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Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 01:58:38 PM »
perhaps you can offer your services to the national WC cause as team travel agent
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3002
Football / Re: Warriors in Miami
« on: March 18, 2005, 01:03:19 PM »
It's around 30 people travelling plus that also includes flights to/from the UK as well.
Didn't Bwee used to sponsor the team's flights?
Didn't Bwee used to sponsor the team's flights?
3003
Football / Re: T&T put faith in foreign legion
« on: March 18, 2005, 11:18:03 AM »
You have to limit the team to 20-22 can't just call back everybody. I agree he looked useful last year but perhaps Taylor is scouting him and says he is out of form. The choice of who to bring back is extremely tough. I feel Avery should have got his chance as well, and he had been training regularly with the team earlier this year. And I feel that once Boucaud's season is over and he can come and train with the squad over summer he will be back in the mix for sure.
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Football / Re: T&T put faith in foreign legion
« on: March 18, 2005, 10:06:45 AM »
Probably just a numbers game...no room for Rougier, Dwarika, Jemmott, Seaton, Conrad Smith, Rahim etc. etc. either
For the most part BSC is picking guys that are playing regularly for their clubs (except dwight and Sam although Sam comes off the bench alot - like he will for T&T)
Out of the current squad chosen who would you leave out for Boucaud?
For the most part BSC is picking guys that are playing regularly for their clubs (except dwight and Sam although Sam comes off the bench alot - like he will for T&T)
Out of the current squad chosen who would you leave out for Boucaud?
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Football / Re: CP: Portugal Stiff Test for Canada....
« on: March 18, 2005, 08:41:56 AM »Scolari, who clashed with clubs over the availability of players for friendly matches in the past, complained that some clubs failed to let him know what shape the players are in.
"It's been difficult to get information on some of them," Scolari said. "We send faxes to clubs asking for information. Some reply, some don't."
He didn't name the clubs that failed to respond.
What's this coach wasting his time sending faxes for? Doesn't he realize it's far more efficient to fly half way around the world to the respective clubs to look at the players in person? He could learn something from BSC.
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Football / Re: T&T put faith in foreign legion
« on: March 18, 2005, 08:31:16 AM »The Honduran-born coach is hoping for a wild crowd to help tip the balance against St. Clair's Caribbean outfit.
You see Guatemala's coach is Honduran-born. It shouldn't matter about being drawn in the same Gold Cup group as Honduras this is the WORLD CUP we are talking about - much more important business. I feel this friendly match thing was a set up from the start by the Guatemala coach and Honduras.
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Football / Re: Yorke, Shaka heads list of pros for Miami, Guatemala outings.
« on: March 17, 2005, 12:56:09 PM »
how Nigel Henry make this WC squad before Avery John I will never know. Glad that Cox is back and that horn-child Derek King not there though. Wonder if Nakhid will be joining the team in Miami? A shame that Theobald still injured.
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Football / Re: CP: Portugal Stiff Test for Canada....
« on: March 17, 2005, 07:24:57 AM »
Have to admit that squad looks good on paper. Too bad when they play football for Canada they look like they should be on toilet paper.
Just kidding WF, no need to post your customary attack on T&T and start another flame war on this new board.
Just kidding WF, no need to post your customary attack on T&T and start another flame war on this new board.
3009
Football / Hector Sam called up for World Cup squad
« on: March 17, 2005, 04:45:10 AM »
This could mean they not expecting Glen to be ready in time....
DENIS SMITH today revealed he will be calling off Wrexham’s League One double-header over Easter -but that decision leaves skipper Darren Ferguson playing an anxious waiting game.
The Reds’ boss has been left with no choice but to postpone matches at home to Brentford (March 25) and at Port Vale (March 29) because four of his players have received international call-ups. Football League rules state that games can be called off if a club has three or more players called-up.
Hector Sam was the latest Reds’ player to be named in a squad just last night. Sam joins Carlos Edwards in the Trinidad and Tobago squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Guatemala and Costa Rica. And Mark Jones and Craig Morgan were yesterday selected for Wales under 21s’ double header against Austria.
But the double cancellation of Wrexham’s league matches leaves Ferguson facing a nervous wait.
The postponements means there are just two league games before Wrexham’s dream LDV Vans Trophy final against Southend United at The Millennium Stadium on April 10 - and Ferguson is banned for both.
Ferguson sits out Saturday’s League One trip to Swindon Town because he picked up his tenth booking of the season in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Oldham Athletic.
The other match the influential midfielder will miss is the home game against Bournemouth on April 2.
Smith said today: “I had a phone call last night to say Hector is being called up, and that just caps it off. You take the four players out of the squad and what with injuries, there is just no way we can play.
“It was always going to be difficult anyway but I was hoping to have played the games. I had probably made my mind up yesterday with three call-ups to call it off, then Hector makes it four. I thought, that’s it.
“I have tried things. We looked at bringing the game against Brentford forward to the Tuesday, and asking Wales if the under 21s could join up later, but Brentford have got a game that day. I have gone through everything.
“That means it is going to be a long time until Darren Ferguson next plays. He won’t play until the LDV Vans Trophy final - if selected - and that’s not an ideal situation.
“I just hope he is allowed to play in reserve matches.”
Smith now has to fit the two postponed matches, as well as the match at Barnsley which was due to be played on the day before the final, and the FAW Premier Cup semi-final against Bangor City, into a hectic shedule.
“That’s four matches to re-arrange and after the Easter break we have five midweeks before the end of the season,” said Smith.
“From April 4 until the last game on May 7 we will have to play ten games. That’s a silly schedule and not what I wanted.
“These international call-ups are killing us and other clubs in our league don’t have this problem.”
Another Trinidadian, centre-back Dennis Lawrence, missed training yesterday with a foot injury.
Smith already has six first team players on the sidelines with injuries - Chris Armstrong, Brian Carey, Danny Williams, Jim Whitley, Dean Bennett and Alex Smith - and Ferguson serving a suspension.
Wrexham reserves travel to Rochdale tomorrow but fit members of the first team squad will not be risked.
Smith said: “We’ll have to find a team for the reserves but Andy Dibble needs games and will probably play.”
DENIS SMITH today revealed he will be calling off Wrexham’s League One double-header over Easter -but that decision leaves skipper Darren Ferguson playing an anxious waiting game.
The Reds’ boss has been left with no choice but to postpone matches at home to Brentford (March 25) and at Port Vale (March 29) because four of his players have received international call-ups. Football League rules state that games can be called off if a club has three or more players called-up.
Hector Sam was the latest Reds’ player to be named in a squad just last night. Sam joins Carlos Edwards in the Trinidad and Tobago squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Guatemala and Costa Rica. And Mark Jones and Craig Morgan were yesterday selected for Wales under 21s’ double header against Austria.
But the double cancellation of Wrexham’s league matches leaves Ferguson facing a nervous wait.
The postponements means there are just two league games before Wrexham’s dream LDV Vans Trophy final against Southend United at The Millennium Stadium on April 10 - and Ferguson is banned for both.
Ferguson sits out Saturday’s League One trip to Swindon Town because he picked up his tenth booking of the season in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Oldham Athletic.
The other match the influential midfielder will miss is the home game against Bournemouth on April 2.
Smith said today: “I had a phone call last night to say Hector is being called up, and that just caps it off. You take the four players out of the squad and what with injuries, there is just no way we can play.
“It was always going to be difficult anyway but I was hoping to have played the games. I had probably made my mind up yesterday with three call-ups to call it off, then Hector makes it four. I thought, that’s it.
“I have tried things. We looked at bringing the game against Brentford forward to the Tuesday, and asking Wales if the under 21s could join up later, but Brentford have got a game that day. I have gone through everything.
“That means it is going to be a long time until Darren Ferguson next plays. He won’t play until the LDV Vans Trophy final - if selected - and that’s not an ideal situation.
“I just hope he is allowed to play in reserve matches.”
Smith now has to fit the two postponed matches, as well as the match at Barnsley which was due to be played on the day before the final, and the FAW Premier Cup semi-final against Bangor City, into a hectic shedule.
“That’s four matches to re-arrange and after the Easter break we have five midweeks before the end of the season,” said Smith.
“From April 4 until the last game on May 7 we will have to play ten games. That’s a silly schedule and not what I wanted.
“These international call-ups are killing us and other clubs in our league don’t have this problem.”
Another Trinidadian, centre-back Dennis Lawrence, missed training yesterday with a foot injury.
Smith already has six first team players on the sidelines with injuries - Chris Armstrong, Brian Carey, Danny Williams, Jim Whitley, Dean Bennett and Alex Smith - and Ferguson serving a suspension.
Wrexham reserves travel to Rochdale tomorrow but fit members of the first team squad will not be risked.
Smith said: “We’ll have to find a team for the reserves but Andy Dibble needs games and will probably play.”
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Football / Re: Scouting the U.S WCQ sessions
« on: March 17, 2005, 04:38:51 AM »
they didn't even win that match....They LOST 3-2! And came 3rd in the Trini PFL last season!! If anything North East Stars should be the national team.
3011
Cricket Anyone / Lara to know fate at noon
« on: March 16, 2005, 09:26:25 PM »
Trinidad Guardian
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara and his ex vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan could well find themselves being recalled to join the squad of 22 players whom the West Indies Cricket Board have invited to make themselves available for the home series against South Africa.
A release from the board late yesterday stated that its executive would make a determination on the review by its lawyers of the personal endorsement contracts signed by Lara and the other six players with Cable and Wireless by noon today.
If the contracts are determined to not be infringing on the board’s contract with Digicel, the players are likely to be invited to join the camp which starts next Wednesday.
The other players with Cable and Wireless contracts are: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Fidel Edwards and Ravi Rampaul.
Both Gayle and Bravo, along with Lara and Sarwan, were expected to be among the top players against the South Africans.
But they were ruled ineligible, according to the WICB because their contracts with C&W were not made available to the board. They have since provided copies of the document.
According to the release, the board will be in a position to advise the selectors with respect to the eligibility of the group of players by noon.
The selectors will meet today to decide on the squad for the First Test match which begins in Guyana on March 31.
The selected players will participate in a team camp in Barbados commencing next Wednesday.
The board said the team would be announced tomorrow.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara and his ex vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan could well find themselves being recalled to join the squad of 22 players whom the West Indies Cricket Board have invited to make themselves available for the home series against South Africa.
A release from the board late yesterday stated that its executive would make a determination on the review by its lawyers of the personal endorsement contracts signed by Lara and the other six players with Cable and Wireless by noon today.
If the contracts are determined to not be infringing on the board’s contract with Digicel, the players are likely to be invited to join the camp which starts next Wednesday.
The other players with Cable and Wireless contracts are: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Fidel Edwards and Ravi Rampaul.
Both Gayle and Bravo, along with Lara and Sarwan, were expected to be among the top players against the South Africans.
But they were ruled ineligible, according to the WICB because their contracts with C&W were not made available to the board. They have since provided copies of the document.
According to the release, the board will be in a position to advise the selectors with respect to the eligibility of the group of players by noon.
The selectors will meet today to decide on the squad for the First Test match which begins in Guyana on March 31.
The selected players will participate in a team camp in Barbados commencing next Wednesday.
The board said the team would be announced tomorrow.
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Football / Jabloteh - Metrostars Guardian Report
« on: March 16, 2005, 09:24:14 PM »
BY NIGEL SIMON
Trinidad Guardian
Forward Mark Lisi and his New York/New Jersey MetroStars teammates capitalised on the sending off of three CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh players to record a come-from-behind 3-2 win.
The match, the second of a double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, was supposed to be a friendly, but from early on it was evident that international referee Ramesh Ramdan would be in for a torrid time and by the end of the 90 minutes Ramdan had dished out eight yellow and three red cards.
Unluckily for Jabloteh, three of their players were the ones who saw red—defender Charles Pollard, midfielder Trent Noel and second-half substitute Michael Celestine.
Despite the fast-paced start to the match, the teams were each limited to one real attempt at goal—Jabloteh through Otis Seaton on the 15-minute mark, and the MetroStars seven minutes later through striker John Wolyniec.
Jabloteh eventually went ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute through an alert Kerry Baptiste, who was one of their best players that night, together with Seaton.
Baptiste fired home a low shot past Wells, after defender Tim Ward failed to clear a Nigel Pierre centre from the left side.
Wolyniec answered with the equaliser just three minutes later, hammering a Gilberto Flores rebound past goalie Daurance Williams. Flores was sent through down the right side by Amado Guevara before Williams denied him.
Sergio Galvin Rey had a chance to give MetroStars the lead on the half-hour mark but his volley from a Wolyniec left-sided centre, was kept out by the feet of Williams.
Two minutes into the second-half, Jabloteh regained the lead when a Pierre flick-on from a right side throw-in just over the half-line, put the ball into the path of Nicholas Addlery, the home team’ speedy Jamaican forward.
Addlery held of the challenge of two retreating defenders and slipped the ball into the far corner of the net for a 2-1 lead.
Jabloteh coach Michael Grayson then made a number of substitutions which seemed to upset the chemistry of his team while the MetroStars coach Bob Bradley also introduced fresh-legs into the match.
Josh Johnson, one of Jabloteh’s substitutes, got the ball into the net in the 57th minute, but the play was ruled off-side.
Wolyniec then almost tied the score for the second time, but his left-footed shot from an acute angle was bravely put around the post for a corner kick by a diving Keyeno Thomas, who needed treatment afterwards for taking the ball on his stomach.
The burly Wolyniec made no mistake with his next chance at goal, as he skilfully glanced an angled pass from Galvan Rey over the outstretched Williams, into the top left of the goal in the 61st minute.
The match then turned extremely physical, with Pollard and Guevara being cautioned in the 73rd minute after a minor scrimmage.
Pollard soon got marching orders for a second offence—a brutal sliding tackle on MetroStars defender Ademir Dos Santos—and he was joined by teammate Trent Noel, who drew the wrath of Ramdan for verbal dissent.
The visitors capitalised on their two-man advantage minutes later as Mark Lisi, a 64th-minute replacement for Michael Bradley, blasted home the match winner from 25 yards, leaving Williams with no chance.
Soon after, a frustrated Celestine picked up his second yellow card, which left Jabloteh to finish the match with eight players.
In the night’s opener, Jabloteh’s Under-16s crushed the national women’s team 9-0.
MetroStars will end their two-match friendly series in Trinidad with a match against VIBE CT 105 W Connection at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella tomorrow from 7 pm.
Teams
MetroStars: Zach Wells, Tim Ward (Chris Corcoran 59th), Carlos Mendes, Jeff Parke, Chris Leitch (Ademir Dos Santos 69th), Amado Guevara capt. (Pierre Bazie 76th), Michael Bradley (Mark Lisi 64th), Gilberto (Tim Regan 45th), Mahktar N'Diaye (Osni Neto 59th), John Wolyniec, Sergio Galvan Rey.
Subs not used: Jason Hernandez, Seth Stammler, Ramon Bailey, TJ Tomasson,
San Juan Jabloteh: Daurance Williams, Charles Pollard, Trent Noel, Keyeno Thomas, Angus Eve (Travis Mulraine 64th), Kerry Baptiste (Michael Celestine 59th), Nicholas Addlery (Josh Johnson 59th), Nigel Daniel (Devin Mitchell 59th), Ansil Elcock, Nigel Pierre, Aurtis Whitley (Nigel Codrington 78th, Marcelle Francois 86th).
Subs not used: Brian James, Vernon Bailey, Dexter Franklyn
Trinidad Guardian
Forward Mark Lisi and his New York/New Jersey MetroStars teammates capitalised on the sending off of three CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh players to record a come-from-behind 3-2 win.
The match, the second of a double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, was supposed to be a friendly, but from early on it was evident that international referee Ramesh Ramdan would be in for a torrid time and by the end of the 90 minutes Ramdan had dished out eight yellow and three red cards.
Unluckily for Jabloteh, three of their players were the ones who saw red—defender Charles Pollard, midfielder Trent Noel and second-half substitute Michael Celestine.
Despite the fast-paced start to the match, the teams were each limited to one real attempt at goal—Jabloteh through Otis Seaton on the 15-minute mark, and the MetroStars seven minutes later through striker John Wolyniec.
Jabloteh eventually went ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute through an alert Kerry Baptiste, who was one of their best players that night, together with Seaton.
Baptiste fired home a low shot past Wells, after defender Tim Ward failed to clear a Nigel Pierre centre from the left side.
Wolyniec answered with the equaliser just three minutes later, hammering a Gilberto Flores rebound past goalie Daurance Williams. Flores was sent through down the right side by Amado Guevara before Williams denied him.
Sergio Galvin Rey had a chance to give MetroStars the lead on the half-hour mark but his volley from a Wolyniec left-sided centre, was kept out by the feet of Williams.
Two minutes into the second-half, Jabloteh regained the lead when a Pierre flick-on from a right side throw-in just over the half-line, put the ball into the path of Nicholas Addlery, the home team’ speedy Jamaican forward.
Addlery held of the challenge of two retreating defenders and slipped the ball into the far corner of the net for a 2-1 lead.
Jabloteh coach Michael Grayson then made a number of substitutions which seemed to upset the chemistry of his team while the MetroStars coach Bob Bradley also introduced fresh-legs into the match.
Josh Johnson, one of Jabloteh’s substitutes, got the ball into the net in the 57th minute, but the play was ruled off-side.
Wolyniec then almost tied the score for the second time, but his left-footed shot from an acute angle was bravely put around the post for a corner kick by a diving Keyeno Thomas, who needed treatment afterwards for taking the ball on his stomach.
The burly Wolyniec made no mistake with his next chance at goal, as he skilfully glanced an angled pass from Galvan Rey over the outstretched Williams, into the top left of the goal in the 61st minute.
The match then turned extremely physical, with Pollard and Guevara being cautioned in the 73rd minute after a minor scrimmage.
Pollard soon got marching orders for a second offence—a brutal sliding tackle on MetroStars defender Ademir Dos Santos—and he was joined by teammate Trent Noel, who drew the wrath of Ramdan for verbal dissent.
The visitors capitalised on their two-man advantage minutes later as Mark Lisi, a 64th-minute replacement for Michael Bradley, blasted home the match winner from 25 yards, leaving Williams with no chance.
Soon after, a frustrated Celestine picked up his second yellow card, which left Jabloteh to finish the match with eight players.
In the night’s opener, Jabloteh’s Under-16s crushed the national women’s team 9-0.
MetroStars will end their two-match friendly series in Trinidad with a match against VIBE CT 105 W Connection at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella tomorrow from 7 pm.
Teams
MetroStars: Zach Wells, Tim Ward (Chris Corcoran 59th), Carlos Mendes, Jeff Parke, Chris Leitch (Ademir Dos Santos 69th), Amado Guevara capt. (Pierre Bazie 76th), Michael Bradley (Mark Lisi 64th), Gilberto (Tim Regan 45th), Mahktar N'Diaye (Osni Neto 59th), John Wolyniec, Sergio Galvan Rey.
Subs not used: Jason Hernandez, Seth Stammler, Ramon Bailey, TJ Tomasson,
San Juan Jabloteh: Daurance Williams, Charles Pollard, Trent Noel, Keyeno Thomas, Angus Eve (Travis Mulraine 64th), Kerry Baptiste (Michael Celestine 59th), Nicholas Addlery (Josh Johnson 59th), Nigel Daniel (Devin Mitchell 59th), Ansil Elcock, Nigel Pierre, Aurtis Whitley (Nigel Codrington 78th, Marcelle Francois 86th).
Subs not used: Brian James, Vernon Bailey, Dexter Franklyn
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Football / Re: Game off
« on: March 16, 2005, 07:36:35 PM »
that is VERY disapointing news although I can't say completely unexpected. If I was Honduras I wouldn't want to help us out after what we did them 4 years ago. This might even have been a set up from the start to help their Central American neighbours, cancel late so we can't arrange another friendly last minute.
Tell Metrostars stay down in Trini for a few more days and we go give them a run on Tuesday with the full squad. If we loss then we go play the Jabloteh 11 vs Guatemala and Costa Rica like Touches suggest.
Tell Metrostars stay down in Trini for a few more days and we go give them a run on Tuesday with the full squad. If we loss then we go play the Jabloteh 11 vs Guatemala and Costa Rica like Touches suggest.
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Football / Re: If t&T made the world cup and you were the coach and had to select 20 players
« on: March 16, 2005, 12:11:28 PM »
Yuh forget one thing....
Team Coach: Russell Latapy!
Team Coach: Russell Latapy!
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Football / Re: If t&T made the world cup and you were the coach and had to select 20 players
« on: March 16, 2005, 11:21:26 AM »
how yuh drop Sancho dry so? He have to be there before Cox.
Also Seabra will not be elligible. I would bring in Conrad Smith or Evans Wise (he can at least be the team translater!)
Also Seabra will not be elligible. I would bring in Conrad Smith or Evans Wise (he can at least be the team translater!)
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Football / Re: Jabloteh vs Metrostars report
« on: March 16, 2005, 09:47:45 AM »
I agree that team chemistry has a lot to do with performance but do you think England would ever play a full Everton squad in the world cup simply because they've been playing together instead of calling in Owen, Beckham etc. ?
Also look at our Digicel squad they had been playing and training together for several months, they should have developed good chemistry by the finals but did their performance reflect this? I believe our World Cup squad with the foreign based that played against the USA would have won that tournament.
Anyway my point was that 5 of those players are already in the current national training squad, 2 are foreigners, and 1 is retired. So that leaves only 3 players that are not currently in the mix and they should get a look if they can add something.
Finally, what will happen if W Connection plays the MetroStars and wins their match on Friday. Do we then drop all the Jabloteh players and play only W Connection players?
Also look at our Digicel squad they had been playing and training together for several months, they should have developed good chemistry by the finals but did their performance reflect this? I believe our World Cup squad with the foreign based that played against the USA would have won that tournament.
Anyway my point was that 5 of those players are already in the current national training squad, 2 are foreigners, and 1 is retired. So that leaves only 3 players that are not currently in the mix and they should get a look if they can add something.
Finally, what will happen if W Connection plays the MetroStars and wins their match on Friday. Do we then drop all the Jabloteh players and play only W Connection players?
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Football / Re: Dog in action vs Dundee United
« on: March 16, 2005, 08:41:01 AM »
what a vertical leap!! The man done tall already and when he jump he foot reach all by the other man waist. Amazing.
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Football / Re: Jabloteh vs Metrostars report
« on: March 16, 2005, 06:50:38 AM »
This Jabloteh team should put on national colours? They get 3 man sent off in a friendly game and the wildest man of all Cyd Gray ent even come off the bench yet or it could have been 4!
Here's a look at that Jabloteh team:
Daurance Williams - already in T&T squad; hopefully won't be needed
Charles Pollard - Guyanese
Trent Noel - has been there before
Keyeno Thomas - Already in T&T squad
Angus Eve - capitain of T&T squad
Kerry Baptiste - Already in T&T squad, fringe player
Ansil Elcock - way past his prime
Nicholas Addlery - Jamaican
Nigel Daniel - should be drafted in
Nigel Pierre - Already in squad, should he start over stern and glen??
Aurtis Whitley - should be drafted in
Based on this the only men that can add something extra to the national team are Whitely and Daniel but they have both represented T&T before so they are no big surprise. Have they been showing up to the training sessions? Will be interesting to see if the MLS scouts feel the same way and offer them trials.
Also I find it a little hard to believe that a team which inlcudes Angus Eve, Ancil Elcock and Nigel Pierre could be that much faster and fitter than our national team. But say what, if they playing better football than the national team is probably because of better coaching and tactics or the fact that the players are more accustomed with each other. Or the weakness of the opposition.
Here's a look at that Jabloteh team:
Daurance Williams - already in T&T squad; hopefully won't be needed
Charles Pollard - Guyanese
Trent Noel - has been there before
Keyeno Thomas - Already in T&T squad
Angus Eve - capitain of T&T squad
Kerry Baptiste - Already in T&T squad, fringe player
Ansil Elcock - way past his prime
Nicholas Addlery - Jamaican
Nigel Daniel - should be drafted in
Nigel Pierre - Already in squad, should he start over stern and glen??
Aurtis Whitley - should be drafted in
Based on this the only men that can add something extra to the national team are Whitely and Daniel but they have both represented T&T before so they are no big surprise. Have they been showing up to the training sessions? Will be interesting to see if the MLS scouts feel the same way and offer them trials.
Also I find it a little hard to believe that a team which inlcudes Angus Eve, Ancil Elcock and Nigel Pierre could be that much faster and fitter than our national team. But say what, if they playing better football than the national team is probably because of better coaching and tactics or the fact that the players are more accustomed with each other. Or the weakness of the opposition.
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Football / Re: Rookie Sealy set to join Wizards.
« on: March 16, 2005, 06:07:13 AM »
seems like the Wizards schedule will conflict with ours over the next couple of weeks. Hope he keeps T&T first in his mind and flies to Miami for the Honduras match instead of staying in Costa Rica
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Football / Re: Kenwyne Jones joins Stoke on loan until the end of the season
« on: March 15, 2005, 01:49:35 PM »
”I have to keep working hard and learning every day in training, but there is nothing quite like playing first-team football for improving your level of play.”
Take note Rahim, Scotland, Samuel, Sam, Boucaud and DWIGHT! You not getting any better sitting on the bench. Time to move on.
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Football / Re: Stoke City keen on extending Kenwyne Jones' loan deal
« on: March 15, 2005, 10:20:45 AM »
true. Only if/when Southampton get relegated will Jones get his chance to start regularly (I assume some fellas will leave). Might as well keep him at stoke so he learns more about that division.
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Football / FC Dallas Update
« on: March 15, 2005, 06:31:05 AM »
FC DALLAS RETURNS TO TRAINING AT BLUE SKY: After spending 12 days in La Manga, Spain, FC Dallas returned to Texas and will train this week at Blue Sky in The Colony. The team will have one two-a-day training session on Tuesday (10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.), one day off on Wednesday and two single training sessions at 10 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday. The team also has scheduled a scrimmage with the University of Southwest Missouri at the University of Texas at Dallas on Saturday at 10 a.m. Admission is free and fans are encouraged to attend the exhibition.
TRAINING SCHEDULE*:
Tuesday, March 15: Two-A-Day - 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. @ Blue Sky
Wednesday, March 16: DAY OFF
Thursday, March 17: 10 a.m. @ Blue Sky
Friday, March 18: 10 a.m. @ Blue Sky
Saturday, March 19: Scrimmage vs. University of Southwest Missouri @ UTD at 10 a.m.
* Schedule is subject to change.
INJURY UPDATES: The team received good news on the injury front from their six injured players, including two of the players returning to full training with their teammates today.
FC Dallas had left Spain with six players injured and unable to participate in the final workouts. Two of those players, Steve Jolley and Abe Thompson, did not visit Spain. However, the prognosis at training today was good for the six players:
Ronnie O'Brien - Was back training today at full speed.
Arturo Alvarez - Was back training today at full speed.
Eric Quill - Had tests run on his calf injury and the tests found nothing besides what the team originally thought. He should be 7-10 days away from getting back on the field.
Cornell Glen - Is week-to-week with his ankle injury. (no real news here...steups)
Steve Jolley - Is beginning to work back after having knee surgery and should be 1-2 weeks away from training with team.
Abe Thompson - Is still 3-4 weeks away from coming back after fracturing his cheek bone, but is progressing nicely.
TRAINING SCHEDULE*:
Tuesday, March 15: Two-A-Day - 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. @ Blue Sky
Wednesday, March 16: DAY OFF
Thursday, March 17: 10 a.m. @ Blue Sky
Friday, March 18: 10 a.m. @ Blue Sky
Saturday, March 19: Scrimmage vs. University of Southwest Missouri @ UTD at 10 a.m.
* Schedule is subject to change.
INJURY UPDATES: The team received good news on the injury front from their six injured players, including two of the players returning to full training with their teammates today.
FC Dallas had left Spain with six players injured and unable to participate in the final workouts. Two of those players, Steve Jolley and Abe Thompson, did not visit Spain. However, the prognosis at training today was good for the six players:
Ronnie O'Brien - Was back training today at full speed.
Arturo Alvarez - Was back training today at full speed.
Eric Quill - Had tests run on his calf injury and the tests found nothing besides what the team originally thought. He should be 7-10 days away from getting back on the field.
Cornell Glen - Is week-to-week with his ankle injury. (no real news here...steups)
Steve Jolley - Is beginning to work back after having knee surgery and should be 1-2 weeks away from training with team.
Abe Thompson - Is still 3-4 weeks away from coming back after fracturing his cheek bone, but is progressing nicely.
3023
Football / Re: Defensive Help & Scorer
« on: March 14, 2005, 07:20:35 PM »
After barely scraping through the WCQ semi-finals and then during the Digicel tournament run BSC stated that he was going to give the local fellas more chances. Foriegn based would only come in if they could provide a significant upgrade over the locals.
Regarding Cox and Lawrence, I guess the coaches feel that Anton Pierre, Keyeno, Avery, Rojas, Atiba, King etc. are just as good and would be more available for warm-ups, training etc.
Regarding Scotland, besides not playing much for his club the striker position seems to be our deepest and I've heard negative comments posted here about his attitude. Stern, Glen, Jones, Sealy, N.Pierre, Yorke, Conrad Smith, Sam, Mc Farlane and Glasgow would probably all get a pick before he.
Regarding Cox and Lawrence, I guess the coaches feel that Anton Pierre, Keyeno, Avery, Rojas, Atiba, King etc. are just as good and would be more available for warm-ups, training etc.
Regarding Scotland, besides not playing much for his club the striker position seems to be our deepest and I've heard negative comments posted here about his attitude. Stern, Glen, Jones, Sealy, N.Pierre, Yorke, Conrad Smith, Sam, Mc Farlane and Glasgow would probably all get a pick before he.
3024
Football / Re: Evans Wise
« on: March 14, 2005, 05:18:21 PM »
Article from the past...can we learn anything? By the way, we went on to lose to Costa Rica 3-0.
Unimpressive T&T secure 3-1 win
By MARK POUCHET
DENNIS LAWRENCE was not included in the line-up nor was Anthony Rougier, who was scheduled to arrive on the night of the match. And Shaka Hislop took in the action from the bench.
The scene was the newly-refurbished Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday night. And the occasion was the Trinidad and Tobago senior national football team’s final preparation game before their second-round Football Confederation World Cup final round qualifying match against Costa Rica Wednesday. And playing an unfamiliar outfit and system, coach Ian Porterfield’s team outscored Guatemala 3-1.
The result was, T&T supporters will be hoping, the “confidence booster” for which coach Porterfield sought, after T&T’s 1-0 loss to Jamaica in their opening final World Cup qualifying game last month in Kingston. But if the purpose of Saturday night’s encounter was to settle the T&T starting side ahead of the Costa Rica clash, then things are still too unsettled. Surprisingly, Joe Public defender Cyd Gray made his international debut for T&T in the right back position while his clubmate Stokely Mason was pushed into the left back position to make way for SV 07 Eversberg’s Evans Wise in left midfield.
Wise was part of a five-man midfield that included W Connection’s Reynold Carrington, Bristol Rover’s Ronnie Maugé, Joe Public’s Angus Eve and Hibernian’s Russell Latapy. And Manchester United star striker Dwight played solo up front.
But the local players had not been allowed time to get accustomed to their new structure when the Guatemalans stunned them. Only four minutes had elapsed since the initial blast of Richard Piper’s whistle when a build-up down the left flank saw the tiny Freddy García squeeze the ball through three T&T defenders to find Uwaldo Perez unmarked at the top of the box. His one-time left-footed shot went screaming past Clayton Ince between the uprights for T&T and came to rest in the top right-hand “vee”.
Silenced by the Perez coup, the 10,000 strong crowd watched as the “Soca Warriors” struggled to come to terms with their new system. Yorke, accustomed to the constant and accurate service of David Beckham and company at Old Trafford, was certainly lacking in quality crosses from Eve and Wise on either side of the pitch. Most of Wise’s dribbling forays managed only to concede possession to the Guatemalan opponents. But luckily, T&T did not have to depend solely on the Germany-based player for distribution.
Forced to bring the ball out of the defence for most of the first period, the creative Latapy fashioned a cross from the right Marvin Andrews headed against Josue Ortiz’s far post three minutes from the interval. In an interview following the game, Yorke said “harsh words” were exchanged in the dressing room at the break. Whatever happened at that juncture, T&T came out to net three times in the final half. Maugé was set up by an Eve right-sided ball that the Guatemalans failed to clear three minutes after the resumption. And Nigel Pierre, the in-form attacker in the T&T’s tours to Brazil and England, got a double.
But although five changes saw a not-too-pleased Latapy leave the field and afforded the spectators the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the hard-tackling and hard-working Brent Rahim in the middle, most of the fans were left unconvinced by their team’s effort. Even Yorke commented that he was not “pleased” with the team’s general performance and that there was still a lot to be “worked on” before their next game against Costa Rica on Wednesday. Unfortunately for Yorke and his team, there is little time to smooth out the rough edges. Perhaps too little, seemed to think the fans streaming out of the Stadium on Saturday night.
Unimpressive T&T secure 3-1 win
By MARK POUCHET
DENNIS LAWRENCE was not included in the line-up nor was Anthony Rougier, who was scheduled to arrive on the night of the match. And Shaka Hislop took in the action from the bench.
The scene was the newly-refurbished Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday night. And the occasion was the Trinidad and Tobago senior national football team’s final preparation game before their second-round Football Confederation World Cup final round qualifying match against Costa Rica Wednesday. And playing an unfamiliar outfit and system, coach Ian Porterfield’s team outscored Guatemala 3-1.
The result was, T&T supporters will be hoping, the “confidence booster” for which coach Porterfield sought, after T&T’s 1-0 loss to Jamaica in their opening final World Cup qualifying game last month in Kingston. But if the purpose of Saturday night’s encounter was to settle the T&T starting side ahead of the Costa Rica clash, then things are still too unsettled. Surprisingly, Joe Public defender Cyd Gray made his international debut for T&T in the right back position while his clubmate Stokely Mason was pushed into the left back position to make way for SV 07 Eversberg’s Evans Wise in left midfield.
Wise was part of a five-man midfield that included W Connection’s Reynold Carrington, Bristol Rover’s Ronnie Maugé, Joe Public’s Angus Eve and Hibernian’s Russell Latapy. And Manchester United star striker Dwight played solo up front.
But the local players had not been allowed time to get accustomed to their new structure when the Guatemalans stunned them. Only four minutes had elapsed since the initial blast of Richard Piper’s whistle when a build-up down the left flank saw the tiny Freddy García squeeze the ball through three T&T defenders to find Uwaldo Perez unmarked at the top of the box. His one-time left-footed shot went screaming past Clayton Ince between the uprights for T&T and came to rest in the top right-hand “vee”.
Silenced by the Perez coup, the 10,000 strong crowd watched as the “Soca Warriors” struggled to come to terms with their new system. Yorke, accustomed to the constant and accurate service of David Beckham and company at Old Trafford, was certainly lacking in quality crosses from Eve and Wise on either side of the pitch. Most of Wise’s dribbling forays managed only to concede possession to the Guatemalan opponents. But luckily, T&T did not have to depend solely on the Germany-based player for distribution.
Forced to bring the ball out of the defence for most of the first period, the creative Latapy fashioned a cross from the right Marvin Andrews headed against Josue Ortiz’s far post three minutes from the interval. In an interview following the game, Yorke said “harsh words” were exchanged in the dressing room at the break. Whatever happened at that juncture, T&T came out to net three times in the final half. Maugé was set up by an Eve right-sided ball that the Guatemalans failed to clear three minutes after the resumption. And Nigel Pierre, the in-form attacker in the T&T’s tours to Brazil and England, got a double.
But although five changes saw a not-too-pleased Latapy leave the field and afforded the spectators the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the hard-tackling and hard-working Brent Rahim in the middle, most of the fans were left unconvinced by their team’s effort. Even Yorke commented that he was not “pleased” with the team’s general performance and that there was still a lot to be “worked on” before their next game against Costa Rica on Wednesday. Unfortunately for Yorke and his team, there is little time to smooth out the rough edges. Perhaps too little, seemed to think the fans streaming out of the Stadium on Saturday night.
3025
Football / Re: Evans Wise
« on: March 14, 2005, 05:01:41 PM »
where is he playing football these days?
3026
Football / Re: Shakes heads back to Bolton
« on: March 14, 2005, 01:28:24 PM »
clearly he's not ready to help our senior team now but maybe by next world cup as long as the TTFF don't just blank him for 4 years, they need to keep in touch with him.
3027
Football / Re: Where the warm up games
« on: March 14, 2005, 10:12:05 AM »
hopefully we will hear something once Bertille come back from his "strategic" vacation across the Atlantic.
But I agree it very worrying with the lack of practice we getting. All I waiting for now is the announcement that the Honduras match get cancelled, since there is no news about it. I almost feel as though we decide to treat the Guatemala match as a warm up for Costa Rica! Hope I am wrong.
But I agree it very worrying with the lack of practice we getting. All I waiting for now is the announcement that the Honduras match get cancelled, since there is no news about it. I almost feel as though we decide to treat the Guatemala match as a warm up for Costa Rica! Hope I am wrong.
3028
Football / Re: Praise For Big Marv
« on: March 14, 2005, 02:00:54 AM »
If Dog have a cup match this Sunday, he is unlikely to play against Honduras the following Tuesday 22nd. So much for ever having our full side play a warm-up match
3029
Football / Re: Brent's office party
« on: March 13, 2005, 09:20:25 AM »
Sancho on the bench today. He fall out with his manager or what?
3030
Football / Hero Hector !
« on: March 13, 2005, 07:23:26 AM »
Sam lifts Wrexham spirits.
By: Lasana Liburd - Trinidad Express.
Visiting Trinidad and Tobago national team coach Bertille St Clair and manager Richard Braithwaite opted to travel to Coventry City yesterday to see star striker Stern John score in a 1-1 League Championship draw with Watford.
Their decision to stop in the Midlands may have been prompted by a desire for a centralised location from which they would meet the country's overseas professionals who were employed in west, central and north England last night. Pity they did not visit Wales, though.
It is debatable whether they could have learnt anything new about John from his weekend
Championship outing but there was surely food for thought at Wrexham where three Trinidad and Tobago internationals were used by the relegation-threatened League One club. Hector Sam, for one, would have taken them to the edge of their seats.
The ex-CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh attacker gave another indication of his offensive threat with a sparkling performance off the substitute's bench as Wrexham grabbed a last-gasp winner to edge Oldham 1-0 at the Racecourse ground. It would have invoked fond memories for St Clair.
Sam scored an equally crucial goal against St Vincent and the Grenadines in a World Cup qualifier last October when T&T rebounded from a goal down to win 2-1. Sam made his first appearance of the qualifying campaign in that match and was not used since.
It has been a frustrating season for the tricky player but moments like yesterday's can go a long way towards compensating. "I think that is the most important goal I have ever scored," Sam told the Sunday Express. "It drags a few more teams into (the relegation battle). Now all we need is a five-game winning spree and I think we will stay up."
Whether Wrexham-in 22nd place, at present-can beat the drop is another matter entirely and they rode their luck at times against a well-organised Oldham outfit. Apart from the T&T trio, only two Wrexham players may be deemed of sufficient quality to merit a starting place at local Pro League team, Jabloteh. No surprise then that six foot seven central defender Dennis Lawrence might be the only Caribbean face at the Welsh club next season.
Sam and Carlos Edwards are out of contract this summer and their agent, Mike Berry, insisted that there were several suitors. Edwards, in particular, is a target for higher division clubs and there were representatives from English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers and League Championship outfit Sheffield United at yesterday's match.
The former Defence Force midfielder offered glimpses of his potential as an attacking right wing back with the odd teasing run and delivery and looked Wrexham's classiest player in possession. Wrexham manager Denis Smith's problem, though, was getting the ball to him regularly in dangerous positions. His Oldham counterpart, Ronnie Moore, was awake to the threat and countered effectively with a 4-5-1 system to Smith's 3-5-2.
The visitors used veteran midfielder David Eyres as an orthodox left-winger to stunt Edwards' offensive ambition while he was routinely double marked when he ventured into the opposing half. Only a close offside decision denied Moore early dividends as Eyres appeared unmarked in the Wrexham six-yard box to tap home from a right side cross in the 17th minute. Perhaps justice was served, in a perverse way, when Wrexham striker Juan Ugarte was also harshly ruled offside after he successfully followed up on a shot from strike partner Chris Llewelyn.
It was the only indication of Ugarte's menace on the day. He spent the rest of the afternoon impersonating a clown on a banana peel and was replaced by Sam in the 64th minute. Wrexham should have been a goal down by then as Lawrence lost possession trying to usher the ball over the goal line and it took a desperate clearance from sweeper Craig Morgan to thwart Eyres' goalbound shot.
Sam's entrance changed the balance of play. His strength, turn of pace and willingness to commit defenders immediately troubled Oldham and he created two plausible opportunities for his teammates before he snatched the winner himself. Lawrence had pushed into a forward position and headed on a long punt upfield to another substitute, Scott Green, and Sam met the resulting cross with a stooping header at the edge of the six-yard box for the game's only goal. It might be remembered as a pivotal moment for the "Red Dragons". St Clair would have been proud.
By: Lasana Liburd - Trinidad Express.
Visiting Trinidad and Tobago national team coach Bertille St Clair and manager Richard Braithwaite opted to travel to Coventry City yesterday to see star striker Stern John score in a 1-1 League Championship draw with Watford.
Their decision to stop in the Midlands may have been prompted by a desire for a centralised location from which they would meet the country's overseas professionals who were employed in west, central and north England last night. Pity they did not visit Wales, though.
It is debatable whether they could have learnt anything new about John from his weekend
Championship outing but there was surely food for thought at Wrexham where three Trinidad and Tobago internationals were used by the relegation-threatened League One club. Hector Sam, for one, would have taken them to the edge of their seats.
The ex-CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh attacker gave another indication of his offensive threat with a sparkling performance off the substitute's bench as Wrexham grabbed a last-gasp winner to edge Oldham 1-0 at the Racecourse ground. It would have invoked fond memories for St Clair.
Sam scored an equally crucial goal against St Vincent and the Grenadines in a World Cup qualifier last October when T&T rebounded from a goal down to win 2-1. Sam made his first appearance of the qualifying campaign in that match and was not used since.
It has been a frustrating season for the tricky player but moments like yesterday's can go a long way towards compensating. "I think that is the most important goal I have ever scored," Sam told the Sunday Express. "It drags a few more teams into (the relegation battle). Now all we need is a five-game winning spree and I think we will stay up."
Whether Wrexham-in 22nd place, at present-can beat the drop is another matter entirely and they rode their luck at times against a well-organised Oldham outfit. Apart from the T&T trio, only two Wrexham players may be deemed of sufficient quality to merit a starting place at local Pro League team, Jabloteh. No surprise then that six foot seven central defender Dennis Lawrence might be the only Caribbean face at the Welsh club next season.
Sam and Carlos Edwards are out of contract this summer and their agent, Mike Berry, insisted that there were several suitors. Edwards, in particular, is a target for higher division clubs and there were representatives from English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers and League Championship outfit Sheffield United at yesterday's match.
The former Defence Force midfielder offered glimpses of his potential as an attacking right wing back with the odd teasing run and delivery and looked Wrexham's classiest player in possession. Wrexham manager Denis Smith's problem, though, was getting the ball to him regularly in dangerous positions. His Oldham counterpart, Ronnie Moore, was awake to the threat and countered effectively with a 4-5-1 system to Smith's 3-5-2.
The visitors used veteran midfielder David Eyres as an orthodox left-winger to stunt Edwards' offensive ambition while he was routinely double marked when he ventured into the opposing half. Only a close offside decision denied Moore early dividends as Eyres appeared unmarked in the Wrexham six-yard box to tap home from a right side cross in the 17th minute. Perhaps justice was served, in a perverse way, when Wrexham striker Juan Ugarte was also harshly ruled offside after he successfully followed up on a shot from strike partner Chris Llewelyn.
It was the only indication of Ugarte's menace on the day. He spent the rest of the afternoon impersonating a clown on a banana peel and was replaced by Sam in the 64th minute. Wrexham should have been a goal down by then as Lawrence lost possession trying to usher the ball over the goal line and it took a desperate clearance from sweeper Craig Morgan to thwart Eyres' goalbound shot.
Sam's entrance changed the balance of play. His strength, turn of pace and willingness to commit defenders immediately troubled Oldham and he created two plausible opportunities for his teammates before he snatched the winner himself. Lawrence had pushed into a forward position and headed on a long punt upfield to another substitute, Scott Green, and Sam met the resulting cross with a stooping header at the edge of the six-yard box for the game's only goal. It might be remembered as a pivotal moment for the "Red Dragons". St Clair would have been proud.