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Football / Portsmouth on verge of takeover - Redknapp safe
« on: January 02, 2006, 09:10:45 AM »
This means that they afford to buy Aurtis!


Portsmouth confirm takeover plans 
 
Mandaric plans to spend more time with his family

Businessman Alexandre Gaydamak - son of a Russian billionaire - is to become joint owner of Portsmouth after coming to a deal with chairman Milan Mandaric.

The struggling Premiership club said in a statement French national Gaydamak, 30, whose father is Arcadi Gaydamak, would be an equal partner in the club.

Financier Arcadi Gaydamak already owns Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem.

Pompey stressed the future boardroom change would have no effect on manager Harry Redknapp's position.

"Contrary to press reports there is no question of Harry Redknapp's position as manager of the club being under threat," said the statement.

"He will have the full backing of Mr Alexandre Gaydamak and will continue to enjoy the full support of Milan Mandaric."

The Pompey statement gave no financial details regarding the new partnership.

"The pair of them will work together closely to further develop all aspects of Portsmouth Football Club, Pompey stadium, Pompey village as well as a modern training facility," said the statement.

Despite owning Beitar, Alexandre's father Arcadi has lived in Moscow since 2002.

The Beitar owner is involved in various industrial enterprises in Russia and owns a medium-sized bank and brokerage company.

In 2002 Paris magistrates issued an arrest warrant for him for questioning over an alleged arms-for-oil deal with Angola in the early 1990s.

Arcadi Gaydamak insisted his involvement in the deal was as part of a legitimate agreement between the governments of Russia and Angola.

Jean-Christophe Mitterand, the son of former French president Francois Mitterand, was given a 30-month suspended sentence for his involvement in the affair.

 

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Football / Jabloteh outclass Army in 2-1 Cup win.
« on: November 30, 2005, 10:02:52 PM »
Jason Marcano heads Jabloteh to FA title.
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).
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Nippy forward Jason Marcano scored a 72nd minute goal to secure a come from behind 2-1 win for CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh over Defence Force in a keenly fought Simpaul’s Travel Service T&T Football Federation FA Trophy at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, yesterday.
Jabloteh found themselves trailing as early as the fourth minute.
Ronald “Sharky” St Louis fed striker Bevon Lewis a through ball and he took on goalkeeper Daurance Williams and scored to silence the Jabloteh drummers.
Kerry Baptiste got Jabloteh on level terms in the 16th minute when he was on spot to tap in a cross from midfielder Trent Noel.
Defence Force then enjoyed the better of the exchanges but strikers Lewis and Devon Jorsling failed to capitalised on their chances to leave the teams level at 1-1 after 45 minutes.
Marcano wasted a chance to put Jabloteh ahead in the 58th minute when his down-ward header from substitute Josh Johnson right sided cross, bounced past goalkeeper Cleon John and over the bar.
Defence Force was then reduced to ten men after midfielder Dexter Pacheco was shown two quick yellow cards for crunching fouls on Kerry Baptiste.
But it was Defence Force who then had an opening when forward Kevon Carter picked out St Louis at the far post, but he could not control his header.
Marcano then got the decisive goal when he out-jumped the Defence Force back-line to glance home a right sided Angus Eve free-kick. The win by Jabloteh was their second success of the season having won the T&T Pro Bowl, 1-0 over Vibe CT 105 W Connection.

Yesterday’s FA Final result.

San Juan Jabloteh 2 (Kerry Baptiste 16th, Jason Marcano 72nd) vs Defence Force 1 (Bevon Lewis 4th).
Jabloteh outclass Army for 2-1 Cup win but Whitley injured...ah vex.
Up-Close with Solo.
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Well.....hopefully it is not too too serious an injury and to be honest from where I was sitting it did not look too serious  but it ws bad enough to sit him down and I dont think Whitley is the kind of player to just sit down in a Finals for a small know.

Anyway, I'm starting to enjoy the Pro League matches now but tonight I had lil mixed emotions. The amount of times Jabloteh players were kicked down, it was not funny, the last game I saw on Sunday, a man from North East Stars cuffed Cyd Gray behind his head, this game a man hacked down Whitley. Oh gorm ah cyar tek it.

Whitley collected a pass and headed to the left of the 18 yard box, lay a small beat on the Army right back and was about to cut inside the box when the defender pulled his jersey ( no whistle from the ref) and then de man just hack Whitley down jus so. The Jabloteh people went mad,....well ah think just about everybody went mad in de place because de man only get a yellow fuh dat tackle and of all de persons he hacked down it was Whitley.

De Jabloteh supporters started screaming in the stands at the ref cause their boy,...nah 'our boy' was on the ground rolling around in pain, and it looked bad. Whitley was stretchered off and came back on a few minutes later to applause but soon after signalled that he could not continue and came off.

It was an absolutely unnecessary foul as unnecessary as the one from the Army player that hacked down Kerry Baptiste right in front of the Jabloteh supporters. The crowd went wild and that player was sent off though.

First Army scored then Jabloteh came back and outclassed them with goals from Noray and Marcano and some serious ball possession.

The night really belonged to Jabloteh. Deh just stroked the ball around the field like it was their own and attacked at will. Some men there had a really good night - like Nigel Daniel, Trent Noel, Marcano and Noray. I would say Anton Pierre also had a good night.

If Beenie could have only seen Noray play tonight oui. For 94 minutes he played like he was in a world cup qualifier, hard and committed, running men down, stealing balls, scoring, giving defenders hell for the whole night but also running all the way back to defend his own goal. Like de man have a mercedes engine in him.

Anyway,...ah vex alyuh. ah gone.

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Football / Jabloteh boot out North East
« on: November 27, 2005, 09:44:39 PM »
Jabloteh, Defence Force reach FA final.
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).


San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force Professional Football League clubs both advanced to tomorrow’s T&T Football Federation Simpaul Travel FA final after similar 2-0 semifinal wins.
This was in a double-header at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Sunday.
In the first match of the evening, the Defence Force PFL players got first-half goals from Devon Jorsling and Christon “Paw Boy” Baptiste to shut out their Northern Football Association’s Defence Force counterparts.
The match was only three minutes old when striker Jorsling fired his team into the lead.
However, the Defence Force NFA players never dropped their heads and boosted by the determination of winger Sterling O’Brian created a few nervous moments for goalkeeper Cleon John, the hero of the Defence Force PFL-outfit penalty-kick quarter-final win over VIBE CT 105 W Connection in the previous round.
Baptiste, the brother of Jabloteh midfielder Kerry Baptiste made it 2-0 in the 25th minute when he confidently blasted in a left footed penalty-kick sending goalkeeper Shurland Wheeler, the wrong way.
The kick was awarded after Wheeler, the hero in his team’s quarterfinal win over Maraval Youth Academy, upended midfielder Christopher Durity in the 18-yard box.
Defence Force, without any major success in two years are assured of a spot in the FA final, the most prestigious competition in local football.
However judging by their performance over the 80 minutes of the match, they will need to double their output if they are to lift the title.
The feature match between last year’s FA winners National Quarries North East Stars and Jabloteh also got off to a lively start, for another reason.
After coming close to finding an opening goal within the first five minutes, Stars were then reduced to 10 players after the expulsion of central defender and captain Charles Pollard by referee Shane De Silva for an off the ball incident.
Stars were awarded a free-kick just outside the top right hand corner of the Jabloteh penalty-area and while setting up his defensive line, Jabloteh defender Ronald Primus was allegedly struck by Pollard, himself a former Jabloteh player.
Because her back was turned to the incident, De Silva went over to referee’s assistant Solomon Brewster to enquire about the incident and after a few seconds of deliberation, she walked over to Pollard and handed him his marching orders.
This did not go down too well the Stars supporters, who from then on continuously hurled insults at the female official and Brewster.
Members of the Jabloteh administration who were seated in the main stands were also the subject of some abusive language from some irate Stars fans.
Within a few minutes Primus was again the centre of attention when he was whistled for a foul on Anthony Wolfe inside the penalty-area.
But instead of pointing to the penalty-spot De Silva awarded an indirect free-kick, which was skewed wide by Stars player/coach Jerren Nixon.
Gary Glasgow then had the match’s first clear cut chance to put Stars ahead but after wrong-footing defender Keyeno Thomas, he scuffed his right footed attempt straight at goalkeeper Daurance Williams from less than 10-yards out.
Jabloteh meanwhile had little to show for their efforts up front as strikers Kerry Noray and Jason Marcano were often left isolated and proved to be non-effective against the 10-man Stars and the teams went in goal-less at the end of the first 40-minutes.
Four minutes into the second-half, Aurtis Whitley combined with Marcano to put Jabloteh ahead.
Whitley, a key member of the history making Soca Warriors, collected the ball just inside Stars half, and worked his way to the edge of the penalty-area before squaring to an unmarked Marcano, who wasted little time in blasting a right footed shot past Stars goalkeeper, Trevor Nottingham.
With time running out, Nixon replaced himself with the younger and equally lively Kendall Jagdeosingh while Brent Antoine came in for Walter Moore.
However, they were quickly reduced to nine men, when goalkeeper Nottingham foolishly retaliated against a seemingly fair challenge outside the area from Jabloteh winger Cyd Gray, another locally based member of the senior national team.
Nottingham hit Gray in the back of his head right in the view of De Silva and was given his marching orders.
And with four minutes left on the clock Noray sealed the win for Jabloteh when he was on spot to tap home from less than six yards out after stand-in goalkeeper Kevin Jeffrey had done well to keep out an attempt from Jabloteh’s substitute, Nigel Codrington.
Tomorrow’s final will be the fourth of the season for Jabloteh, who won the PFL Pro Bowl final beating W Connection 1-0 in the final.
However, they were also beaten by W Connection in the First Citizens Bank Cup and Toyota Classic deciders and have little chance of winning the Big Six competition, so they too will be hungry for the FA trophy.

Sunday’s T&TFF FA Trophy result Semifinals

Defence Force (PFL) 2 (Devon Jorsling 3rd, Christon Baptiste 25th pen) vs Defence Force (NFA) 0.

San Juan Jabloteh 2 (Jason Marcano 49th, Kerry Noray 76th) vs North East Stars 0.

Up Close with Solo.

I'll keep it short for now cause I'm tired.

The score was 2-0 . Marcano and Noray scored for Jabloteh.

It was a physical match just like the last one between these two. North East had two players sent off including their goalkeeper who cuff Cyd Gray behind his head and saw red. That man really brave boy to run down behind Cyd Gray who had his back to him and just cuff him down so. But , a fight did not break out, everybody kept calm and the referee did her thing.

Whitley was in fine form setting up the goals and gving them trouble all night. First half he played defensive midfield but second half he played as a forward and looked very comfortable. Jeffery kept goal for Stars after their goalkeeper was sent off and didnt do a bad job. Stars made some stupid substitutions ( took out the two players who were playing the best ball) but it was really Jabloteh that dominated in terms of possession. Overall there were not many shots on goal and the ground (Marvin Lee) was very uneven.

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Football / Sleepless in Port of Spain - You are a true Warrior if you....
« on: November 17, 2005, 09:30:01 AM »
....jump up and wine dong de place yesterday ;D then stop and then jump up some more;

....when you see Lawrence head dat goal between No.7 legs yuh know it was going to be all over;

....know that when the ball was kicked away from Jack before he could deliver the goal kick - it was no goal;

....still jumping up and cyan get no sleep yet;

....never gave up on the Warriors!

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Football / Birchall's Bullet, Whitley's Wizardry....
« on: November 12, 2005, 09:57:10 PM »
was a thing to see.

All the best to 'Me Mum' he is sure to win many more hearts from that gutsy performance tonight. I predicted to a friend at 3:00 p.m - three hours before the game, while in the staidum that both Birchall and Whitley will score tonite. I was half wrong.

My commendations to Aurtis Whitley. He is so much better when he is in attack its scary. I used to come on this forum and say how Whitley running things in the Pro League. I am happy to know that he can also run things for us with the National Team. He is that good and I'm sure we can get a lot more out of him.

Avery, Spann, Latas and Stern - you each owe us one but we not ponging alyuh - cause we know you all will get the job done in Bam Bam and Stern will score two.

I hope de two men dat collect yellow cards tonite already had yellow and out fuh de return game.

The only thing the team has left us with is 'suspense'....but say wah....we like it suh. NO talk is all action next time. Beenie maybe we should unleash Glen fuh de last 50 minutes in Bam Bam.

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Football / Are you feeling the feeling? Getting the symptoms?
« on: November 12, 2005, 06:45:03 AM »
 ;D Are you feeling the feeling .....

BIG GAMES!
BIG PLAYERS!
BIG SUPPORT!
IS TIME WE MEK HISTORY!
TODAY IS WE DAY....AH FEEL IT IN MEH BONES!

I doan know bout u but I inna mess rite now!

Ah cyan tek it no mo........ah goin and sip a 2x4 tuh cool meh nerves!


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Football / Jabloteh cuff dong Connection in big fight
« on: November 05, 2005, 06:16:12 AM »
Seriously it was a brawl las nite.

It was ugly!

No not de football, de licks dat pass during de Toyota Finals game last nite.

After Connection's Brazillian Goulart scored from a free kick (for which de Jabloteh keeper was not ready still fixing he wall) Goulart ran over to Jabloteh coach Englishman Terry Fenwick and he run rite up in de man face to celebrate and mock Jabloteh, de only problem was dat he run into Fenwick elbow and was floored and den a big fight bruk out.

The Connection players jumped all ova Fenwick tuh beat him but de Jabloteh players was not takin dat and a setta blows pass. If yuh see punches dat pass and de Jabloteh players was giving more dan deh was getting. One Connection man ( I tink Attiba) get floored from a clean straight right.

Dat was round one.

Now fuh round two. Afta de referee regain control Travis 'Jamaat' Mulraine de muslimeen player who plays fuh Connection run off de bench onto de field and start tuh brawl with Ian Gray from Jabloteh jus so and Gray cuff him dong. De men pullin Mulriane off de field and like he was crying. It was laugh fuh so.

When de dust settle Goulart and Attiba get send off from Connection and Fenwick and two defenders Ian Gray and de tall dread Franklin get send off for Jabloteh.

Connection den defend deh lead and de match was ova but de brawl was a ting to see. I cyan wait fuh dem to show it back on TV.

For all Warrior fans out deh we players safe. Whitley was not involved instead he was de peacemaker dat settle down Mulraine and Cyd Gray did not play so he was not involved either.

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Football / Jabloteh and Connection ride penalties to Toyota Cup Final
« on: October 28, 2005, 10:46:33 PM »
First it was Connection who after 90 minutes just could not get past Defence Force and score a goal from open play.

Then it was Jabloteh's turn to do the same thing despite coming close many times, they just could not kill off the game.

Both games went to penalties. When Whitley bulleted the first penalty for Jabloteh the writing was on the wall as every other Jabloteh player stepped up and scored while the last JOe Public player ( their goalie) missed his shot.
 
The quality of the football was lacking all round in both games. It was just a massive 'off night' for all the teams involved in terms of attacking. Joe Public played ultra defensive late in the game to try and take the game to penalties but their strategy backfired. Defence Force on the other hand gave Connection a run for their money right down to the last whistle.

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'THE NAKHID TRUTH'

Bahrain-gate gathers momentum.
By: Lasana Liburd (Express).


Trinidad and Tobago football fans anticipated a dramatic, hard-fought contest laced with patriotic fervour as the national team moved within three weeks of a possible place in the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament in Germany.
They got more than they bargained for, although the first ball is yet to be kicked.
The local media remains gripped by the buzz surrounding Trinidad and Tobago's upcoming two-legged Play-Off fixture against Asian outfit, Bahrain, but it is an axed scout and equally-controversial high-profile administrator who hog the spotlight.
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) special advisor and FIFA vice-president Jack Warner called his former employee, David Nakhid, a traitor on Monday and accused him of trying to gather footage for the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) in the build-up to their crucial qualifiers on November 12 and 16.
Nakhid, who worked as a chief scout for the T&TFF for much of their 2006 qualifying campaign, countered via live broadcast on I955FM that his former boss was stupid and dishonest.
Nakhid and Warner were unavailable for further comment yesterday, while national coach Leo Beenhakker, a Dutchman who previously held posts at top European teams like Real Madrid and Ajax, tried to keep his distance.
Nakhid alleged that Beenhakker's Dutch assistant, Wim Rijsbergen, racially insulted him and their dispute led to the Trinidadian being ostracised from the national set-up.
He also charged that Rijsbergen exchanged videotapes of Trinidad and Tobago players with a Bahrain official.
"No, he does not know what he is talking about," Beenhakker told the Trinidad Express. "It is unbelievable."
The veteran coach then remembered an urgent meeting he had to attend and asked to be excused.
Nakhid suggested he had proof and that the matter was not closed.
"I have some e-mails which I can provide in the near future, God willing, that show (Rijsbergen) has been exchanging videotapes of Trinidad with a Bahrain official," said Nakhid, in response to Warner's accusation. "To say that sending a tape or receiving a tape is treachery is just stupid."
Nakhid, who claimed to be Bahrain's national under-20 coach-in-waiting, has repeatedly denied having any role with the Asian country's senior team or, more specifically, in helping plot the downfall of the land of his birth.
The ex-national captain countered that Warner was trying to escape from fulfilling financial obligations to his former employee and suggested the FIFA bigwig might be trying to destabilise his own team.
"They owe me certain monies and they seized the opportunity to do this and not pay which is Jack Warner's typical tricks," Nakhid told I95. "I guess he has the Trinidad and Tobago public distracted now, which is what he wanted to do.
"As a matter of fact, it reminds me of 1989. I only hope they won't sell the country out a second time around by distracting the country from the issue at hand, which is going to Germany."
Nakhid insisted he did more for Trinidad and Tobago than Warner and that he still had his country at heart despite being on the verge of accepting a post from the BFA.
"My record is there for anyone to see," he said. "Let Jack Warner show his record...let the T&TFF show their record. The public will always have me down as a son of the soil and somebody who has always given his heart to Trinidad and Tobago.
"I think the Trinidad and Tobago public already knows how many times (Warner) has sold them out for more than 30 pieces of silver. Look at the 2001 World Cup (Under-17 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago) and how many credits and grants were given to him and members of his family for this tournament."
Nakhid's opening statement was arguably his most pertinent. "It has reached the stage of ridiculous now," he said.
Nakhid says he’s no sell-out.
By: Zaid Mohammed (Newsday).


Under fire former Trinidad and Tobago football captain David Nakhid yesterday rubbished claims by the Football Federation that he had sold out his country to Bahrain for 30 pieces of silver.
And he has launched a stinging attack on FIFA vice-president Jack Warner who made the charge as Special Advisor of the Football Federation.
Nakhid also promised to reveal everything about his reported links to the Bahrain Football Association and the reasons he was axed as team scout for the Warriors when he returns to Trinidad and Tobago early next week.
Nakhid spoke yesterday to Newsday sports columnist Andre Baptiste on the Dale and Tony Show on radio station i95.5FM.
The 41-year-old is currently in Bahrain where he has been reportedly been offered a top coaching position for the Bahrain Under-20 team which he said he will consider after November 16.
He is currently at the centre of a swirling controversy surrounding a reported offer extended to him to assist the Bahrain Football Association, weeks away for a crucial two-leg play-off with Trinidad and Tobago.
Winner of the play-offs on November 12 in Port-of-Spain and four days later in Manama will secure a berth in the 32-team World Cup Finals in Germany next year.
Yesterday Nahkid said it was ridiculous to suggest that he is a traitor as suggested by a Football Federation media release on Monday which stated that an acquaintance of his has been attempting to secure video material of recent Trinidad and Tobago team matches. "The exchange of tapes is quite normal. In fact the coaching staff has sent video material to Bahrain. I have e-mails to prove this. So it is absolutely stupid to suggest otherwise," said Nakhid.
He said Warner and the Football Federation were trying to distract the public from the issue at hand which he said was getting the national football team to the World Cup in Germany.
Nakhid said the Football Federation has realised that they made a mistake by terminating his services by claiming that he made racist comments about the Syrian community in a televison interview two weeks ago.
Nakhid said that he was fired because of a run-in he had with assistant national coach Whim Rijsbergen in Panama City prior to a crucial CONCACAF World Cup qualifier earlier this month.
He said he has given 24 years of his life to Trinidad and Tobago football and has not benefited in any way from his exploits on the field. It is understood that he has an outstanding claim of US$100,000 for his work as national team scout which he intends to collect from the Football Federation.
While in Bahrain Nakhid said he was invited to watch the senior team practice but bluntly refused acknowledging that he could be photographed and the image used for publicity purposes which will further place him in a bad light with the Trinidad and Tobago public.
He suggested that the focus should be on getting the national team ready for the play-offs and not about treachery. The former midfielder also slammed what he described as a "culture of mediocrity" being promoted by the Football Federation.
He maintained that he is a free agent and that he must explore his options since he had a wife and family to maintain but insisted that he is not a traitor to the Trinidad and Tobago cause.
David Nah-Kid coming home next week.
By: Nigel Simon.


New Bahrain Under-20 coach, T&T’s David Nakhid has labelled his former employer, FIFA’s vice-president Austin Jack Warner as being football illiterate.
Contacted in Bahrain yesterday, Nakhid, who was fired as a T&T scout last week because of an alleged racist comment towards the Syrian community, said:
“I have been here for the past couple of days having discussions with the Bahrain Football Association about my role with their youth team.
The former T&T captain made it clear that his stay in the Asian country was for that purpose only. He defended himself against statements made by the T&TFF that he was assisting the Bahrain FA for the World Cup play-off with T&T on November 12 and 16.
In a release on Monday,the T&TFF said that it was investigating reports of the involvement of Nakhid with Bahrain.

The statement read:

“The T&TFF, following its own investigation, can reveal that by all knowledge, a female acquaintance of Nakhid approached local media houses for video footage of recent matches played by the Warriors.
“Those enquires were in fact made early last week ahead of the revelation that there was some link between Nakhid and the Bahrain FA.
“Nakhid’s link contacted T&TFF media for tapes or DVD’s of the national team recent matches and whatever was possible from the earlier stages of the World Cup 2006 campaign, stating that it was to be used for producing a documentary on the team’s progress which Nakhid never discussed with anyone of the team management, nor with the T&TFF, nor with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) Germany 2006.
“Sunity Maharaj, executive producer of local television show Total Football and Ruskin Mark of NCC Channel 4 both revealed that they were approached by the same female acquaintance of Nakhid.
“Her request was for the tapes to be used as personal archive, after she enquired why they were being sought.
“In both instances she was referred to the T&TFF, because they are well aware that they hold the rights to these type of footage,” Maharaj stated.
The T&TFF release also alleged that Nakhid has been appointed as scout advisor of Bahrain's national team.
The president of the General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys), Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, was also quoted in the Bahrain Tribune as saying that he had made a “lucrative offer to Nakhid which he could not refuse.”
“When contacted in Zurich on Monday evening, FIFA vice president Jack Warner confirmed that the talk in Zurich is all about Nakhid.”
“For 30 pieces of silver, T&T has been sold out! This makes what Jamaica has done look guiltless,” Warner said.

David replies:

I’m not involved with Bahrain. No secrets in the game soft spoken David Nakhid said from Bahrain yesterday:
“From my initial conversation with the Bahrain FA, I made it clear to them that I only wanted to be involved with the youth team.
“I wanted nothing to do with their World Cup campaign, and I have not been involved.
“They agreed with my request and since then I have been looking at their youth programmes. I have not even seen their senior team players in training.”
With regards to being made a lucrative offer that he could not turn down, Nakhid says:
“My offer is not an enviable one, its quite a normal offer in terms of coaching.
“The accusations levelled at me by the T&TFF has made the public hysterical and this is all part of psychological warfare being used by Bahrain.
“And they seem to be winning, because Jack Warner and the T&TFF seem to be aiding them.”
Asked if he would assist the T&T team should a request be made for information on the Bahrainis, Nakhid said:
“Don’t forget I was fired by the T&TFF not too long ago, so I have no obligation to assist them. Also, it will not be ethical, considering my new role in Bahrain.”
Asked to further clarify his role in the reported requests for tapes of the T&T matches for Bahrain,Nakhid responded:
“It’s a game, they don’t need my help with getting any tapes of T&T matches, because both technical staffs have already exchanged information.
“Rob Baan, the Dutch scout hired by the T&TFF to spy on Bahrain and the Bahraini scout have already exchanged information about each other’s team.
“At this level of football, there are no secrets in the game, but Mr Warner, being the football illiterate that he is, will not understand that.”
Nakhid said it was “madness,”referring to stories that an alleged female friend had been asking around for tapes on the national team to give to the Bahranis.
“It’s madness, imagine they choose to attack some female acquaintance of me.
“They do not know that tapes have been sent to Bahrain by the T&TFF staff already.
“So for Baan (the Dutch coach in the employ of T&T) sending tapes of T&T to Bahrain, would you call him a traitor too?
“I will be coming home within the next week and will be holding a press conference to clear up all that has transpired.”

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David Beckham has had the red card he received in Real Madrid's defeat to Valencia on Sunday rescinded.

The England captain was booked for dissent and received a second caution for applauding the referee.

The club appealed, claiming that Beckham's behaviour had been neither "scornful nor sarcastic".

The Spanish Football Federation decided that the clapping formed part of his initial protest at a decision and did not warrant a second yellow card.

The 30-year-old will now be free to play for Real against Deportivo la Coruna on Wednesday.

Beckham was dismissed in the 87th minute of Real's 2-1 defeat to Valencia, a result which meant they missed the chance to go top of La Liga.

In his post-match report, the referee noted that Beckham had behaved in "a mocking way after being reprimanded".

However, the Competition Commission, which heard Real's appeal, concluded that Beckham was not being confrontational.

"The clapping took place when the player's back was turned to the referee and when he was returning to his position on the pitch," it said.

"Although the action is worthy of reproach it was not done in direct confrontation and is seen as part of his original protest.

"Neither the incidents themselves nor the referee's report suggest that there was an intention to insult the referee."



 

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Football / Arsenal wipe away Sunderland in Cup
« on: October 25, 2005, 08:20:02 PM »
Sunderland 0-3 Arsenal 
 
Robin van Persie bagged a brace as Arsenal beat Sunderland to advance to the last 16 of the Carling Cup.

Emmanuel Eboue gave the Gunners the lead on the hour mark, slamming home into the bottom corner from 30 yards.

Van Persie made it 2-0 from the spot on 67 minutes after Arturo Lupoli was fouled by Justin Hoyte and Dan Smith.

And the Dutch striker capped the win with a cool finish on 86 minutes after Sebastian Larsson played a neat ball behind the Black Cats defence.

Van Persie, who had not scored since the opening day of the season, looked bright from the start.

The 22-year-old should have opened the scoring in the 29th minute, latching on to Larsson's through ball but failing to curl his effort around Ben Alnwick.

Philippe Senderos then sent a free header wide from a Quincy Owusu-Abeyie corner before Sunderland's Anthony Le Tallec headed over just before the break.

Van Persie was denied by Alnwick again in the 49th minute after being released by Larsson.

But Eboue gave the Gunners the lead with a stunning pile-driver before Van Persie doubled the lead after Lupoli was bundled over by Hoyte and Smith.

Sunderland substitute Dean Whitehead went close with a long-range effort with nine minutes remaining before Lupoli went close with a low drive at the other end.

And with four minutes remaining Van Persie slid the ball under Alnwick to seal victory.

 

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Football / Palace Knock Liverpool out of Cup
« on: October 25, 2005, 08:16:37 PM »
Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool 
 

Crystal Palace claimed a memorable victory over European champions Liverpool to reach the last 16 of the Carling Cup in a riveting encounter.

Dougie Freedman gave Palace the lead after 37 minutes when he headed Michael Hughes' cross against the run of play.

Returning Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard quickly equalised with a goal from 20 yards - his 50th for the club.

But Hughes set up the second-half winner, feeding Marco Reich who drilled the ball home to seal Liverpool's fate.

The chances had come thick and fast for a Liverpool side packed with a crop of fresh talent but harnessed by captain Gerrard - back from a shin injury.

Young midfielder Darren Potter saw two strikes sail over the bar in the first half while Fernando Morientes and Gerrard saw their decent efforts saved.

 Palace had plenty of early chances too, Clinton Morrisson had two early chances comfortably dealt with by Sami Hyypia and Scott Carson, replacing Jose Reina in goal.

Referee Phil Dowd appeared to deny the home side their best opportunity.

He pulled Palace back to award them a free-kick instead of playing advantage when Tom Soares was clear through.

But the home side were rewarded 10 minutes before half-time when Freedman knocked in Hughes' cross from the left.

Inevitably, their lead did not last long, Gerrard got on the end of a Liverpool move created out of nothing to exquisitely side-foot in an equaliser after 39 minutes.

The high-tempo continued after the break as Liverpool piled on the pressure.
 
Morientes again went close and the Spaniard then laid off the ball to Potter, who once again was unfortunate to see his shot skim the bar.

Reds defender David Raven mopped up a period of Palace pressure in which the home side saw their penalty appeals turned down.

Palace's persistence paid off when Reich slid another excellent pass from Hughes past Carson to restore their advantage after 66 minutes.

Peter Crouch - still searching for his first Liverpool goal - missed two chances to equalise as Benitez's side pressed for another goal.

But despite last-gasp efforts from Luis Garcia and Raven, Palace survived four minutes of extra-time and Liverpool's poor form continued as they bowed out.



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Crystal Palace: Speroni, Borrowdale, Hudson, Fitz Hall, Boyce, Watson, Soares, Hughes, Reich (Togwell 84), Freedman (Black 77), Morrison (Andrews 74).
Subs Not Used: Kiraly, Ward.

Booked: Reich, Hudson.

Goals: Freedman 37, Reich 66.

Liverpool: Carson, Raven, Hyypia, Whitbread, Warnock (Traore 76), Potter, Gerrard, Hamann, Kewell (Luis Garcia 65), Morientes (Sinama Pongolle 62), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Reina, Josemi.

Booked: Raven.

Goals: Gerrard 40.

Att: 19,673

Ref: P Dowd (Staffordshire).

 

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Football / Jabloteh down NE Stars, Defence Force survive Crab Connection
« on: October 22, 2005, 02:18:29 PM »
That was the story more or less. I do not have the time now for a full report but I saw enough to see Jabloteh easily beat North East while missing numerous chances. They won on a penalty goal from Angus Eve. I came in during the second half and Jabloteh just had Stars at their mercy whole night. Almost the whole second half was played in North East half of the field.

The great thing about this match was that Fenwick played Aurtis Whitley as a forward for the whole game and he was like a kid in a play pen , he clearly relished it and gave the Stars defence a lot of problems. Jabloteh used him as their go to guy even after Noray was injured and had to come off.  Whitley looked very very good in that position and perhaps Fenwick was doing it to help his attacking game for the national team match but he was terrorising Stars with all kinda mazy beat and flick.

Defence Force came from behind to beat Crab Connection late in the game after Crab Connection. This game was so funny because Crab missed at least five goals durnig the first 25 minutes and I mean these were good chances. Eventually Crab scored on early in the second half. Then Defence Force woke up and started to play like a Pro League club and the difference between the two teams then became evident as the Crab players ran out of gas and ideas. It was clear that Defence Force took them too lightly and played lazily. Then they woke up and scored from a free kick by a left footer named Baptiste and then got the go ahead goal in about the 82nd minute.

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Football / Whitley
« on: October 18, 2005, 08:47:09 PM »


Tonight in de match against North East stars de man hit de odda post ( same side wid Stern first goal) with a bullet shot. But dem fellas from North East give him a rough time wid some terrible fouls all game. He was a target.

People from de stands start to shout lil at North East players and de referee and ting whenever he get foul but I tink he made out arite in de end. De crowd wasnt big but it was loud. De game end 1-1. North East hustle lil but Jabloteh hit de post about 3 times and miss a setta sittas.


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Football / Did anybody see when Jack punched
« on: October 15, 2005, 09:10:33 AM »
de dugout wall when Stern score he second goal?

He was sitting on de bench ( after being replaced by Shaka) and den Stern scored wid de left footed bullet and Jack went beserk for a moment

de man punch de dugout fibre-glass/plexi glass canopy so hard he hand went right through it. Now I like dat as passion from a player but I dont want him doing any more celebratory punches on anything solid. After all he is de goalkeeper and we need him to keep his hands okay.

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San Juan Jabloteh v W Connection.

It was not as exciting as the Pro Bowl final but the thrills were there. The crowd was massive. Defence Force strolled past Petrotrin to win the 3rd place trophy but everyone was really waiting for the Jabloteh-Connection showdown. I eh go lie I come out supporting Jabloteh tuh de hilt. Between de girls and Shurwayne Winchester trying to get people to winde dung de place - de atmosphere was nice and buzzing - main stand packed - ah feel good.

Jabloteh started hot with Josh Johnson giving a clinic to the Connection left back with some daisy-cutting step-overs and darting runs down the right. One time it was so embarassing - de ball was played long and the Connection left back had about a 5 yards headstart, Johnson turned, sprinted and ran past him- hey dah man real quick oui. Somehow it looked like Jabloteh's night until Connection started to claw their way back and ended up dominating the first half, coming close to scoring on many ocassions but just muffing the shots .Attiba looked composed at the back and the goal keeper Jan Williams looked sharp.

Then the momentum swung back to Jabloteh who began to play very very high upfield - almost at the half-way line.

To give you a picture of what the Jabloteh boys did I think it is fair to say that the second half almost belonged entirely to Jaboteh and the game was played almost entirely in Connection half of the field. Jabloteh's backline of Keyeno Thomas, Ian Gray,Nigel Daniel and Cyd Gray started to click and easily man-handled the Connection attackers and even when Connection brought on Randolph Jerome to give them some punch up front they man-handled him into becoming a spectator too. Except for the few times when he was trying to jinx his way into the box Whitley was always double and triple-marked as Connection did their best to deny him any space.

Kerry Baptiste looked fit and quick all night but was unlucky not to finish some penetrative runs down the middle. Angus Eve made some slick passes and turns and he too messed a few chances to trouble Jan Williams the Connection keeper. Devon Mitchell led the Jabloteh line for most of the game but he did not really manage to force saves from Jan Williams. He was replaced around the 70th minute by Addlery and Condrington came on for a tiring Angus Eve at the same time. Trent Noel was solid down centre for most of the game. However the worst was to come for Jabloteh as the full time whistle blew and  it was down to penalty kicks and Connection brought out their Brazillian brigade. ;)

The unthinkable happened as three Jabloteh players mis-fired or to put it another way two of them were blanked by man-of-the-match Jan Williams from Connection:

First penalty - midfielder Trent Noel for Jabloteh- saved by Williams
Connection scored - Goal

Second penalty - striker Nigel Codrington for Jabloteh - Goal
Connection - Luis Seabra saved by Daurance Williams

Third penalty - striker Nicholas Addlery for Jabloteh - saved by Williams
Connection - scored

Fourth penalty- defender Cyd Gray for Jabloteh - first shot - hit the cross bar
Kick re-taken ( Williams had moved off his line early) - second kick sailed way over the cross bar  :o
Connection's Earl Jean scored.

I think I got that right, anyway Connection won 3-1 on penalties

Personally I think all penalties were made to be scored.  ;D Jabloteh paid the price for mis-firing.

Before de game started the players paid tribute to referee Ramdan as it was his last Pro League game. He had a good game . He dished out deserving yellow cards mostly inthe second half and- mostly to Connection players including to two Brazilians for diving.

It was a good night after all and well into de crowd was into de game from fus to last whistle.

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Football / Defence upsets N.E.Stars, Jabloteh swamp Tobago
« on: September 16, 2005, 10:05:41 PM »
Mr. Beenie was there and stayed for every minute of the FCB Cup action at Larry Gomes. De crowd was fair sized wid a setta men bawling dong de place and about 3 riddim section takin turns. Its de first time I ever hear a riddim section play opera music,...aye was a good laugh yes....dey was from Point Fortin. During de break 3 Canal did deh ting.


On de field, Jabloteh had an easy night against Tobago beating them 5-1. I have seen them play much better than they did tonight it could have easily been 8-0. Aurtis Whitley had a horrible night including a penalty miss trying to lob de keeper or something but he miss de whole goal by a mile. He just look tired. After that penalty miss de whole team performance went sour. Noray was nippy and troublesome. Josh Johnson hit a bullet ball from about 30 yds out for de 5th goal. It was a beauty I sure he must have impressed Beenie tonight.  Anyway enough about that match de match of de night was Defence Force against North East Stars.

From de first minute Defence Force had about 5 men in defence and just counter-attacked all night long. They kept their shape and just look too slick with deh passing and more comfortable than Stars on de ball. Stars get a penalty late in de game but dat was not enough.

Stars forwards let them down too with a setta misses from even close up when they created good chances late in de game.

Anthony Wolfe (captain and striker) had a very good game in front of Beenie he was de only man giving Defence force any presha. He brudda Glenton Wolfe look very ordinary and was probably responsible for de man crossing de ball for the second goal against them.

Defence Force played very well and looked crisp. Anton Pierre looked good and most of de times it look like they literally had five in de back trying desperately not to conceed and it worked. I couldnt believe that this was the same team that Jabloteh hammer 7-0 de odda day, they just look completely different in intelligence, touch, fitness and discipline. 

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Football / Player ratings - CR v T&T
« on: September 07, 2005, 10:50:26 PM »
KELVIN JACK - 6 - Good game but made one costly mistake. Kept it simple. Did not try to be creative on the distribution nor take unnecessasry chances except when the second goal was scored from the free kick we was nowhere near the ball because his positioning was very poor for the free kick. he underestimated the player's ability to dip it over the wall and he was nowhere near it.

DENNIS LAWRENCE - 7 - Nothing special tonight. He should have been fresher but it did not show. came forward twice but did nothing on those forays. Showed nothing in the air when we had free kicks.


MARVIN ANDREWS - 6 - Looks tired but played his heart out. Jumping for offensive headers and taking his eyes of the ball. Kept trying for the long ball distribution upfield instead of going to Carlos Edwards.


IAN COX - 7 - Saved Spann's many embarassing moments. Dealt well with Wanchope in one on one but was twice turned inside out by Gomez on the same beat that set up the first goal. Not very effective going forward and has a left foot that is weak and inaccurate.

SILVIO SPANN - 5 - Worst game I have seen him play. He was being beaten all ends up and passed all night. Made some forays upfield to link well with Latas early in the game but got lost after about 10 minutes and never recovered.

AURTIS WHITLEY - 7 - The guy keeps improving. This was a good game and a few times he took on the defence but not enough times to have a big impact. Had a balanced game and made some crisp passes. Can do much better if he is given liberty to attack and takes his shots from the 18yd line like Birchall does.

CHIRS BIRCHALL - 6 - Had a horrible start ( even picked up a yellow) but recovered well in a battling appearance. Had a great shot to goal saved in the second half, he continues to have at least one good pop at goal per game which is good for the team because they can set up that shot for him like Latapy did.

DWIGHT YORKE- 8 - Captain Fantastic worked his butt off but played too deep for long periods.

RUSSELL LATAPY- 9 - Without Latas this team would like very ordinary. He had the most creative passing and set up most of the shots on goal. Had a good pop at goal himself late in the game but his movement left and right of the field and the fact that he was getting the ball a lot made it mush easier for the team to attack through him.

CARLOS EDWARDS - 7 - Way under-utilised. He should have been given the ball a lot more tonight because he was always willing to go forward quickly. Pretty solid game though.

SCOTT SEALY - 4 - wasted three very good opportunities and did not run at anybody.

STERN JOHN - 4 - I think he should blame the astro-turf or the flight or tiredness or something. Stern was just not into it. Its not that Latapy was not looking to give him passes it was his positioning was poor and sometimes his touch overcooked. Could not repeat the instinctive play that got him the two goals against Guat.


JASON SCOTLAND - 7 - Had a very good chance but missed. He seemed willing to run at people and fight for balls.

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Football / Canada 4-waltz but Trinidad 3-falls
« on: August 13, 2005, 06:24:24 PM »
This is jut smy two cents from what I saw. Touches and Andre and dem goin to give all yuh de real minute by minute.

Jamaica 3 - 0 Trinidad - Jamaica was just too much of a bully on the ball and Trinidad gave away the goals. It should have ended so badly for them but lapses in concentration and an inability to just keep de damn ball alllowed Jamaica to get away with murder boy. We had no real shots on goal until a long range one in the 69th minute and never really threatened to score though we had nice slow slow slow build ups which was fine by the Jamaicans who were just  happy to counterattack all afternoon. Our lack of physical strength and unpolished technical ability was ruthlesly exposed.

Canada 4 - 0 Guatemala - a real classy performance. Canada's two forwards nos. 10 and 14 were in a league all by themselves. The Guatemalans worked really hard and were very sound technically ( i real real real polished tehcnical abiilty and skill boy) but could not break down Canada whose goalkeeper had the best brains on the field for me. Guatemala would do well to bottle the talents of their nos. 12 and 7 (midfielders) and sell it because they were the shortest on the field ( especially the no. 12 who was shorter than even the shortest Trini player) but had such courage, deft control and mazy dribbling that they deserved better from their forward line. But the night belonged to Canada's no. 10 and 14, a brilliant combination of skill, speed, control and size they also communicated throughout the blitz and took 3 of the 4 goals on the night like true strikers.

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Football / Noray gets a head(er) in front of Beenie
« on: August 02, 2005, 08:35:40 PM »
Beenie man and his entourage was dere tonight. Scotland was in the stands too near enuff fuh Beenie to see him but far enuff from the crowd and de tv6 and dem cameras.

'Hardest' Jemmott was there with a bag ah tricks and no speed and Whitley was makin mas with de Fire midfield but de focus was on Noray who struck like a true marksman and headed in the only goal of the game from the only opportunity he had and Fire had to bow to Jabloteh.

It was a very tough match but not a dull match. Beat was passing left right and centre. Jabloteh did not look sharp at all in fact was the worst of the matches i've seen them play but deh had de players to pull them through. Fire had deh chances but was just horrible with deh finishing but deh have quality no doubt.

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Football / Whitley hit a bullet goal boy
« on: July 30, 2005, 08:10:48 PM »
Took in some Pro League tonight. Whitley hit a helluva bullet from about 25 yds out dat almost tear de net. I think its the best shot I have even seen from a Pro League player in the few games I have seen recently. I dont know why he cant do that fuh de national team. It was Jabloteh 3-0 ova Petrotrin with Codrington expertly lobbing de keeper from de 18 yd line and another goal late from someone I didnt know who it was. Fenwick like he held them back though, they played as if they did not want to wear themselves out. He did not play a full strength squad. Trent did not start, Josh was taken off early. Whitley was playing attacking midfield holding up de ball a lot. Fenwick kept bawling for them to give the ball to Whitley and he had Petrotrin in a mess all night.

 It was good entertaining football anyway but Jabloteh looked like deh was deliberately holding back and deliberately slowing down de pace at many times just stroking de ball around then setting off an attack as if they didnt want to  score so I dont think I saw the best of them. Anyway I waited until Fenwick brought on Noray for Whitley after about 75 minutes to see what he had to offer. He looked sharp. Angus played whole match and very good he was hustling nice. Nigel Daniel looked good too.De rasta defender was man of de match fuh me though.

I heard Fire dem humble North East stars 2-0 tonight in Grande. On the way back to POS I stopped in Ato Boldon to see Defence Force and Connection. Connection was leading 3-0 with about 30 minutes to go. Defence Force looked like deh was jus riding deh luck. I was going to stay and watch it but my wife had enough football by then and hey bruds I had to go.

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Football / Tactical, Technical or Passionate?
« on: July 05, 2005, 08:51:27 PM »
I read this excerpt from Mourinho on BBC.co today. I thought it was very interesting given the recent exchanges we had on the different national leagues. Here goes -



"The Italian league is the tactical league," said Mourinho.

"The Spanish league is the technical league.

The English league is about passion.

"When I thought I could have success here it is because I thought I could mix that English passion with tactical organisation and so our team became tactical.

"Boring for some, I don't know why, but tactical. To be fair, I think we are the best team in history because we beat the record (number of points in a Premier League season)."



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Football / TT Pro League Best 11
« on: June 21, 2005, 08:58:59 PM »
Ah jus want to start a lil something here for posters especially the local ones. Wat would your Pro League best XI look like. Right now this is mine in a 4-4-2.

----------------------Noray---------Wolfe-------------------------

----Theobald-------Goulart------Whitley--------Johnson---

----G.Wolfe/--------Rasta (Jabloteh)------Thomas------Charles
 
------------------------------D.Williams----------------------------------
                         

Subs

Anton Pierre
Seabra
Daniels


I know de right side seem much stronger than de left side but thats just de way it is. I'm also tryin to think of another goalkeeper but none comes to mind.

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It was hot and very physical game. In the first half I almost thougt it was a fight. But in the end all it took was one lucky lob from Josh Johnson and the damage was done. In the first half Connection hammered Jabloteh players like they owed them a licking from the needle that Jabloteh put on the in the Pro Bowl but instead Jabloteh only jam them little jams here and there. Connection was unusually physical which I did not think suited their style of play at all and like the Jabloteh players got into the Connection players head. I could not believe my eyes when I did not see any strong reactions from Jabloteh players. I was just waiting for Whitley or somebody to blow up and leh we get some action but it didnt happen.

In attack Jabloteh were blindingly quick with their short passes and deserved a goal in the first half but it ended up tied at halftime then second half Jabloteh were lucky not to go down due to some bad defensive playing but they continued to look strong and quick in attack and did not tire. Attiba had a good game, he held them back as much as he could but he alone could not do it.

I looked for Beenie but did not see him from where I was sitting over on the left of the stand but I am sure he would not have missed this one. I think he should call up Josh Johnson and Kerry Noray those two guys are quick and deadly and most of all have good form.

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Football / Jabloteh mash up Defence Force 7-0
« on: June 14, 2005, 10:14:32 PM »
I saw a match there tonight and couldnt believe my eyes. Wish I had a camera with me. Jabloteh jus mash up defence force and throw them away like nutten yes. If yuh see shots to goal .Ross Russell was in goal for Defence Force and he alone saved about 10 goals most from point blank range. Beenie was there taking in the game tuh so he might get a recall ( laugh) but seriously de game was really good. I saw from about 25 minutes into the first half and wish I was there from the start.

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Football / Dennis Lawrence - A perfect game?
« on: June 04, 2005, 06:58:42 PM »
I was there! I saw it. There is no such thing as a defender having a perfect game but Dennis Lawrence came darn close.I could not bear to bury my praise for his composure tonight in the middle of 200 posts on the game. He deserves to be recognised as a true champion a true warrior tonight. He stood out only a few notches above his captain though as Yorke had a game of his life. Easily it is the best goal I have seen by a Trinidadian by far.

After winning the ball at the top of his 18 yd box he faked a pass to Whitley and held unto to the ball for two more strides before making a nest pass to Yorke ( I believe it was in left midfield) who held off an attacker to pass the ball back into centre field for an on rushing Lawrence who had not stopped running like a man possesed. With the grace and elegance of a gazelle he outpaced the goalkeeper to the ball, then with the finesse of a composed striker drag de goalkeeper and a defender with a right footed inside scoop and stroked the ball in with his weaker left foot. GOOOOOAAAALLLLLL de people went mad! I still cyan believe wat ah see! I just believe thet T&T needs to keep the ball some more against such inferior opposition. Well done Warriors, well done Beenie! I will leave the match reporting for the guys like Andre Samuel and them who know how to write. I will just give you my ratings of performance tonight.

Jack - 8 ( had one great fingertip save in the 84th minute)
Lawrence - 10* ( I never believed he was worth a look but now I know the guy is a warrior)
Andrews - 8 (After the injury he received treatment for he was not as big a boss as he was the 30 or so minutes before. Best pass was a long diagonal one to Edwards in the second half - that was beauty)
Avery - 7 ( Make the passes quicker Avery yuh killing de game and taking too much pressure)
Theobald - 7 (Same as Avery - just pass it quicker bruds)
Whitley - 7 (nervous start had a few early turnovers but was quickly back to his best)
Birchall - 7 (maybe my expectations were too high but sometimes he got lost in the game)
Ewards - 8 ( You will be a big star - sometimes you need to take your own chances son you had at least three to trouble the keeper with but didnt take it)
Stern - 7 ( three fluffs and one easy goal- yuh is meh boy yuh good but you capable of much better)
Jones - 6 - ( hungry but sometimes too hungry that yellow was unnecessary)
Charles - 7 - ( did well you will get much better)


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