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Football / Re: What do we want in a coach? : Seriously ; let's be logical here...

« on: June 12, 2021, 10:14:23 AM »

I don't have an issue with foreign or domestic. I have an issue with stupid money for coaches. Why the hell is he getting $25k a month? Our league and FA are in a shambles, save the damn money to pay off debt, give a local coach a steady wage instead.

why worry about that money when fifa is picking up the tab? now if they hire angus the federation is stuck with the bill, that’s according to andre baptiste….foreign coaches are paid by fifa in this normalization arrangement while local coaches are the responsibility of the federation and their expenses.

Are FIFA paying though? They're a bunch of crooks, I doubt they're giving money for free. I wouldn't out it past them to make it a loan

crooks or not they moved and usurped the house, now they are resposible for paying the bills, haddad is not an elected official, he's their govenor and ATM the federation belongs to fifa. anyway, i can;t believe the brainlessness behind TT football, it's all monkey donkey and no one is using their heads for nothing but hating on each other.

But they're not our ATM! They're paying for their people, all other expenses to come from the TTFA budget. Sure they give to that budget but don't think for a second they want us in anything other than mountains of debt. This is pay back for dominating CONCACAF through the CFU - DJW was the turncoat who broke it up and now its about maintaining the Canada/USA/Mexico control

It matters not if FIFA is paying that- which  we do not know for a fact- but if one is  paid to prepare a budget for FIFA's allocation of unds- would a sane rationale person  allocate 20k US per month for a coach with out the   experience to lead a national team in a manner worthy of more thoughtful approaches?

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Football / Re: Terry Fenwick Thread.

« on: June 12, 2021, 10:10:36 AM »

A word of caution to the NC:

Do NOT commit to engaging the Interim Head Coach on a full-time basis based exclusively on performance/qualification/ tournament progress/ other similar configuration.

On what basis should the Interim Head Coach be engaged?

See the Thread....... WHAT WE NEED IN A COACH

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Football / How and What coaches say could reval a lot....

« on: June 12, 2021, 10:03:29 AM »

 In scanning  to pick up some vibes about  what coaces  are saying as they get ready to  lead their team in competition  can provide some insights as to - mental  preparation, confidence, caution, respect and team approach. Consider tthe foillowing from the Canadian Press- June 11 2021:
Canada headed to Haiti on Friday, looking to minimize its time in Port-au-Prince ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier.
The two teams meet again Tuesday in suburban Chicago with the series winner advancing to the final round of qualifying in CONCACAF.
While travel to Haiti is not recommended due to the pandemic and possible civil unrest, footballing authorities gave the green light to stage the first leg of the second-round playoff at Haiti's Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has already hosted Belize and Nicaragua in qualifying play.
Canada coach John Herdman said his 70th-ranked his team was "excited" to face No. 83 Haiti.
"We're just focused now on what happens between those white lines," he said in an interview. "Everything else is just noise. We know we've got people in place to keep us safe."
Herdman said while the travelling party had gone through COVID-19 testing ahead of departure, it found another round of testing awaiting in Haiti.
"Which is a surprise," he said. "And honestly a bit of a concern. That was a new thing last night."
"We'll adapt to whatever they throw at us," he added.

"What we believe is that we've taken the necessary steps to mitigate as much risk as possible … and done the best job possible with the governing bodies that we're working with," Montopoli said in an interview. "And potentially additional support that we as Canada Soccer see and feel is required for our team

Canada is 7-2-2 all-time against Haiti but lost last time out, blowing a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 loss in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Gold Cup in Houston. Haiti also beat Costa Rica at that tournament and took Mexico to extra time in a 1-0 semifinal loss.

"It showed the strength of that Haitian team and that we have to respect," said Herdman.

"Two years later, we're a stronger unit … We're a more talented team. We're stronger collectively and ready to go," he added.

The Canadians only found out they would be headed to Port-au-Prince on Tuesday in the wake of their 4-0 win over No. 136 Suriname and Haiti's 1-0 victory over No. 147 Nicaragua. The result meant Canada won Group B and Haiti took Group E.
Herdman calls Haiti his team's toughest opposition to date in qualifying.
"For sure," he said. "I think Suriname were tough in a different way. Suriname had higher quality but Haiti is a real team … They're a connected team. They have a very clear identity and one of those styles that teams don't really want to play against. You have to have the right mindset going into a game against Haiti. They're like that Wimbledon or a Burnley, that sort of direct football. They'll want to create a chaotic game.
"So for us it's pretty clear, It will be a tough match. But (we're) excited. This is what the guys want. They want this test. They want to show they can play against this team in these conditions and heat on a (artificial) turf field, maybe in a bit of a monsoon in Haiti. That's the exciting part, that's the adventure for us to be able to rise up to that challenge."
Defender Scott Kennedy agreed.
"I'm taking it on as an experience,: said the 24-year-old from Calgary, who plays for SSV Jahn Regensburg in the German second tier. "I'm not really sure what to expect. I know it's more of a Third World country but we're there to do a job. We're all professionals. So we'll get in, do that and come back to Chicago and finish the job."
Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies said he believes the necessary steps have been taken to get the team in and out safely.

"We're ready and we're excited for the two legs coming up," he added.
The Canada-Haiti winner advances to the final round of qualifying in the region, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. Two other second-round playoff victors will join them in the so-called Octagonal, along with Mexico, the U.S., Jamaica, Costa Rica and Honduras who had byes to the final round.

The top three teams after the final round-robin book their ticket to Qatar 2022 with the fourth-place finisher advancing to an intercontinental playoff. The Canadian men have not made the final round of CONCACAF qualifying since the lead-up to France '98.
Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 11, 2021


Ah boi lessons can be learnred from reading how excited , how ready and juts a general feeling of cautious optimism. Juts compare these  to how or what were said  prior to our games- it was constant complainging about the lack of friendlies,  conditions, not being able to play at home- keepo in mind Cnada played their games aganist Surinam in a netural site in US and willdo the same againg Haiti in the return,.

That is what  focus out to sound liek as you go into these types of qualifications- Experienced thoughtful coaches would instill this kind of approach. Ah boi look at how Haiti and Jamacia  is  up there and we are  swimming at the bottom of the sea feeling on scraps.

Hope the next coach could  learn a thing or two or brings a quality of experience,  motivational abilities to inspire confidence trust and focus on teh players.
 Lets nit settle for the closet  at hand or any  promises to ole boys. Lets do due diligence and get the best for TnT.

Lets help our committee and se if we could provide them with a sampling  orf extratc of what and how  successful coaches are motivating their teams to success.

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Football / Re: What do we want in a coach? : Seriously ; let's be logical here...

« on: June 10, 2021, 10:05:28 PM »

What's the criteria to coach TnT national men's team?

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Football / Re: TTFF's coaching merry-go-round.

« on: June 10, 2021, 10:04:17 PM »

Here is a list of all the coaches were have had since independence. Hart is one of the very few to last over 2 years. Bertille is the other. The list has 3 yr gap. 1981, 1982, 1983. Anyone able to fill the gap?.

George Chambers (1964)
Amerigo Brunner (1965–1966)
Conrad Braithwaite (1965–1967)
Michael Laing (1968)
Trevor Smith (1969)
Kevin Verity (1972–1973)
Rudi Gutendorf (1976)
Edgar Vidale (1976)
Alvin Corneal (1980)
Kenneth Butcher (1980)
Roderick Warner (1984–1985)
Everald Cummings (1988–1989)
Kenwyn Cooper (1989)
Alvin Corneal (1990)
Edgar Vidale (1990–1991)
Muhammad Isa (1992)
Clóvis de Oliviera (1992)
Everald Cummings (1993)
Kenny Joseph (1994)
Zoran Vraneš (1994–1995)
Jochen Figge (1995)
Kenny Joseph (1996)
Sebastian de Araújo (1996)
Edgar Vidale (1997)
Bertille St. Clair (1997–2000)
Ian Porterfield (2000–2001)
René Simőes (2001–2002)
Clayton Morris (2002)
Hannibal Najjar (2002–2003)
Zoran Vraneš (2003
Stuart Charles-Fevrier (2003)
Ron La Forest (2004)
Bertille St. Clair (2004–2005)
Leo Beenhakker (2005–2006)
Wim Rijsbergen (2006–2007)
Anton Corneal (2008)
Francisco Maturana (2008–2009)
Russell Latapy (2009–2011)
Otto Pfister (2011–2012)
Hutson Charles (2012–2013)
Jamaal Shabazz (2012–2013)
Stephen Hart (2013–2016)
Tom Saintfiet (2016–2017)

Time to update this list? Anything official?

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Football / Re: Where to bark

« on: June 09, 2021, 06:18:44 AM »

Where to bark
By Fazeer Mohammed (T&T Express)

So wait, Terry Fenwick is to blame for this?

That seems to be the general reaction in the aftermath of Saturday evening’s goalless draw with the Bahamas in Nassau which ended this country’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign even before tomorrow’s final preliminary group game against St Kitts/Nevis.

Oh, and before everyone goes overboard with how humiliating it is for the Germany 2006 finalists to be eliminated by amateurs who had conceded 15 goals in their previous three group games, just slot this latest setback alongside finishing second to Guyana in the preliminary qualifying group for Brazil 2014 and losing a two-leg playoff with the Netherlands Antilles at the early stages of the journey towards Spain 1982.

Look, I was taken to the Queen’s Park Oval on Independence Day, 1976 to see essentially the same squad that had been robbed in Haiti in 1973 struggle to edge Barbados 1-0 after losing the first leg in Bridgetown 2-1 two weeks earlier.

For the record, they won a playoff 3-1 before having to go the same route with Suriname at the next stage, losing a playoff 3-2 in French Guiana after 1-1 and 2-2 scorelines in Paramaribo and the Oval.

Then, as now, accusing fingers pointed outwards when they should have been curled inwards. But as we see in the government’s Saturday afternoon charades, rambling obfuscation with skeletal specifics works well here because no amount of rainfall is capable of replenishing soil rendered so toxic by a culture of corruption to such a degree that integrity and accountability cannot take root.

Let’s stick with the preferred blame-Terry line though, at least for this paragraph. So I suppose he is responsible for the array of chances—from within the first five minutes to deep into stoppage time —wasted by an assortment of players against the Bahamians. No doubt his tactics contributed to the increasing lethargy and posing on the ball as the game progressed.

And just in case the apparent hostility towards Fenwick has to do with him being white and foreign; did he hire himself? Were the improved financial terms of his contract (a source of much consternation when it came to light) surreptitiously cut-and-pasted in by him and then signed off by then Trinidad and Tobago Football Association president William Wallace?

We all like to make noise, except that it has become a national pastime to bark up the wrong tree because our egos are so fragile, our insecurities so concretised that honest assessment is an absolutely horrific concept.

An informative article which serves to remind us that we have been down this road before. When e pectations arehigh andwhen the opposition is perceived to be ones we ought to do I ate then the ensuing reactions is filled with disappointment and outbursts of fury against anyone insight.

Let's say we had played Brazil instead of the Bahamas and held them to a0-0 draw the reaction would behoove different. When we oust USA from qualifications the reaction was different. When the stakes and expectations are high naturally you get the response that are targeted against a coach. I do t think ones ethnicity has anything to do with it as is suggested in the article - what we have seen from this coach at times is a bit of arrogance a mightier than thou and at times a stubbornness to adapt to opposition's style of play.

It was interesting listening to the first five minutes of his press conference after the Bahamas game- it was like a distancing from the team as he pointed out that TnT did not perform up to par- you would think that he would  have said " we" failedand take some responsibility but there just seems to be a distancing and a lack of accepting that asacoach he may have considered doing some things differently. Granted coaches don't  play the game  but with  preparing the team, devising a strategic plan , motivation. Inspiring players to perform and adjusting to the opposition are within his domain .  Don't make it out that a coach is beyond reproach. Furthermore if this pattern of underachieving against lesser opposition is inour football DNAit'sti e we take a closer look at the impact of our football culture on our ability to achieve success.

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Football / Re: Rebuilding the football dream

« on: June 08, 2021, 08:44:33 AM »

Ent ah started this some time ago:
 
Building for 2018
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:48:25 AM »

Building for 2018
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:48:25 AM »
QuoteModifyRemove
Keeping the big picture in sight- it is not quite evident if as we assess players what 2018 plays in the thinking at this time.

Kudos for the administration in acquiring the quality of friendlies in June but what is the plan this far? We are one month away and is like yuh hearing very little of proposed player selections or team preparation. I realize that some players are still engaged in league play with their respective teams.

So from a coaches' perspective what is the plan for June? Showcase the strongest possible team we have in our player pool? or think 2018? By fielding potential talent?

Who are the BEST prospective talent we have at this current time?

Locals:    Starting in goal?    Forwards?   Midfields ?    Defence?

players in UK:

Players in Europe:

Players in Asia:

MLS:

Players who could represent TNT but have not committed at this time:

In my humble opinion we still need a strong midfielder to direct the attack; a striker who is a threat to score and who could run at defences.

We have seen growing improvements  in defence and I think we have depth to work with.

Who is a quality young goaltender to work alongside Jan Michael?

I still believe that some mini camps involving the best of the locals against foreign based players could be a healthy motivation and competition for all players involved. It appeared that our last international friendlies showed that we had some momentum in moving forward now  how do we keep this moving forward?

We have some Caribbean competitions on the horizon and we also have Gold Cup- I would like to see open completion for spots at each of these none of this fielding a semi B team for qualifications then brining in foreign players .if we want to foster a truly compatible and formidable squad we ought to have the very best at each competition.

How many times we go keep rebuilding?
When we eh have a solid foundation is no wonder we keep collapsing

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Football / Re: Fire Terry Fenwick

« on: June 08, 2021, 08:42:39 AM »

This video tells it all

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DjYtGKn-kjU&feature=emb_title
http://
Respectfully
Fed up

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Bahamas Game (5-Jun-2021)

« on: June 08, 2021, 08:40:16 AM »

A
L this ole talk andblamimg- you paying ah man to coach a country with a pool of some talented players and bottom line there was a failure  to get the result.
Line upst Kitts players - one onone how do they stack up against ours?
Do the same for Bahamas
Compare football programs of ach- how do they stack up?
Compare coaches background how they stack up?
Then what de arse happened here?
Normalization nor TTFA doh play the game?

You go tell me a coach with this kinda talent cyar get better results than this? Nah not fun 20 k US ah month

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Football / Re: NC investigates ‘row’ between Jack and Griffith III before The Bahamas WCQ

« on: June 08, 2021, 08:34:18 AM »

TTFA to investigate Jack vs Griffith III feud
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).

ROBERT Hadad, chairman of the FIFA-appointed normalisation committee, which conducts the affairs of the TT Football Association (TTFA), said on Monday that his group will be investigating an alleged incident involving national men’s team goalkeeper coach Kelvin Jack and uncapped T&T player Gary Griffith III, which took place at the team’s camp in Nassau, Bahamas on Saturday morning.

T&T drew 0-0 with the hosts Bahamas hours later, at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, a result which saw them eliminated from a chance to advance to the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Concacaf Zone qualifiers.

Hadad, in an interview on Monday evening, said, “I don’t have any details on it as yet. I don’t know what happened. We are investigating, though, the issue.”

Asked if this incident will may see Griffith III facing punishment by the team’s management ahead of Tuesday’s qualifier against St Kitts/Nevis, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Hadad replied, “That is the coach’s decision. I’m not there and I can’t (dictate) to the coach (Terry Fenwick).

“I don’t know what his intention is,” he added. “But we know of something (that happened) and we will be investigating.”

Hadad, who said he is awaiting a report from team manager Adrian Romain, said, “Let me get the analysis because we have to interview everybody, who were witnesses, before we can find out exactly (what to do).”

He added, “I cannot comment on exactly what happened until I see the report. I don’t know what has taken place.”

Watch Video Clip

Deflection for the piles ah manure we drop down- now we go make a big deal of an alleged incident- pure frackers. How much did not impact the game out come?
Let we start ta
King about plans moving forward

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Football / Re: comparative analysis-Past Three Head Coaches

« on: June 08, 2021, 08:30:38 AM »

It's not a matter of harping on any given coach- but each coach do bring with them attributes that could foster some measure of success. The intent here is exactly to put aside knee jerk reactions and for people to objectively analyse trend and patterns of success with each and then look st the factors which may have contributed to those success and failures before we just up and clamour for a coach to be dismissed.
But it seems at times we are void of logic  and we simply react with public vindictiveness.

Then again if you paying a man 20K Us per month should the public not demand a high return of accountability?
Does the average man make that kinda dough inTnT for going out and conducting training sessions preparing for matches and coaching?

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Football / Re: comparative analysis-Past Three Head Coaches

« on: June 07, 2021, 10:33:26 PM »

No bright peopleto do an analysis?

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Football / Re: Fire Terry Fenwick

« on: June 07, 2021, 10:32:28 PM »

Expect more beatings in the Gold Cup! Same game approach = Same hit football = Same sorry structure = Same results

No reactions to the video?

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Football / Re: Fire Terry Fenwick

« on: June 07, 2021, 08:45:48 AM »

To whom it may concern
Dear members of the Normalization-committee, please revive rage following submission: then kindly request a refund of 20 K US per month retroactive on the inception of the clandestine agreement

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DjYtGKn-kjU&feature=emb_title
http://
Respectfully
Fed up

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Football / Re: What do we want in a coach? : Seriously ; let's be logical here...

« on: June 07, 2021, 07:53:44 AM »

Ah we back for another kick at the cat ooops coaching thing- predictable
E nt we like it so?

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Football / comparative analysis-Past Three Head Coaches

« on: June 07, 2021, 07:48:26 AM »

It's a. new day- I hope  there was no lost of life attributed to TnTfailurei this years WC campaign. Besides the emotional outbursts and prefunctionary scapegoating forapubliv shaming of the coach our lives will move on.

Putting all this aside I would be interested if someone cou,d do analalysis of the last three most recent senior men's head coaches and measure their success over 5, 19 or 15 games in terms of:
Wins versus losses
Quality of team play
Team selection/ composition -balance youth versus veterans- foregoing versus local
Compete every style of play
Team improvement
Which coach had success regionally - inWC campaign and Gold Cup.?
Given the experience of each which one doyou believcould work best with our current team?
Then surmise what attributesthey had that warranted success and why were they let go?

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Football / Re: Fire Terry Fenwick

« on: June 06, 2021, 01:57:40 PM »

Snakes and ladders for folks who can recall
 The familiar predictable refrain has begun- was this a surprise 🕺🤷🏿‍♀️🤔 Fck no!

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Football / Re: World Cup illusion

« on: June 06, 2021, 01:56:15 PM »

Ent ah saying so?
We moved from illusion to disillusionment
These results were predictable for mNy reasons but let we see if the TTFA
 20 K US ROI  per month was worth the headache?

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Football / Re: Impact of culture on our Success?

« on: June 06, 2021, 01:53:52 PM »

Simplistic answered yield simplistic solutions
Easy to blame coaching and TTFA

But who wants to drill down and look at tweaking with the culture of football in TnT?

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Football / Re: mad people.

« on: June 06, 2021, 01:52:12 PM »

Doh worry
I talking long time but impact of culture and illusion
but who de fire truck care?

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Bahamas Game (5-Jun-2021)

« on: June 06, 2021, 01:50:54 PM »

Stop the bleeding
Foregone conclusion - ent ah say so?

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Football / Re: Luke Singh Thread

« on: June 05, 2021, 09:51:10 AM »

Luke has the potential to lead our defence for a long time, it is a big loss imo, but only time will tell if potential is realised.

Cyar  lose something that was not yours and yuh never had- that's a big assertion to proclaim that he is that good potentially to lead this defence.

Theylu g man if Canadian and he is finally recognized to get a call up to their team tryouts - nice go cheer him on but his dream does not reside with TnT why should TnT continue to rely on the dream of players liike him being potential saviours for our team? He is a product of a ca Adrian football system- let's cultivate our system to produce the product we dream of one day.

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Football / Re: Normalisation committee aims to keep Trinidad and Tobago football afloat

« on: June 05, 2021, 09:41:56 AM »

Normalisation committee aims to keep Trinidad and Tobago football afloat
By Jelani Beckles (T&T Newsday)

THE FIFA-appointed normalisation committee, headed by Robert Hadad, said it has been trying its best to ensure the T&T Football Association (TTFA) has been running smoothly by providing salaries to all stakeholders and reducing debt.

A media release from the normalisation committee on Friday, said, “For more than 12 months, the normalisation committee has been working on sourcing funds to keep the players, staff, coaches and daily operations of the TTFA afloat.”

According to the release, the national team players and coaching staff members have been paid a total of US$788,000.

The normalisation committee said it has received guidance in an effort to improve the financial hardship in local football.

“In February 2021 the normalisation committee engaged Ernst & Young Services Ltd to verify the TTFA’s creditors. This was done to properly assess the damage done by years of poor governance.

"Ernst & Young also reported major policy, procedural and control deficiencies within the purchase to pay process of previous TTFA administrations. Ernst & Young’s report, dated April 9, 2021, revealed total estimated outstanding liabilities and unasserted claims (contingent liabilities) of approximately $98.5 million.”

The findings have been sent to the world football body. “The Ernst & Young findings and recommendations have been submitted to FIFA and are being used to develop a plan to deal with outstanding debt and inform much needed improvements to the TTFA’s financial governance.”

Following the FIFA/Concacaf fact-finding mission to T&T in February 2020 to assess the financial situation of TTFA, FIFA appointed a normalisation committee on March 17, 2020. The mission found that its extremely poor financial management practices, combined with massive debt, resulted in the TTFA’s inability to meet its financial commitments and facing a very real risk of insolvency.

As part of the corrective measures applied by FIFA, a team of financial and legal business leaders from T&T were recruited and installed with a clear mandate which includes establishing a debt repayment plan that is implementable by the TTFA.

“Over the coming weeks, the normalisation committee, will reveal the enablers needed and inhibitors identified as the committee collaborates with all TTFA stakeholders to fulfill its mandate in correcting the outstanding issues from previous TTFA administrations. As you can imagine this continues to be an incredibly complex operation and we thank you for your cooperation and understanding,” the release said.

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Inhibitstors and enablers! Strips this eh no fracking revelation- any lay person following football inTnT could outline and list volumes of this- yuh eh need to reveal dat to fulfill yuh mandate- but fun starters let's begin with COMPETENCIES and organizational effe ciencies in all areas of operations.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs St Kitts & Nevis Games (8-Jun-2021)

« on: June 05, 2021, 09:36:05 AM »

Against this team is winner takes all- we been here before -BAHRAIN

Intnis case the question is why? How did our football get to the stage that  the minnows among the minnows is now  like a shark feasting on the crap we producing?

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Football / Re: Trinidad and Tobago wary of underdog Bahamas in FIFA World Cup qualifier

« on: June 05, 2021, 09:32:18 AM »

Trinidad and Tobago wary of underdog Bahamas in FIFA World Cup qualifier
By Jelani Beckles (T&T Newsday)

THE SOCA Warriors will be wary of the underdog when they tackle Bahamas in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, from 5 pm, on Saturday.

Following the match against Bahamas, T&T will travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to face St Kitts/Nevis on Tuesday.

T&T’s match against St Kitts/Nevis is a home game for the Soca Warriors, but the match will not be played in Trinidad because of the quarantine rules. People entering T&T must quarantine for 14 days.

World Cup qualifying matches are played in a tight FIFA window therefore it is not practical for matches to be held in Trinidad.

T&T are third in Group F with four points behind leaders St Kitts/Nevis (nine points) and Puerto Rico (four points).

T&T eased past Guyana 3-0 in their opening match of World Cup qualifying on March 25, before being held to a 1-1 draw by Puerto Rico on March 28.

On Friday, speaking to journalists on Zoom ahead of the match against Bahamas, T&T coach Terry Fenwick said, “We recognise coming for this game here that we can’t take any game for granted. Football around the world quite often (you) here about the underdog coming through so we making sure we are prepared properly.”

You know5 years ago I felt TF should have been involved at some capacity with the national team but at this current time I am not too sure he has the  aptitutue to inspire and instill confidence so.eybased on his messaging and deployment of players. This is my personal opinion garnered from readingsand observing the games.
Look all teams are undergoing similar challenges with game prep and impact of COVID.So why is St Kitts having success running the table? It has come to this where we are reading headlines like TnT weary of Bahamas! At least when Lawerence was at the heals he outwardly declared his intention to build  a team to once more be  the number one in the region. Currently in this campaign we are facing must wins against countries with smaller talent pools.
Why would a coach approach each game with  what seems like disclaimers in the event of a poor performance? If you dot have friendliest make your training  competitive- simulate game situations- be on the ball have a seaming offence and create a defence that blanket  the attackers. Faxk man yuh getting PAID 20 k US to coach and produce a competitive team- your salary alone could pay the monthly income of St Kitts
 Go read some books of inspiring coaches rather than resorting to yelling tapping up men and trying to buff them up that they is massa tactics from plantation days.

Bahamas are at the bottom of the standings in Group F with zero points after suffering three defeats. In their most recent match, Bahamas fell to a heavy 7-0 defeat to Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

Fenwick added, “We will approach the game as professionally as possible. We have good players in the camp already whose been working hard on the training ground. We’ve been looking at our system of play and our game plan.”

Defender Sheldon Bateau echoed the sentiments of his coach. “We don’t want to take them lightly at all. We know we are the favourites going into the game, but it is about proving that on the day…that’s what we looking to do. We want to have a good start, we want to have a good performance,” Bateau said.

Luke Singh, Nicklas Frenderup and Jomal Williams are not available for Saturday’s game for various reasons. Frenderup's partner had a child recently. Fenwick said he is uncertain when the trio will join the team.

Speaking about what strategy fans can expect from T&T, Fenwick said, “Over the course of 90 minutes you looking to change your setup to the different periods of the game. Obviously in the early stages is when people got energy in their bodies. We will be keeping it very tight. We will be organised and professional and keeping every tight at that stage and as the game rolls on we will see how it plays out.”

T&T’s preparation between March and Saturday’s qualifier has not been ideal as the Soca Warriors have not played any international friendlies.

Discussing the team’s buildup to Saturday’s encounter, Fenwick said, “It has not been easy at all because of the lack of games that we’ve had. We have not had any friendly games coming in for these qualifiers, so everything that we’ve done has been on the training ground.”

In related news, St Kitts/Nevis brushed aside Guyana 3-0 in their qualifier on Friday.

T&T SQUAD:

Goalkeepers – Adrian Foncette, Denzil Smith.

Defenders – Radanfah Abu Bakr, Robert Primus, Keston Julien, Shannon Gomez, Sheldon Bateau, Aubrey David, Justin Garcia, Jesse Williams, Neveal Hackshaw, Noah Powder, Joevin Jones.

Midfielders – Duane Muckette, Michel Poon-Angeron, Andre Fortune II, Daniel Phillips, Judah Garcia, Khaleem Hyland, Levi Garcia.

Forwards – Daniel Carr, Ryan Telfer.

Coach – Terry Fenwick.

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Football / Re: Impact of culture on our Success?

« on: June 02, 2021, 09:59:58 PM »

Dude, Steven Hart? Steven Hart is not setting foot in TT football after what was done to him.

Never said he was or will
Just saying ideally that would have been a good fit to see as a coaching staff

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Football / Re: Terry Fenwick Thread.

« on: June 02, 2021, 06:20:50 AM »

If you chupid enough to pay 20k us ah month then you go keepgetting ah heap of diaherra of the mouth from himwith no  constipation.

Ent it have those among us that worship EPL and the bloke accent- ent it have those among us that feeel when men like TF talk they accent give them some kinda superior authority on football?
TTFA yuh reap what yuh sow

Appps like yuh finally thaw out, AB. Was little worried too, with the licks allyuh just get with the Covid belt. Glad to hear you.

severe weather warning
Anticipated next three days of weather in high 30's
"Ole ole feeling hot hot hot "

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Football / Re: World Cup illusion

« on: June 02, 2021, 06:18:35 AM »

There is no WC illusion as far as TT, JA, Cuba. We have been there before. TT could have made it in 74 and 90 also. We just have to right the wrongs. I have already said that if this team make the next round that is good enough for me. That will be an achievement, seeing the utter disaster of administrations that has permeated the TTFA for the past 30 or so years.

This is indeed factual but with our present situation do you see this happpening with any regularity?
Why is it that we are no longer instilling fear in the Caribbean? If we can't dominate regionallytoget out of this group stage do you see us in the WC?
 Even if we did appear do you see us competing to get through the first stage?
The way some folks this come in here and big up the EPL la Liga and foreign leagues is it any wonder we suffering from a  complex about our football.
Look it begins with a belief- we had a belief at one time we ruled the Caribbean - at one time we had the ballers who could take on the best from any region of the worl!
How did that get shattered? And I don't believe it's all TTFA




 regionally

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Football / Re: Impact of culture on our Success?

« on: June 02, 2021, 06:10:59 AM »

And oh yes- we need a foreign coach cause while we have local coaches achieving success abroad

Which local coaches achieving success abroad ?

Your highlighted section is errenouse taken out of context - the statement is a facetious one- we don't need a foreign coach for that reason. We do have Trini born coaches who are striving and achieving success- Stephen Hart for one-
Too bad we could not see fit to have S .Hart as a technical director and Lawerence as assistant coach

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Football / Re: Luke Singh Thread

« on: June 02, 2021, 06:07:18 AM »

Locals are NOT good enough.....and the systems needed to help them get there are nonexistent because our administrators, coaches and governance in general isn't and has never been good enough.

The local system is completely devoid of growth or evolution

For those among us who can recall the  60's and 70's our system at one time produced teams that competed and held its own against Brazil Mexico and teams from LatinAmerica. Our squad at that time comprised primarily of locals.

So ask yourself what changed? How did some countries progressed and we regressed?