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Football / Re: Tyrel "Pappy" Emmanuel - Is back from Manchester City

« on: March 13, 2016, 08:55:51 AM »

What is Judah Garcia's date of birth

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Football / Re: Russell Latapy Thread

« on: March 06, 2016, 11:00:48 AM »

Russell Latapy feels playing field is not level for black managers
By Alan Pattullo (scotsman.com)

Despite concern the secondary school bearing his name in Trinidad is being neglected and fears his own bid to return to work is being hampered by racial prejudice, it’s heartening to find Russell Latapy still smiling.

An impish grin has spread across his face as he contemplates his relationship with the Scottish Cup. “I have always had – how should I put it? – an up and down affair with it,” he says, on a visit to Scotland from Portugal to promote today’s William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final between Hibs and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, two of his former clubs. “I had some wonderful times with Hibs and then I missed the final for well-documented reasons. Then I was able to come back with Inverness a few years later and was able to lift it.”

These “well documented reasons” involve a night out with Dwight Yorke in the run-up to the final in 2001, when Latapy-less Hibs were beaten 3-0 by Celtic. He enjoyed some delayed redemption last season when he and John Hughes guided Inverness Caledonian Thistle to the final, where they defeated Falkirk 1-0. “It got a bit crazy on the way back up, it was way past my standards,” he says, with reference to the subsequent celebrations on the team bus’s return journey to the Highlands.

The mood turns slightly more serious when he contemplates his current situation, which could be described as being between jobs. He walked away from Inverness before the beginning of this season, explaining to Hughes that he wished to manage in his own right, rather than be an assistant.

He planned to be back in work by the end of the year. “I do miss Scottish football and football in general, but it was a decision I made at the time and you have to stick by them,” he says. “I left Inverness at a peculiar time, when it was the beginning of the season and everyone pretty much had their teams. I was hoping that maybe by December I would be back in the game.

“I know I will be back in the game by the beginning of next season. I’ve already had a few offers that have not been right for me, although not in Scotland. These have been in Portugal and the Caribbean. But next season I will definitely be back.”

He believes his ambitions are being frustrated through no fault of his own. There is a persistent suspicion black managers are not being given the chance to show what they can do in British football – and Latapy subscribes to this view. In Scottish football, where Latapy would most like to manage, the absence of black managers is as stark as anywhere, perhaps starker.

Since John Barnes’ ill-fated period in charge at Celtic, the only black or mixed race manager to work in the top flight was Marcio Maximo, who had a short time in charge of Livingston in 2003-4. Dave Smith, who managed Montrose for a short spell in the 1990s, was the last to operate in the lower tiers, where Latapy says he is happy to start being a manager in his own right. He was interviewed by Falkirk after Steven Pressley left in 2013, while there were rumours he was in line to take over at Alloa Athletic in January, before Jack Ross was appointed.

“Do I think there is still a block for black managers?” he ponders. “Yes, I do. I know it can be dangerous to compare situations but you see a lot of managers getting opportunities who have not proved themselves and then you see a lot of black managers who have done a lot as players and in coaching who do not get that opportunity. I think there is still, unfortunately, the situation that black managers are not getting a fair chance compared to young, white managers.”

He is not necessarily in favour of the implementation of a Rooney Rule-type measure, as applied in American football, whereby clubs are forced to interview a certain number of black and minority ethnic candidates.

“I would have to think more about that [the Rooney Rule],” he says. “But what I would say is that I – and every other black manager in football – want to get an opportunity based on merit, not based on a governing body saying they have to do it. I would suppose maybe that would be an opportunity for us to show what we could do, but I would much prefer to get a chance through a chairman of a club saying ‘he is the right man for our club’.

“I’ve had a few interviews and they thought that someone else was the right man for the job.”

For the time being he is based in Porto, where he watches one of his former clubs play each home game. He realises he has to keep watching football to keep himself updated in coaching techniques. But he is also travelling back and forth to his Trinidad homeland, where as well as having discussions about a club managerial vacancy – he is deliberating whether to take the post or not – he is involved in efforts to ensure the Russell Latapy secondary school can survive a recent downturn in investment.

“It is in a very difficult area where I grew up,” he explains, with reference to Laventille, a suburb in Port of Spain. “The school has been a bit neglected. So I had a couple of meetings with the ministry of education to try and upgrade the school.”

He has, then, perhaps more important things to worry about. But he accepts the Scottish Cup is a serious business, particularly when it comes to Hibs. What does he think the Hibs fans would prefer – success in the Scottish Cup, or promotion? “Both!” he says. “The fans want to play in the Premiership but they also want to win the Scottish Cup.”

“It’s been more than 100 years!” he adds. “But I think if they could do either one the fans will be delighted this season.”

R Latapy have to stop trying to get a job in the SPL and look for a job in the lower leagues bring a couple TRINI'S to the club like M W Ling and get the club promoted until they get to the SPL that's how you prove yourself do not move back to Trinidad try and get a coaching job in the lower leagues in Scotland or Portugal.

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Football / Re: Guyana eyes De Silva; Central star in spotlight for Caledonia Bowl final.

« on: February 23, 2016, 09:27:30 PM »

He was the Captain of the youth team wasn't he ? I don't like the idea of  losing him you know , I think he is gonna be a great leader one day .

I don't know what the problem is, but although De Silva has represented the country at the U-15, U-17, U-20, U-23, and senior level, he has never really distinguished himself in any way. You know he has some of the attributes to be a top baller, but something's missing. Maybe he's too inconsistent. I doh know.

I have never seen S De Silva get a full game just 5min here 5min there that's not good enough to evaluate a player he needs to get a fair chance like everybody else.

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Football / Re: Guyana eyes De Silva; Central star in spotlight for Caledonia Bowl final.

« on: February 23, 2016, 09:03:53 PM »

A pre requisite for Hart is athleticism. Sean's game has never been build around that which is why he probably hasn't been called up as yet. He is fit and does training work outside of practice but pace and athleticism have never been his strong suit. He is all about technique, passing and making clever runs.

On point.  And in today's top tier and international football.....SADLY IMO.....the "de silva" type player is becoming less and less relevant.

It's why Latas played as a sub in World Cup 2006.  10 years later.....a Latas like player with all silky skills and zero defensive ability....might not even make the squad.

It is a reality of the football today.   Ask why did Kenwyne Jones make it to the Premier League?  It surely wasn't because of his skill level.  It was because of his pace, athleticism, and strength.

If athleticism was so important teams like Jamaica&Hati would be in every WC that could only get you but so far it will be better if S Heart get a job coaching a track&field team and leave Trinidad football alone.

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Football / Re: Guyana eyes De Silva; Central star in spotlight for Caledonia Bowl final.

« on: February 20, 2016, 11:53:23 PM »

S De Silva is better than the attacking midfielders S Heart is playing on the team only K Molino and N Deleon is better but he should not give up hope yet I don't expect S Heart to last  I do expect us to get out of this weak group but in the final 6 he will struggle to win a game playing that crappy football and that would be the end of his stint.

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Football / Re: Marvin Oliver Thread

« on: January 31, 2016, 10:20:16 AM »

Shaka keeps close eyes on Oliver's case.
By Inshan Mohammed.

Local outfit Central FC and former San Juan Jabloteh midfielder Marvin Oliver have been going at it over the past week about contractual agreements. The evergreen midfielder accused Central FC management of illegally terminating his contract and vow to take his former employers to court for breach of contract.

The matter has piqued the attention of former T&T goalkeeper and ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop who has been following the matter very closely and had the following to say:

“I had been aware of the developing issue between Central FC and Marvin Oliver since Tuesday when he was presented with a letter from Central FC head coach Dale Saunders.”

“The letter is on Central FC's letterhead and it was minacious and definite in its intention, regardless of the attempts by the club to readdress.”

“From the outset, my belief was that the letter presented to Marvin by Mr. Saunders made this issue a legal one. To his full credit, Marvin had already sensibly contacted legal counsel, hence his silence on the matter.”

“Over the last couple of days I have spoken to Marvin and his counsel both individually and in conference on several occasions, and I am confident of his representation.”

“There were a number of elements to Central FC’s release that I found disconcerting, which has prompted me. Firstly, the release was little more than a personal attack on a player who has represented them to the best of his ability since the first minute of Central FC’s first game in existence.”

“Added to that, those personal attacks were unwarranted, unfair, desperately untrue, totally irrelevant and serve only as a distraction to the facts of the case. My continued advice to Marvin would be to maintain his silence, refraining from further comment, and await instruction from his legal counsel, ended Shaka.”

Were was Shaka when W Connection coach fired there goalkeeper a couple years ago he seems to be always trying to be politically correct.

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Football / Re: SSFL Greatest Players

« on: January 19, 2016, 02:26:55 PM »

I can't see how somebody like A Eve could get pick in front of players like JR Maclutchie and them guys from Bourg Malatress.

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Football / Re: Nick DeLeon declines T&T call-up.

« on: January 19, 2016, 02:00:59 PM »

If a American coach was in charge  he would have a chance to make the U S A team.

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 13, 2016, 09:44:07 PM »

S Hart is playing a outdated English brand of football that they play in Canada that did not work and is not going to work in T&T because Trinidad is were Latin America meets the Caribbean we need a #10 player to pull the strings the players he is picking cannot play that role Cummings could score goals but he lacks creativity T&T should hire a coach that would bring players like S De Silva and M W ling into squad.

S De Silva should start because he can play that #10 role M Woo Ling was never giving a chance.
N Deleon looks more like a winger to me so I don't know if he can play the #10 role.
Cummings is not a #10 he could only score goals he should be on the bench in case you need somebody to score goals.
S Heart is picking players that are similar T&T has now become predictable 2 years of ugly football is enough, time for D J Williams to send S Heart packing and hire real coach that has proven they can coach international football

I understand what you are trying to say in terms of the need for that specific #10 but your examples not helping your case. Outside of one or two hopeful developers who are already on the senior team, that #10 just doesn't exist currently. I don't think there are any prospects in the youth set ups either. I believe Hart even alluded to as much a few years ago when he questioned where have all the dribblers and fantasy players gone.

Woo Ling hasn't even had a career, a season or half a season to measure his readiness there. Sean ticks a lot of boxes but he plays out wide for Central because he isn't viewed as the best #10 on the team by the past 3 coaches. He has 11 goals and 15 assists in 45 games for Central which is quite decent but he has to improve his consistency over 90 mins and boss a game to be properly considered.

Bollocks.

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 12, 2016, 08:30:15 PM »

S Hart is playing a outdated English brand of football that they play in Canada that did not work and is not going to work in T&T because Trinidad is were Latin America meets the Caribbean we need a #10 player to pull the strings the players he is picking cannot play that role Cummings could score goals but he lacks creativity T&T should hire a coach that would bring players like S De Silva and M W ling into squad.

Sean De Silva maybe, still can't see him start, but we need a real number 10, Woo Ling has fall of a great deal.

I feel Nick DeLeon would help us a lot because he works really hard the entire game.

We need a few foreign players because the local guys are not serious.

They have the talent but not the mentality.

Look at Cummings, he has a discipline problem.

I plead to David John Williams to really step in and give Hart the tools to do a proper job.

S De Silva should start because he can play that #10 role M Woo Ling was never giving a chance.
N Deleon looks more like a winger to me so I don't know if he can play the #10 role.
Cummings is not a #10 he could only score goals he should be on the bench in case you need somebody to score goals.
S Heart is picking players that are similar T&T has now become predictable 2 years of ugly football is enough, time for D J Williams to send S Heart packing and hire real coach that has proven they can coach international football

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 12, 2016, 12:53:15 AM »

It does not matter if the team got warm up games or not the coach just got it wrong you can't play a physical game against teams that are physically better than you Heart just does not have the tactical know how to coach at this level.

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 10, 2016, 05:44:54 PM »

No but a good coach who would give these players a chance would be

so thats how it works? Don't the player/s have to meet certain criteria to "Make" the team? Or we just giving anyone ah bligh? I'm sure when they prove themselves within the framework/vision the coach have for what he wants to achieve, they will be given such 'chance'.

But I'm not the coach, jus ah lil commonsense.

commonsense tells me the style of football he is playing he will not include those playing it does not matter how good those players are playing he's just about physical football.

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 10, 2016, 11:07:32 AM »

S Hart is playing a outdated English brand of football that they play in Canada that did not work and is not going to work in T&T because Trinidad is were Latin America meets the Caribbean we need a #10 player to pull the strings the players he is picking cannot play that role Cummings could score goals but he lacks creativity T&T should hire a coach that would bring players like S De Silva and M W ling into squad.

Matthew Woo Ling is our saviour?

No but a good coach who would give these players a chance would be.

S Hart is playing a outdated English brand of football that they play in Canada that did not work and is not going to work in T&T because Trinidad is were Latin America meets the Caribbean we need a #10 player to pull the strings the players he is picking cannot play that role Cummings could score goals but he lacks creativity T&T should hire a coach that would bring players like S De Silva and M W ling into squad.

Matthew Woo Ling is our saviour?

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Football / Re: I respect Stephen Hart but.......

« on: January 10, 2016, 02:48:40 AM »

S Hart is playing a outdated English brand of football that they play in Canada that did not work and is not going to work in T&T because Trinidad is were Latin America meets the Caribbean we need a #10 player to pull the strings the players he is picking cannot play that role Cummings could score goals but he lacks creativity T&T should hire a coach that would bring players like S De Silva and M W ling into squad.

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 31, 2015, 02:06:48 PM »

1st of all I'm not Jarrin and you need to stop acting so emotional because I made a comment all I am saying is 44.50 would not get you a medal anymore Santos ran 44.11 and could not get a medal you had to run 44.50 just to get to the final, even if J Solomon got knocked out in the 1st rounds he could not say anything because he got a shot at it now the national championship look like a joke it just was not handled in a professional manner and with the young guns coming up he might not get a chance to run a individual race on that level again.

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 31, 2015, 09:37:29 AM »

The situation with J Solomon was handled in a unprofessional manner with the times these guys were running the 400s this year there was no way any of our guys were going to get a medal they should have let him run the 400 and in the relays the man run a 44.50 leg and still did not get a chance to run in the finals so he got screwed over twice.

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 30, 2015, 10:16:26 AM »

Ok I just saw the official splits maybe because lane 4 is just not a good lane on this track.

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 30, 2015, 09:04:09 AM »

The 1st leg was not good enough

You know were handed off in first right. There were some class guys on that 1st leg that Quow was not going to blow out of the water.
[/he looks more like about 4th to me no way  that's 1stquote]

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 30, 2015, 07:27:15 AM »

The 1st leg was not good enough

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 29, 2015, 06:27:18 AM »

it looks like England and Holland are going to challenge the ladies for that bronze medal.

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What about Track & Field / Re: 15th IAAF World Championships 2015: 22nd~30th August (Beijing, PR of China)

« on: August 11, 2015, 07:21:11 PM »

Is J Bellille injured I know she ran below the qualifying standard.

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Football / Re: 2015/16 Concacaf Champions League Thread.

« on: August 10, 2015, 07:52:58 PM »

only D.Nakid is out there coaching a professional team R.Latapy&D.Lawernce need to get there own clubs so they will know how to run a professional club.Heart was able to do good for himself in CANADA but the problem is CANADA is not a football country they are a hockey country with a crappy football team that plays a outdated English football style if you look at the GC you would see that T&T was outplayed in all there games that type of football will get us no were Heart is not ready for that level of football the rest of guys have not even coached 2nd DIV football in the U S A so I will not even talk about them.

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Football / Re: 2015/16 Concacaf Champions League Thread.

« on: August 09, 2015, 08:55:28 PM »

going to a convention is not going to help local coach's they will need to work in a professional environment for several years to improve.

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Football / Re: 2015/16 Concacaf Champions League Thread.

« on: August 09, 2015, 04:34:45 PM »

football has changed since the 80's there is no way a local coach would ever accomplish those results in the modern game.

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Football / Re: 2015/16 Concacaf Champions League Thread.

« on: August 09, 2015, 10:48:46 AM »

central made a big mistake by not rehiring Vanes the only coach in T&T that has proven that he can coach on the international level losing 5 - 1 from a Galaxy reserve side is not a good enough ,hiring a local coach to coach on the biggest stage was a stupid decision they are probably not going to win 1 game.

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What about Track & Field / Re: Alvin Daniel: Cedenio can beat Kirani James

« on: July 28, 2015, 01:41:38 PM »

This might be J Solomon last time to run a individual 400 for the olympics or the WC so it is not right to give up his spot Cedenio is young and has many more championships to attend he has enough time to learn from his mistakes.

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Football / Re: Football Heads - Answer me this one

« on: July 19, 2015, 10:14:09 PM »

the difference is S Heart is a better coach than St Clair if J Warner did not fire St Clair TT would not have made out of the group stage of the WCQ unfortunately S Heart is not good enough either  he to should be fired before WC starts.

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Football / Re: Onwards to World Cup qualifier prep, good building Warriors ...

« on: July 19, 2015, 09:42:04 PM »

for the world cup the 1st thing TT needs to do is higher good coach because that team looked very unorganized.

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What about Track & Field / Re: Time for a reality check

« on: August 31, 2013, 06:24:36 PM »

I know allot of Jamaicans who say they not Africans that's everywere

That maybe true. But because of the predominant Afro population, the culture is of African descent. So if they say they eh Afro, they unconciously have an Afro-JA culture.  JA does not have the racial polarizing dynamics of TT and Guyana. What if JA was 50% Indo, we may speculate that the situation may be different.

The only country that is not as racially polarizing appears to be Suriname. And I say "appears", because I looking from the outside. The Surinamese has allowed every ethnic group to do their thing. Everybody has both their ethnic and physical space and still seem to live together. Why Guyana and TT can't be like that, I don't know. I think in TT, physical space is the issue. The EW corridor appears to be bursting as the seems and there is real tension in acquiring a piece of property to call your own. To plant "ah garden" or something like the Indos Trini are doing. But then again, Guy has all the physical space and they have serious issue also. Humans are the most difficult thing God produce. He really did not know what he doing when he created Adam.

suriname has it but not as bad as TT...

Yeah they do. Guyana still the worst.

nothing beats back guyana, it's terrible there, but what contributed to it as well is how spread apart the people were from one another, proximity, in trinidad people live closely to one another, in closer communities, so mixing tends to happen at a higher rate than in Guyana

then add to that the politics of division which contributed greatly to the race war

Trinidad is really a English speaking Latin country,Carnival is a Latin festival that encourages merrymaking etc so you dealing with a culture that encourages intermingling unlike Guyana.

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What about Track & Field / Re: Time for a reality check

« on: August 31, 2013, 03:17:36 AM »

people tend to put down the steel pan but steel pan is the biggest thing to come out of the Caribbean.

It might be, but 1. according to whom and 2. The fact that you are saying it comes out of the Caribbean and not TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO tells you all you need to know with how poorly we have done in OWNING that instrument worldwide. No one thinks reggae is from Barbados, do they?

Trinidadians have been brainwashed to believe the Caribbean is the world.

Let's put this in perspective. Our airwaves are 90% dominated by US and Euro programs. A substantial amount of university grads are from overseas. We important a humungous amount of food and clothing. You honestly believe what you saying.

Jamaica has to deal with the same U S and EURO programs and still is able to market themselves to the world while Trinidadians continue to put themselves in a box.

TT is not JA. JA, like the English speaking Carib countries north of TT  have an identity that is predominatly Afro despite the outside cultural influence. JA are set in that psyche and  are comfortable in their negritude. Bob Marley can sing about his Africaness and everybody will lap it up with glee. A Trini sing about his Africaness or a song about Africa and they go say, we eh no African. But they will listen to Bob and say he is the greatest and diss the Trini man. TT  is split along racial and can't even decide if pan is a national instrument. If JA had invented the pan,  there is no way that shit would happen. That is the Trini problem that holds up back. Afros going this way, Indos going that way and the others swinging the  balls in the middle. After 50 yrs of Independence and socalled republicanism we still can't make important decisions on our own. We still need approval.

I know allot of Jamaicans who say they not Africans that's everywere the problem is people in Trinidad was taught Caribbean history and not Trinidad history and since they do not know there own history there will tend to gravitate towards Jamaica's or the other island's history until people in Trinidad is taught there history they will continue to be in a box.