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Football / Re: Havelange: Warner an excellent administrator
« on: September 05, 2008, 06:06:18 AM »
Can't remember who said it, back in the O'Halloran scandal,but...
All ah dem tief!
All ah dem tief!
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Football / Re: wenger killing we
« on: August 23, 2008, 10:43:33 PM »
Look, though ah tight no ass after dat boss party, and have no right being on dis site at 5:40 in de morning when I have to play dutty mas tomorrow, sorry later 
I stand by what I said. Wenger need to buss dat bank and bring in some big name players. Not replace de team, but just a big name in de strikers and a big nameor two in de defenders. I think Fabregas showing that he handling de midfield. But more than anything else get rid of de dead weight. Men like Bendter or whatever he name is, dat goat doh deserve to wear de shirt! 
Right, ah going and sleep with meh tight self to wake up in 4 hours to go cover myself in chocolate and wine on some man in de people band.
I stand by what I said. Wenger need to buss dat bank and bring in some big name players. Not replace de team, but just a big name in de strikers and a big nameor two in de defenders. I think Fabregas showing that he handling de midfield. But more than anything else get rid of de dead weight. Men like Bendter or whatever he name is, dat goat doh deserve to wear de shirt! Right, ah going and sleep with meh tight self to wake up in 4 hours to go cover myself in chocolate and wine on some man in de people band.
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What about Track & Field / Re: The official thanks & praise Ato Boldon thread
« on: August 23, 2008, 09:44:23 AM »
Ato sweetie, I have found that the best way to shut people up, the best way to get some payback, is to just succeed. Greatly. So you go out there and do just that. I suspect where you are heading, and can promise you that in a few years these same critics will scamble over each other to get an opportunity just to see you, and will be busy trying to show off their minute connections to you, whether real or perceived.
And for those who don't get the accent thing, you need to check out Sir Trevor McDonald. He is THE most revered journalist/TV presenter in the UK. He is ALWAYS referred to as a national institution. He speaks with the same accent, tone and inflection as the british aristocracy. He has tried to retire from newscasting twice in the last five years and each time has been begged to come back, because as far as the public is concerned he IS the news at ten. And most of the UK has no clue that this man was born and spent the first 30-something years of his life in Trinidad. And most Trinidadians pay him no mind whatsoever and don't acknowledge him or his achievements. At the end of the day this is where his career was going to be made, this is the audience he was trying to connect with. I can assure you that for a black immigrant from the caribbean to be the journalistic pioneer in so many areas and most beloved newscaster of the Queen, he would never have gotten there using a Trini accent. Even slowing it down and "talking proper english" lol
And for those who don't get the accent thing, you need to check out Sir Trevor McDonald. He is THE most revered journalist/TV presenter in the UK. He is ALWAYS referred to as a national institution. He speaks with the same accent, tone and inflection as the british aristocracy. He has tried to retire from newscasting twice in the last five years and each time has been begged to come back, because as far as the public is concerned he IS the news at ten. And most of the UK has no clue that this man was born and spent the first 30-something years of his life in Trinidad. And most Trinidadians pay him no mind whatsoever and don't acknowledge him or his achievements. At the end of the day this is where his career was going to be made, this is the audience he was trying to connect with. I can assure you that for a black immigrant from the caribbean to be the journalistic pioneer in so many areas and most beloved newscaster of the Queen, he would never have gotten there using a Trini accent. Even slowing it down and "talking proper english" lol
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What about Track & Field / Re: CONGRATS TO THE T&T 4 x 100 MEN'S RELAY TEAM
« on: August 22, 2008, 08:49:28 AM »
Congrats to my boys, Team T&T Olympic silver medallists Men's 4x100M. And to our brethren up de chain for an amazing performance and the gold medal and new world record, Team Jamaica. Oh gosh it's so nice to be from the islands!
Is a pity de girls couldn't medal as well. We have to work on that for next Olympics, for another Caribbean 1-2.
Is a pity de girls couldn't medal as well. We have to work on that for next Olympics, for another Caribbean 1-2.
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What about Track & Field / Re: Beijing Men and Women's 4x100m!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: August 22, 2008, 05:28:20 AM »jam will run Frater to BOLT to Carter to POWELL
They will drop d stick from 3rd to 4th.
TNT wins
You just bad! Nah, I cyah think so. Is a Caribbean country like meh own. I might want the gold for us but I will never want ah member of de community to not do well. It feels good seeing both on de podium.
Dat said, WE WANT GOLD! I find all ah dem could adopt Armstrong technique. Hold de man hand and put de stick in it.
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What about Track & Field / Re: Fazeer's article this morning
« on: August 22, 2008, 04:55:45 AM »
For once, I cannot object to anything Fazeer has said. Well said man, well said. Let dem HDMC! Let de man celebrate how he knows to. steups!
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What about Track & Field / Re: Thanks ATO!!
« on: August 18, 2008, 04:08:15 PM »
Ahhhhmmmm, ah thought it eh have no TTT again?
(sorry, couldn't resist)
(sorry, couldn't resist)
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What about Track & Field / Re: Video link for Men's 100m race and post-race interviews
« on: August 18, 2008, 04:00:08 PM »It wouldn't open for me RTG...even though I tried the international version....
Search their site for " iPlayer ", you may have to do some kinda activation. Cause all their video content is played through the BBC iPlayer, and I think the first time I tried I went through a lil installation. But it should be available in the international version regardless.
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What about Track & Field / Re: Thanks ATO!!
« on: August 18, 2008, 06:46:45 AM »Thanks. Seriously.
I dont want to jinx what is going on but with what is about to happen to me now and where I am about to go in terms of this career based on the past few nights, nothing can bring me down from the high I am on. Where I am seemingly headed is above and beyond anything I never did on a track at any time, trust me.
It's mildly difficult to hear a countryman get on as Sam did but anyone who knows me knows I doh get too high or too low, and to be quite honest that is one man who clearly has strong opinions, and I have my strong opinions too....I have received about 5000 emails to the site since this thing started and to be honest 4990 of them are in support and love, the others are basically in the SAM vein. Yuh yankee MC yuh ent big up we boi. LOL. I get that people get very crazy when it come to their country. A woman cuss me for the delays that NBC has in airing things....well this is the big stage, I could take it.
The reality is that I only follow what I am directed to do, and I am a rookie. Before the race I have input but they say who they will follow. I knew of course Rich was medalling but the story was focused on Dix Patton and the Jamaicans because the whole theme of the thing is JA vs USA. I dont make that call - again, I now now reach.
As for Thompson it is NBC who decided to show the bronze medalist b4 the silver and not to interview Rich because Rich is not recognizable YEt in the US....last year at worlds we would never have interviewed BOLT but now he is more prominent and he gets the features and the attention. You MUST pay your dues. I can only react to what is on screen and with the pictures I got and what I was told to do, I did all I could.
It is lunacy to think that somehow because I am TRINI I must big up Trinis. IS 2008 and its time to stop being ridiculous and damn stupid. Men feeling sorry for Rich like he got slighted/ignored/dissed by me when in fact I am on his team and he doesnt feel that way. Who you think Rich is calling before the race? Thru the rounds? Steups.
Before some of you further embarrass yourselves with your ignorance, read the cover story in today's Express. Doh play fass and act like I reach yesterday like some waggonist. Rich knows the plan I have for him, and I am not going to blow it by using the power I am gaining to get jingoistic as I reach to please 10 people who know nothing of how this industry works. Slow and steady wins the race.
Meh boy, if anybody doubt whether you have been in the US too long, or where you're from or if you really are a Trini, all they need to do is read this post. I am sure de whole of London Bridge here my scandalous laughter. Doh study them boy, do your ting.
When people close to the ground they can only see a little of the landscape, whereas those high up can see all including the road ahead.
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What about Track & Field / Video link for Men's 100m race and post-race interviews
« on: August 17, 2008, 11:25:27 AM »
Hey, found this on the BBC. It should work, if not try the international version. But here they showed the race, analysis, interviews after the race and showed all the celebrations of Bolt and Thompson after the race.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7565572.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7565596.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7565608.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7565572.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7565596.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7565608.stm
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Football / Re: Dear John...Stern snub sets tongues wagging
« on: August 17, 2008, 06:37:19 AM »
Oh good Lord. 
Lasana what yuh doing?
Lasana what yuh doing?
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What about Track & Field / Re: Congrats Richard
« on: August 16, 2008, 03:22:10 PM »
Hey Ato, do you have some idea of what the format for the 4 x 100m team is gonna be? Do you think they should risk putting in Brown, evn if his MRI and stuff is clear.
I must say, I hadn't heard of Richard Thompson until you posted those pics from the NCAA games on facebook. But on watching him in the quarters, I told everyone he'd get silver. Yeah, I got some good stick and ole talk, got into it with my jamaican friends here...lol But I see I was right. Wish I had bet money on it!
But how is he in the 200m? Which would you say was his favoured race, the 100m or 200m?
I must say, I hadn't heard of Richard Thompson until you posted those pics from the NCAA games on facebook. But on watching him in the quarters, I told everyone he'd get silver. Yeah, I got some good stick and ole talk, got into it with my jamaican friends here...lol But I see I was right. Wish I had bet money on it!
But how is he in the 200m? Which would you say was his favoured race, the 100m or 200m?
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Football / Re: Hyland will join Premiership
« on: August 11, 2008, 10:55:38 AM »
Hmmm, and this is the same agent doing wonders for Sancho's career. Right.
Anyhow, go with God small man.
Anyhow, go with God small man.
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Football / Re: TT look gift horse in the mouth
« on: July 28, 2008, 08:54:12 AM »the drinking cool aid reference started with Jim Jones in Guyana
it means that some people are so gullible that they would drink arsenic laced cool aid because someone said to do so.
Thank you WC.
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Football / Re: TT look gift horse in the mouth
« on: July 28, 2008, 08:41:52 AM »RTG, i might be wrong, but i interpreted ''cool aid drinking' somewhere along the lines of haterade drinking or following mentality.. Not sure where in that you glean all the pure ghetto black implications etc..
for all the licks SLIM taking on this site, from what i've seen he just presenting his position pro Warner stance with the same baseless and unfounded manner as plenty people who present their con Warner stance here on a daily basis. Most ah de blows he go take is because he sitting on the unpopular side of the fence..
What is extremely annoying is he refuses to acknowledge facts when presented before him.. But in some ways the people who hem and haw about Jack dis and Jack dat every day of the week regardless of what he did are just as annoying.
to suggest some kinda petition to ban de man just because you don't like what he have to say is uncalled for in my books..
Let the man say what he hadda say, and then beat him down with facts.. And if yuh eh like wha he have to say then ignore and move on.
I guess I've seen too many Chris Rock stand up comedy referencing cool-aid drinking in the ghetto
But whatever, he is welcome to his opinion, even if he cleary doesn't know what he talking about sometimes. Cie la vie.
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Football / Re: TT look gift horse in the mouth
« on: July 28, 2008, 05:12:25 AM »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.
U see, another cool-aid drinking JW basher looking for all kind of excuse. But d excuses get better and better. Now d writer of the article is JW pardner, so JW set up Oconnor to write dis article. What next my friends?
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!
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Football / Re: TT look gift horse in the mouth
« on: July 27, 2008, 07:45:39 PM »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.
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Football / Re: Sunderland Summer Transfer Rumours Thread
« on: July 27, 2008, 07:39:57 PM »Provided he stays fit, this will be a big move for Sunderland.
Saha is the £10M target for Keane
By Niall Hickman (Daily Express)
SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane has tabled a £10million bid for out-of-favour Manchester United striker Louis Saha.
Keane, who completed Pascal Chimbonda’s £4m move over the weekend, is desperate to improve his depleted strike force because Kenwyne Jones could miss most of the season with a serious knee injury.
Saha has promised to give Keane an answer in the next few days, but the Frenchman has been impressed with Sunderland’s ambitious plans and the promise of first-team action.
But Keane might have to increase his offer, with Sir Alex Ferguson seeking to hold out for £12million. Keane would pair Saha with El-Hadji Diouf as the Bolton striker had a medical at the Stadium of Light ahead of agreeing a £2.5m deal.
Diouf was left out of Bolton’s pre-season friendly at Macclesfield on Saturday.
Keane yesterday celebrated Chimbonda’s arrival, saying: “Pascal is one of those rare players who can play anywhere across the back line and that will be invaluable.
This is great news, even if it's rumour and speculation. Finally, after a quiet summer Sunderland seem to be moving and getting players in. And not just that, but players with proven EPL experienc, and in the right roles needed, i.e. defensive, wing.
Now get some MIDFIELDERS Roy!
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Football / Re: Jack snapped-add ur own caption
« on: July 26, 2008, 10:13:47 AM »
Karma Finally Catches Up With FIFA Big Wig
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Football / Re: CHRIS BIRCHALL TO PLAY ON WEDNESDAY IN TRINI AGAINST PANAMA
« on: July 25, 2008, 08:42:52 AM »
Hey welcome back Chris. Wish I could be there 
But we will be cheering on the boys and you from right here in merry ole England.
But we will be cheering on the boys and you from right here in merry ole England.
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Football / Re: Debt-ridden Spanish clubs fail to pay players
« on: July 23, 2008, 03:46:05 AM »
Right, now is de time for Sunderland and Co. to make a lil raid and get some decent foreign players cheap.
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Football / Re: Trini football and its pundits
« on: July 16, 2008, 03:50:06 AM »
Steups! Look, I cannot be bothered to read all the pages on this thread. Page one and five were enough.
In response to the original poster, I submit the following:
I first become hooked on football as a 5 year old, going to SSFL matches with my aunt, who attended Arima Senior Comprehensive in the days of Kerry Jameson. So it is no surprise that when my aunt's friend made it on to the national football team that I become even more interested in the national game.
Ever since 1989, when THAT MAN over sold tickets to a stadium he had to have known the capacity of, I have had him in my sights! Add that to the personal stories I know from footballers and technical staff from that campaign, and I see more reason to charge that man for fraud. Or for the very least, hire some men to give him a bullpistle beat down. lol
But I digress. On top of the annual scandals involving some form of financial skullduggery, on an international scale, we have the annual and permanent local ones. Just one of many examples: Many people see the stadia built to host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, and look at this as a major achievement. What most people don't know is that FIFA gave the TTFF/JWFF money to build these stadia. Yet that man got the government (and his current politcal party interestingly) to take out huge international loans to fund the build. Loans that the present governemnt is STILL paying off.
There is the annual siphoning off of the FIFA funds given to the TTFF to supposedly run the local game, the annual government funds (yes ANNUAL) and countless sponsor contributions. Yet this organisation claims to be broke every bloody year. And there is never accounting of any kind available to the public. Now, as a former bank girl, I have had access to financial information that the average citizen does not. I have worked for three major banks in T&T, and I have seen alot. What we see in the press is just the tip of the iceberg.
Now, on top of all this nonsense, we have the present situation. For years, alot of people have turned a blind eye to that man's blatant fraud and shady dealings, unethical business transactions and even treatment of players. But this last debacle, the treatment of the players who had finally reached that promised land and taken T&T to the WC, that is the last straw. Whatever leeway people were willing to give him for his many, and borderline illegal, transgressions was all used up. To quote a friend, he used up all his "turn a blind eye" frequent flyer miles. I know of too much, from players, agents, clubs, football bodies, and journalists to look at that man in any other light than as a damn crook, unethical businessman (and I use the word businessman lightly) and a bully.
You are on the internet with enough time to get into trivial arguments over nonsense, and the use of english grammar and content you clearly feel compelled to prove your worth through. Take that same time to trawl through the many and detailed "evidence" available right on the internet, compiled by many journalists from many media houses, especially in Europe and the US. If you think that we Trinis may be compelled by a follow-fashion culture, then what would you make of the europeans and americans who have dug up alot more dirt on that man than Lasana Liburd and the Express could ever print.
If you are coming on here to gain enlightenment as to the national game, and our players in particular, welcome. If you are coming on this site to get that little taste of home and keep up with the Trini banter, welcome. If you are a fan of football in general and want to converse with like minds as to the goings on in the many leagues we follow here, welcome.
But if you're coming here to somehow imply that we are too stupid to have an impartial view of something that is as plain as the trunk on an elephant, and get into arguments with little or no purpose, to waste the time of people who do not have the time to indulge egotistical narcissitic ignorant people with way too much time on their hands, then please, for the good of everyone involved, f*ck off!
In response to the original poster, I submit the following:
I first become hooked on football as a 5 year old, going to SSFL matches with my aunt, who attended Arima Senior Comprehensive in the days of Kerry Jameson. So it is no surprise that when my aunt's friend made it on to the national football team that I become even more interested in the national game.
Ever since 1989, when THAT MAN over sold tickets to a stadium he had to have known the capacity of, I have had him in my sights! Add that to the personal stories I know from footballers and technical staff from that campaign, and I see more reason to charge that man for fraud. Or for the very least, hire some men to give him a bullpistle beat down. lol
But I digress. On top of the annual scandals involving some form of financial skullduggery, on an international scale, we have the annual and permanent local ones. Just one of many examples: Many people see the stadia built to host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, and look at this as a major achievement. What most people don't know is that FIFA gave the TTFF/JWFF money to build these stadia. Yet that man got the government (and his current politcal party interestingly) to take out huge international loans to fund the build. Loans that the present governemnt is STILL paying off.
There is the annual siphoning off of the FIFA funds given to the TTFF to supposedly run the local game, the annual government funds (yes ANNUAL) and countless sponsor contributions. Yet this organisation claims to be broke every bloody year. And there is never accounting of any kind available to the public. Now, as a former bank girl, I have had access to financial information that the average citizen does not. I have worked for three major banks in T&T, and I have seen alot. What we see in the press is just the tip of the iceberg.
Now, on top of all this nonsense, we have the present situation. For years, alot of people have turned a blind eye to that man's blatant fraud and shady dealings, unethical business transactions and even treatment of players. But this last debacle, the treatment of the players who had finally reached that promised land and taken T&T to the WC, that is the last straw. Whatever leeway people were willing to give him for his many, and borderline illegal, transgressions was all used up. To quote a friend, he used up all his "turn a blind eye" frequent flyer miles. I know of too much, from players, agents, clubs, football bodies, and journalists to look at that man in any other light than as a damn crook, unethical businessman (and I use the word businessman lightly) and a bully.
You are on the internet with enough time to get into trivial arguments over nonsense, and the use of english grammar and content you clearly feel compelled to prove your worth through. Take that same time to trawl through the many and detailed "evidence" available right on the internet, compiled by many journalists from many media houses, especially in Europe and the US. If you think that we Trinis may be compelled by a follow-fashion culture, then what would you make of the europeans and americans who have dug up alot more dirt on that man than Lasana Liburd and the Express could ever print.
If you are coming on here to gain enlightenment as to the national game, and our players in particular, welcome. If you are coming on this site to get that little taste of home and keep up with the Trini banter, welcome. If you are a fan of football in general and want to converse with like minds as to the goings on in the many leagues we follow here, welcome.
But if you're coming here to somehow imply that we are too stupid to have an impartial view of something that is as plain as the trunk on an elephant, and get into arguments with little or no purpose, to waste the time of people who do not have the time to indulge egotistical narcissitic ignorant people with way too much time on their hands, then please, for the good of everyone involved, f*ck off!
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Football / Re: Should Sancho return home ?
« on: July 12, 2008, 07:14:26 AM »
I try not to comment on this situation eh, but, there is more going on than people realise.
In every situation most people see the surface, or the PR. Alot of things are not played out in the press. And as outsiders we can only judge or make comments on what we see in the media, etc. There is the tendancy to look at the old saying "so many people cannot be wrong" or "what are they seeing that I can't see".
I think in terms of a bad reputation proceeding him, that may be a factor, but not the only factor. After all, if clowns like Joey Barton could have careers still, with convictions and ting, and being transferred to clubs for mad money in the EPL, then ah lil bad rep as a mouthy person or trouble maker ain't going to do Sanch in. If dat was de case he wouldn't get a bloody trial in the first place.
We have to be big people about this and put loyalty and sentimentality aside when trying to figure out what's up. When people think of him they think of the WC player of two years ago. He is not and has not been at that level since. As a baller your game talks. If yuh not playing, or in a fit enough condition to play, then you are doing more harm to your rep than any badtalking could ever do. Add that to the serious distractions he has going on outside the game (and no I will not elaborate) then you begin to see the problem.
In my opinion, yuh have to be a baller first, everything else must take a backseat to dat save yuh family. Cause yuh life and money and plans all depend on dat lil round ball. If yuh doh see dat or not living on dat level, yuh in trouble.
In every situation most people see the surface, or the PR. Alot of things are not played out in the press. And as outsiders we can only judge or make comments on what we see in the media, etc. There is the tendancy to look at the old saying "so many people cannot be wrong" or "what are they seeing that I can't see".
I think in terms of a bad reputation proceeding him, that may be a factor, but not the only factor. After all, if clowns like Joey Barton could have careers still, with convictions and ting, and being transferred to clubs for mad money in the EPL, then ah lil bad rep as a mouthy person or trouble maker ain't going to do Sanch in. If dat was de case he wouldn't get a bloody trial in the first place.
We have to be big people about this and put loyalty and sentimentality aside when trying to figure out what's up. When people think of him they think of the WC player of two years ago. He is not and has not been at that level since. As a baller your game talks. If yuh not playing, or in a fit enough condition to play, then you are doing more harm to your rep than any badtalking could ever do. Add that to the serious distractions he has going on outside the game (and no I will not elaborate) then you begin to see the problem.
In my opinion, yuh have to be a baller first, everything else must take a backseat to dat save yuh family. Cause yuh life and money and plans all depend on dat lil round ball. If yuh doh see dat or not living on dat level, yuh in trouble.
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Football / Re: Chris Birchall to leave Coventry City
« on: July 12, 2008, 06:56:40 AM »Could be the best thing for his career. Good luck in your search.
agreed.
i sure birchy will hook up with another club quick.
swansea anyone?
if all else fails i sure he wil be one of the most sought after players in PFL history.
Hmmmm, debating whether to say anything. But what de hell?
Maybe, just maybe, we will see Me Mum back in the T&T senior squad VERY soon. I dunno, just a goooooooood feeling.
RTG, dis sounding like yuh did have ah inside scoop, didn't ya?.....
As Weary say, I heard but we so accustomed to de dotishness we doh trust it till it signed, sealed and delivered.
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Football / Re: Chris Birchall to leave Coventry City
« on: July 11, 2008, 07:33:09 AM »Could be the best thing for his career. Good luck in your search.
agreed.
i sure birchy will hook up with another club quick.
swansea anyone?
if all else fails i sure he wil be one of the most sought after players in PFL history.
Hmmmm, debating whether to say anything. But what de hell?
Maybe, just maybe, we will see Me Mum back in the T&T senior squad VERY soon. I dunno, just a goooooooood feeling.
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Football / Re: Reports from WN (UK) Small Goal Tournament 2008...
« on: July 08, 2008, 04:15:38 AM »
I would also like to report that we are getting settled into our role as THE small goal competition for the Trini community here. We had to turn down at least four sides this year, not to mention men who turned up on the day and wanted to play. I dunno, but we might have to look into running four pitches at once to allow for more teams to participate, and have quarter- then semi- rounds before the finals. Of course that will only happen IF I GET HELP! 
This year we actually had teams being sponsored, so teams were playing wearing sponsor's branding and logo and ting. Yuh see de winning team posing with their sponsor above? I feel that is the way to go. More prizes for everybody. If yuh see fancy kit this year. I think only two teams didn't have specially designed/sponsor branded kits.
And yes, ah done start planning for next year.
This year we actually had teams being sponsored, so teams were playing wearing sponsor's branding and logo and ting. Yuh see de winning team posing with their sponsor above? I feel that is the way to go. More prizes for everybody.
If yuh see fancy kit this year. I think only two teams didn't have specially designed/sponsor branded kits. And yes, ah done start planning for next year.
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Football / Re: Reports from WN (UK) Small Goal Tournament 2008...
« on: July 07, 2008, 04:35:24 PM »
I don't have the official pics from the event yet, but here are a few I got from a friend:
The winning captain, Hayden Edwards of Psycho 5, receiving the WN challenge trophy from Brent Sancho (Stern John in the background):
Champions of WN SMall Goal Tournament 2008, Psycho 5 (with their sponsor rep from Lagniappe):
Golden Boot winner Burke receiving his trophy and other prizes from the Soca Warriors ultimate golden boot player, Stern John:
Golden Boot winner Burke showing his prize of an autographed FPATT jersey:
Mr. Patrick Vieira:
The winning captain, Hayden Edwards of Psycho 5, receiving the WN challenge trophy from Brent Sancho (Stern John in the background):
Champions of WN SMall Goal Tournament 2008, Psycho 5 (with their sponsor rep from Lagniappe):
Golden Boot winner Burke receiving his trophy and other prizes from the Soca Warriors ultimate golden boot player, Stern John:
Golden Boot winner Burke showing his prize of an autographed FPATT jersey:
Mr. Patrick Vieira:
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Football / Reports from WN (UK) Small Goal Tournament 2008...
« on: July 07, 2008, 06:35:55 AM »
We will post reports and pics and links to videos as the week progresses here. But we toooooo tired to write much now.
But, I had to let you guys know we had a few guests yesterday, including:
Stern John (& family)
Brent Sancho
Kelvin Jack (& wife)
and...
Patrick Vieira (&family)
Yes, that Patrick Vieira..lol He came during the semis and took in the final match, which was quite lively. Real spanner and ting. lol
The winners, and still reigning champions of the WN UK Small Goal Tournament 2008 are Psycho 5. This makes it a 3-peat for these guys, well done!
But, I had to let you guys know we had a few guests yesterday, including:
Stern John (& family)
Brent Sancho
Kelvin Jack (& wife)
and...
Patrick Vieira (&family)
Yes, that Patrick Vieira..lol He came during the semis and took in the final match, which was quite lively. Real spanner and ting. lol
The winners, and still reigning champions of the WN UK Small Goal Tournament 2008 are Psycho 5. This makes it a 3-peat for these guys, well done!
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Football / Re: Former Trinidad defender Brent Sancho on trial at Wrexham FC
« on: July 05, 2008, 02:44:26 AM »
He announced his retirement from international football in October 2006 following a dispute between players and the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation over bonuses.
He did? I thought he was just not picked. Where do these journalists get the literary freedom to invent news, jeeze!
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Football / Re: WN UK 3rd Annual Small Goal Tournament & Family Day!
« on: June 27, 2008, 12:49:54 PM »
Update and new flyer in the first post