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Football / Re: postcard from Jamaica
« on: October 23, 2005, 03:58:28 PM »been vacationing on th eisland with my family for teh past week or so. Nuff Jerk Pork and Chicken consumed so far.
But waht is this nonesense I hear Jack Warner stirring up a storm over? Didnt Trinidad set up camp in Panama 5 days before their penultimate world cup qualifying game in Panama City recently? How come the Panama Federation didnt accuse the hotel who accomodatedthe tea mof 'selling out'?
And am i the only one who think that as a FIFA Vice President, Jack Warner needs to show a little bit more diplomacy when dealing with these types of issues? conflict of interest?
And what is preventing Bahrain from setting up an 8 day camp in cayman/cuba/bahamas ? Would Jack also accusethose countryies of selling out? As far as I know,the JFF does not own a national training facility. So them staying in Jamaica for 8 days in prep for Trinidad has nothing to d owith the JFF. They more than likelwy will be booking into one of the north coast hotels. This is not a footbal issue, Jack Warner!
And what if Trinidad had decided to go on a 5 da ycamp in Iran to prepare for the Bahrain game. I doubt Bahrain would threaten sancions against Iran for it.
Jack needs to show a little bit more confidence in his charges to get the job done. Seems he is alread trying to find a scape goat.
I have the feeling that Boxhill will go ahead and play the game vs Bharain. Its not within the JFF's power to ask th emany hotels in Jamaica no tto accomodate teh Bharain team if they want to satay at their facility,so that is a none-issue. there are at least 20 other destination in te Caribbean for Baharain to saty if they want to. Antigua,dominica,st.vincent etc,all just a hop away fropm trinidad.
anyway, I going to the beach in a little.
There are other destinations in the Caribbean but why do you think they choose Jamaica. Perhaps because of the level and similarity(I'll probably get some flak for that one)of football in JA and T&T, remember their first choice was Guatemala and I suspect it was because of similar reasons. Guatemala turned them down because of CONCACAF solidarity, what is JA reason for accepting them. Also Trinidad and Tobago's team was in Panama 5 days prior to the game against Panama but they weren't scrimageing against Panamanian club teams.