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Player wishlist for Yorke:

2 CB (one at least MLS level and above)
1 DM (at least MLS level and above)
1 AM (at least MLS level and above)
A fit Levi who won't get injured

Staff Selection
Stephen Hart as special consultant/technical director on Part time basis (Yorke will need as much insight as he can get). Hart is kind of available. He's only doing an assistant position all the way in Portland. I think if a proposition like that arrives on Hart desk, he may consider. .

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Yes soccerman, this should be an opportunity to bring the players in for some kind of training. Hopefully a Edwards was thinking ahead and working on something to bring a friendly to fruition.

Good move by the TTFA. But will we see the "Yorke effect"? That is players with TT roots making a move to play for the national team. . We'll see if this takes place. Because apparently there are a few that can come in to the team. The only ones I've seen identified are a bunch of under 20s.

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@Thomo, it's an international FIFA window. However, we don't have any games scheduled. Yorke should have been hired about a week earlier. It will be difficult to get a game with short notice.

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@ Thomo, there are no games for the November window. Ideally we need to get a friendly so Yorke can see what the inventory looks like. The four preliminary Gold cup teams are also looking for a friendly during the window as none of them are playing. I say get a friendly with Guatemala, Nicaragua or Martinique.

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Welcome DY. Please bring that 99 Treble magic into this team.

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@MEP The others on the shortlist are:

- Pepe
- Sir Alex Ferguson
- K Rowley



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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: October 19, 2024, 06:21:49 PM »
Good observation there soccerman. JJ brought the right leadership that was needed. The midfielders we've become accustomed to never stepped up to the plate to take up that role. Rightfully so, they weren't experienced to do so. JJ has what it takes to playing the attacking mid position. I think he would have been a better center midfielder with the national team instead of playing on the flank.

By the way all them teams from Panama to Costa Rica to Jamaica have men in their 30s. So JJ, Bateau and anyone else, won't be a problem.

Another thing, Rampersad is probably the best box to box player we've had in a long time. He's getting better each game. MLS quality for sure.

Finally, Molino hasn't proven himself yet. He needs to get playing time. If I was him I'd be looking at the CPL or USL for something. Based on what he needs, the TTPL might not be enough to mold him close to the player he was.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: October 17, 2024, 06:33:43 PM »
Well said Lefty. Joevin as an attacking mid can be very valuable. . We seen that in the last two games. He comes with impetus. . We were lacking a "shit starter" in the final 3rd of the pitch. I think he is that. Joevin with Dantaye gives us that attacking bite that we were missing.

Bateau is still valuable. I think he is fitter than Aubrey (Aubrey actually played well that game). Bring Luke Singh into the team. He might be the one to seal that back line.

We also need another consistent keeper. Smith has proven himself. I don't know about Frenderup. He hasn't really shown up big for us in a long time. Whatever happened to Ranjitsingh? ?

I must say, the last two games injected a bit of belief in the team. June is a big month. I hope the kinks are worked out by then.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: October 14, 2024, 10:06:45 PM »
I can't see Real Gill staying longer with Hailstorm. A top team will pick him up soon. He won many balls and made good decisions when he had no options.

Something tells me that Dantaye is about to have a breakout season with his club soon.

Good win. It could have been 5.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: October 10, 2024, 04:22:46 PM »
We earned our goals. Cuba got goals from our mistakes.

Jones .. yes
Molino. . Hmm
Bateau . . Yes

All in all, that team would have beat French Guiana.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: October 05, 2024, 01:56:56 PM »
Wow. Notable absences from the team for CNL:

No Moore
No Yeates
No Raymond
No Phillips

J Jones added
Molino added

I prefer the Normalization Committee with Eve instead of Edwards and King.

League B, here we come. .

World cup? No way in hell.

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It's Yorke. Announcement coming this week.

He has better coaching experience than Eve and Lawrence. I hope this inspires the players to push themselves more. If I was a player, I would want to impress my coach . . who happens to be the most decorated footballer in the Caribbean. I think this will work in our favor. TTFA would need to give Yorke a lot of autonomy and whatever he needs.

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I'd like to know where this secret base of players are? We'd be able to name at least 4 by now. The teenagers in the scouting for thread ain't really much to change the constitution for.

@Contro Yorke will be vocal. Tobagonian blood different. Yorke actually has a stake in it and I don't think he'll take the job to appease the . .

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@Thomo this thing about changing the constitution to get eligible players may be a waste. Only a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds who are playing on reserve teams have been identified. Show me at least five players who are over 20 and are playing in the top league or even 2nd or 3rd divisions. . Then I'll agree that the constitution change will be worth it.

St Lucia have a premier league player, then about 4 or 5 others playing in the championship and EFL 2. Jamaica can make two national teams with all their English boys. What going on with them Trinis in UK? Like they not putting their kids in football anymore.

Yorke is firm, which I like. He stood his ground and did not fold and he won the case. Might be a bit inexperienced on the national stage, but . .

I don't think Hart threw his hat into the ring. And I don't think there was a lot of competition for the job. Sounds like a bunch of pro league coaches applied.

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I don't think we'll be getting a good quality foreign coach. Who in their minds would want to take a chance with this administration. Edwards hasn't even made six months yet and he's already showing signs of being a Trickydadian. He's making Hadad and the Normalization crew look like the lesser of the two evils.

Eve was fired in July, and they only do the job call now?  Also, players ready to protest and boycott.. Another thing the next match is at Dwight Yorke stadium, a place we never get the result we need. Whose idea was it to choose Tobago?

I feel we might be begging for Eve when we see the incumbent. .

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.
« on: September 18, 2024, 01:22:08 PM »
Yep. And the next thing, who is going to apply to work at a place that has trouble paying their current employees? This debacle is not going to encourage good quality coaches to apply.

The TTFA would have kept Derek King if he won those games. They thought that it would have been a good opportunity to save money.

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.
« on: September 16, 2024, 01:06:24 PM »
@contro, well put it this way, what does Berhalter have to gain? The US has already qualified. . Look at it this way, the recognition for taking a very small team to the world cup when all the odds are stacked against them, is a challenge that can have a huge future payout.

There's a difference between a coach who takes the job because they actually feel the team has a chance (Steve McClaren for instance), versus a coach who takes the job because they need a job. I think we might get the latter. Sorry.

Right now the issue with the players payment is more important. Apparently, some of them players shouldn't have been playing because they were planning on operating at 50% instead of 100%. This is what Jones and I think David was alluding to.

I think the next Nations league game will have new faces i.e. more pro league players

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 13, 2024, 12:42:20 PM »
I just read the story. Sounds like the new president is . . Hopefully not a 2.0 version of. .

It might not be all Eve @contro. They saying this new president went back on his words and even went to change the terms of the agreement. These things don't show up out of nowhere. I hope this is not true. Because if it is, we have another FIFA bootlicker. But most of all, we ain't going to the world cup.


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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 13, 2024, 12:32:14 PM »
If that is true, it says a lot. Maybe that explains Alvin Jones comments. I knew something was off with Noah Powder and Reon Moore. We'll see what kind of team shows up and if this is resolved.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 10, 2024, 06:58:19 PM »
Up next is Cuba at home. Who TIED Jamaica at home with 10 men.

We need a new coach by next week.

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.
« on: September 10, 2024, 12:56:28 PM »
Ok.

They'll only post a shortlist of candidates if there are strong applicants. Whoever is hired, has to actually have faith that a world cup is possible. A coach with a good reputation and decent record will only take the job if they really believe in the teams, set up and program

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 10, 2024, 12:13:42 PM »
If there's any game that would have required Eve's "park the bus", would have been that game on Friday. Derek decided to use a formation and selection that the team is not familiar with.

By the way, St Lucia beat Grenada 2-1 last night. What's behind St Lucia's recent success? They have about 5 English born players playing in EFL 2 (the league Andre is in) or above. . They found their Brits.

I'm still waiting to see who is out there for TT other than the 17 year olds on the scouting for talent thread.

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.
« on: September 10, 2024, 12:08:09 PM »
It sounds as if they were giving Derek King a chance to prove himself. I thought they were already proactively looking.

I believe the new coach will have say into whether Derek stays or is let go.

Berhalter is a good prospect.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 07, 2024, 06:05:19 PM »
I knew our defense was suspect. Raymond had a bad game. Hodge was bright in his first 5 minutes, then. .

Garcia and David aren't quick enough. They are both 30ish and playing in lower leagues.. so what do we expect.

Gill and Gilbert hold a lot or promise. You can see the two of them play quick instinctual football.

I was expecting better from Yeates.

Rampersad is a good clean up man. Him and Gilbert had some good plays.

Honduras did their homework on Moore. They kept two men on him, which silenced him.

Telfer had a few moments. But his assignment was too hard.

When I seen we made it out of the first 30minutes without conceding a goal, I thought a point was possible.

The goal that was scored when Jones was down, was our fault. We continued to play the game. . We should have kicked the ball out when he had the chance. The ref acknowledged the foul by the Honduran after the goal was scored and produced a yellow? That foul should have been called right after the hit on Jones.

I'm sure Honduras wasn't expecting to whoop us by 4. You could see the pressure starting to catch them after 20minutes without a goal.

Derek King looked clueless after the second goal and his new tactics in the second half did more harm than good.

Daniel Phillips should have been playing. Although he plays flagrant, he's the only CDM that would have gave the Hondurans some pepper in the middle.

We need a 3 - 0 win in Tobago to bring back some hope in the squad.

By the way, the push to change the citizenship may be nothing but hot air. I say this because no realistic prospects have been identified, except for a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds. If we can at least identify 3 or 4 good players who will be eligible for TT, then the citizenship change is something that will strengthen the squad. Right now, I don't think there are any players of TT heritage that are worth bringing into the squad. So we have to work with this squad.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 06, 2024, 06:30:56 PM »
As I finish the last post Puerto Rico surprised Haiti with a goal. PR 1 - 0 HAI

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 06, 2024, 06:29:05 PM »
Maybe Stern applied?

Watching Jamaica and Cuba. Jamaica looks very confident. They are controlling the game like ah boss.

I watching Puerto Rico and Haiti. Haiti looks good. But they throw away 4 goals. They should be up by 4.. at least.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 06, 2024, 04:44:26 PM »
St Lucia is up 2 - 1 on Curacao. St Lucia is playing their hearts out. Just checked Stern John is coaching St Lucia.

All the other games ended with the expected results.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 05, 2024, 11:39:18 AM »
@ Trini 2026

This week. They both made CPL team of the week.

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Football / Re: 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Thread
« on: September 04, 2024, 03:29:49 PM »
Telfer and Rampersad are on fire in the CPL. I actually feel good about this one.

We're putting too much attention on Levi and the midfield. It's the two center back positions that we need to think about Aubrey is only good for 60mins. Garcia is decent, but he can only go so far in the TTPFL. I say it again, we need at least a good USL or CPL CB at the minimum.

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What about Track & Field / Re: World Juniors 2024
« on: September 04, 2024, 01:44:24 PM »
@AB

Easy suggestion that does not cost a dime. . .
"NAAA, call a meeting with the Secondary schools and local track club. Tell them that there will only be three heats for the 100m and 200m at the junior and senior national championships.

Invite jumping, hurdles and throwing coaches from abroad, to have four camps a year where they train athletes and local coaches.

This is not an overnight thing. I think in three years  we will some results. The thing is that any suggestion is good when there is NOTHING in place.

Also, get better coordination with stadium officials at Larry Gomes and other stadiums to cooperate so athletes can train. Having access to a good track is vital to developing the athletes.

Ato, were you surprised by Jereem? I did see him making the final. But I did not see a NR or a 4th. He made huge strides in the 400m.I always knew the 400m was his better event. Too bad he's 30.

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