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Football / Re: Scouting for Talent Thread

« on: February 04, 2024, 07:07:26 PM »

Andover's Josh Chatee aims Trinidad and Tobago squad
By By Ken Gaunt (Andover Advertiser)

18th October 2023

AN ANDOVER man has moved 1,800 miles from his home to continue his football career in Sweden after failing to win a pro contract at Reading, writes Ken Gaunt.

For Josh Chatee, 26, the Scandinavian country has become almost a home away from home as his sixth season there is coming to a close.

The talented midfielder has two ambitions, one short term and one long term.

The first is saving his club Bodens BK, who play in the Swedish third tier,  League One North, dropping down a division.

The other is stepping up his bid to break into the Trinidad and Tobago national squad.

He is eligible through his grandfather and conversations have already taken place with senior officials.

Josh said: “ I am aiming towards next year and trying to make things happen. The most important part of that is to get a Trinidad passport.

“At the moment my club are in a relegation battle and it is also important for me that we do not lose our status.

“I want to be playing at a high level.  My contact is up next month when the season ends and I am sure we will have a conversation about that.

“But at the moment it is important we pick up some points in our last four games. That’s the goal.”

Josh admitted it was tough being told he wouldn’t get a contract after coming through Reading’s academy. But he soon shrugged off that disappointment.

“The football foundation helped me a lot,” he said. "So I went out to Sweden and I had three coaches in my three months there!

“But I decided to continue playing there and I enjoy the lifestyle in the country. Apart from a short spell with Portadown in Northern Ireland, it’s where I have developed as a pro.”

Josh intends to stay in Sweden until December and do some training before returning to a Hampshire winter.

He still retains a soft spot for Reading and knows some of the players and staff there, adding:  “The sports science team organised a fitness programme for me when I came home last season. It was a really nice touch.”

TT law states he has to be under the age of 18 to get a TT passport from his grandparents.

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Football / Re: Scouting for Talent Thread

« on: February 04, 2024, 07:03:28 PM »

I believe Bradley Wright Phillips and a player from Scotland I forgot his name both have grandparents from TT.

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Football / Re: Angus Eve Thread.

« on: January 04, 2024, 09:52:39 PM »

This must be a early April fool's joke.

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Football / Re: Angus Eve Thread.

« on: October 23, 2023, 06:36:26 PM »

Placing 2nd without playing the 2 top teams in the group has more to do with luck of the draw than anything else I would rather play the 2 top teams loose and not qualify for the quarterfinals than to be humiliated in the quarterfinals the last nation league games we reached the Gold Cup through the back door and got humiliated and now we qualify for the quarterfinals through the back door to get humiliated again this is embarrassing.

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: August 05, 2023, 11:29:09 PM »

That was a dumb move i could understand extending till 2026 but 2028  no way that's stupid you will have to make me the highest paid player on that team for me to stay.

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Football / Re: Kennya Cordner Thread

« on: July 26, 2023, 01:18:25 PM »

She has bigger nuts than the players on the men team I would like to see players like K Molino and L Garcia take a stand and stop playing for TT until they hire a real professional coach instead of wasting time with a bunch of glorified locals.

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Football / Re: Stephen Hart Thread

« on: July 23, 2023, 10:54:50 AM »

S Hart could probably coach the WNT but lets face it guys he's just not good enough to coach in the men's game.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: July 21, 2023, 06:26:23 PM »

LFS is a much better coach than S Heart or R Latapy ever would be.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: July 21, 2023, 08:43:17 AM »

Ah doh see Luis Fernando Suárez keeping this gig.

And so it came to pass: The NT coach of Costa Rica was dismissed yesterday following his presentation of a post-tournament report at a meeting and a subsequent 6-5 vote of the body with authority of decision. Notably, transparency was a feature of the day as the manner in which each decision-maker voted was made public.

The sole person retained from the coaching staff is former Costa Rica international, Douglas Sequeira --- who has seemingly been on a decade-long apprenticeship as an eventual NT coach.

If TT was serious they would try to hire him as there next coach.

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Football / Re: Michel Poon-Angeron Thread

« on: July 16, 2023, 12:24:06 PM »

If they bring back S Heart as the coach he will do the same thing he did before go back to playing that outdated English football were they get rid of there technically best players and go back to building a strong man team like he did before so M P Angeron days with the national team is pretty much numbered.

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: July 15, 2023, 09:07:13 PM »

At 25 he has to make a move now if he wants to play in a top 5 league signing a extension contract with this club would condemn him to this league.

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Football / Re: Michel Poon-Angeron Thread

« on: July 15, 2023, 08:58:48 PM »

Rampersad is better defensively and is the type of player that S Hart and A Eve like but M P Angeron is a much better all around player with more of a upside he is a better investment for the future the downside is if they bring back S Hart his chances of going abroad and developing would be over.

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Football / Re: Stephen Hart Thread

« on: July 04, 2023, 07:33:00 PM »

There is know TT coach that could fix TT football they are all bunch of armatures S Hart could not even cut it in the CPL his football is outdated if TT football is to become competitive they will have to do like Jamaica and hire a foreign coach.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: July 04, 2023, 07:13:51 PM »

Eve may have it wrong with the citizenship thing. Often when this topic comes up, most tend to group citizenship from the country, and FIFA guidelines to play for a country together.

Each country has their own process to get citizenship. This might be different than what FIFA allows. In this case, to play for a country, all the player needs is a grandparent, under FIFA guidelines.

To get the passport from the country, I believe a grandparent will qualify. BUT, I wouldn't be surprised that in Trinidad and Tobago, they may require the parent of the player to get their passport before the player gets theirs. I think this is what Eve might be talking about.

Under TT law a grandparent could only file for a child under the age of 18 there is no way around it this was a problem back in the 90's till now there are players who played for Jamaica and Grenada with grandparents who was above 18 already people have to loby the government to get this rule change.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 25, 2023, 05:32:14 PM »

It looks like SKN ran out of gas playing the same group of players for the past 10 days have finally caught up with them and it does not look like they have the dept in the squad to make up for it Luckly for TT the height of the occasion got the best of them.

The people in JA was saying that they are going to win the GC and they are a top team in the Concacaf, with the players they have they should be able to beat a USA B team they let that game slip away they not ready yet.

TT should be able to deal with the paste of the game that JA plays but not the speed of game that USA plays its easy to deal with another physical and athletic team but the USA has technical players like #9 who touches and movement will cut up TT defense like butter.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 25, 2023, 12:23:42 PM »

This is a even group all the teams are physical and athletic its not a good sign for JA when you can't beat a U S A B team.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 24, 2023, 10:48:36 PM »

Angus Eve go do the same thing he did last time draw all the games and then him and Shawn will release a video saying he is a successful coach because they did not loose any games.

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: May 29, 2023, 08:30:51 PM »

It looks like Celtic does not have the money for him they are offering a player exchange plus a little bit of cash and hope the club takes it he is out of there price range if I was L Garcia I would not sign any extended contract with AEK you sell me now or next year or I leave for nothing. .

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: May 29, 2023, 08:09:24 AM »

I can see him holding his own in the French league as a forward but in those other leagues i see him struggling as a forward.

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: May 27, 2023, 07:22:34 PM »

Lille is a good club they have a good coach they play the best football in the whole of France he is going to replace J David if he leaves he may not be able to score 20 goals a season but he is a much better player than any of there attackers.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Nicaragua Game (27-March-2023)

« on: March 28, 2023, 07:02:23 PM »

That was a professional display by Nicaragua they controlled the game from the 1st whistle the only way TT was going to score was with a set play A Eve had no answer for them and when he started taking off his best players it was game over that game needed players like J Williams and M W Ling.

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Football / Re: Anton Corneal Thread

« on: October 16, 2022, 02:55:37 PM »

Corneal to continue as TTFA Technical Director
TTFA Media

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) can today confirm that Anton Corneal will continue in the position of TTFA Technical Director.

This comes after Corneal’s decision to decline an offer to assume the position of FIFA Regional Technical Consultant.

According to Corneal, "I decided to decline the opportunity to work as one of FIFA's Regional Technical Consultants in our region, as the position seems more administrative in nature which, I thought, does not align with my skill set.”

"I prefer to be more hands-on with the development of the game in our country and region. In that regard and after discussions with the Normalisation Committee (NC), I am indeed pleased to be able to continue in the position of Technical Director of the TTFA.”

On August 26, 2022, the Association announced that Corneal would be taking up the role of FIFA Regional Technical Consultant for the Caribbean region from September 1, 2022. At that time, applications for the TTFA Technical Director position were invited and a shortlist was compiled.

During that period, the TTFA’s debt repayment Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act was approved by the Courts of Trinidad and Tobago, which allows the Association to continue operating and moving forward.

Having already established a solid foundation in the Technical Department, throughout 2022, Corneal and the NC were keen for him to step back into the role and continue his work.   

Corneal stated, "Especially now where the NC is in the process of clearing the FA's debt and is reviewing the governance structure of the FA, it is an extremely important period for us.”

“The next major steps would be to invest more time in the implementation of the TTFA's long-term development plan. It is something that I am extremely passionate about and I’m excited for what the future may hold."

Corneal returns to duty immediately and will oversee the running of the TTFA High Performance Programs, the staging of the FIFA Girl’s Play Program this weekend, which is aimed at introducing girls aged 6-12 to the game, and the hosting of TTFA B and C Licence Coaching Courses beginning on November 7, 2022.

Just when you tought things were going to get better!!

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Football / Re: Stephen Hart Thread

« on: October 16, 2022, 02:53:14 PM »

S Hart failed at the international level with both Canada and TT and now he has failed at the professional level nobody in there right mind who is serious about going to a WC is going to hire a coach who cannot cut it at that level but then again TT hired A Eve.

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Football / Re: Matthew Woo Ling Thread

« on: October 16, 2022, 02:39:40 PM »

Players like Sean De Silva, Nathaniel Garcia and Matthew Woo Ling was pushed aside for that strong man football them coach's was playing.

Cast aside?

1. De Silva was not on the national senior team when Hart took over. Even so, 5 out of De Silva's 9 caps were under Hart.

2. Nathaniel Garcia made his debut under Hart.

3. Woo Ling was nowhere near the national side when Hart was hired. As a matter of fact he was still playing for St. Anthony's in the SSFL.

De Silva got his 1st cap under F Maturana S Hart begrudgingly capped De Silva he was never a part of his plans .

2. When S Hart had the U20 team in Jamaica he only used M W Ling for 1 game because of a suspension and 1 game as a substitute once again he turned 1 of the most talented youth teams to play for TT into a strong man team that only got 4 points out 15 when they should have gotten much more.

3. Probably 98% of the football coach's from TT was thought to play that outdated English football it does not matter if it is Hart Shabazz Corneal L Philips they are all a waste of time once TT  got rid of F Maturana and Z Vranes it was all downhill from there TT just went back to playing that outdated English football were they got rid of there technically best players and go for power and strength which meant that players like S De Silva N Garcia and M W Ling would not be part of the squad.

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Football / Re: Matthew Woo Ling Thread

« on: October 10, 2022, 07:56:20 PM »

Players like Sean De Silva, Nathaniel Garcia and Matthew Woo Ling was pushed aside for that strong man football them coach's was playing.

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Football / Re: Matthew Woo Ling Thread

« on: October 10, 2022, 10:05:19 AM »

Once TTFA hired a coach like Steven Heart it was all over for players like M W Ling S Heart got rid of TT technically best players and build a strong man team outdated English football.

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Football / Re: Ascension Caribbean Cup Thread

« on: August 27, 2022, 09:34:48 PM »

What's the point of yet another expensive foreign coach? Sod them all and invest in local talent. Take the US$100K and maybe pay down the debt, or support youth teams, or pay the decade overdue prize money, or give it to clubs to fund the youth team.

Youve been sold a pipe dream local coach's don't have the tactical knowledge to coach at the international level nor  do they know anything about youth development.

Says who? I'd rather pay the money to train them then. Foreign coaches come and go and barely leave a mark. Did we get our money for Saintfiet? The welsh guy? If we train our own, locally, they will either stay and enhance our game, or leave for a foreign team and that can have more tertiary benefits than the fly-by-night crews. I'm increasingly convinced the patronising and arrogant approach that a lot of coaches treat the island with is nothing but detrimental.

A local coach will save you money but there inability to get results would cost more in the long run  a foreign coach will cost more money but get the results to make TT team competitive on the international stage putting your money on a local coach that is going no were is a waste of time and money.

If I was Saintfiet I would walk off the job to TT football is run by a bunch of clowns D J  Williams was a successful businessman but he was not a professional.

I feel like you are looking at the problem backwards - if our coaches are bad how can our youth develop? There's no foreign coaches working with the U13 in Laventille, no U14 coaches in Arima. These are the people we should be investing in - they give us the pipeline.

Also, the insane wages these guys get would be significantly better served supporting a domestic league where our talent can get the practice necessary to improve.

Those who refuse to keep up with the times would be left back in time!!

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Football / Re: Ascension Caribbean Cup Thread

« on: August 21, 2022, 12:09:28 PM »

What's the point of yet another expensive foreign coach? Sod them all and invest in local talent. Take the US$100K and maybe pay down the debt, or support youth teams, or pay the decade overdue prize money, or give it to clubs to fund the youth team.

Youve been sold a pipe dream local coach's don't have the tactical knowledge to coach at the international level nor  do they know anything about youth development.

Says who? I'd rather pay the money to train them then. Foreign coaches come and go and barely leave a mark. Did we get our money for Saintfiet? The welsh guy? If we train our own, locally, they will either stay and enhance our game, or leave for a foreign team and that can have more tertiary benefits than the fly-by-night crews. I'm increasingly convinced the patronising and arrogant approach that a lot of coaches treat the island with is nothing but detrimental.

A local coach will save you money but there inability to get results would cost more in the long run  a foreign coach will cost more money but get the results to make TT team competitive on the international stage putting your money on a local coach that is going no were is a waste of time and money.

If I was Saintfiet I would walk off the job to TT football is run by a bunch of clowns D J  Williams was a successful businessman but he was not a professional.

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Football / Re: Ascension Caribbean Cup Thread

« on: August 15, 2022, 12:08:06 AM »

What's the point of yet another expensive foreign coach? Sod them all and invest in local talent. Take the US$100K and maybe pay down the debt, or support youth teams, or pay the decade overdue prize money, or give it to clubs to fund the youth team.

Youve been sold a pipe dream local coach's don't have the tactical knowledge to coach at the international level nor  do they know anything about youth development.

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Football / Re: Ascension Caribbean Cup Thread

« on: August 14, 2022, 04:17:45 AM »

Ferguson was 1 of J Warner students they need to keep as far from him as possible and besides that Caribbean cup football has no benefit  to TT football anyway.

How is Caribbean Cup football not beneficial to TT football ? We can’t even beat clubs and nations now we go beat C. American and MexiCanUsa clubs and countries. We have to recalibrate. If not we will remain in the doldrums.

When you say recalibrate I imagine you mean forward thinking well the Caribbean football cup is nothing new that's been going on before I was born Recyling old colonial ideas is not going to bring TT football back those days are gone TT needs to think outside the box if Ferguson wants to bring TT football back the 1st thing he needs to do is to bring a professional coach to TT to build his club into a regional power house.

What is colonial about the CFU ? The problem with CFU is that it lacks money, thus power. I agree that Ferguson needs to upgrade his coaching staff by a lot.  But club football is in limbo with shenanigans of  the NC. What is wrong in having a Caribbean invitational club football tournament lasting a week until the TTFA Totee league starts later in the year.

TT football was screwed up before NC and would be screwed after NC that's not there fault the most important thing right now is to restart local club football the Caribbean club football is just a tournament for Ferguson to promote his business in the English Caribbean why can't he invite teams from Hati, DR, Martinque Guadlupe Suriname etc teams that will cut they tail not going back to that old time English Caribbean colonial BS that's a waste of time and money.