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Football / Re: Pro League game scrapped as refs forget to show up

« on: November 08, 2012, 03:16:18 PM »

man this shit is weak

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Football / Re: Soca Warriors in urgent need of promised government funding.

« on: October 14, 2012, 06:36:24 AM »

Why do we go and play when we have no money? Smh this shit is embarrassing there is never any money for football

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Football / Re: Could I tryout??? Problem.. I live in the USA

« on: September 06, 2012, 05:05:29 PM »

Hey my name is Jason Akal. I live in the USA but always dreamed to play for my country. Who would I have to talk to in order for me to get more information? Me and my brother want to come down, tryout out and help TT go back to the world cup!!!

I'm in the same boat man I live in Oklahoma. And it's pretty hard trying to find info online

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Football / Re: McComie suspended pending investigation.

« on: August 07, 2012, 03:15:16 PM »

why didnt the kid just stop running?

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Football / Re: He called me a black nigger

« on: March 19, 2012, 09:15:35 PM »

I dunno maybe I'm all alone thinking like this but so what if some one calls you a nigger on the pitch shake that shit off and play. Personally I live in the south in the US and I've learned if you don't think your a nigger you shouldn't feel offense to it.. I dunno it's 2012.. Football is a game. And there Are far more serious things to stress about.

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Football / Re: Trinidad football’s anonymous victims

« on: February 08, 2011, 01:55:44 PM »

can someone help me understand how this works? is warner in an elected postion? if so why is he still gettin picked if hes been publicly f**kin his own people for years.. also what is FPATT?

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Football / Re: One of the reasons football in T&T lacks money and support

« on: February 04, 2011, 12:35:56 PM »

Today is F.A. Trophy final day. It is supposedly the oldest and most sought after trophy in T&T. Certainly, in most other countries the F.A. cup/trophy is the biggest prize.

But you wouldn't think that here. Todays Guardian had a feature on page A74, todays Express (normally quite good with coverage) had nothing. It did have a full page preview of tomorrows premier league matches! Haven't seen Newsday, so can't comment on their coverage.

The thing is, if the press don't get behind football and excite the people, no one will come. In England, newspapers give over whole sections to the FA Cup final. You would think here, at least papers would give a page.

I'm sure if a newspaper did a feature they could obtain sponsorship via advertising for the section.

If I was an editor, this is what I would do:

Contact both clubs to obtain list of sponsors and key supporters.
Produce a 4 page pull out listing both squads plus facts about the teams etc
Get comments from celebrity fans (NES have JW & Ria Ramnarine, sure JAB have some too)
Get voxpop from citizens of Grande & San Juan

I would then approach sponsors to pay, say $1,000 each to wish team well and place an ad: JAB - Blink (not sure who else) NES - Japs Fried Chicken, DIRECTV, Carib, MaltaCarib, Toyota, Sports & Games, Lotto, Cher-Mere, Haagen Dazs, McCain, Ocean Spray

The paper makes money and the sport gets the coverage it needs.

Instead, the back page of Guardian has a large picture of winning cricket captains and the Express has a full back page covering West Indies defeat vs Sri Lanka.

I understand that there is an opinion that ProLeague etc is not big here, but how can it be without the support of the media. One feeds the other. The FA Trophy is one day a year, surely cricket can be moved for one day?

Carnival, fetes and concerts are marketed superbly. Yes, they make big money, but football could host an event that breaks even at least. A new mindset is needed from Govt down to the ProLeague clubs, including the supporters, media and TTFF and administrators.
Today should be the biggest day in the domestic football calendar, but instead its not even mentioned in the Express! 

well said sir. its a damn shame this forum has better ideas than the people who are actually runnin shit

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Football / Re: Is Dutch style Trinidad's adopted style?

« on: February 03, 2011, 12:16:46 PM »

why cant we get our shit together and play our own game? we dont need to adopt no ones style just need to tighten the loose ends and play our own game

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Football / Re: GNC welcomes Warriors.

« on: February 03, 2011, 09:18:43 AM »

hope this is not de precursor to steroids.

dumb shit.

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Football / Re: Who will be T&T's next coach thread (2011).

« on: February 03, 2011, 09:17:26 AM »

lets just hope this nigga has some balls to stand up to warner and his bullshit.

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Football / Re: Marketing 101; SocaWarriors Kit

« on: December 22, 2010, 11:23:47 AM »

I had the same problem back in like 2002.. sad to see it hasnt changed.. smh

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Football / Re: Stream line t&T Football

« on: December 01, 2010, 02:07:38 AM »

this is the solution to alot of the football related problems we are having.. this is what needs to happen.
and competitiveness should lead to better footballer, football, etc

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Football / Re: What ever happened ?

« on: December 01, 2010, 01:05:13 AM »

wow...    race aint got a damn thing to do with it. dont get me wrong tho some new blood in the team wouldnt hurt but race should be the last thing that matters now.

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Football / Re: Latapy hitting his stride

« on: November 07, 2010, 07:47:54 AM »

real talk.. this doesnt mean anything until we win the tourny.. this group games should have been expected for us to win.. if we win the cup ill give em props. but this should be something to build on.

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Football / Re: McComie slams poor attitude

« on: October 21, 2010, 08:23:46 AM »

this is dope. i dunno much bout the coach but he always drops some serious knowledge. listen up warriors. taking your football more seriously is only gonna improve the football in trinidad

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Football / Re: Ince keeping options open.

« on: October 09, 2010, 08:44:00 PM »

a little experience in the team camp might not be a bad thing.. the nigga dont have to play to have any effect on the team

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Football / Re: The Local Based players need an Intl Coach in order to succeed

« on: September 12, 2010, 07:23:32 AM »

Latapy making the local players look like they are bunch of shithounds, latas also damaging his reputation with the people that love him as a player, including myself.

the local based have alot more skill and potential than the scoreline suggests, coaching has always been a major problem in tt and its funny bc all you have to do is install a coach who is green or doesnt have the resume and you expose our football program to much scrutiny.

on the other hand i am 100% sure if we had a quality coach who has the resume and credentials behind his name, he would do 1000% more with this crop of talented local based players.

Latas do the noble thing and step down.

there are so many countries out there that have been calling for there own homegrown coaches. if TnT is gonna reach the next level, trinidad is gonna have to develop its own quality coaches, everyone seems to have a problem with the coach now.. latas is a legend. a Trini. support our own. this nigga has done what all these young players want, make it out of trinidad to play in europe. it is gonna take time to make this work. we arent spain,we are not, brazil, we are trinidad. every one needs to chill out and wait till we actually play someone. and we actually have our strongest side. the coach isnt gonna call k-jones/ sealy etc when they're are at big clubs, to come n play belize. so everyone be real. it seems to me that he is working with the local players now and gettin an actually base of our talent once he does that it aint gonna be shit to add in our "stars"

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Football / Re: Latapy must GO!!!

« on: September 11, 2010, 03:08:56 PM »

sounds like a mistake to me homie.. we need to support this team, coach n all..

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Football / Re: T&T U-17 Women vs North Korea U-17 Women (12-Sept-2010).

« on: September 11, 2010, 10:43:30 AM »

any way to watch this online??

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Football / Re: Warriors suffer another humiliating defeat.

« on: September 08, 2010, 11:01:07 PM »

this was the first match ive seen since the WC tnt team.. you guys are comin real hard at these boys.. there playin away, tho be it vs a shitty panama side, it cant be an easy situation. they got screwed on a couple calls.. but when they settle down and pass the ball around they look decent.. they play like a team that has no chemesty. theres alot to learn from losing. this game didnt count for shit so relax and support this team. we dont need to be hating on our own shit.