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Football / Re: T&T vs Costa Rica Thread.
« on: September 07, 2005, 09:33:43 PM »
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I really cah see how dis is even worth a discussion. If yuh ask a Trini "Who is T&T's best ever player?" you are NOT going to hear 'Nakhid' comin out dey mout.
The biggest diference between TnT and countries like the US/Mexico is the size of the population. If we were larger we would have 10 Stern Johns, 5 Latapys, 15 Birchalls, 4 Shakas...etc. That improves your talent pool, and the local league would be much more competitive, more players would gain international club exposure etc...
No. Does have Mexico have 10 Stern Johns? Do they have any Latapys? A proper development program is what produces players of at least a certain caliber. Good players don't just automatically come out of the blue no matter how many people are playing the game. Where's China's dominance? They have at least a billion peple, How about India?
All the things you mentioned Filho, fitness, technical ability are things which every player playing organized football at any level is supposed to have. If our players don't have it it's simply because our infrastucture has allowed them to come up with a half-assed approach to the game.
But mih boy, leh we not forget eh.. Stern man Marker was not even pon de field.. Stern did not really shake him self free to recieve any passes.
There is ONE thing that will ALWAYS separate us from the
US and Mexico, DEPTH!
They have it, we don't!
Just to retort...so yuh call 2 goals in one game a mainly positive contribution over the 7 games we have played so far in the hex. It was a positive contribution in one game...I did say after all 10games.
opponents we were not supposed to mash up!
We can say Stern has made a significant contribution to this campaign but to say it has been a mainly positive contribution....well sorry I will only admit that if we come fourth or higher after 10 games.
With the amount of high quality chances that man has wasted this campaign we would have been in a strong 3rd place and (dare I say it) Gold cup finalists by now if he had scored 30% of them!!