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Football / Its in our hands now!
« on: October 09, 2005, 08:47:37 PM »
Congrats in order to the fellas!
Daaaamn, this team is showing character.

Jus talk to my pops in T&T who watch the game and he say the team playing solid, then every 7-10 mins, they ketching avaps and playing some brilliant ball. Then back to just solid. He also say that Spann is quickly becoming a real real class player.

But the big one is now on Wed, and I jus see this quote on yahoo sports:

T&T's 1-0 victory over Panama on Saturday gave it a two-point edge over Guatemala, but Trinidad must play Mexico on Wednesday while Costa Rican coach Alexandre Guimaraes said he would be resting key players against Guatemala.

``I am not going to risk several players who have yellow cards because I don't want to risk losing anybody for the first game of the World Cup,'' Guimaraes said.


Anyhow u look at it, we are in a must win game!
We are at home and have everything to play for, its totally in our hands.
If we cant get the result we need, we dont deserve the prize.
No excuses.
We have the Nov 19 experience.
Its all up to us!
But Mexico will always be tough, and to be honest, they are one of the top teams in the WORLD right now. It will be tension in the place on Wed in Trinidad.
I glad Telemundo bringing it here on tv.
I still maintain my position . .  .once we beat Panama there is no stopping us to Germany.
Panama was the big game.
The fellas will get the job done on Wed.


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Football / Why we have to win on Saturday
« on: October 06, 2005, 10:15:00 PM »
I make it no secret in my belief that if we win on Sat vs Panama, nothing stopping T&T destiny to Germany.
But why exactly do we need to win on Saturday???

1) Panama has NEVER beaten us. They are last in the group. If we cant beat them in a must win game, sad to say, but we just not up to WC material. Other teams in the Hex have beaten them in Panama City, why not us?

2) By winning on Saturday, we will then move on to qualify for Germany and fulfil our German destiny that was robbed of us in '73.

3) Looking at T&T's attempts to qualify for WC's, we came close in 74 and 90. Thats 16 years or 4 WC's  in between. Guess how much has passed since that fateful Nov 19 game? If we dont do it now, chances are that we may have to wait till  2022.

4) Every campaign we say that this is the best time, its now or never. This time we guaranteed of prolonged life even if we come 4th. Depending on how that 4th team perform, or FIFA politics, that 4th spot may not always be up for grabs. Also, FIFA may shuffle it around for logistics and have us play the 5th place South American team. I personally will take my chances with Bahrain and Uzbekistan rather than a Bolivia or underachieving Colombia. Safely put, any country in South America will run over T&T in a home and away playoff, VENEZUELA INCLUDED.

5)  This time we wuz a lill lucky with a easy road to the Hex. We were more than due, as we always seem to get very hard semi-final groups. Also, jamaica was not in the Hex, and them is traditionally a team we always look to get 6 pts, but for some reason, they always match up good against us and take points. Jamaica home and away is harder than Panama and perhaps even Guatemala I feel for T&T, just the way the teams match-up. They might be in the Hex next time.

6)  It logistically easier for me to go Germany next year than quite South Africa in 2010  ;D

7) We have most of out team playing pro in Europe, and the one man who not, has already conquered it. European conditions and crowds are very very different to the Americas, if I remember correctly, only one non european team has won a WC in europe (Brazil in 58).

8) If we fail in this campaign, JW may get too frustrated and give up. How will we ever afford a quality programme again? In other words, we need God to lend a helping hand and us to get to a WC if we are to step to the next level. Even then we not guaranteed of permanent development. CONCACAF is littered with "has beens" eg. Honduras, Jamaica, Canada, El Salvador....Once we fail, we will just fall back into the same cycle as we have been since 1990. Heck, we not even a HAS BEEN yet, we still a NEVER BEEN!

9) Time for some of them yutes to see alternatives to picking up guns and get some pride in yuh nation. We all know that feeling (the one who were old enough for 1990) and what it does for the country. If its one time we need something to help....its now.

10) This is Latapy and Yorke's last shot. They may have done some weird stuff in the past, but there is no doubt, them fellas is genuine class and magic on the field. These players deserve a WC appearance to end their careers, moreso than any other Caribbean players in history.

11) They say u hadda pay yuh dues before u get the reward, I think we more than do that.
WC 1974 Robbery
WC 1990 powder puff goal
Gold Cup 2000 Semi Final
And there was a Youth WC qualifying game somewhere in the mid 90's in POS, when we needed a draw to qualify, we wuz playin Cuba, and we lose the game (a man from T&T get a red card that did us in).

Forumites, everybody start saying collective prayers from tomorrow morning ok.
I usually dont pray for sports, cause I always believe that you making God choose a team, which not really fair to the opposition, but I feel I hadda start making exceptions over the next 6 days.
Ah feeling it, ah feeling it....Once we doh drink some cholera water and put dong a pile in defence in the first few miinutes, I feeling the win on Sat nite. KND, please stay quiet on the prediction ok, we will let u predict the WC first round games when we reach next year.
Less than 48 hours again!
PS - Its now 11:07pm Thu nite and ah see about 15 guests signed in, hope is them fellas in Panama getting some of the trini vibes and support from the nation.
Is now or never fellas! Blood in yuh shoes!
"IMPOSSIBLE IS ONLY TEMPORARY"

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Football / Trini Musings 2
« on: October 01, 2005, 09:35:15 AM »
1) One week away from destiny, and the boards so dead?????? Come on fellas!

2) If we beat Panama, we going Germany. Them fellas already on a high mentally, and starting to gel too. If we beat Panama and then require 3 pts from Mex 4 days later to sew up the playoff spot, even Brazil would have a hard time denying us in POS. That game will be the game to slay Nov 19 in a way, and no way we losing.

3) How d hell we want to mitigate the crime problem and we aint even have DNA analysis. 90% of all these crimes could be solved if we had that. As usual, using my University as a direct comparison, the DNA lab here is second to none. Heck, even Jamaica have DNA for years (is jus them crime run away from them, but they do use it to solve crimes). How we have so much money dont even have that in legislation beats me. Dont even mention kidnapping. We hear all the stories about the AKS coming to the home of a victim's family with a tape recorder and TSTT call trace that everybody already have home. Plus some training in crisis management. In this day and age, yuh could trace any call from anywhere in the world, a public phone booth may take a few seconds, but it can be done. What the hell are we doing?

4) Seems all the excitement this year is on Fatima. Allyuh north men have a surprise coming for allyuh in San Juan from the East.

5) Today is the first of Oct, so that means we due for another POS bombing some time next week, maybe Monday (10th again).

6) RF - You claim filler ahem, I mean Fuller so good and his record speaks for itself. Arrrrrrrrrmmmmmm, did i miss something?

7) I aint too confident about NE Stars in the club championships this year as the representative TT team. I dont really like them, but as the only Trini team in, I hadda support them.

8) Roy Keane throwing talk for Glazer to offer him a new contract fast fast.

9) I feel Arsenal will hit a lill resurgence soon, but I aint know if Chelsea ketchable.

10) Why in TT we always blaming Manning and the govt for crime? I know its their responsibility ultimately, but why doesnt anyone blame the parents of these young criminals and even the criminals themselves. Long time I hear if u get licks in school, when u reach home is more licks jus for getting licks. That was discipline. If yuh didnt tell tanty good evening when u see she on the road, she telling yuh mudda and is licks again when u get home. Something has gone wrong in our parenting.

11) Whats going on with our youth teams? Are there any competitions on the horizon? Do we have any teams in active training?

12) I know for a fact that most of them TT players does roam these boards, on any given day, some of them skim thru. They dont post, but they read. They all admit it when being interviewed, and at any given time, check the amount of GUESTS signed in or currently ONLINE. When u in foreign, these websites really make u feel homely too. Apart from Yorke who must be spending all his free time sketting, lets just flood the board with positivity for the next week, it will have an impact on them fellas reading. Ah real love the piece by Big Magician yesterday. Ah wonder if is too much to ask Yorke from sketting for a week, save all he extra energy for hitting man bat on the field. He not young and the Tobago ram he once was.


13) Is President Maxie going to do anything about the Keith Noel petition he got yesterday with 110,000 signatures about the crime situation (one tenth we populatoin).

Anybody see PEG?

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Football / Taxes
« on: September 28, 2005, 08:37:18 PM »
Anyone know if a foreign based baller, say Yorke, Glen or Stern, have to pay TT taxes? Or are they taxed by uncle sam, king kangaroo or the queen?

By the way, Manning cut tax to flat 25% and also raise the personal allowance. But at the same time, he eliminate some other allowance deductions.

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Football / Questions about team selection for the 8th and 12th
« on: September 20, 2005, 07:13:04 PM »
Who are the 4 we choose from Dog, Lawrence, Spann, Avery and Sancho?

Who are the 4 we choose from Latas, Birchall, Yorke, Carlos, Seaton, and maybe Samuel?

Who do we partner Stern up front with? Jones, Glen or Scotland? Or do we play Latas just behind Stern, and he interchange with dwight/Samuel during the game

Up to me, I would go with

Jack
Lawrence
Dog
Avery
Spann
Carlos
Samuel
Birchall
Yorke
Latapy
Stern

Starting formation: 4:4:1:1 (descending order above)
I personally feel Colin Samuel should be played. He was taking men on in the GC and will bring a dimension to our usually weaker left wing,

Good thing the coach getting all that money to make them decisions yes.
Pressure.



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Football / More trouble for Man U - Keane breaks leg, draw 0-0 vs Liverpool
« on: September 18, 2005, 04:47:52 PM »
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblengprliverpoolmanutd&prov=afp&type=lgns

Ah tell allyuh, time to start shopping for a new team.
They will make a resurgence, but it will not be enough.

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Football / Trini Musings
« on: September 18, 2005, 01:57:41 AM »
Following after a poster PEG some time ago, I'll try to revive the tradition (wonder whatever happen to him).

1) If we in a world cup Hex year and the most popular topic of the day is how much a man will spend on a pair of tugs.....we worse than we think.

2) All the talk about controversy about european and MLS club players leaving for international duty, then getting leave out when they get back is real tata. If a man good enough and is class, he will always be selected once available, no matter what. A man like that could tell the coach hull he stones when he have to go on international duty.

3) I am one of the biggest bashers of negativity on the form when it comes to the team as a whole, but I am honest in saying that although I hoping for 2 wins in the next 2 WCQ games, I dont see it happening. Whether it will be good enough is another story.

4) David Maynard is an idiot. Somebody please call the spalksman for the steups of the week.

5) Trinidad as a nation going to the dogs....Everyone know who commiting all the crime, yet nobody being arrested.

6) Man U will finish 3rd. Chelsea will win and some next team will come second, i just not sure yet who it will be, most likely Arsenal. For the Man U lovers, time to start shopping for a new team.

7) Chelsea will also win the Champions league. The only team to trouble them is Barca.

8 ) Club Zen is the best club I have ever been to (worldwide) in terms of club classiness. T&T should be proud.

9) Tribe have to be the hardest band to get into for Carnival 2006, it sell out completely in about 3 days.

10) Although I love what Latapy and Yorke is doing for the team, if I was the coach I woulda never even consider giving them a next chance. But I am not, so I will just have to fo force myself to accept that these 2 geriatrics are still the best players we have. What a shame.

11) Thank God, and Thank God and Thank God even more for Jack Warner that we have this 4th place to play for, and perhaps even be more thankful to Panama for knocking Jamaica out the semi final round. If Jamaica was in this Hex, they woulda surely be going Germany, worse case scenario - coming in 4th. Them is the only team in Concacaf who the US have not beaten over 2 home and away legs. Trinidad and Guatemala woulda be fighting to escape coming last.

12) Personally, I think we need to try blooding some new young players, like Abu Bakr son and a whole set of them U-20 men in the national set up. We somehow seem to be recycling the same players over and over again, and the sad thing is that these players are not successful. What do we have to lose? I remember Gally in 1989 giving a 17 year old and a 21 year old the reigns to his team.

12) Stern John must always ALWAYS start when healthy. We critisise him a lot yes, and he is woefully out of form and plays lazy, but he is the best goalscorer he have in our history, the best in CFU and maybe even CONCACAF's history. Out of form, yet still the highest scorer for our team, the man is still our best option. All the other forwards may add a flavour of excitement to the team, but can they score? When last I check, goals win games.

13) Kelvin Jack is proving to be a real find. Some may say that he has not gotten a clean sheet in a while and Shaka should be called back, but I dont see a difference between him and Shaka. Shaka good for truem but he have a serious weakness with shots from far out, especially if it lobbing him. Ince getting the raw deal, and he to me is our best keeper.But there isnt much between our 3 keepers.

14) Dog has passed his prime, he will struggle to find a place for the 2010 WCQ.

15) Chris Birchall is a big reason why we still in the hunt for 4th place.

16) Whatever became of Nigel Pierre, Andre Boucard, Rougier, Dwarika, Josh Johnson?

17) Fatima looking real good this year.

18) Where is the ever laughing Bimblast, stuttering Pierre and humourous Winnipeg Fury?


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Football / My analysis of the TT vs CR game
« on: September 11, 2005, 03:22:44 PM »
I'll be short.
I watch the game over at a partner's house yesterday on Telemundo, and I must say, I started to watch with a biased mentality, expecting to see anothet pathetic T&T display.

WAS I WRONG!

To those who havent see the game yet, AS will post it soon. But I must say, what I saw had me feeling some hope for the next 2 games.
Whenever we go to CR, the atmosphere, the altitude and the history usually defeats us from the start. Even in 89, up to 2001, when we played there, CR would run through our team like a knife thru butter, making it look like college vs primary school fellas playing. It would be pretty much be one way traffic, and we in dire straits for 85% of the game.

This last game was very different.

TT actually competed with CR for most, if not all the game.
After 10 mins, Spann, Latas, Yorke, Birchall were all battling very good, and we were matching them, even so far.
Just before the CR goal, Latas play a nice ball into Stern but he muffed his chance. We were playing well. You could see the confidence in the guys from the previuos game, and the chemistry was improving all the time.
Then Bam! CR flukey goal after Cox get rinse on the left back position.
That CR player Ronal Gomez is real tears yes! He could make a CONCACAF all star team, he was everywhere, remind me of the Mexican small midfielder, Pardo.
CR had the better chances, but we were playing well too, just not as clear cut chances as them, but we were matching them, player for player, and we were not folding under the CR onslaught. We were pelting real blade too yes, good to see, but at times, on the border of rough play. We kinda look like Ja at cartain times, u could see we had the CR players a little nervvous. Spann aint take no prisoners nah.
I was hearing the rhythm section like if it was in TT the game was playing, so that was nice. The grass look real nice, I see Wanchope playing in a kinda turf trainers.
Somewhere around the 28 min, we get a throw and the man throw it into Latas on the right wing, just out the CR box, I see Latas kill the throw in dead on his left thigh, leaning toward the corner flag with a defender hot on him. Then i aint know how he do it, but the ball jus seem to switch to his right thing as he shifted his balance, next thing he was cutting to the inside, all before the bal hit the floor. The CR defender had no choice to pull him down. Itr didnt look like much, but they reply it, and I know I was watching a man of greatness in action.
Birchall had a nice shot, brilliantly saved by the keeper. Birchall is a must in any TT team, he fights the game like no other. he gives energy to the rest of players and does the simple right things. He needs to work on his poise though, he will get better playing with latas, age and experience.He sometimes gets excited and over hits the ball, or forces the passes. But he fight and fights and fights and supports the play always. And he has a heck of a shot with that right foot.
The goalscorer, the no 19 Saborio get real rough up by Dog, he look kinda scared sometimes, like he never meet a defender like that before, and he kinda smallie too, so you could imagine.
But as the game wore on, Gomez was neutralised and TT actually finished the first half dominating.
Second half start same, kinda equal, they score a real beauty dread. Few keepers in the world woulda save that, that was nice. After the goal, still relatively early in the second, we went in a lill phase of lazy play, giving away the ball, sloppy etc etc. It was threatening to turn into a textbook TT vs CR away game of one way traffic and TT getting carved open at will like a fish being gutted.
But to the credit of the warriors, we battle back well, even 2-0 down, we found it not to get over run but actually start back battling and being an even game.
You could see this team had grown leaps and bounds from the team that got 5 in Guat.
I counted a couple times, we string 5-6 passes together, culminating in a shot or chance at goal.
Sealy and Scotland has the impact of injecting life into the team, but poor finishing let us down.
I counted at least 4 good half chances we had in the game. The game ended with us peppering their goal at will, it was the worse display of goal kick taking I saw from the CR goalie and defender, we were just picking up the ball and running straight back down their throat. But the finishing let us down.
Stern didnt really throw away any glaring chances, but he played solid, esp in the second, he fight the game, and u could actually see the gameplan used by TT - Stern as the target man up centre and the other players feeding off him. Every move he make, he had a man marker.
Sealy and Scotland throw away some nice chances, but I guess, so it go.
ALl in all, we finish real strong, u could see the fight.
These fellas aint dead yet.
If we could play so in panama, we could get a win.

Jack - Good solid game, could do nothing about the 2 goals.
Dog - Played like Dog as usual, fight to the death,
Lawrence - Solid and cool game.
Spann - He is impressing me so much recently. I initially though he didnt have it to be a international baller as he was playing kinda like Rahim, but he has gotten stronger physically, better first touch and making some real  nice overlapping wing runs now. Good crossing too. He is a must.
Cox - Glad Avery coming back. He play good, but u could see a difference between him and the other 3 defenders, as well as his midfielder link man.
Dwight - Very good game as usual, cool, calm, class and fight like a demon.
Latas - Pure class and skill, was creating openings, look good esp on the left wing.
Birchall - A must, needs to work on his poise, but he is essential to the team guts. remind me of a white boy in high school who also play school ball, not that much skill, and we used to tun him up whole game with shake, but u could bet he quick to recover and coming back hard to clean you up, so u better get rid of the ball. Play smart too, saw him commit a real smart and dirty foul midway in the second half on a CR breakaway, then play like he injured jus not to get the second yellow.
Whitely - Slowing improving. He getting back some confidence. Saw a nice lill piece of skill shaking up 2-3 men in the first half by the laft corner flag, Whitely 4 games ago woulda never do that. He need s alill more patience on the ball, he always looking for that one 50 yard defence splitting pass. He perhaps can do it at Pro League more often, but it harder to do here. But he doing the small things good, linking up well with the other midfielders etc etc. Should start again.
Edwards - He is our saviour on the right wing. He will torment any left back, crossing has improved tremendously, and so too his defensive workrate. Simply put, the best midfield winger we have. He also has a real nice chemistry with Spann, at least from what I heard in the commentary vs Guat, even in this game he was linking well with his wingback.
John - Usual stern, quiet, plenty running down ball and ball to his head. But u could see a fight in his game now and his confidence. Couple times he got the ball, turn on the top of the box and with options to his side, he only had eyes for goal to shoot. He will start the next 2 games of course. With him and Sealy and Scotland up front, and latas and edwards  and Yorke feeding them, we were causing problems for Costa Rica.
Sealy - Came on and throw away 2 easy chance, steups. But he cause problems. I have a sneaky feeling he owe us a goal very soon. Same way I feel when everyone in the chatroom was cussing for Stern to come off midway through the second half vs Guatemala, and I just take an about turn and say that he should stay on, as he will score before the game done. The numbers game always peters out.

Fellas, I see team chemistry coming together, too bad, it shoulda start since Ash Wed.
But we play good, perhaps the best I have seen up play in CR.
At the end of the day, it aint worth shite, as we get a 2-0 beating. But we could beat Panama on the road.
The team playing well.
We just have to keep it up and hope for a lill luck that any team wanting to go WC will always need.
If we was playing similar to this now, we woulda never lose on Ash Wed to the US, we mighta inevitably loss in Guat, but not by no stinking 5-1.
We also would have beaten CR in TT.
In other words, we playing like a team on 10 pts now.
4 weeks away!

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Football / Is this of interest to us?
« on: September 10, 2005, 01:57:13 PM »
Intercontinental play-off schedule confirmed
10 September 2005
by FIFAworldcup.com

 
The draw to determine the schedule for the play-off matches for the remaining places at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ was made on Saturday at the 55th FIFA Congress in Marrakesh.
The first of the intercontinental play-offs pairs the fifth-placed nation from Asia with the team finishing fourth in the North, Central America and the Caribbean. The second play-off pairs the winner of the Oceania qualifying tournament with the nation finishing fifth in South America.

FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi made the following draw in the Salle Diamant of the Sofitel hotel in the Moroccan capital:

First leg, 12 November 2005
4th team CONCACAF v 5th team AFC
5th team CONMEBOL v 1st team Oceania (Australia)

Second leg, 16 November 2005
5th team AFC v 4th team CONCACAF
1st team Oceania (Australia) v 5th team CONMEBOL

In Asia, Uzbekistan and Bahrain will meet on 8 and 12 October to determine which nation goes forward to the intercontinental play-offs. Japan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Korea Republic have already qualified from the Asian Zone. Uzbekistan or Bahrain will meet the team finishing fourth in the CONCACAF Zone, where Costa Rica, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago are in contention. The United States and Mexico are already sure of places in Germany.


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Football / To the Old timers on the board
« on: September 05, 2005, 04:32:06 PM »
Stern John or Steve David?

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Football / Greatest Latapy Moments
« on: September 05, 2005, 03:12:55 PM »
Was thinking and some came to mind.

1) Singlehandedly brought T&T back into the game when 2-0 down to El Salvador in a Gold Cup sometime in the 90's. Elcock then hands on the line and we went on to lose 3-2 (same tourney we lost 3-2 to the US as well).

2) Singlehandedly beat Norway by himself in the mid 90's in the Oval. Who could forget his first goal.

3) The goal he scored vs Mex U-23 in the Oval I think leading up to the 98 campaign, it was an exquisite chip from about 30 yards out. We won that game 3-2.

4) His setting up of jamerson for the 2 goals in 89 vs Guatemala

5) Bullet vs Mexico in the 86th when we won 1-0.

6) performace vs Guat on Sat.

I have left out all the heroics vs caribbean nations especially in Copa/Shell Cups, that is for mere mortals.

Anyone can add anymore?

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Football / Rene Simoes
« on: September 04, 2005, 12:58:24 PM »
What you all think Simoes thinking if he see/read about the game yesterday, with particular reference to his 2 favourite players?

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Football / Asian Playoff...Uzbekistan 1 - Bahrain 0 First Leg
« on: September 03, 2005, 11:56:22 AM »
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=188942&cc=5901

Uzbekistan beat Bahrain 1-0 in the first leg.

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Blazer.

So so sad, i remember seeing an article some time back on him, always had a sketchy past, and was talking about how he turn it around.....trying to be a good influence on youths in Enterprise, etc etc

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General Discussion / Allyuh, Hurrican Emily coming
« on: July 13, 2005, 06:35:15 AM »
Trinidad under Hurrican watch, Bago on Hurricane Warning.
The strom coming to cleanse out all the waggonits, shit players and negativity surrounding our Warriors!

Seriously though, allyuh men in TT, stock up good eh....

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Football / I notice a new trend starting
« on: July 13, 2005, 05:17:37 AM »
on the board.
Men starting to write off players with one bad performance.
Avery play good in my opinion in this tourney.
Theobald - same thing.
Seaton shitting bricks I agree, jus like Stern and Cyd.

I know we didnt get out the first round, but being realistic, we only have done this once before. In retrospect, we perform as the rest of CONCACAF expects us, ie average.
At least we do better than Cuba and Guatemala.

We have a few positives coming out, we actually defending a little better as a team, we have problems with transition play, too predictable up front, and no patience on the ball.

Dont write off men so fast, cause to be honest, we dont really have much options, and they try their hardest. When we try to give local players a chance, w struggle to beat caribbean teams.

As for the US underestimating us on AUg 17th, no such thing, we all know they dont operate so.

We need something of a minor miracle to get back some form, and we need a striker to step up and get the form of his life if we are to have a slight chance at 4th spot.
Lets not crucify the fellas, at least we in the mix still, at that is what matters.
I still see improvement from when we were under bertille.
Colombia is a  class team, Panama and Honduras are just behind CR as the best UNCAF nations.

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Football / We won that game 3-2
« on: July 11, 2005, 08:09:39 AM »
Dog header off the upright was cleared by the defender JUST INSIDE THE GOAL LINE...

Did anyone else see that, or am i smoking KND grass?

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Football / All I hadda say about the game last nite
« on: July 07, 2005, 01:32:22 PM »
is that allyuh doh worry...we look shaky in some spurts and generally I was expecting to see better, but everything boil down to one thing....

MATCH FITNESS...Them fellas was real bun and real rusty, u could see it.

Nex game will be better.

I also so extatik to see T&T actually SHOOTING THE BALL NOW too, what a blinder from Birchall! LAWD, one of the best goal I ever see for a TT player, remind me of Angus goal vs canada a few years aback.
What about the bullet from Samuel?? PAPAYO! the goalie get frighten, that is what make him dive bad and readjust in the air....

Some bad things i saw though ( i guess everything fall back on the match fitness thaing again too)
1) we too slow and predictable in attack
2) we play back too much to the keeper when we could play it diagonal and maintain better possession..jack does jus boom kick it...WE NEED CONFIDENCE ON THE BALL AND MOE MOVEMENT.

All in al, a draw is a fair indication of the game.
sometimes Honduras play some real tata too, if we was on top we game, we coulda damage them.

But they are decent, they came in second in the UNCAF tourney, they draw with Ja and beat canada 2 days ago.
We hadda beat Panama on Sat.



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Football / AlbertaTrini
« on: June 18, 2005, 10:21:33 AM »
Bossman I in Calgary here on some business, the place real bleak and dismal and cold dread.
I aint know this is the setting u living in, explains your posts sometimes.

The girls nice man, I hadda admit, but the place lacking a night vibes.
The city itself real nice.
Any suggestions for places to hit?
I also didnt know the elevation so high, i try using the threadmill in the gym and i struggle to run meh usual distance and time, 3500ft altitude really a difference, big up to the national team whenever they plaing in mexico and costa rica yes.

Taking in the Germany-Tunisia game here.
Cyah wait for Brazil - Mex tomorrow.

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Football / KND maake a good point down below and get blows for it
« on: May 11, 2005, 07:45:00 PM »
We may very well be testing a new system, new coaching motivation, heck even understanding the man etc etc, but the fact is our national team should not be losing to a club team.

We in a bad state.

If them is our supposed best locals, then we have the wrong players on the local national team.
And no excuse about them is a bunch of fellas playing against a TEAM, these fellas on the local team play a million game together before and know each other, and THEY SUPPOSE TO BE BETTER TECHNICALLY THAN ALL 11 PLAYERS FOR STARS.

Them fellas also playing first time for a new big name coach, they should be dying to run rings around Stars to impress.

But in all fairness, they mighta be trying a totally new system, and is the coach first competitive game, so I'll live with that FOR NOW.
new coach or not, these are our best local players, and they are all veterans. This a world cup year to boot, so motivation all around is high.
We should not be losing 2-0 to a local club team.

I cant see the US losing to LA, even if they playing a fully local team.
Neither Mexico to Necaxa.
Lets hope for a better showing next game.

Fellas, as bad as this sounds, we in trouble.
Losing 2-0 to NE Stars...We continuing to set new lows! ??? ???


 

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General Discussion / Has the world gone mad?
« on: May 04, 2005, 11:16:34 PM »
I jus finish watch a documentary on the rwanda genocide, log on to read meh TT and yard newspapers and this is what I seeing....
Add this to the promenade shooting the other day in T&T, lawd have mercy.
I starting to contemplate migrating yes!

www.jamaicaobserver.com

Mayhem!.....Three cops, guard slain
Police say they will not retreat
Observer Reporter
Thursday, May 05, 2005
 

 
Deputy Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford inspects the body of his colleague, Inspector Lascelles Walsh, who was shot dead by gunmen in downtown Kingston early yesterday morning. Walsh, who was on his way to work, was cut down when he stopped his motorcycle at a traffic light. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

THE police pledged yesterday not to retreat in their fight against criminals despite the bloody attacks between Tuesday night and early Wednesday that left three cops and a security guard dead and the Cross Roads, Kingston police station potchmarked from a brazen assault by gunmen.

At the same time, the government called for consensus in its effort to "conquer this evil in our midst".

Slain gunmen Christopher Coke, alias 'Chris Royal and 'Royal Blend', 23, and his partner in crime, identified only as 'Jello', lay at the intersections of West Kings House Road and Waterloo Road in Kingston, after they were killed by the police just minutes after they murdered Corporal Hewitt Chandler of the Protective Services Division, at the same intersection Tuesday night.

"Now is the time to put aside all partisan considerations or selfish concerns and unite in the fight against crime," said Prime Minister P J Patterson in a statement.

The JLP, apparently stung by rumours that it could benefit from instability, sought to distance itself from the attacks and urged the police to do their all to bring the perpetrators to justice.

"We call on anyone with information about these events which might be useful to the police . to come forward and use the available confidential means of communicating with the police . to assist them in reaching the right conclusions about the events," said the party's security spokesman, Derrick Smith.

 
The marks left on the building housing the Cross Roads Police Station and this car parked in front tell the story of the vicious attack by gunmen early yesterday. Here a police photographer and an investigator record the evidence. The gunmen, who were travelling in a grey Honda motor car licensed 5788 EK, killed District Constable Canute Brown during the attack.

Police say that the clear targetting of cops was partly in reprisal for their success in shutting down criminal gangs, but Lucius Thomas, the police commissioner, vowed:

"There will be no retreat and no surrender. Our strategies are going to make Jamaica safe."

At the same time, police groups, who branded the killings as an "assault against the state and a challenge to its stability," urged legislators to pass legislation to make it easier to fight racketeering.

 
This motor car, which the police believe was used to transport gunmen around Kingston on Tuesday night, was set on fire yesterday morning after its occupants got out of the vehicle. It was not clear yesterday if the car was stolen. (Photos: Bryan Cummings)
"In the face of these attacks and the obvious criminal network and dirty money financing these criminals, we are calling upon parliamentarians to immediately legislate a Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organisation Act and to expedite the Proceeds of Crime Act in order to effectively cut off and eliminate the financial bases of these groups," the statement said. It was issued by the Police Officers Association, the Police Federation, the Island Special Constabulary Association, the ISCF Officers Association and the United District Constables Association.

It was, however, not only security officials who died in the carnage. Two gunmen who killed one of the cops in the initial attack the at intersection of Waterloo and West Kings House Roads in St Andrew were themselves cut down by other policemen, who apparently just happened on the scene.

One of the dead triggermen was identified as Christopher Coke, also called "Chris Royal" and "Royal Blend", whom police say is a son of late Tivoli Gardens enforcer, the notorious Lester Lloyd Coke, who was also better known as "Jim Brown".

That would make Coke, 23, also as Chris Royal and Royal Blend, a half brother of well-known Tivoli Gardens figure, with whom he shares the same Christian name. The older brother is also called Duddus.

While Thomas and his boss, the security minister, Peter Phillips, spotlighted the successes against organised crime for the marking of the police, the police chief suggested, too, that the overnight strikes against his men stemmed from the police killing last month of Tivoli Gardens "community leader", Donovan Griffiths, also called "Zion Train".

Thomas told reporters that in the aftermath of Griffith's death, in an alleged gunfight with cops, intelligence reports had indicated that the underworld wanted revenge.

"It was said the security forces would pay," he said.
The first of the assaults took place at around 9:30 Tuesday night.

Corporal Hewitt Chandler, who is a member of the police's Protective Services Division was sitting in a marked police car, waiting for the traffic lights to change at West Kings House and Waterloo Roads.

He did not make it through the lights. A black motorcycle rode up beside him with two men aboard.

The men pulled guns on Chandler and opened fire.
According to the police, two other policemen who were coincidentally on the same road in an unmarked car challenged the gunmen and when the shooting ended, Coke and the other motorcyclist, identified so far as "Jello", had been cut down.

The police say that a Glock pistol, bearing serial number FNP560, as well as a Browning 9mm pistol with serial number erased, was recovered at the scene. The police say they also took 105 rounds of ammunition and extra magazines from the bodies.

Several hours later, at about 5:30 am, came the attack on the Cross Roads station and the death of the second cop, District Constable Canute Brown outside the station.

A car sped by the station and gunmen opened fire from the vehicle, hitting Brown, who later died in hospital.

Several M16 assault rifle and 9mm cartridges were found outside the building.

Half-an-hour later, the third cop - Inspector Lascelles Wash, who worked at the Motorised Traffic Division - was cut down. Walsh, a popular voice providing traffic reports on Radio Jamaica, was riding his police traffic cop motorcycle along Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston. Gunmen drove up to him and opened fire, killing the 24-year police veteran on the spot.

"Walsh was one of the most loved officers in the force. This is a terrible sight," said Deputy Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga" Ford of the Police Flying Squad as he and other investigators combed the crime scene for evidence.

As Ford and his colleagues collected clues, smoke billowed a few blocks away on Luke Lane - a grey Honda motorcar was on fire: apparently the same one from which the gunmen had fired at the Cross Roads' station.

"They are destroying the evidence," one cop said, shaking his head.

But this was not the end of the mayhem.

In between the Cross Roads shooting and Walsh's murder, Richard Adams, who worked for the private security company, Marksman Limited, was shot dead on Marcus Garvey Drive.

Adams, the police say, was travelling in a white Suzuki Jimny jeep along East Avenue near its intersection with Marcus Garvey Drive. Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.

Adams ran from the vehicle in an attempt to escape, but was chased about 50 yards along Marcus Drive before he was caught and shot in front of the Wallenford Coffee Company. His body, clad in the black uniform of the Marksman company, lay near a drain. He had been shot more than a dozen times. The vehicle had several bullet holes.

"This is war," said a police man who was at the scene.
Not much earlier, a policeman stationed at the Hunts Bay station, further along Marcus Drive, had been shot in the leg when armed men pulled alongside his patrol car in North Avenue, Greenwich Town and opened fire. The policeman, whose name was withheld, was hospitalised.

Killed by gunmen:

. Inspector Lascelles Walsh of the Motorised Traffic Division;

. Corporal Hewitt Chandler of the Protective Services Division;

. District Constable Canute Brown of the Cross Roads Police Station.

. Richard Adams, a supervisor of Marksman Security Limited.


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Football / When allyuh see Stern start back scoring, is hell to pay
« on: April 16, 2005, 10:52:55 AM »
for whoever he playing against, club wise, and internationally.

Thats his history, when he dry, he dry bad, but when he start scoring, he scores multiple times, REGULARLY.
Class strikers can only be out of form for so long, and Stern is class.
I jus hope it coincides with our next set of WC games.
If we are to make a run in the remaining games, we need a forward to get in the form of their life, Stern will most likely have to be that man.

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Happy April Fools Day fellow Forumites!

I really hope they have Leo 100%, FIFA site sayin he need to make it official, we all know the TTFF and their history.
Real happy to see Latas returning!

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Football / From watching the other 2 games tonite
« on: March 30, 2005, 10:51:25 PM »
1) Damn - We had to have played real bad to concede 5 vs Guatemala.

2) The US have one big advantage when playing at home-they play with intensity, every single ball, they fight like warriors. For a time, Guat was matching them, just as the second half start, but their fitness and individual technical capabilities, damn, maybe even tactically as a TEAM, they couldnt maintain the high pressure for more than 15 mins. But for the 15 mins they pressure the US, the US became very uncomfortable. Soon after, it was back to the same ole, US controlling the game completely, frustrating the GUAT players and making it look like it was 16 vs 11 players. TT have to take note of this. Guat looked woeful for long periods.

3) a draw vs the US will be VERY VERY DIFFICULT, I dont know if we can withstand that kinda intensity for 90 mins. We have to work on set plays for this kinda game.

4) Guat should get a serious 4-0 at home, thats how we have to aim, cause if we tie them in points, FIFA uses head to head matchups next, and the 5-1 we get will be our undoing, imagine how we will bawl if it comes down to that and they get in over us. But from the commentary and reports today, and the way I see the US neutralise the Guats, we should be looking to put a licking on them real bad.

5) Panama - lard, panama play so unorthodox it not funny. Even when we beat them 7-0 las time, they were a decent team, beating jamaica, narrow loses to Mex etc etc, but they have improved vastly as well. They have skills to burn, one on one. Giraffe man will get eat up by them and their unorthodox way of attack. But they look jittery lots of the time, and even kinda weak physically. I dont see why we cant beat them in POS, in Panama, it will be a very hard game, not even Ja, USA and now Mex could beat them there. Their stadium remind me of Trinidad days of the sea of red,maybe that will have an effect on our players?

6) Mexico play a good away game, but Panama show that they could be beaten. Real nice 2 goals in that game

I cant see why not, with a lill bit of luck, why we cant get 9 pts at home from our remaining home games.
We still need a 3 pts on the road though, we will have to beat one of these teams.

If u take away the 5-1 we get in the Guat game, this group real even so far with all the teams.

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Football / You all think it could be Platini?
« on: March 30, 2005, 10:31:54 PM »
Jack W did say European, a FIFA VP (although Platini just sits on the exec commitee), internationally acclaimed etc etc.


Or he just throwing fodder for the sharks?

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Football / Well, that is it fellas
« on: March 30, 2005, 04:38:24 PM »
0-0 with CR.

We pretty much out of it now. I know is 7 games still, but effectively we are out now.

As a BSC supporter, I wil admit that he should be replaced, BUT IF ONLY WE MAKING A PROGRESSIVE STEP BY GETTING SOMEONE WHO COULD FIT THE MOULD, ie Fenwick, or Ricky Hill,Gally, Simoes, even Steve Sampson, etc etc.
But them names called is more of hope than realistic.
If we not getting somebody like that, leave BSC in place. No anonymous coaches please.

7 games left, still mathematically possible, but improbable. We needed to be minimum 3 pts after 3 games, we only have 1 and play to home already.
Ball is in the TTFF court now (have mercy), and we have 2 months before the next game.

From the reports, the team play real nice, but that aint good enough, as far as i concerned, we play total tata and lucky to get a draw. These games now, pts count, not how you look.
As I say already, any team could forget about scoring and jus play to look nice, so no props there for T&T.
Our forwards woefully out of form, thank God we have a 2 month break!

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Football / Anyone else realise
« on: March 28, 2005, 08:45:01 PM »
that the TTFF, coach, players, everybody so DAMN QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We aint hearing nutten about the Guat game, is like they shame.

Well keep that under the mat, but we aint hearing nutten about the game on Wed either!

Is either they totally clueless and waiting for the disaster, or BSC laughing at all ah we, he so smart, all this is part of his plan, and he keeping men name secret to unleash weapons on wed vs hapless costa rica!

For all we know, Sealey, Glen, theobald etc etc waiting for ambush, LOL

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Football / The bad news about last night that may haunt us
« on: March 27, 2005, 03:17:48 PM »
is that many were expecting TT and Guat and Panama to be fighting for the 4th spot.

I was jus reading the FIFA regulations concerning games in this round.
If we tie with Guat at the end of the 10 games, they start looking at the results between the 2 teams in the group play.
Seeing that they blitz us 5-1 las nite, unless we can beat them 5-0 in the POS return, they will get the edge.
So if we going to the WC, we hadda aim now to finish 3rd at the least, and somehow find a way to put 5 on Guatemala in TT on Sept 3rd, just in case.
Then the fact that we have Mexico as our last game, it makes winning our next 2 home games vs CR and Panama totally essential. Winning in Panama is now an essential as well, no ifs or buts.

One thing for certain, we aint qualifying for Germany with games to spare. That is known.
Is either we flop big time like 2001, or it goes down to the wire, and we done know how T&T does play in pressure games that have meaning.

Pressure.

A couple T&T players have to step up and perform better than we ever see them play or expect them to play over the next 8 games, in odda words, we need some heroics (of the order greater than Latas and Leonson in 89), and some luck. We also need one of the teams to self destruct, like we did in 2001, and Costa Rica in 1997.
We not playing or getting the kinda luck right now to even make 7 pts in this entire round.
IT IS INDEED CRISIS TIME.

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Football / Mex vs USA on Telemundo and ESPN 2 now
« on: March 27, 2005, 11:58:01 AM »
the 2 big teams at it.
Lets see if we can get something out of this weekend and the US and Mex draw.

That CR las minute goal was a big piece of shite for T&T last nite too

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