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Football / Re: What is the origin of the Soca Warriors nickname?
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So you guys know how much the Soca Warriors name is worth from merchandising alone?
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I seriously doubt anybody will want to watch athletes they know are drugged up race. I also doubt whether there'll be any sponsorship for these meets... so no prize money... no race.
So much for that idea.
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GOLD - Tyson Gay - USA
SILVER - ? - Trinidad & Tobago
BRONZE - ? - Jamaica
4 x 100 relay MEN's FINAL
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SILVER - Trinidad & Tobago
BRONZE - Great Britain
"'onorable mention.....Dropped Baton - Jamaica
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USA ghetto ^
Sorry Elan but that term is not and has never been associated with Ghetto youths. Is used in a derogatory form to show blind,unthinking followers. In politics you have the Clinton and Bush Cool-aid drinkers. People who would vote republican or demaocrat regardless of the shit that the leader is doing. This is in reference to the followers of Jim Jones who knowingly drank the cool-aid laced with poison because their leader said to do it.
2. He has opened my eyes to the fact that money suckin vampires are people too
3. He does pay SLIM mortgage on time every month
4. He has um...uh,,well he um..........
2. He has opened my eyes to the fact that money suckin vampires are people too
3. He does pay SLIM mortgage on time every month
4. He has um...uh,,well he um..........
Lemme help alyuh out on SLIM Kool Aid Drinking!!
We must all understand when posts are made so as not to infer nuttin
1. drink the kool-aid
A reference to the 1978 cult mass-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the group, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown. Late in the year he then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Kool-Aid laced with potassium cyanide. In what is now commonly called "the Jonestown Massacre", 913 of the 1100 Jonestown residents drank the Kool-Aid and died.
One lasting legacy of the Jonestown tragedy is the saying, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” This has come to mean, "Don’t trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side." or "Whatever they tell you, don't believe it too strongly".
The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate that one has embraced a particular philosophy or perspective.
Alice: Hey, did you hear that Joe is working on the Nader campaign?
Bob: Yeah, he really drank the Kool-Aid on that one.
Chris: I'm thinking about attending a PETA rally
Donna: Whatever you do, don't drink the Kool-Aid!
2. drink the kool-aid
To completely buy into an idea or system, whether good or bad.
Coach Bellichick got his players to drink the kool-aid.
Going along with what a crowd desires. Often used when a person changes positions on a topic.
Dave got a haircut and a new suit. Looks like his company is making him drink the kool-aid
Touches, tanks 4 d help pardner cause alot a dem need help, buh da is war ah like bout d forum, we does try to help those less fortunate ( ah no u want me to call she name, buh as i say before I in calling no names eh pardner).
SLIM seriously, you never hear black ghetto youth referred to as "cool aid drinkers" meaning uneducated, poor, black ghetto living?
Most everyone know of the Jonestown episode, but the first thing that came to mind was the black ghetto youth reference cause that is "pop culture".
But say what...it's all good.
Lemme help alyuh out on SLIM Kool Aid Drinking!!
We must all understand when posts are made so as not to infer nuttin
1. drink the kool-aid
A reference to the 1978 cult mass-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the group, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown. Late in the year he then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Kool-Aid laced with potassium cyanide. In what is now commonly called "the Jonestown Massacre", 913 of the 1100 Jonestown residents drank the Kool-Aid and died.
One lasting legacy of the Jonestown tragedy is the saying, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” This has come to mean, "Don’t trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side." or "Whatever they tell you, don't believe it too strongly".
The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate that one has embraced a particular philosophy or perspective.
Alice: Hey, did you hear that Joe is working on the Nader campaign?
Bob: Yeah, he really drank the Kool-Aid on that one.
Chris: I'm thinking about attending a PETA rally
Donna: Whatever you do, don't drink the Kool-Aid!
2. drink the kool-aid
To completely buy into an idea or system, whether good or bad.
Coach Bellichick got his players to drink the kool-aid.
Going along with what a crowd desires. Often used when a person changes positions on a topic.
Dave got a haircut and a new suit. Looks like his company is making him drink the kool-aid
Dis forum is de bestest oui, ah have tears in mih eye
Look Slimmy makin people go to WAR over kool-aid
slimmy..whey mih 9 teams yuh supposed to fact name fuh mih? better yet whey diamondslim he abandon yuh?
Now I could be wrong, but the "cool-aid drinking" is in reference to poor ghetto blacks, which in turn suggests you are referencing people of limited intelligence and inability to understand. If that is the case you need to watch it. I am the last person you should be trying that insult on. I am not in England because I "married a passport" or won some dodgy green card lottery. As we say "check yuhself!"
Now, unless you want me to start a petition to get your ass banned from this site, I suggest you stick to the topics and stop trying to rouse up trouble for your own personal amusement. Better yet, go get a job or a hobby or a woman or even a man if that tickles your fancy, and stay off our site!Quote
I second dah one Reds
Slim wow... just wow
Peter O'Connor was TTFA president in de late 80's when Jack Warner was the secretary.
He is a known associate and backer of Warner for years. Where have you been?
And in de case of the stadiums... as has been posted multiple times:
The stadia have been rented for free or at a pittance for umpteen years. In an effort to bring some level of professionalism to the running of the stadia. A new contract was put forth... The new terms were not particular onerous nor outrageous.
In fact from some perspectives it hasn't really changed.
Jack Warner decide to pick up his ball and stomp off home.. He ent paying the gov't one cent. Well the TTFF is a private organization and that is within their rights....
but do not come now and blame de gov't because you don't want to pay de price..
the money is going to the running of the stadiums and the ppl of Trinidad. Not into the coffers of the TTFF who invariably declare a "loss" on every game regardless of the gates... ah wonder how come?
Especially since Jack does claim he pay for everything.. how come de TTF does declare a loss? If dey have no expenses thanks to Jack?
TT look gift horse in the mouth
By PETER O’CONNOR (Trinidad Newsday)
Sunday, July 27 2008
EARLY in 2005, Jack Warner summoned the team known as LOC Journey to Germany to a meeting. However, the meeting had nothing to do with the organising of the qualifying matches for Germany, starting that Ash Wednesday and running through November.
Mr Warner informed the meeting that no Caribbean team had qualified for the FIFA U-17 championships scheduled for Peru later that year. Also, no Caribbean team had qualified for the FIFA U-20 Championships, and no Caribbean teams had qualified for several years. Caribbean teams would win the CFU legs of Youth qualifiers, and then perform poorly when they went out against the Central and North Americans.
The solution to this weakness, he suggested, lay in the staging of a “developmental” Caribbean Tournament, with players Under-15 playing the first year, and the same countries bringing their now U-16s to the second year.
This would give the Caribbean Countries a two-year competitive development programme before they faced the teams of Central and North America. Further, to show the teams the standard required, “guest teams” from North and Central America would be invited to participate. In the third year, the competition would revert to U-15s, and these boys would return as U-16s in the fourth year.
This year is the fourth year, and our U-15s of last year will be testing their Caribbean compatriots for places in the CONCACAF Qualifiers.
When might one expect some measure of success in a programme such as this? And how would one measure that success? Well, following the 2006 Tournament, with each team having two years of developmental competition, two Caribbean teams — Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago — competed against the best of CONCACAF and qualified for the FIFA U-17 Championships in South Korea. Might that be considered a measure of success?
Today, the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 tournament concludes at the Marvin Lee Stadium. Three regional teams will qualify for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Championships for Women, being held in New Zealand in October. Trinidad and Tobago girls were eliminated in the first round, losing only to the impressive USA. Earlier this year our U-20 girls were eliminated in that tournament in Mexico — however, their performances showed an ongoing improvement over our earlier attempts to qualify.
As usual, USA, Canada and Mexico dominate the women’s football in all age categories. Do the Caribbean girls also need a development programme?
This week, starting on Thursday, and continuing until August 10, the fourth edition of the Caribbean Youth Cup takes place at venues throughout Trinidad and Tobago, for boys Under 17. Twenty one teams are participating, the top three going on to the CONCACAF U-17 Qualification. Most of the boys were here in 2007, as Under-15s, and should build upon that experience this year.
However, this year’s edition also includes the girls. Eight Caribbean teams, of girls Under 15, are here to test themselves and each other. They will be back here next year, as Under-16s hoping to build upon their experience and challenge the USA, Canada and Mexico for places in the FIFA 2010 Under-17 Women’s Championships.
There is a possibility that the 2010 FIFA Championships will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, but that is another story. This story is about 29 teams of young footballers from all over the Caribbean, playing a tournament in our country.
It is about people — children —from the English, Spanish, French, Dutch and American Caribbean, bringing their culture and their sporting talent to mix with each other here in our land. It is about 21 small hotels and guest houses accommodating over 700 young persons and their coaches, managers, chaperones etc.
Incidentally, the girls’ teams will not be in the same hotels as the boys.
Should we not be opening our country, our stadiums, and our hearts to all these young Caribbean people? Well, our hearts yes, our country hopefully, but all of our state-owned stadiums are closed to this wonderful opportunity.
So what do we tell all these fine young people, and their coaches, many of whom played here last year in our stadia across the country? Why are they now being asked to play on schools and other grounds across the country?
While these grounds do have good playing surfaces (the fields are better cared for than the government owned stadia), the changing and spectator facilities are in many cases, inadequate.
But the children — from Bermuda to Suriname — will not complain. They are here to prove themselves. Still, it is too sad that our government has closed all the stadia to them and to this development programme.
I could be wrong, but isn't this JW's pal O'Connor? If that's the case, please fack off and go run for elections if yuh wanna get involved in political nonsense. Steups!
Pay de damn money for the rental of the stadium dat de gov't STILL PAYING BACK DE LOANS FOR, dat yuh pardna JW run bobol to get built, then come and talk bout youth development.
TT look gift horse in the mouth
By PETER O’CONNOR (Trinidad Newsday)
Sunday, July 27 2008
EARLY in 2005, Jack Warner summoned the team known as LOC Journey to Germany to a meeting. However, the meeting had nothing to do with the organising of the qualifying matches for Germany, starting that Ash Wednesday and running through November.
Mr Warner informed the meeting that no Caribbean team had qualified for the FIFA U-17 championships scheduled for Peru later that year. Also, no Caribbean team had qualified for the FIFA U-20 Championships, and no Caribbean teams had qualified for several years. Caribbean teams would win the CFU legs of Youth qualifiers, and then perform poorly when they went out against the Central and North Americans.
The solution to this weakness, he suggested, lay in the staging of a “developmental” Caribbean Tournament, with players Under-15 playing the first year, and the same countries bringing their now U-16s to the second year.
This would give the Caribbean Countries a two-year competitive development programme before they faced the teams of Central and North America. Further, to show the teams the standard required, “guest teams” from North and Central America would be invited to participate. In the third year, the competition would revert to U-15s, and these boys would return as U-16s in the fourth year.
This year is the fourth year, and our U-15s of last year will be testing their Caribbean compatriots for places in the CONCACAF Qualifiers.
When might one expect some measure of success in a programme such as this? And how would one measure that success? Well, following the 2006 Tournament, with each team having two years of developmental competition, two Caribbean teams — Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago — competed against the best of CONCACAF and qualified for the FIFA U-17 Championships in South Korea. Might that be considered a measure of success?
Today, the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 tournament concludes at the Marvin Lee Stadium. Three regional teams will qualify for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Championships for Women, being held in New Zealand in October. Trinidad and Tobago girls were eliminated in the first round, losing only to the impressive USA. Earlier this year our U-20 girls were eliminated in that tournament in Mexico — however, their performances showed an ongoing improvement over our earlier attempts to qualify.
As usual, USA, Canada and Mexico dominate the women’s football in all age categories. Do the Caribbean girls also need a development programme?
This week, starting on Thursday, and continuing until August 10, the fourth edition of the Caribbean Youth Cup takes place at venues throughout Trinidad and Tobago, for boys Under 17. Twenty one teams are participating, the top three going on to the CONCACAF U-17 Qualification. Most of the boys were here in 2007, as Under-15s, and should build upon that experience this year.
However, this year’s edition also includes the girls. Eight Caribbean teams, of girls Under 15, are here to test themselves and each other. They will be back here next year, as Under-16s hoping to build upon their experience and challenge the USA, Canada and Mexico for places in the FIFA 2010 Under-17 Women’s Championships.
There is a possibility that the 2010 FIFA Championships will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, but that is another story. This story is about 29 teams of young footballers from all over the Caribbean, playing a tournament in our country.
It is about people — children —from the English, Spanish, French, Dutch and American Caribbean, bringing their culture and their sporting talent to mix with each other here in our land. It is about 21 small hotels and guest houses accommodating over 700 young persons and their coaches, managers, chaperones etc.
Incidentally, the girls’ teams will not be in the same hotels as the boys.
Should we not be opening our country, our stadiums, and our hearts to all these young Caribbean people? Well, our hearts yes, our country hopefully, but all of our state-owned stadiums are closed to this wonderful opportunity.
So what do we tell all these fine young people, and their coaches, many of whom played here last year in our stadia across the country? Why are they now being asked to play on schools and other grounds across the country?
While these grounds do have good playing surfaces (the fields are better cared for than the government owned stadia), the changing and spectator facilities are in many cases, inadequate.
But the children — from Bermuda to Suriname — will not complain. They are here to prove themselves. Still, it is too sad that our government has closed all the stadia to them and to this development programme.
Since Lincoln Phillips has been appointed the Technical Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation in 2004 is T&T Football better today, worse than before or the same? It has been more than four years since LP has been appointed to his position. We made it to the to the 2006 WC in Germany, our U17 men's team made it to the U17 WC. There have been some failures like no men's Olympics or U20, no women's Olympic and others. I consider the U17 Soca Princesses performance a positive even though I question why a foreign National Coach did not get Randy Waldrum's position which we are sure was recommended by LP. However, I think the jury is still out on LP but I am disappointed that LP has not tapped into the many outstanding foreign based Trinidadians coaches that he himself worked with in the past while he lived and coached in the USA.
Slim, you question why a foreign National Coach did not get Randy Waldrum's position. Do you mean a foreign based T&T coach? If so, who do you think deserves de position?
Do you mean a foreign based T&T coach? Yes. If so, who do you think deserves de position? Because they are more than qualified and can do the same or better job than Waldrum. They must be given the opportunity. That's the only way you can find out how good they are. Why do we believe foreign non T&T coaches are better than foreign T&T coaches?
Who do you think deserves de position? A foreign based T&T coach, Yes!, but is there anyone you have in mind?
Ah figger u talking about me in no. When ah say about JW short comings none r allyuh doe say nutin, but when ah say something positvie about JW all dem fellas does jump on meh back. Ah no if ah ger Fuentes job at least I will be well paid.Ah tort yuh was seriously misinformed all along, now you seem like yuh carrying water for JW. Put in yuh resume for when Fuentes is no longer of use to himThis question is a tough one as the fans are not priviledged to know what is going on at the TTFF. The National set up is not one that allow access to the various teams and what's happening. All we know is mainly what they tell Fuentes to write.
I think the precursor to this question should be;
What is LP true position in the TTFF?
In whatever position he fill, are proper resources made available to him to complete his job effective
After we answer these question then we can move on to your question posted in this thread.
So you are saying the technical director of football in T&T is not his true position or he has another position that you don't know about?
I believe that JW had restructured the Post and LP was put in charge of GKs and the Youth set up or something like that.
As of April 30, 2008 he was still TD, did his position change since then?
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Yes JW can redeem himself. All he has to do is make more positive movements with our football program by either 1) walking away from the TTFF and allowing competent people to take charge and make decisions in the best interest of our game, or 2) Play his part as a special adivor by giving proper, positive ideas and opportunities for our football to move on. By letting go of the purse and the purse string will do well as a show of good faith to the fans that he (JW) is moving in a new direction.
Now don't get me wrong, people may take a long time to acknowledge him turning a new branch, but he will have to accept this as people will rightfully be weary of his dealings. However, if he want to grow as a person then he have to slay the dragons he bred himself.
I doh understand what JW have to redeem himself from? What from being successful with T&T football? Would we be better of without JW today?
You really take in what you type? That statement alone prove what everyone been saying.
Which statement Elan? This one:Would we be better of without JW today?
This statement
What from being successful with T&T football?
So he has been a big failure huh?
Exactly he has been a not success not T&T football, thanks for pointing that out.
Well my friend Elan there are many of us with good eyesight who really cannot see, but even Stevie Wonder sees the success JW has with T&T football. I have never said there have not been any misgivings by JW, but for me the positives out weighs his short comings.
How can the positives out weigh the negative? Even you typing it correctly, JW has been successful because he use T&T football to get where he is. Now tell me where is T&T football compared to JW status?
This question is a tough one as the fans are not priviledged to know what is going on at the TTFF. The National set up is not one that allow access to the various teams and what's happening. All we know is mainly what they tell Fuentes to write.
I think the precursor to this question should be;
What is LP true position in the TTFF?
In whatever position he fill, are proper resources made available to him to complete his job effective
After we answer these question then we can move on to your question posted in this thread.
So you are saying the technical director of football in T&T is not his true position or he has another position that you don't know about?
I believe that JW had restructured the Post and LP was put in charge of GKs and the Youth set up or something like that.
Yes JW can redeem himself. All he has to do is make more positive movements with our football program by either 1) walking away from the TTFF and allowing competent people to take charge and make decisions in the best interest of our game, or 2) Play his part as a special adivor by giving proper, positive ideas and opportunities for our football to move on. By letting go of the purse and the purse string will do well as a show of good faith to the fans that he (JW) is moving in a new direction.
Now don't get me wrong, people may take a long time to acknowledge him turning a new branch, but he will have to accept this as people will rightfully be weary of his dealings. However, if he want to grow as a person then he have to slay the dragons he bred himself.
I doh understand what JW have to redeem himself from? What from being successful with T&T football? Would we be better of without JW today?
You really take in what you type? That statement alone prove what everyone been saying.
Which statement Elan? This one:Would we be better of without JW today?
This statement
What from being successful with T&T football?
So he has been a big failure huh?
Exactly he has been a not success not T&T football, thanks for pointing that out.
Yo stop with the all cap titles. Alyuh pulling a Birchill or what
This man (SLIM) worst than TI and AB.Trini put together...
Who is this Coach- Richard Hood ?
This question is a tough one as the fans are not priviledged to know what is going on at the TTFF. The National set up is not one that allow access to the various teams and what's happening. All we know is mainly what they tell Fuentes to write.
I think the precursor to this question should be;
What is LP true position in the TTFF?
In whatever position he fill, are proper resources made available to him to complete his job effectively?
After we answer these question then we can move on to your question posted in this thread.
Yes JW can redeem himself. All he has to do is make more positive movements with our football program by either 1) walking away from the TTFF and allowing competent people to take charge and make decisions in the best interest of our game, or 2) Play his part as a special adivor by giving proper, positive ideas and opportunities for our football to move on. By letting go of the purse and the purse string will do well as a show of good faith to the fans that he (JW) is moving in a new direction.
Now don't get me wrong, people may take a long time to acknowledge him turning a new branch, but he will have to accept this as people will rightfully be weary of his dealings. However, if he want to grow as a person then he have to slay the dragons he bred himself.
I doh understand what JW have to redeem himself from? What from being successful with T&T football? Would we be better of without JW today?
You really take in what you type? That statement alone prove what everyone been saying.
Which statement Elan? This one:Would we be better of without JW today?
This statement
What from being successful with T&T football?
Do you mean a foreign based T&T coach? Yes. If so, who do you think deserves de position? Because they are more than qualified and can do the same or better job than Waldrum. They must be given the opportunity. That's the only way you can find out how good they are. Why do we believe foreign non T&T coaches are better than foreign T&T coaches?ask Jack, he does the hiring and firing...Yuh know he muss be do it for the overall good of football, even if we cyah cyah see it...trust in him
Slimmy, you still fertilizin fields with that propoganda article boss?
Since Lincoln Phillips has been appointed the Technical Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation in 2004 is T&T Football better today, worse than before or the same? It has been more than four years since LP has been appointed to his position. We made it to the to the 2006 WC in Germany, our U17 men's team made it to the U17 WC. There have been some failures like no men's Olympics or U20, no women's Olympic and others. I consider the U17 Soca Princesses performance a positive even though I question why a foreign National Coach did not get Randy Waldrum's position which we are sure was recommended by LP. However, I think the jury is still out on LP but I am disappointed that LP has not tapped into the many outstanding foreign based Trinidadians coaches that he himself worked with in the past while he lived and coached in the USA.
Slim, you question why a foreign National Coach did not get Randy Waldrum's position. Do you mean a foreign based T&T coach? If so, who do you think deserves de position?
Yes JW can redeem himself. All he has to do is make more positive movements with our football program by either 1) walking away from the TTFF and allowing competent people to take charge and make decisions in the best interest of our game, or 2) Play his part as a special adivor by giving proper, positive ideas and opportunities for our football to move on. By letting go of the purse and the purse string will do well as a show of good faith to the fans that he (JW) is moving in a new direction.
Now don't get me wrong, people may take a long time to acknowledge him turning a new branch, but he will have to accept this as people will rightfully be weary of his dealings. However, if he want to grow as a person then he have to slay the dragons he bred himself.
I doh understand what JW have to redeem himself from? What from being successful with T&T football? Would we be better of without JW today?
You really take in what you type? That statement alone prove what everyone been saying.
Which statement Elan? This one:Would we be better of without JW today?
Is it an error the writer made or am i not understanding what he wrote,the U15 girls national team getting ready for the CFU youth cup and played two games against U12 boys teams to get them prepared,these people can't be serious.
So this guy comes on the forum saying we shouldn't blame Jack but trying to blast Lincoln...
Ok then...