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Football / Re: Fuh dem who say it eh have no support fuh de game home

« on: March 26, 2005, 10:36:15 PM »

Yeah Palos, comparing T&T to any other country it is hard to find one with less passion for supporting football when you look at the entire population.

I hear what yuh saying thought there certainly enough of a market to capitalize on if somebody at CNN even cared a little bit.

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Football / Re: So long, Good riddance and dont let the door hit you on the way out

« on: March 26, 2005, 10:32:37 PM »

Welcome back Sub. Can't call yuh a liar. You said that you would watch and observe until all was said and done as far as Bertie is concerned.

It looks like that time is really now.

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Football / Re: ALyuh be happy yuh ent SEE the 5 in we pwefen

« on: March 26, 2005, 10:24:36 PM »

Bertlle can talk all he want about the quality of players but...

he has a pool that is on the same level as Panama, JA, Guatemala so the fact that we are not getting results has to fall on him. AT this level you cannot be getting 5 from Guatemale. You have to be able to prepare a team to compete, COMPETE at this level, not get outplayed like schoollboys.

Yes the TTFF is shit but they give him as much as any other coach we had.

His excuses don't hold water. he needs to do the honorable thing and admit that he is not up to the job. I don't know if his pride will let him do it though.

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Football / Re: TRI vs GUA game thread here !!

« on: March 26, 2005, 10:05:22 PM »

he will say good luck to Nakhid as coach for the rest of the WC campaign

We wish

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Football / Re: TRI vs GUA game thread here !!

« on: March 26, 2005, 09:50:34 PM »

Can't wait to see what Bertille has to say after this one.

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Football / Re: NO PATRIOTISM

« on: March 26, 2005, 12:09:44 PM »

Yuh want tuh talk "PATRIOTISM?" Last night ah sleep with meh red white and black boxers. Ah pretend meh wife had a baby blue(Guatemalan looking) undies man ah bring on 'FULL FORCE" she still eh know what hit she dey. Ah score about four times.

If dis dream come true we go win today!!!!!!!!

  (speechless)

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Football / Re: England Game live on Five Live for you european team supporters!

« on: March 26, 2005, 11:26:11 AM »

Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole started. Sol Campbell is injured and had he been fit would have started in front of Terry (a white player)

Jermaine Defoe and Kieron Dyer both came of the bench.

Emile Heskey was recalled when Andy Johnson (a white player) could have been given a chance.

Glen Johnson, Jermaine Jenas, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ledley King, David James, Wes Brown all in the first team picture.

So who exactly got dropped? David James, as good as he is, he made high profile errors and got dropped, where is the racial agenda there?

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Football / Re: England Game live on Five Live for you european team supporters!

« on: March 26, 2005, 10:49:50 AM »

I believe it was 3, Scotland give us four (not that it matters).

Here's the funny thing England would probably give us about 6, yet they would struggle to beat Azerbaijan, who we beat recently and could probably beat again.

It is all about matchups and how a team approaches a game.

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Football / Re: NO PATRIOTISM

« on: March 26, 2005, 08:59:45 AM »

I would guess that you need a dish or directtv to begin with. A dish will be more complicated but it will give more options for non-english language broadcasts.

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Football / Re: allyuh bad talking Stern John,,but..

« on: March 26, 2005, 08:07:28 AM »

As bad as Stern played last game he had more chances than anybody. None of our players can get in the positions that Stern does. They might be able to do other things better, but when yuh talking getting into good scoring positions, nobody is better than Stern.

That being said, he requires a supply if he is not getting that, we might as well play somebody who can create for themselves. WIth Glen out, the only possibility is Sam, but when last he play for the national team.

In any case tis discussion is just talk becasue Bertille not benching Stern.

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Football / Re: Bertille say......!

« on: March 26, 2005, 07:18:49 AM »

wait nah ; how allyuh geting them pictures  under yuh names?

GO to your profile (click on your user name) and edit your forum profile information.

You can select a pre-existing avatar or upload one of your own.

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Football / Re: I kinda worried about the game tomorrow

« on: March 26, 2005, 07:15:05 AM »

Allyuh come on nah.... just be more confident in de fellas what we have nah,

The players is one thing, the coach and management is a whole other story though

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Football / Re: NO PATRIOTISM

« on: March 26, 2005, 07:12:28 AM »

I fed up say it. Football is just not a part of our national conciousness, full stop.

I might goeven further to say sport in general. Look at the olympics big event so everybody watching, but how many people going to a Hampton Games?

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Football / Re: TRI vs GUA game thread here !!

« on: March 26, 2005, 07:05:18 AM »

I real confused by those times. Are they different time zones for each federation.

Basically I need to know whet time the game is? Is it 3.00 pm or 8.00 pm?

4545

Football / Re: St Clair: We’ll be prepared for whatever comes our way.

« on: March 23, 2005, 10:04:23 PM »

is real bull shit to run ah man who not on de team.

he shoulda run man who on de bench.

ah bet yuh man on de benc not match fit either.

is real bulllllllshiiiiit!

like this board flip boy?

Palos sounding like Sub and Truetrini sounding like Triniman.

All i need now is for Sam to start bigging up JA and I good.

4546

Football / Re: Should Bertille St. Clair be replaced as head coach?

« on: March 23, 2005, 09:58:48 PM »

List the countries in this new Eastern Football Fed (a concept that won't fly easy in football).

I want to see the list of countries that will go from having an 18 man squad representing the country to maybe at most one or two of their players on the international stage.

CORE MEMBERS OF THE  EASTERN CARIBBEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
  (Start Talks in 2006; Formation in 2007)
Trinidad & Tobago
Grenada
Barbados
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Guyana
Montserrat
British Virgin Islands
Antigua & Barbuda
Dominica
US Virgin Islands
Montserrat
Anguilla


OTHER MEMBERS
(Start Talks in 2007; Induct in 2008)
Haiti
Turks & Caicos Islands
Belize
Bahamas
Bermuda


IF   JASON ROBERTS FROM GRENADA WAS ON  OUR TEAM WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE U.S,  and stand a good chance of beating Guatemala.

 

You can't be serious.

4547

Football / Re: Eve is a boss

« on: March 23, 2005, 07:07:51 PM »

Thanks Tallman, on the ball as usual.

The TTFF real jokey for true yes.

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Football / Re: Eve is a boss

« on: March 23, 2005, 06:40:51 PM »

I have to say that it took  a long time before I had to call for Eve's removal from the starting lineup. For my money in the 2001 series he was our best player up until the Mexico madness take him. Yorke and Latas were getting the praise but Eve was the man making that side tick.

Glad to see him showing some good form, he is definitely an ace in the hole.

By the way was there any special recognition of the fact that he has made over 100 caps?

Which game did he make his 100 appearance in?

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Football / Re: St Clair: We’ll be prepared for whatever comes our way.

« on: March 23, 2005, 05:43:51 PM »

Calm Palos, calm.

If we were a top shape professional outfit we wouldn't be playing no Silverbacks three days before a game and our C-team would have been giving them beans, not no 2-1 win. That boat pass.

Right now we trying to make the best of a less than great situation.

It is true that the Jason Nelson fella shouldn't be there but I guess that Bertie is still trying to scout and juggle players for future games.

Although with: Stern, Yorke, Jones, Glen, Pierre, Sealey, McFarlane, Nixon tried so far I can't see what we hope to gain by trying out someone new in attack. Midfield or defence maybe but if there is a Trini-born striker that is better than these men we would probably know about him by now and he wouldn't be no unknown in Miami.

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Football / Re: St Clair: We’ll be prepared for whatever comes our way.

« on: March 23, 2005, 04:51:38 PM »

Bertille completely lorse de plot.

I can't cry him down on this one. I am actually happy with this report.

Spann back in the fold, Rojas fit and get a run in midfield.

I just hope that Kenwyne wasn't really injured and that they just took him off as a precaution.

It would be something else if Henry starts either game. From being completely out of the National team picture and to start a world cup qualifier at his age is very rare.

4551

Football / Re: Timeout fellas. This new forum

« on: March 23, 2005, 09:17:17 AM »

I find myself reading more than posting....The forum doesnt encourage active participation by the majority of the people who visit. This board is almost too formal for the purpose of this web site.  We did the same thing over by the RBZ site about 2 years ago, and found out that people lost interest...we had to go back to having an open forum. The Interest might not fall off on this forum any time soon, primarily because of the fact that T&T is involved in the Hex, but I can see significantly less postings here if/when the World Cup dream is over.  Dont get me wrong, the change is definately good, as the last message board from server.com was crap really. I'll be lreleaseing a message board tool over the next couple of months, and it will have MANY of the features of this one, but the major thing it will have over this one, is that it will allow the users to view thier messages in the "classical" open thread views, in addition to the existing "compact" views of this forum. Some users will always like the compact view, while others will prefer the traditional open view...these should all be options for teh user to select to suit his personal taste. It will allow users to still use avatars, personal messaging,  etc etc. A free copy will be avaialble to Flex if he is interested, as a gift from the Reggae Boyz Supporters Club.

RF, send that copy to:

nigelmyers@yahoo.com

Thanx.

There are message boards with those features out there flex. CHeck this one, an Arsenal board that used to use an open format. They ahve also switched but you have the option to look at the page in "tree" view or "flat" view.

http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=threadt&frm_id=1&rid=0&S=aa8d00039701a1dd1bba33a886e249d6

http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=1&rid=0&S=aa8d00039701a1dd1bba33a886e249d6

It is still a bother once you get into the thread though, but you might want to check it out.

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Football / Re: ?? If you can have any Manager from the Premiership to coach T&T who would it be

« on: March 22, 2005, 09:30:53 AM »

Dowie is the first name that comes to mind.

He does a lot with very little and he does it instantly. Plus the experience of working under tough situations is still fresh for him. man like Fergie and Mourinho wouldn't knwo where to start with this T&T side.

I also would have Hughes as a second choice with plenty potential.

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Football / Re: Mourinho's comments could get Chelsea kicked out of Champions League

« on: March 21, 2005, 03:26:01 PM »

Mourinho's cry in England this year has been that he hasn't been misbehaving but that the English FA have different standards than he is accustomed too. What will be the cry now that even UEFA is on his case?

He is on course to be one of the most disliked managers in football in record time.

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Football / Re: Champions League

« on: March 20, 2005, 09:55:10 PM »

juventus will sure win .u can ;lose if no gols score on u

um...penalties?

like two years ago.

4555

Football / Re: Champions League picks?

« on: March 18, 2005, 03:55:05 PM »

Chelsea can't complain. Yes Liverpool or PSV would have been seemed easier but on the other hand they will be glad to avoid Milan, Inter or Juve

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Football / Re: Champions League picks?

« on: March 18, 2005, 05:14:07 AM »

DRAW

Liverpool v Juventus
Milan v Inter
Lyon v PSV
Chelsea v Bayern

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Football / Re: Should Bertille St. Clair be replaced as head coach?

« on: March 17, 2005, 05:22:56 PM »

what de ass you talking

Post of the day!

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Football / Re: What about a: CARIBBEAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE?

« on: March 17, 2005, 02:54:16 PM »

I know it was attempted but the implementation and timining may have been prohibitive but it does not mean that we should not revisit it. If we could generate local support, domestic  development and regional rivalries, this may generate some fan base and regional interets.

All of that was tried. The clubs were sponsored and games were sometimes on television. Things might be marginally better now that the Pro League is establishing a model for a local pro league, but the cost of transport between the islands hasn't changed and if anything players salaries are higher, especially if we are trying the keep th ebest players away from the MLS and England.

What T&T needs is better aminstration, well educated coaches at all levels, and well developed clubs with youth teams at all levels.

You are right but the key ingredient is missing. The same thing that Alberta mentioned "If we could generate local support...".

The general population is just not interested in investing time and money into football. These clubs that make money off of football across the globe have people who have a vested interest in the fortunes of the team. So much so that they spend money on games, memorabilia, replica kit etc.

We just don't have that in Trinidad. If you want to have the stadium full throw a fete after the match it sure to full. Tell people it having party and every man there, but say watch football and support for football sake? Forget that, man have no time. As a people we like football, it nice, plenty fun when we winning but we don't love football and so it will always be an uphill struggle.

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Football / Re: What about a: CARIBBEAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE?

« on: March 17, 2005, 01:06:20 PM »

This was tried back in the early 90s with Superstar Rangers, Alcons and some JA teams, can't remember details. Interest wasn't enough to sustain it, especially with thw travel demands. We need to focus on developing the domestic league. The Concacaf club championship is a goo intl tourney to gauge  progress

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Football / Re: Yorke set for Dubai move

« on: March 17, 2005, 09:01:27 AM »

ITV Football

Chairman David Gold said: "We're hoping for Dwight's sake and for ours that we can find him a new club. I believe there are several offers open to him and I'm expecting to hear something very soon."

Yorke has started just four Premiership games since joining from Blackburn in August.

That sounding so bad eh man, an open admission that they can't wait to get rid of him. I keep saying that something must be wrong when Shearer who is just one year older than Yorke is a prized asset and a team wants to get shot of Yorke. Ferdinand and Sheringham were also starting in the Prem at age 35+.

But as Yorke say, he work real hard, take real shit, was a huge success and he is satisfied so nobody should judge him.

I could only wish the man the best of  luck yes.