFA financial frailty could d perceived disloyalty here be based on actual and true introspection or ah greedy move, ah get d impression yuh opinion falls in d latter category
Neither of the above.
My contention is that as presidential candidate Ferguson ought to have established concretely that Dean was FULLY aboard with him and FULLY invested in his proposed vision for the organization. Clearly, that's not what occurred here.
Of course, as a matter of principle one could suggest that Dean "committed" to Ferguson and ought to have remained tethered to him, but that is clearly not what happened. And, it is much better that this occur now rather than later.
Dean seems to have been moved by the tangible rather than the speculative. It is even worse judgement when one considers that Ferguson is handicapped by being unable to replace Dean.
The proper way for Dean to have handled this would have been to communicate to Ferguson his decision prior to shifting tack. Indications are that may not have happened.
This again goes back to "presidential judgement". As we say on the field, know your players.
This nasty fat f**ker would not go easily at all. he so reminds me of kamla and the UNC who is trying to dig up dirt where there is none just to gain an unfair advantage instead of fighting the good fight and losing gracefully. it reminds me of what he did earlier this year when he dodged the vote of no confidence due to a technicality.
Wallace timkee and lok loy better be careful with this man and dot all their i’s and cross all their T’s from now on, because it seems like he has a good eye for errors and would exploit any avenue he could find to remain in power, and if he can’t then he seems the type to burn the house if he can’t live in it.
WATCH: TTFA President David John Williams called a press conference today at the Home of Football Hotel to address matters arising from launch of "United TTFA"
https://www.youtube.com/v/OSfp2iUZKVM
As much as people want to get on DJW back on this, this was a blunder by U-TTFA cross T's and dot I's when snakes in the grass.....hopefully the damage can be minimized enough to not be lifeline DJW hoping for.
in trinidad greed an' frenism does make anyting possible, Assim Basarat win TTCB Pres on ah nutten argument, and oversaw massive decline in a previously ascendant TTCB.....reminds u of someone?As much as people want to get on DJW back on this, this was a blunder by U-TTFA cross T's and dot I's when snakes in the grass.....hopefully the damage can be minimized enough to not be lifeline DJW hoping for.
Unless non-existing sponsors start emerging as bounteously as Trump's Me Too victims, United TTFA should continue on its path. DJW holds NO moral high ground on these matters. None.
However, John-Williams remained coy about if he will be seeking re-election. “When the time is ready for that announcement, I would make it,” he said. “It’s for the electoral committee to announce.”
"Both John-Williams and Ferguson are the only businessmen who own teams and would, therefore, see things differently from the others."
When Newsday contacted John-Williams, on Wednesday, to ask him if he would file a police report, he said, “That is not for me to speak about publicly. That is a matter for the offended person. Let’s just leave it as that, please.”
John-Williams wants to finish the job.finish the job? I thought you accomplished that by losing out on every regional competition in all categories and age groups, what more is left to accomplish? we’re at rock bottom now and the only place left to go is up.
By Narissa Fraser (Newsday).
ONE day after the senior men's national team ended its 14-match winless drought, TT Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has announced he will be going up for president once again in the association's elections on November 24. He will go up against Secondary Schools' Football League president William Wallace and Terminix director Matthew Ferguson.
In a press release issued today, he said the TTFA has achieved a lot under his leadership, and he believes it is at the "cusp of breakthrough."
The team demolished Anguilla , FIFA's lowest-ranked national team, 15-0 yesterday evening to earn its first win since September 2018.
The TTFA boss said, "The work of this administration simply cannot be measured solely by wins or losses on the field, but by a greater appreciation for all that has been achieved throughout my tenure. Over the next two weeks, many questions will be answered and a lot will be revealed which will continue to open the eyes of the members of the TTFA.
"It is because of this I must say, it is time to finish what we started. There is too much that is fundamentally important right now to allow the administration of TT Football to alter the planned strategic initiatives at this time. We are at the cusp of the breakthrough that will see our game soar again."
In July, several respected former TT footballers, including World Cup goalkeepers Kelvin Jack and Shaka Hislop, and former women’s team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson called for John-Williams' resignation.
More recently, United TTFA – a group of football stakeholders who are aiming to unseat him in the forthcoming TTFA elections has been very vocal about their displeasure with his leadership.
And although in the press release he said, "There's no success without change," the TTFA presidency is something he wishes to remain the same.
Ferguson was also asked to rate John-Williams's performance at the helm of the organisation.;D
He replied, "I think he did the job to the best of his ability."
John-Williams names election slate.
By Narissa Fraser (Newsday).
TT FOOTBALL Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams, who is seeking another term, has announced his slate for the association's upcoming elections on November 24.
Under the name Team Impactors, TTFA National Football Committee chairman Selby Browne will be running for first vice-president, while Anthony Moore, Tobago Football League president, will run for second vice-president. Southern Football Association representative Collin Partap will vie for third vice-president.
In a press release issued on Friday, the team said, "David John-Williams, seeking second term, is committed to performance, accountability and development.
"This team, with its vast experience in business, law, marketing and finance, shares an akin vision to return TT football to number one in Concacaf will build upon the foundation laid by the current administration.
"We encourage the membership to seek the truth, and measure based on performance and deliverables."
Team Impactors will go up against United TTFA, led by Secondary Schools Football League president William Wallace, and Terminix La Horquetta Rangers owner Richard Ferguson's slate.
Wallace's slate includes: Clynt Taylor (Central FA General Secretary) for first vice-president, Susan Joseph-Warrick (Women’s League Football President) as second vice-president and Joseph Sam Phillip (former TT Pro League Chairman) as third vice-president.
Ferguson's slate consists of Eddie Dean for first vice-president, Raymond Thom for second vice-president and Shymdeo Gosine, head of Central Football Association, for third vice-president.
President John Williams Responds.
TTFA Media.
As president of the TTFA, I wish to formally welcome to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago FIFA President Mr. Gianni Infantino and CONCACAF President Mr. Victor Montagliani on this historic occasion of the formal opening of the Home of Football.
Let me apologise for those miscreants, some of whom are members of the TTFA who are hell bent on disseminating misinformation to the general public that has no basis in fact.
Let me respond to the deliberate inaccuracies at the hand of Mr. William Wallace and others, that has continued for the past three years and provide the following factual account:
1. At a board meeting held on April 3rd 2018, the board appointed a tender’s sub- committee to oversee the awarding of contracts. Let me state that this motion was moved by Mr. Keith Look Loy and seconded by Mr. Karan Jabari Williams.
2. At a board meeting held on June 30th, 2018, the sub-committee reported to the board the decision to award contracts in keeping with FIFA guidelines.
3. At the AGM held on November 24, 2018, the President presented the meeting with a report of all financial details with respect to the Home of Football project.
4. With respect to court order, at the request of Mr. Look Loy, the TTFA has been fully compliant and neither Mr. Look Loy or the court has found the TTFA wanting or in contempt.
Finally, let me state categorically, that the audited financial statements of the TTFA were approved at three consecutive Annual General Meeting under my administration: AGM 2016, 2017, and 2018 along with the independent external auditor’s report.
We trust that this information provides a proper insight to rubbish the diatribe contained in the press release signed by Mr. William Wallace.
One would think that one week prior to the election, this anxious bunch would focus on their programs and aspirations to move T&T Football to number 1 in CONCACAF.
The vision of my team, having put in place the financing vehicle for making TTFA self- sufficient, would continue the focus now on the restructuring and pathway to move T&T football to the respectable heights on the field of play with the horizon being the FIFA 2026 World Cup to be hosted here in the CONCACAF.
Let me publically extend an invitation to those members to attend this historic occasion so that they can see, touch and enjoy this new asset of the TTFA.
Let me also remind those members that the AGM on November 24 will be held at the TTFA’s Home of Football.
Signed
David John-Williams President, TTFA
CFA/TFA election votes in limbo
By Walter Alibey, The Guardian
Six potential votes from the Tobago Football Association (TFA) and the Central Football Association (CFA) appear to be hanging in the balance, ahead of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Election on November 24 at the Home of Football in Balmain, Couva.
On Tuesday, Guardian Media Sports learnt that member clubs from both Regional Associations are set to challenge an alleged unconstitutional election of the delegates that will be voting for either the United TTFA, the Richard Ferguson slate or incumbent David John-Williams and his team on Sunday.
The constitution of the associations, which is aligned to the TTFA constitution, does not give a clear directive of how delegates are to be chosen.
However, Clynt Taylor, the CFA's general secretary believes the general membership of the association should be used to decide on the delegates, as have been done in the past.
Taylor, who contested the last TTFA election and fell just short of John-Williams in the race for the president's position in 2015, made it clear, however, his former boss and current CFA president Shymdeo Gosine is guilty of a breach of the constitution by engaging in the election of delegates in the central zone.
Taylor referred to Article 37(3) of the constitution which states - "Any Member of the Board of Directors must withdraw from the debate and from deciding if there is any risk or possibility of a conflict of interests."
Taylor and a member of a TFA club said the only thing that can happen Sunday is for the votes of the two associations be considered null and void, or the process used by the CFA/TFA members in the past, to be accepted.
It is understood the CFA boss, on November 14 called a secret Board Meeting and elected Gregory Mc Sween (Harlem Strikers), Allan Logan (Real Central) and Wilfred Edwards (Referee) as their delegates, a decision that didn't go down to well with other member clubs.
The clubs are scheduled to meet among itself tomorrow to decide on a course of action to overturn the choice of delegates. Mc Sween, contacted yesterday, said no one objected to the vote when the meeting took place.
Anthony Moore, the TFA president has been accused of breaching the same Article 37(3) of the constitution to secure votes for the John-Williams team which includes himself as vice president, John-Williams (president), Colin Partap (vice president) and Selby Browne, another vice president.
However, Moore made it clear that clubs do not have any power to elect delegates, noting "If they want to, there must be a change in the constitution for it to happen."
He pointed to Article 79 of the TTFA constitution which gives ultimate power to the Board.
The Board of the TFA comprises the president, three vice presidents and as many ordinary members. The delegates chosen are vice presidents Denise Winchester and Samuel Orr and Board members Natasha Francis and Hayden Duke, who will be the alternative.
Moore said, as far as he is concerned the process used to chose the delegates was above board and constitutional. "If the general membership wants to challenge the process, it can do so. There is a deliberate attempt by the elite clubs to confuse those who do not know better, for the sake of a group of people who are promising goodies."
He said as someone who has been involved in Tobago football for many years, he is aware that promises that cannot be achieved, are being made. Tobago clubs are set to present a letter with their concerns on Sunday.
A Venture Credit Union official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the timing of the order was the business of the courts and had nothing to do with their organisation. The credit union, the official said, has been chasing John-Williams for years.
At present, Venture Credit Union is unwilling to give details on what John-Williams requested the money for. The company does not want a public spat; it just wants to be paid.
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The official rubbished any suggestion that Venture had an interest in whether John-Williams remained as TTFA president, although the source suggested his financial problems might have ruled him out of public office in other fields.
https://wired868.com/2019/11/20/we-just-want-our-members-money-back-venture-credit-union-confirms-23-million-judgment-against-djw/
Maybe Rowley sent Browne and Partap to "babysit" DJW. Wouldn't you send a guardian if you transferred politically sensitive public lands in the care of someone capable of detonating and imploding any semblance of public trust and progress constructed?
Someone with an all points bulletin?:
(https://static.wired868.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/venture-credit-union-david-john-williams.jpg)
How could this person credibly be the face of the TTFA leveraging any prospect of ventures with commercial and corporate T&T!
The same person that alienated the US embassy? Give me a break!
The distance between the Ato Boldon stadium and Venture Credit Union is 5.4km. :busshead:
Good on you tobago. if trinidadians had one fifth of the integrity and class that tobagonians posses collectively, this country would be leaps and bounds ahead. we trinis are a bunch of sellout self servicing unpatriotic crooks who are void of ideas and know how, not just in sports but every aspect of our existence.
we somehow fool ourselves into thinking that we posses a high level of know how and deem ourselves to be well rounded forward thinking people when nothing could be further from the truth, in reality we are our own worst enemy though we tend to think otherwise. we kid ourselves into believing that we are the brightest bulbs in the room when the opposite affect is true.
Thank you tobago for leading the way. if tobagonians really step forward and take hold of this nation we would be a first class republic in the very near future.
prove me wrong. for instance we had two tobago PMs including the one we have now, and compared to manning panday and bisesser the man has gotten so much done in his 4 years in charge, things that should have been accomplished years ago.Good on you tobago. if trinidadians had one fifth of the integrity and class that tobagonians posses collectively, this country would be leaps and bounds ahead. we trinis are a bunch of sellout self servicing unpatriotic crooks who are void of ideas and know how, not just in sports but every aspect of our existence.
we somehow fool ourselves into thinking that we posses a high level of know how and deem ourselves to be well rounded forward thinking people when nothing could be further from the truth, in reality we are our own worst enemy though we tend to think otherwise. we kid ourselves into believing that we are the brightest bulbs in the room when the opposite affect is true.
Thank you tobago for leading the way. if tobagonians really step forward and take hold of this nation we would be a first class republic in the very near future.
Speak for yourself
This evil fat f**k will not go easy. what’s with this wanker? he damaged foot all on all levels and is now trying to claw his way right back by trying to bribe people to vote for him like jack warner did, and now he’s acting like he somehow has a right to rule football? I guess it’s true when people claim that trinidad is not a real place, it certainly doesn’t seem so.
As for William wallace, this is strike 2, please mister man please dot all your iiis and cross all your ttts because this wicked fat bastard is a crook and knows how to manipulate things in his favor. I’m really disappointed in the United ttfa for being so slack and nonchalant.
in all honest mate i’m exhausted and just want this thing to come to an end. its been four years now since we had this nightmare tossed at us which was very reminiscent of the jack warner era, just when you think you’ve past the worst there’s worst to come.This evil fat f**k will not go easy. what’s with this wanker? he damaged foot all on all levels and is now trying to claw his way right back by trying to bribe people to vote for him like jack warner did, and now he’s acting like he somehow has a right to rule football? I guess it’s true when people claim that trinidad is not a real place, it certainly doesn’t seem so.
As for William wallace, this is strike 2, please mister man please dot all your iiis and cross all your ttts because this wicked fat bastard is a crook and knows how to manipulate things in his favor. I’m really disappointed in the United ttfa for being so slack and nonchalant.
I know you've been following ... if you think about it carefully, you'll appreciate that this action by DJW was predictable. However, while it defines DJW particularly well, it does not have to define the outcome.
Like you, there's no doubt in my mind that the United TTFA left themselves exposed to this, but I think we will find that clutching at straw is an insufficient flotation device.
in all honest mate i’m exhausted and just want this thing to come to an end. its been four years now since we had this nightmare tossed at us which was very reminiscent of the jack warner era, just when you think you’ve past the worst there’s worst to come.This evil fat f**k will not go easy. what’s with this wanker? he damaged foot all on all levels and is now trying to claw his way right back by trying to bribe people to vote for him like jack warner did, and now he’s acting like he somehow has a right to rule football? I guess it’s true when people claim that trinidad is not a real place, it certainly doesn’t seem so.
As for William wallace, this is strike 2, please mister man please dot all your iiis and cross all your ttts because this wicked fat bastard is a crook and knows how to manipulate things in his favor. I’m really disappointed in the United ttfa for being so slack and nonchalant.
I know you've been following ... if you think about it carefully, you'll appreciate that this action by DJW was predictable. However, while it defines DJW particularly well, it does not have to define the outcome.
Like you, there's no doubt in my mind that the United TTFA left themselves exposed to this, but I think we will find that clutching at straw is an insufficient flotation device.
I will be honest, i’m very uneasy with this DJW man and right now I’m not so sure well see the last of him. what do you think?
who cares if he’s true or not, i just want this jerk out of our football. let him to back to his club and destroy that not our national set up. my only concern is if he has a chance to win tomorrow that’s all i care about ATM.in all honest mate i’m exhausted and just want this thing to come to an end. its been four years now since we had this nightmare tossed at us which was very reminiscent of the jack warner era, just when you think you’ve past the worst there’s worst to come.This evil fat f**k will not go easy. what’s with this wanker? he damaged foot all on all levels and is now trying to claw his way right back by trying to bribe people to vote for him like jack warner did, and now he’s acting like he somehow has a right to rule football? I guess it’s true when people claim that trinidad is not a real place, it certainly doesn’t seem so.
As for William wallace, this is strike 2, please mister man please dot all your iiis and cross all your ttts because this wicked fat bastard is a crook and knows how to manipulate things in his favor. I’m really disappointed in the United ttfa for being so slack and nonchalant.
I know you've been following ... if you think about it carefully, you'll appreciate that this action by DJW was predictable. However, while it defines DJW particularly well, it does not have to define the outcome.
Like you, there's no doubt in my mind that the United TTFA left themselves exposed to this, but I think we will find that clutching at straw is an insufficient flotation device.
I will be honest, i’m very uneasy with this DJW man and right now I’m not so sure well see the last of him. what do you think?
If what DJW is true, then what asylum says is true. They can't give any perception of wrong doing on their part. But I feel it must be some Nike agent made some promise, and Wallace and them run with that as some official Nike endorsement.
If DJW is re-elected, it will be equivalent to the disappointment of 1989. Those who love TT football will see his re-election the same way.
Any evidence of him buying votes should be brought to the forefront immediately.
I Hope the eligible voters representing zones and organizations are not putting weight on a Nike sponsorship deal, as great that may be, we have other issues that should take priority like who's slate has the best interest of Trinidad & Tobago's football. Which group will go in roll up their sleeves and address the underlying issues in the next four years should be what they're looking at. Who will be transparent to public. Who will handle football matters the right way and be inclusive of all NT's and zones. Nike will not go into an unstable organization with their reputation as a leading brand in sports. However if he get our house in order it can certainly be attractive for them.
Players over DJW and his bullshit as well. Joevin, Nash, Cato, Hyland to name a few. By 4pm Sunday the results should be available. I hope and pray DJW is unseated. Some players are so concerned, they think the election is just a hoax, because DJW have some important votes in his pockets.
As fans...this might be our biggest win or loss since 05/06
Time to put an end to all of this nonsense, this clip works on multiple levelsWilliam Wallace eh
https://www.youtube.com/v/lEOOZDbMrgE
WILLIAM WALLACE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE TTFA. Good riddance DJW!
WILLIAM WALLACE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE TTFA. Good riddance DJW!
Your source? I aint celebrating as yet..
TTFA fb page and Look Loy himself ;DWILLIAM WALLACE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE TTFA. Good riddance DJW!
Your source? I aint celebrating as yet..
Tremdous news if true
Tremdous news if true
Tremdous news if true
Just posted on ttfa fb site... it’s official
Tremdous news if true
Just posted on ttfa fb site... it’s official
That's spectacularly quick for the TTFA social media ... :rotfl:
Tremdous news if true
Just posted on ttfa fb site... it’s official
That's spectacularly quick for the TTFA social media ... :rotfl:
It feel like we qualify for a world cup.
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
It feel like we qualify for a world cup.it sure does mate, it sure does.
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
FIFA was present.
actually I just thought of that, I could hear his fat ugly voice now cussing with his cohorts talking bout “I not taking that so easy”. he fought a nasty campaign so you have to look for him any where.Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
FIFA was present.
Ok. I never knew. But I jus feel he have a trump card under he scales.
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
FIFA was present.
Ok. I never knew. But I jus feel he have a trump card under he scales.
He really in yuh head. :rotfl: Exorcise the demon.
Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
FIFA was present.
@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.that gone just the same. remember Keith lok loy is part of the united ttfa and back in the summer lok loy was urging the fat boss to cann dennis lawrence, but he refused and lok loy had a war of words with dennis telling him of how much of a terrible coach he was, until dennis threatened him with a pre action protocol if he didn’t apologize, of which lok loy did, so yes I believe dennis is history as well.
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.that gone just the same. remember Keith lok loy is part of the united ttfa and back in the summer lok loy was urging the fat boss to cann dennis lawrence, but he refused and lok loy had a war of words with dennis telling him of how much of a terrible coach he was, until dennis threatened him with a pre action protocol if he didn’t apologize, of which lok loy did, so yes I believe dennis is history as well.
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
oh god man you self! it ain’t a good hour yet and you want to spoil the mood with another unseen ghost hand. the fuken man gone, no more Spector in the closet pulling the strings. jack warner is out of our lives since 2013 let’s celebrate mate and hold a meditation.Just woke up my pressure still elevated from last week’s idiot performance to see this WONDERFUL NEWS! this deserves a bloody drink :beermug: in fact we shouldtrowafestivalon account of this wonderful news. GOOD RIDDANCE DJW GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE !
Amen.
I wonder if he will leave gracefully? Or try he sh*t and contact Concacaf or FIFA and tell them the elections were illegal..
FIFA was present.
So is Teflon back in charge but in the shadows? :o
i saw an interview with William wallace last week when he said no more excuses. he made it abundantly clear that football is a result oriented business and if a coach is underperforming out he goes, and dennis has been underperforming for 2 years and counting.@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.that gone just the same. remember Keith lok loy is part of the united ttfa and back in the summer lok loy was urging the fat boss to cann dennis lawrence, but he refused and lok loy had a war of words with dennis telling him of how much of a terrible coach he was, until dennis threatened him with a pre action protocol if he didn’t apologize, of which lok loy did, so yes I believe dennis is history as well.
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
Yes. I forget about the pre action protocol by DL. I'm sure he is updating his CV as we speak.
Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Paul seems pro dictator in his article tbh.... or at least so anti warner that even if we suffer we must stick with the dictator... he didn’t clarify his position on whether Ferguson was kosher or not and if that would be a viable path for the future...
The most interesting piece he wrote was our footballs future if the dictator is gone and his friends at fifa like Infantino are upset. To that I say I don’t care what they think, TT football needs to progress and their support of a sell out who’s in the house, debilitated our progress..
Spiteful actions coming, maybe but it’s can’t be worse than what we just went thru for 2 plus years. TT will always be against the current bc we are talented enough to punch above our weight class and be a world beater if we are given a fair chance with the right tool so in place..
That creates headaches for certain nations, that prefer the easy way out as opposed to actually competing fairly
Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:the writer is definitely bias in favor of the fat boss, thank god everyone’s minds were made up on who they were casting their nets for.
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.Now we'll finally find out what his salary was, he could've been making $10M annually.
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Paul seems pro dictator in his article tbh.... or at least so anti warner that even if we suffer we must stick with the dictator... he didn’t clarify his position on whether Ferguson was kosher or not and if that would be a viable path for the future...
The most interesting piece he wrote was our footballs future if the dictator is gone and his friends at fifa like Infantino are upset. To that I say I don’t care what they think, TT football needs to progress and their support of a sell out who’s in the house, debilitated our progress..
Spiteful actions coming, maybe but it’s can’t be worse than what we just went thru for 2 plus years. TT will always be against the current bc we are talented enough to punch above our weight class and be a world beater if we are given a fair chance with the right tool so in place..
That creates headaches for certain nations, that prefer the easy way out as opposed to actually competing fairly
He didn't do that because the article wasn't meant to serve Ferguson's interests or give Ferguson a platform. The article was targeted to where the threat was perceived to come from (United TTFA).
I've been tracking Nicholson's articles. He's been fed meat by a particular person who I will leave nameless.
His headline is inflammatory. Treasure-hunters? Moreover, everyone involved in football during a certain period and tasked with responsibility was "Warner-linked". Who was DJW ... was he someone with no history of Warner? Steups. This election was not a referendum on Jack Warner it was a referendum on DJW and his folly.
The article is a distractor. Attempt to tarnish/paint one side and cleanse the other and really calls into question Nicholson's credibility and how I will treat the content he writes.
thank god ah was worried dat d trini worst instincts and penchant for graft woulda slither through.....d margin of victory says many still prefer personal ambition to national interest though.....sad....still thank god he gone
To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
i saw an interview with William wallace last week when he said no more excuses. he made it abundantly clear that football is a result oriented business and if a coach is underperforming out he goes, and dennis has been underperforming for 2 years and counting.@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.that gone just the same. remember Keith lok loy is part of the united ttfa and back in the summer lok loy was urging the fat boss to cann dennis lawrence, but he refused and lok loy had a war of words with dennis telling him of how much of a terrible coach he was, until dennis threatened him with a pre action protocol if he didn’t apologize, of which lok loy did, so yes I believe dennis is history as well.
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
Yes. I forget about the pre action protocol by DL. I'm sure he is updating his CV as we speak.
To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
Needed to be said :beermug:
maybe the players union could be revisited under this new administration. after all Shaka Hislop and I think kelvin jack endorsed them.To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
Needed to be said :beermug:
Honestly, that is the players fault. If they don't want to organize, how are they going to have a say. From since 2006 we hearing about the players union. 2019 almost finish, and no players union.
maybe the players union could be revisited under this new administration. after all Shaka Hislop and I think kelvin jack endorsed them.To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
Needed to be said :beermug:
Honestly, that is the players fault. If they don't want to organize, how are they going to have a say. From since 2006 we hearing about the players union. 2019 almost finish, and no players union.
To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
Needed to be said :beermug:
Honestly, that is the players fault. If they don't want to organize, how are they going to have a say. From since 2006 we hearing about the players union. 2019 almost finish, and no players union.
To the players ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
To the coaches ... those who post and those who read ... doh let another election come without having a voting delegate.
It is absolutely absurd to not have the participation of players and coaches in a TTFA election process. Shame!
Needed to be said :beermug:
Honestly, that is the players fault. If they don't want to organize, how are they going to have a say. From since 2006 we hearing about the players union. 2019 almost finish, and no players union.
What's the excuse for the coaches?
@pull stones, Asylum said FIFA was present. So it sounds like DJW will not have a strong ground to stand on if he does.Agreed! And to add to that...
Next up is DL. I dont expect him to be coach by Jan 2020.
26- 20 ??? tobago must have given him the 6 votes (correction 3 votes) after all he is a tobagonian and those people are hard to bribe. I can’t believe there were 20 delegates who actually thought this man was worth a farthing, we trinis need to look deep within ourselves, we are a very toxic people indeed.And those 20 are also cool knowing where our football actually is under his reign...isn't this suppose to be about the actual football?
And this is my point. we have members talking about forget gold cup and world cup and let’s rebuild when it’s a football federation and that’s what’s takes first priority playing football, not balancing books. if any of these guys are true lovers of the sport and TT patriots they would take a cut for the sake of country and forgive a huge portion of the debt and allow football to regain its strength.
all this nonsense about forget goldcup and the world cup and focus on rebuilding is pure rubbish, we can do both all at once.
God answered my prayers.
By Narissa Fraser (Newsday).
Former Strike Squad captain reacts to TTFA election results…
FORMER Strike Squad captain Clayton Morris says his prayers have been answered, as a new TT Football Association (TTFA) administration takes office.
Secondary Schools Football League president William Wallace dethroned David John-Williams as TTFA president at the association’s elections, on Sunday, at the Home of Football in Balmain, Couva.
Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Sam Phillip are now first, second and third vice-presidents, respectively.
In June, Morris called on the public to sign an online petition for John-Williams to step down as president and was very vocal about his displeasure with the administration.
Speaking with Newsday, on Monday afternoon, he said, “It’s really a nice feeling to wake up this morning to breathe that fresh air that there’s a change in the head of the TTFA. It really gives me that satisfaction given the struggle I personally have been through for the past two, three eras.
“As the coach of the national futsal team,a former national player, as a current coach and somebody who on a daily basis gives their life towards the development of young people in TT, I feel really vindicated.”
Morris, along with other staff members and 22 players, won a matter in the High Court against the TTFA last December.
The futsal team filed claims for non-payment of salaries, match fees and per diems for the Concacaf Futsal Championships, which took place in Costa Rica in May 2016. The TTFA was ordered to pay $475,743 plus interest at three per cent per annum and to cover legal fees.
He says there is hope and that he has told to his players that things would get better. He agreed with the line from Wallace’s acceptance speech which said, “The task at hand demands all hands on deck.”
Morris told Newsday, “I am looking forward to that...where everybody could chip in. We really do need all hands on deck to get our football back to where it supposed to be.”
The TTFA has lost three court cases to former employees this year. In September, the association was ordered to pay former technical director Kendal Walkes $5.4 million in compensation for wrongful dismissal. And in November, it was ordered to pay former senior men’s national coach Stephen Hart $5 million for wrongful dismissal, unpaid salaries and bonuses and former TTFA technical director Anton Corneal $3,488,375 for unpaid salaries. These cases, in total, added approximately $14 million to the TTFA’s debt.
Asked if he felt this would be a challenge for the new administration, Morris said, “It is a tall order and it will be a challenge, but I am looking to it with optimism.”
He said he is hopeful the state of football in TT can return to where it once was.
“We have to get back to where we were in 1989 and 2006 when the stadium was filled when everybody was focused on the sport of football.
“We went to the (2006 FIFA) World Cup, everybody felt proud to be a Trinbagonian, so I think we need to go back into those feelings to help us get out of the situation we’re presently in.”
In an exclusive interview with John-Williams on November 14, he asked Newsday, “What do you prefer, financial stability or wins on the pitch?”
Under head coach Dennis Lawrence’s leadership, the senior men’s national team earned six wins, eight draws and 20 losses in 34 matches.
In response to John-Williams’ comment, Morris said, “I could never support that. It’s a football association not a financial institution, and any country’s dream is to get to a World Cup and that all your teams are qualifying for whatever tournament you want them to qualify for.
“So I can’t see you taking four years to sacrifice building a structure and you’re going way down with respect to FIFA rankings.
“I believe the election was the answer to the situation we are facing in football because I didn’t think we could go any lower than where we are now.”
The team is now ranked 93rd.
But while Morris praised the ex-boss for the completion of the Home of Football, which he believes was needed, he said it was not enough.
“In 1989, we were in a guest house in St Ann’s, we were down in Forest Reserve and thing, every time we were moving around. So yes, you have the opportunity now that everything is in one spot, which is a plus.
“Hats off to him for putting that part of the puzzle together, but at the same time he was given that mantle to run football, to make sure football was maintained and take us to the highest level. I couldn’t just see us focusing on that (Home of Football) and our football going down and down.”
Nobody saying throw d games, jus temper expectation and start d effort toward d future...shave off d dead wood and keep on going...there are many players that can be thanked for their service and phased out, there are some that can still serve, but there are deficiencies on d personnel front that can be dealt with along the way. I would rather fix d team and if in doing so we manage get back in contention fine, if not but there is notable improvement in play and results equally fine. Games still hadda play. Step back and rebuild doh mean life stops,we just injecting some pragmatism.:thumbsup:
Everybody talking about rebuilding the national team. All kind of ideas flying left, right and center. The elephant in the room is the pro-league/club football. Seeing that the pro-league is where 90 % of our players originate, the pro-league is the entity that need serious fixing. When was the last time one of our team got past the last 16 in Concacaf club football. When was the last time a TT club won the CFU club championship. Fix the pro-league. If they start to produce competent players, then we will see improvement in the national team performances.:thumbsup:
With all due respect but this is an absolute mediocre analysis and void of substance which lacks ideas. if that be the case then why not leave dennis lawrence since we have no money and nothing to look forward too. the whole point of the election was to rid us of a problem that was stifling football. the rebuilding you all are talk ing about is structural putting the league back together paying bills creating better youth development etc, but what about football on the field?
we still need to fix our rankings we still need to be competitive and we still need to qualify for the only regional tournament there is, it’s not like the caribbean cup still exist. if we don’t qualify for this gold cup then there’s nothing to look forward too till 2023, is that what you people want?
Some are focused on medium and long-term planning and others are focused on short-term and immediate considerations. The thing is ... football needs all of those timelines addressed simultaneously. The TTFA ought not not have the luxury of preferring one over the other. To ignore the short-term is to ignore the transgressions of the immediate and recent past and to deny the medium to long-term is to deny the structural reforms and policy implementation that are required to advance football. Even in a limited budget environment all timelines require prioritization.
i live in New York mate, i left england a few years ago to coach little kids part time in new jersey, but my dream is actually to start an academy in trinidad. I wrote to jack warner a few years ago outlining a comprehensive plan to develop a professional caribbean youth league centered in trinidad and i laid out a plan to petition the government for land and funding for a school for football academy style where they do academics in the morning and football in the after noon. I also tried to liaise with a few caribbean football federations but it all fell through when jack was banned.With all due respect but this is an absolute mediocre analysis and void of substance which lacks ideas. if that be the case then why not leave dennis lawrence since we have no money and nothing to look forward too. the whole point of the election was to rid us of a problem that was stifling football. the rebuilding you all are talk ing about is structural putting the league back together paying bills creating better youth development etc, but what about football on the field?
we still need to fix our rankings we still need to be competitive and we still need to qualify for the only regional tournament there is, it’s not like the caribbean cup still exist. if we don’t qualify for this gold cup then there’s nothing to look forward too till 2023, is that what you people want?
I don't disagree about improving our rankings so that we don't get stagnated in this new FIFA setup. This discussion is leading to a chicken and egg argument. Which came first. I am saying that all the problems that we associate with TT football currently have to be repaired in a simultaneous manner. Can all these different faults be rectified at the same time. That for me is still debatable. We need to see the TTFA new plan. Yes, we need to work hard on shoring up our rankings, but we have to improve the product at the club level to get the kind of players we desire to take in the top 4 in the Caribbean and in the Concacaf top 10.
Pull stones, you living in England, it easy for you to look at English system with all the club academies and say we should be like that. But this is TT. Until we get the people with money, and willing to fund at least one decent academy, we eh going very far. Or we will continue to develop players in an 8 to 10 year cycle, instead of the 4 year cycle that is needed to be relevant in current international football.
Some are focused on medium and long-term planning and others are focused on short-term and immediate considerations. The thing is ... football needs all of those timelines addressed simultaneously. The TTFA ought not not have the luxury of preferring one over the other. To ignore the short-term is to ignore the transgressions of the immediate and recent past and to deny the medium to long-term is to deny the structural reforms and policy implementation that are required to advance football. Even in a limited budget environment all timelines require prioritization.:thumbsup: :applause: well said.
Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Paul seems pro dictator in his article tbh.... or at least so anti warner that even if we suffer we must stick with the dictator... he didn’t clarify his position on whether Ferguson was kosher or not and if that would be a viable path for the future...
The most interesting piece he wrote was our footballs future if the dictator is gone and his friends at fifa like Infantino are upset. To that I say I don’t care what they think, TT football needs to progress and their support of a sell out who’s in the house, debilitated our progress..
Spiteful actions coming, maybe but it’s can’t be worse than what we just went thru for 2 plus years. TT will always be against the current bc we are talented enough to punch above our weight class and be a world beater if we are given a fair chance with the right tool so in place..
That creates headaches for certain nations, that prefer the easy way out as opposed to actually competing fairly
He didn't do that because the article wasn't meant to serve Ferguson's interests or give Ferguson a platform. The article was targeted to where the threat was perceived to come from (United TTFA).
I've been tracking Nicholson's articles. He's been fed meat by a particular person who I will leave nameless.
His headline is inflammatory. Treasure-hunters? Moreover, everyone involved in football during a certain period and tasked with responsibility was "Warner-linked". Who was DJW ... was he someone with no history of Warner? Steups. This election was not a referendum on Jack Warner it was a referendum on DJW and his folly.
The article is a distractor. Attempt to tarnish/paint one side and cleanse the other and really calls into question Nicholson's credibility and how I will treat the content he writes.
Looks like Selby Browne was the source. Still can't understand how he did a 180 like that and joined DJW's team.Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Paul seems pro dictator in his article tbh.... or at least so anti warner that even if we suffer we must stick with the dictator... he didn’t clarify his position on whether Ferguson was kosher or not and if that would be a viable path for the future...
The most interesting piece he wrote was our footballs future if the dictator is gone and his friends at fifa like Infantino are upset. To that I say I don’t care what they think, TT football needs to progress and their support of a sell out who’s in the house, debilitated our progress..
Spiteful actions coming, maybe but it’s can’t be worse than what we just went thru for 2 plus years. TT will always be against the current bc we are talented enough to punch above our weight class and be a world beater if we are given a fair chance with the right tool so in place..
That creates headaches for certain nations, that prefer the easy way out as opposed to actually competing fairly
He didn't do that because the article wasn't meant to serve Ferguson's interests or give Ferguson a platform. The article was targeted to where the threat was perceived to come from (United TTFA).
I've been tracking Nicholson's articles. He's been fed meat by a particular person who I will leave nameless.
His headline is inflammatory. Treasure-hunters? Moreover, everyone involved in football during a certain period and tasked with responsibility was "Warner-linked". Who was DJW ... was he someone with no history of Warner? Steups. This election was not a referendum on Jack Warner it was a referendum on DJW and his folly.
The article is a distractor. Attempt to tarnish/paint one side and cleanse the other and really calls into question Nicholson's credibility and how I will treat the content he writes.
Ah see Lasana has figured it out.
simple, he’s an old head trini. these people love power and easy money though they don’t know what to do with power, and even if they did they would never use it to advance the cause us the nation. this is why quite a few caribbean countries have caught up with us in most sports discipline. most of our leaders are crooks who love vanity and the high life and would stop at nothing to have their way in this regard even if it means sinking the whole ship. these selfish greedy unpatriotic people will never stop pimping this country until serious patriotic people put a stop to this nonsense.Looks like Selby Browne was the source. Still can't understand how he did a 180 like that and joined DJW's team.Now that that's over, Contro we still have some business to attend to:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/11/24/pirates-caribbean-warner-linked-treasure-hunters-seek-regime-change-ttfa/
I think we should subject Paul Nicholson to a letter writing campaign the likes of which he has never witnessed.
Paul seems pro dictator in his article tbh.... or at least so anti warner that even if we suffer we must stick with the dictator... he didn’t clarify his position on whether Ferguson was kosher or not and if that would be a viable path for the future...
The most interesting piece he wrote was our footballs future if the dictator is gone and his friends at fifa like Infantino are upset. To that I say I don’t care what they think, TT football needs to progress and their support of a sell out who’s in the house, debilitated our progress..
Spiteful actions coming, maybe but it’s can’t be worse than what we just went thru for 2 plus years. TT will always be against the current bc we are talented enough to punch above our weight class and be a world beater if we are given a fair chance with the right tool so in place..
That creates headaches for certain nations, that prefer the easy way out as opposed to actually competing fairly
He didn't do that because the article wasn't meant to serve Ferguson's interests or give Ferguson a platform. The article was targeted to where the threat was perceived to come from (United TTFA).
I've been tracking Nicholson's articles. He's been fed meat by a particular person who I will leave nameless.
His headline is inflammatory. Treasure-hunters? Moreover, everyone involved in football during a certain period and tasked with responsibility was "Warner-linked". Who was DJW ... was he someone with no history of Warner? Steups. This election was not a referendum on Jack Warner it was a referendum on DJW and his folly.
The article is a distractor. Attempt to tarnish/paint one side and cleanse the other and really calls into question Nicholson's credibility and how I will treat the content he writes.
Ah see Lasana has figured it out.
So now that the neo colonial NC is coming to an end and TT gets back control of its football. Who is running for President? We hope it's not a stooge for fifa who is controlled by them and will again sabotage our football.I hope Ferguson runs and wins
So now that the neo colonial NC is coming to an end and TT gets back control of its football. Who is running for President? We hope it's not a stooge for fifa who is controlled by them and will again sabotage our football.I hope Ferguson runs and wins
So now that the neo colonial NC is coming to an end and TT gets back control of its football. Who is running for President? We hope it's not a stooge for fifa who is controlled by them and will again sabotage our football.I hope Ferguson runs and wins
What will he be delivering?
Hopefully lots of money