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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 29, 2023, 08:39:39 AM »

I'm sort of discouraged that Eve didn't acknowledge / delve enough into the fact that (and no reporters made him address that) even in the 2nd half, we were deficient  -- if the whole game were played that way, most likely we would have come out a 3-1 down or something like that.  [in-game adjustments have to be better].

(Oh: "Big name players frighten the players").

I  hope he does realize what it is and fixes. I like that he didn't hedge this time early on and said on the record the goal is to get to the quarter final stage. That now means beating the US. 
As the Shaw interview suggested, everybody comfortable, practiced and know what to do when they play the ball on the ground [and Auvray, Jones, Molino (used to be Poon and Muckette as well) -- 2 out of 3 at least] could hold the ball with a midfielder or two on their backs, yet still make a good pass (Messi being the paradigm for this). No half-hearted park the bus BS, can't get the ball out of the back - so hoof the ball - long ball crap. Don't play the US like that please, cuz I sure it will be 4 again.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 28, 2023, 08:06:19 PM »

Thank you Levi! good fight to the end! Thanks team! Thanks for the 2nd half fight in particular. I hope Eve takes the lessons from this into the next game. Can't coward your way to victory. Let's go for it!

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 28, 2023, 03:44:34 PM »

Game day fellaz! vibez it up!!!
Caribbean teams performing. Best of luck!! WE behind you all!

 

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 25, 2023, 05:49:08 PM »

i don't think hyland has been with a club for the past year. at 34years old is time to move on, though his role for T&T has been clear, and we need a couple of replacements.
jam looked potent in offense: #12 Demarai Gray (Everton), #18 Michail Antonio (West Ham) & #10 Bobby Reid (Fulham), all with good minutes in the premiership...I think their coach is relatively new to the team, so after a few games to iron things out -- I think Jam down should really be thinking about lifting this cup. [needless to say kareem moses and dem boys will have their work cut out for them]. But as seen in the US equalizer, Jamaica defense might be weakness to exploit.
I'm also encouraged (for T&T, by) how Haiti is squaring evenly with Qatar and we just squared with them. Could be the year the caribbean moves far. Kick US out of the tournament is a sure way for those boys to get attention [US lose money on half empty stadiums] for further contracts.

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Football / Re: Kits Thread.

« on: June 23, 2023, 08:44:30 AM »

might be the stalest uniform in our nation's history.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 23, 2023, 08:34:39 AM »

I think if we end up comfortably ahead of St Kitts / Nevis and Luke Singh gets capped it would be a good long term move for our squad [22 yr old, signed by an MLS team till 2025 -- who on our team can boast higher level/upside?], especially since Canada has shown interest.
I commend Eve for that, as that was one the criticisms against him in the past. He has convinced me (with the visa rules talk and everything), that he is (now) open to foreign born players, which may encourage others to come out of the woodworks.
SKN not looking bad (in attack at least) and I think is a fair test of our level. I hoping for a 2-0.
Again, usually I criticize Eve for hedging, but Jamaica brought a pretty solid squad (1 local in squad of 25?). Players from clubs (at a level) few to none of our players are playing at [haven't checked playing times at said clubs]. .. And USA used to poison us with 1 Pulisic in midfield, now it look like that threat level can come from 5. He have his work cut out for him so I expect an extremely defensive formation.
All of that to say, I don't think not progressing will seal Eve's fate...and of late he has the team playing, expecting to go to-to-toe, so I looking fwd.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 17, 2023, 08:58:24 PM »

not sure how long the free link will last but look Fox Sports Guyana vs Grenada

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 16, 2023, 12:04:10 PM »

eve playing one on top on the counterattack hoping for a 1-0 win. All the fwds are actually false 9's. If opposing team score 1st, like nicaragua, crapaud smoke we pipe...or maybe we could scrape a draw. Done say he ent no Pep.
having said all that, the tackles in the middle have been better than in previous years; and they are trying to play it out of the back better... but is levels -- towards the end of the guatemala game you could see is level "hoof".
Good luck team!

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 15, 2023, 11:02:53 AM »

Glad to hear Toussaint! (I see they only put a few on St Kitts/nevis the otherday). btw, where the Haiti fans sitting for the Honduras vs Haiti match at BOA Stadium on July 2nd? You guys organized like that?

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Football / Seating Thread

« on: June 15, 2023, 09:32:15 AM »

Outside of T&T, is always a real struggle to figure out where the T&T fans (and rhythm section ) going to be. I feel that is a real failure on the part of the members of this board. (I guess TTFA could also help here if they would share the sections allocated for their tickets, if any).

Anybody have any ideas on a formula, so iz trivial to figure out "where we goin an sit"? ex. we go sit somewhere in the bottom left half if it have a stadium map. (reminiscent of the most vibes in the Hasley imo).


Bear in mind the Yanks get the cheapest seats for their fan group,
section organized way in advance.

I know we could rise to the occasion and share our experiences / thoughts.

How do you choose where to sit?

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 14, 2023, 09:23:14 AM »

The Brokes FA Boi! (TBFA). lol. Was wondering bout that. hopefully they ent end up on the street like ...was that the women some years ago? smh. TBFA could pull dey hand and organize a couple fundraising cheap friendlies across the country man -- Miami self (since people was done preppin to pay and see T&T play there. no non-gimmic businessmen on the committe? who know which opposition to bring to miami on short notice to raise a few bucks? Haiti?); If not NY, Houston/Dallas, LA, Toronto club teams? -- even phrase it as a fundraiser for the team as they get an unexpected last minute bill. Eve cyah just be calling for people to shell out their hard earned money all the time, sometimes you have to deliver..and sometimes you have to be creative, and  nuanced and meet people halfway, and sometimes you have to have a product.
Hope it work out between beggin Concacf and T&T businesses for a bligh.

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 06:27:08 PM »

yeah, I was hoping for Benny to show that he belong, but I think he book his ticket back home. I missed a lot of the game but it didn't look like Kristian Lee-Him should make the cut either. The St Johnstone lad- I dunno if he was paying one of those thankless roles, but he didn't stand out to me either.
I like how Muckette played and of course M.O.M. (again) Auvray is a baller (dribbled down the left and cross setting Gil for the chance which got him tripped for the penalty). I liked what I saw from Ross Russel Jr. Bateau played pretty well.
Marvin Phillip is a heart attack. Was that really Poon Angeron playing #13 or he got injured last minute and somebody took his shirt number?

Now I'm interested in Seeing if Malcolm Shaw can play that big body fwd that we seem to be lacking since Jones. And if with more ballers up front Auvray will calm de fck down sometimes and stop trying to do too much and lay it off.

I taking it as a positive.

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 05:15:08 PM »

my guy, the international windows for 2023 are:
     20-28 March
    12-20 June
    4-12 September
    9-17 October
    13-21 November

Today is June 11.
 In case u never been, T&T has a smaller population than Manhattan - don't have resources or people to throw away.
I am not an Eve fan. There are lots of criticisms that can be thrown at the man, but please at least try to be fair - he's not doing an atrocious job with the hand he's been dealt. At least give him the Gold Cup to show his wares.

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 04:47:04 PM »

i thought you was kicksin bout the current. now see it here too: https://www.vavel.com/en-us/soccer/2023/06/11/1148879-trinidad-and-tobago-vs-guatemala-live-updates-score-stream-info-lineups-and-how-to-watch-friendly-match-match.html

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 04:43:59 PM »

smh. hard to be a t&t football fan boy!

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 04:17:51 PM »

who is #18 on the left dey?

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 04:06:03 PM »

I get thru with this one. no sound tho.

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 02:09:49 PM »

Lord Father! If this is not a troll I don't know what a troll is nah. Dude, where were you when Gary Griffith 3 nearly play for our national team in a world cup qualifier!? What link do you have to T&T? any? were you born in T&T? why do you have such an inflated opinion to attachment ratio concerning T&T football on this board?

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: June 11, 2023, 02:04:29 PM »

i saw reports that TUDN had the match, but I not seeing it on their lineup: https://vix.com/es-es/canales
don't want to waste my money buying vix and it not there.  anybody can confirm? or have a link?

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Football / Re: Dennis Lawrence Thread

« on: May 28, 2023, 09:12:54 PM »

quite a season turnaround, but hard luck in the end
luton on penalties

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Football / Re: TnT vs Guatemala friendly on June 11th - Chester PA

« on: May 12, 2023, 08:44:53 AM »

sound like you bubblin a pot Kiffy. If I get a lunch invite I go make the turn with 4 

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Guadeloupe Game (16-June-2023)

« on: May 05, 2023, 02:36:10 PM »

allyuh comments getting heard, so keep them honest!

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: May 02, 2023, 08:05:18 AM »

  great news.  Make us forget about our former Toulouse star. anybody remember his name without search? [or only I getting Alzheimers] lol.

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: April 28, 2023, 11:35:34 AM »

speaking of which -- Keston Julien played against Nicaragua? [forgive me, i forgetful like a typical trini].

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Football / Re: Levi Garcia Thread

« on: April 27, 2023, 11:42:59 AM »

I don't like that league style for Levi.
Even lower level teams in:
Italy, Germany, Spain, France (in that order) would be better for his growth.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Thread

« on: April 21, 2023, 11:01:53 AM »

Thanx MaxG. and they get 7 from the US; really a waste of time for USWT to be involved at this stage. As Liburd hinting, Mascall gone back to the days where T&T coaches look us blank in the eye and speak all kinda shi!t except accept responsibility when squad selection to team selection to everything else was far below sub-par bordering on comical.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Thread

« on: April 19, 2023, 05:53:10 PM »

spoken like a fan 2026. we coulda probably tell after we squeak past Guadeloupe and PR waltz thru them, that we was in different leagues. I'd be interested in seeing the clubs/schools of this PR team. [my guess that ball not playing on the island].

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Thread

« on: April 19, 2023, 05:38:43 PM »

#7 bun and coach ent go take her off.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Thread

« on: April 19, 2023, 05:16:54 PM »

if u could navigate these popups https://livetv.sx/enx/eventinfo/129977719_puerto_rico_u20_w_trin_and_tobago_u20_w/
or if you could get thru with the official link [blocked in the us]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvjAGoWfp_0

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Thread

« on: April 19, 2023, 05:13:07 PM »

look like 3-0 down in the 53'