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Football / Re: Now T&T men hold on to Mexico.

« on: October 22, 2011, 10:25:50 AM »

I don't care if we had 1% possession or if El Tri hit the post 100 times, I real proud of dem fellas for holding off Mexico in Mexico... You could imagine the energy in that dressing room afterwards?

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Football / Re: Glen, Leon, and Jorsling on trial at Song Lam Nghe An

« on: October 20, 2011, 04:16:11 AM »

Good to see our players progressing...next step J league and hopefully soon we'll get to the A-league

J League better than d A League by a good bit, not so?

If them men playing in Vietnam, I was not calling them up. Sorry

I think MEP was sarcastically implying to move up the alphabet from V to J then to A...

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Football / Re: Not so easy road for Soca Warriors towards Brazil 2014

« on: October 18, 2011, 04:32:56 PM »

Remember Jack not there to negotiate a last round home game versus a weakened Mexico team...

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Football / Re: 2014 WCQ Thread.

« on: October 16, 2011, 09:10:25 AM »

Only 3 teams in group C?

Bahamas pulled out due to lack of ca$h

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Football / Re: Shaun Fuentes appreciation thread.

« on: September 02, 2011, 03:00:04 PM »

A man said it here... Shaun is a fan first and foremost.. diehard... big up Shaun and keep it up!!!

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Football / Re: Not so easy road for Soca Warriors towards Brazil 2014

« on: August 01, 2011, 03:06:10 AM »

Ate logo Brazil... Preevyet Russia!

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Football / Re: T&T await winners of CONCACAF play-offs for 2014 W/Cup qualifiers

« on: July 31, 2011, 02:55:55 PM »

Given today's draw, there won't be any Hex for T&T this world cup

We should emerge as winners in our group against Guyana, Barbados and Bermuda (although as much as our football sucks right now, this is not a sure thing by any means).

But if we win that group, we'll then have to play Mexico and Costa Rica in the 3rd round and there's very little chance of us beating either team.  Given that only the top 2 teams move forward to the Hex...bye bye T&T.

We simply not good enough.

Agreed. Let us think about Russia 2018 instead.

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Football / Re: Flex's mother passed away.

« on: May 25, 2011, 05:10:47 PM »

Condolences to you and the family...

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Football / Re: Real vs Barca Teams of the Century

« on: April 20, 2011, 07:41:49 PM »

I think this is too obvious! Hala Madrid!

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Football / Re: Ronaldinho chosen as World Player of the Decade by World Soccer Magazine

« on: April 20, 2011, 07:40:12 PM »

So Casillas basically has all the silverware possible except the Confederations Cup... let's say player of the decade was measured from 2002 to 2011... he still won't get it?

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Football / Re: UEFA Champions League Thread 2010-2011

« on: March 17, 2011, 09:34:46 PM »

I wonder if the tables were turned, if a man like Messi would wear an 'Animo Ramos' jersey?

What a display of class and maturity... Proud day to be a Real fan!

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Football / Re: Ronaldinho chosen as World Player of the Decade by World Soccer Magazine

« on: July 18, 2010, 08:21:36 AM »

So we still think Casillas doesn't deserve it..?

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Football / Re: If sent off while walking off, does a substitution still take place?

« on: April 19, 2010, 06:34:03 PM »

Thanks. That makes sense.

Anybody ever see that happen?

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Football / If sent off while walking off, does a substitution still take place?

« on: April 19, 2010, 06:09:45 PM »

Forumites,

Ah having a debate with a partner of mine, and the argument is that if play is stopped for a substitution, and the player walking off receives a second yellow (let's say for wasting time by passing an armband, etc), that the substitution does not continue, and the team plays a man short.

I reading my 2006 lawbook (page 17 and 19) but I not seeing anything definite.

Any of the forumites have the answer? And an example of a match where it happened?

I won't tell allyuh which is my argument yet...

Thanks...

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Football / Re: El Clαsico • Madrid CF v FC Barcelona • 10 April 10

« on: April 08, 2010, 09:31:31 PM »

Current Form
(La Liga ONLY)

FC Barcelona
away WWWWW

Real Madrid
Home WWWWW

Let me clarify the form a little better:

FC Barcelona
Away WWDLWWWWWDDDWW

Real Madrid
home WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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Football / Re: K Jones or B Zimorra

« on: December 27, 2009, 03:52:47 PM »

Listening to the FOX Sports commentary yesterday during the Sunderland game, both latino commentators discussed how dangerous the T&T team would be with both Jones and Zamora in form. I agreed with them, and only dreamt of what could have been...

However, I feel that's it for Zamora at age 28 - he'll be 33 in 2014. So unless we plan to win the 2011 Gold Cup, he can 'hang up' his national boots from now...

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Football / Re: Ronaldinho chosen as World Player of the Decade by World Soccer Magazine

« on: December 12, 2009, 08:49:59 AM »

Iker Casillas deserves it.

Except for Ollie Kahn in 2002, no other keeper has come close to World Player of the Year. Keepers will traditionally be shunned from this list (due to the flair > fanaticism > economics associated with football). And since it seems that Player of the Year is a pre-requisite for player of the decade, then they had no choice to give it to the most recent player who has won it twice - Ronaldinho.

If consistency and growth over the decade was a factor (which it should be), then check Casillas' record:

La Liga: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
Spanish Super Cup: 2001, 2003, 2008.
UEFA Champions League: 1999–00, 2001–02
UEFA Super Cup: 2002
Intercontinental Cup: 2002
UEFA European Championship: 2008

Now Spain & Madrid captain.
Add World Cup 2010.

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Football / Re: International Coaches:Salaries

« on: December 11, 2009, 11:44:45 AM »

- Vicente of the Forest (Spain): 2.200.000

For those of you who speak Spanish you will appreciate the humour in this one - former Madrid player and coach - Vincente del Bosque.

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Football / Re: Concacaf Format for 2014 WCQ.

« on: December 11, 2009, 11:40:52 AM »

We in the Caribbean don't even deserve 0.1 spot much less 0.5, and in a similar argument, Concacaf doesn't deserve 4. The existing 3.5 is fair - if we get extra, who will you cut?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_qualification

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Football / Re: Trotters Match Day

« on: November 21, 2009, 04:21:49 PM »

Is Barse-ah vs Madrid viewing confirmed for 29th?

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Football / Re: Why foreign players coming to the pro league and locals going foreign?MONEY?

« on: November 10, 2009, 11:05:38 AM »

WHAT THEY NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT THE WORD PROFESSIONAL IS A VERB NOT A NOWN

?

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Football / Re: TTFF man get a big bligh

« on: October 21, 2009, 12:44:44 PM »

Congrats Shaun...

It have real haters on the site fighting you down, but all they doing is confirming the true Trini "crab in barrel" syndrome...

You work SMART and you work HARD, and you get the REWARD... fire for everybody else...bless

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Football / Re: Thread for the U-20 T&T vs Paraguay Game (1-Oct-2009).

« on: September 30, 2009, 12:27:27 PM »

watch, this is my starting 11. i know we going to lose to paraguay but i want these players to get a taste of the world cup even if it's in a losing effort.


                                         fullerton (cap't)

gonzales          williams          bateau(optimus prime partner in crime)     david



thompson         molino            de silva                   joseph



                         manswell                   grosvenor



subs

rochford for de silva just in case
clarence for grosvenor just in case
and the other goalkeeper just in case

everybody gets ah run...........
                                   

World Cup is to win... I rather the history books say Paraguay win 1-0 than 10-0... put yuh best foot forward at ALL times... these youths have a decade of football left, and not playing should actually make them more hungry to improve their performance...

Jason Scotland went Germany but never self get a corbeaux... then he start to rip up...

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Football / Re: Thread for the U-20 T&T vs Paraguay Game (1-Oct-2009).

« on: September 30, 2009, 12:21:40 PM »

I dunno if my Maths wrong, but mathematically we could pip one of the four best 3rd places...

If in group C - Germany beats Cameroon (by a decent margin - Cameroon finishes third on 3 points in third but with bad GD) AND USA beat Korea (to keep Korea on 1pt)

AND in Group D - Uzbekistan and England draw (keeping both of them on 1 point for 3rd and 4th place in that group)

AND in our Group A - Italy beats Egypt AND TnT beats Paraguay (but the net result of the two matches is that TnT must end up with a better GD than Egypt).

Bottom line - go all out to beat Paraguay...

Group B if Tahiti and Nigeria draw could put both out on 1 point each, but this not going to happen.

Group E & F playing right now, so I can't call it, but GD could work here too.

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Football / Re: We are encouraging slackness

« on: September 29, 2009, 12:25:22 PM »

Performance = f(Natural Talent, Sustained Investment)

If I coulda have 22 children (for different mothers) and house them, clothe them, feed them and provide a coach & facilities for 20 years, then I sure Trinidad would win the World Cup.

It have nothing to do with size and probability, it is about taking the raw talent (which we have) and having a sustained & structured investment (which we can do, but don't).

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Football / Re: Fortunes of our 2001 U-17 team

« on: September 10, 2009, 12:46:32 PM »

Roderick Anthony was buying some time in 2007 working for Robbie's Engineering on the Point Lisas Estate as a labourer. Robbie's Engineering actually supplied labour to other companies and one of his last stints was working at Shell Trinidad - he actually captained a team for Shell in a inter-company football competition that year, taking them to 4th Place.

While at Shell, I knew he was applying to a foreign university for a partial scholarship. Haven't heard of him since then though.

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Football / Re: One of the worst football tackles ever?

« on: September 02, 2009, 09:38:06 AM »

The man out for 13 months yes... and the next one get 11 games suspension and numerous death threats from Polish fans...

http://goal.com/en/news/755/europe/2009/09/01/1474358/standard-liege-stars-defour-witsel-receive-death-threats

Reminds me of the Cuatemoc Blanco incident re death threats...

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Football / Re: Nigeria Age issues

« on: August 27, 2009, 05:45:12 PM »

Let dem borrow that and test Tendulkar yes!!!

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Football / Re: Pepe

« on: April 24, 2009, 05:34:40 PM »

if i was madrid president, he gone this summer. Big teams like that could do without that embarassment. And marcelo too should get a ban/fine for provoking getafe after. Watch how scotland deal with dem brothers.

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Football / Re: T&T Under-20 out Pro League

« on: April 16, 2009, 08:35:04 AM »

Australia travelling from quito, quito to play against Venezuela.

For a minute there I thought u mean "Quito", the capital of Ecuador...lol