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Football / Re: Joevin Jones Thread

« on: December 15, 2020, 06:47:02 PM »

Just saw that Joevin got released from the Sounders

Hope he bounces back soon.
Think he can still add a lot to a team's roster as a free agent signing

https://www.soundersfc.com/post/2020/12/14/sounders-fc-announces-roster-decisions-conclude-2020-season

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Joevin given failing grade
T&T Express Reports.

Joevin Jones was given a failing grade of just four for his performance in the 2020 MLS Cup final in which his Seattle Sounders club was defeated 3-0 by Columbus Crew.

Jones, 29, gave an indifferent first-half performance before being substituted with his team trailing 2-0. With Jones done, Seattle improved significantly in the second half, before conceding a third on the counter-attack.

However, in the press conference following his team’s defeat in the final, Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer resisted all attempts to blame individual players for the defeat.

“I absolutely felt this game was a failure. This individual game was not a good performance by our club and not up to the standard that we set for ourselves...that I set for myself. It is my job as a coach to make sure that the players are prepared, that they had the tools to be successful, and so this performance was not a good performance from the Seattle Sounders,” he said.

“But I would circle back to say that the club, the team, did come back through some adversity and made it into another final back to back, which is very hard to do in a league like MLS with parity, which is very challenging. So that is one good accomplishment which came out of this year.”

Several media questions were posed on the lack of performance from the experienced players, Jones among them. Specific questions were posed to his decision to replace Jones and Cameroonian Nouhou Tolo at the half. However, the Seattle coach again resisted attempts to lay blame at his players’ feet.

Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders FC today announced that it is exercising the 2021 contract options of several players, putting the club’s roster at 19 contracted players heading into next season. Sounders FC has declined the contract options for eight of their players including Joevin Jones.

2019 - He’s back! Top five Joevin Jones moments with Seattle Sounders

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Football / Re: Dayne St. Clair Thread

« on: December 14, 2020, 12:06:42 PM »

Sigh.....
wishful thinking here tbh

He was highlighted since his time at Maryland and we probably stick

Just like Ranjitsingh


St. Clair is probably gonna lean towards the Canada option
same with Ranjitsingh --- he's probably a more feasible option in this case i think to try to sway --- once he's still interested after his previous call-ups didnt go too well

Ranjitsingh and Fenderup should def. be considered more seriously than they are.

Yes, we continue to lapse in a big way in terms of pursuing eligible foreign-born players. We continually highlight available talent and they continue to be ignored. We does want to wait until people start starring out before we make ah move. By then it's too late. Dayne for sure going to be saving for Canada now. We had the opportunity even when he was in USL League One. But we dotish bad. Look how long we profiling Ranjitsingh. Man win back-to-back USL Championships, all kinda ting, and up to now eh get ah decent cap. Frenderup did get call up for Wales and sit down whole game. Steups!

CORRECTTTTTT!!!

Granted our product that we selling not exactly appealing to most of the eligible players out there now
If other smaller nations can do it, who are we?!?
learn from jamaica at least too...smh

ranjitsingh just got released as well

And on that Frenderup scn....baffling as to why you will call him up, and sit him down each time.
Get him in for a game.
Unfortunately we dont have many practice games to work with to give players more opps. so use what you get

This isnt an attack on our current crop of GKs, but you need to have options. And if these fellas out there in better quality leagues --- scout and do your homework -- and give them a shot
it would encourage others when they're approached.

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Football / Re: Dayne St. Clair Thread

« on: December 03, 2020, 07:34:55 PM »

Sigh.....
wishful thinking here tbh

He was highlighted since his time at Maryland and we probably stick

Just like Ranjitsingh


St. Clair is probably gonna lean towards the Canada option
same with Ranjitsingh --- he's probably a more feasible option in this case i think to try to sway --- once he's still interested after his previous call-ups didnt go too well

Ranjitsingh and Fenderup should def. be considered more seriously than they are.

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Football / Re: Zonal Football League Thread

« on: December 03, 2020, 07:31:41 PM »

Both good people - every time I talked to Ross he was about the potential for local football, especially on the Diego Martin Rec grounds. He was always inspiring with his vision of the future of football there.

Richard has the experience at all levels & probablt better suited
Ross seems like a respectable and genuine individual. Just have to watch out for who is behind the scenes with him calling the shots .

Ross Russell may be the bigger name but in terms of the role at stake, Richard Piper is def. more qualified with a wealth of experience as a referee, manager and administrator

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Football / Re: 2021 T&T Super League Thread

« on: December 03, 2020, 07:27:02 PM »

Rigues aka Ferguson Jr.?

DJW Protege?

What a joke this fella turning into....

sad yes

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Football / Re: Nicklas Frenderup Thread

« on: November 10, 2020, 11:40:35 AM »

Nice

Hopefully he's seriously considered going forward.

Seems like they're dropping the ball on Ranjitsingh
and I can't see the current Minnesota GK switching allegiance from Canada to TT yet especially since he recently got a good run of games due to the injury of the #1 GK

Who else is in our GK pool for the seniors other than -  Foncette & M. Phillip ?
Marchan?

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Football / Re: Terry Fenwick Thread.

« on: September 24, 2020, 11:27:46 AM »

Have they worked out some type of Covid-Policy & testing procedures if they're looking to get back on the field for training?
Other leagues are pretty rigorous with their testing policies.

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Football / Re: As­cen­sion Foot­ball League Thread

« on: August 12, 2020, 06:41:14 PM »

soooooooo

did they get approvals?
If so, what were the specifics?

What games gonna be televised if they get the go-ahead

and honest question here.....how does West Fort get into Div. 1 as a new entrant?

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Football / Re: Dwight Yorke should replace Fenwick as national team coach

« on: July 07, 2020, 01:34:27 PM »

Yorke is an interesting option. His football punditry and analysis seems in tuned with the game and its evolution. He seems to be more modern than the old school Fenwick. He worked hard as a player and was able to realize tremendous success. I know that this is no guarantee for success.

I would suggest investing in local coaching prospects. Getting them certified and trained with FIFA credentials will only bode well for the local game. We need to raise up our people instead of constantly pushing them down. The 4 best coaches TT every had were Beenhakker, St Clair, Gally Cummings and Hart. 3 of these are Trinidadian. The major issues with the TT players are strength and conditioning, performance based nutrition and mental training(boosting and maintaining confidence while overcoming adversity).

Why not give Yorke a chance when no one else wants to give him a chance?

Seems a reach when they're so many questions.
No one doubted his talent on the field or his passion for the game.

I truly hope he can secure a role within an academy or youth system to at least get valuable experience there.
Would be a stretch to throw him into the mix with his first role as a head coach of the national team tho.....

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Football / Re: 2020 SSFL & Inter-Col Thread.

« on: June 23, 2020, 01:55:01 PM »

Format confirmed? back to zonal?


U16 and U14 not being considered still this season?

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.

« on: June 08, 2020, 03:10:07 PM »

@Tallman ----- maybe you can confirm the talk going around that Trim, Romain and Baird(GK coach) working with a group of players along with Fenwick?

This is national training?
is this the staff?

Kelvin Jack isnt the GK coach again, or Ross Russell to fill in from the U20 staff?
Or this just a case of the current staff from the Wallace admin not really working til NC organises their biz and salaries?

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Football / Re: Greg Ranjitsingh Thread

« on: May 29, 2020, 11:23:09 PM »

3 GKs going to waste that coulda been in the GK pool

Frenderup, Ranjitsingh and another keeper who is also on Minnesota Utd's books but is on loan to a USL club
and he also won a NCAA title at Maryland....

unfortunately we've failed to give them a chance to be part of the team
Would love to know what really happened with Greg and Frenderup when they made the trips here

Both Ranjitsingh and St. Clair are Canadians and can get called up for them as well.....

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Football / Re: Zonal Football League Thread

« on: May 25, 2020, 09:06:24 PM »

What's his logic behind that comment?

is it that these central clubs aren't compliant and can't vote him out?

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Football / Re: Kits Thread.

« on: May 16, 2020, 01:46:50 PM »

"and the profit from the sales will be shared 80 for Avec and 20 per cent for the TTFA and Sports and Games, the local distributors."


That split just scary looking! wtf

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Football / Re: FIFA appoints normalisation committee for Trinidad and Tobago football

« on: May 14, 2020, 08:41:31 PM »

decent article.

though I'd think they should refrain from mentioning Jack as a source for any info.
He's just a stain on the association.

On the flip side.....i don't know why Keith Look Loy sees it necessary to continuously comment on FB about every article dropped and argue vociferiously each time

He may make some good points in between his rants and BS, but he needs some serious PR training.
He cannot be a spokesperson for any org. with that attitude unfortunately --
and i say unfortunate cause he does have a wealth of knowledge to share but it's how he's sharing it is the main issue and ppl ignore or cast him aside because of this

What sort of battles do popularity contests win?

I'm referring to conduct in office or high-ranking position which KLL holds

His manner which he handles situations isn't conducive for someone in that type of position

Yes the situation is difficult but you also want to motivate and push the team forward not be constantly divisive and vociferous in everything you do.
People are not gonna want to work with you or fear providing positive and related feedback
Basically "do as i say" not "do as i do" type of mentality and that's a baddddddddd way to go

I'm not against the new admin. nor KLL, but he really is his own worst enemy at times and refuses to change or take advice it seems sadly

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Football / Re: FIFA appoints normalisation committee for Trinidad and Tobago football

« on: May 14, 2020, 12:27:26 PM »

decent article.

though I'd think they should refrain from mentioning Jack as a source for any info.
He's just a stain on the association.

On the flip side.....i don't know why Keith Look Loy sees it necessary to continuously comment on FB about every article dropped and argue vociferiously each time

He may make some good points in between his rants and BS, but he needs some serious PR training.
He cannot be a spokesperson for any org. with that attitude unfortunately --
and i say unfortunate cause he does have a wealth of knowledge to share but it's how he's sharing it is the main issue and ppl ignore or cast him aside because of this

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Football / Re: Griffith: No billion-dollar sports complex

« on: May 10, 2020, 06:15:49 PM »

There are three sports field at the barracks. There is a football/cricket field inside the compound. And there is the field on Long Circular Rd near what used to be PSA. Which is it? Then there is the hockey field on Western Main Rd and Long Circular. Do they still play hockey there?

Off and on when it's maintained.
Prior to the dry season it wasin pretty good condition.
and the work began on the main field and i guess the hockey field wasnt a priority. It was in pretty bad shape pre-covid

Before that the PFL team was training there as well

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Football / Re: FIFA appoints normalisation committee for Trinidad and Tobago football

« on: April 13, 2020, 02:03:24 PM »

On November 18th, 2019, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association president David John-Williams opening the country's new football stadium and complex.

The same day of the unveiling, FIFA president Gianni Infantino lauded the work of the T&T Football Association and John-Williams. John-Williams would lose his bid for re-election just 6 days later.

Now less than 6 months later, FIFA is declaring that Trinidad and Tobago's football association is not fit for purpose and has appointed a normalisation committee to run football operations in the country.

Today we look at why Infantino and FIFA made such a drastic u-turn and why might this be a dangerous precedent for football associations around the world.

Guests:

Lasana Liburd (@Lasanaliburd) is the CEO and editor of the website wired868.com, which is where you can find ongoing coverage of this story and other Caribbean football news

Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) is a writer and broadcaster and you can read his exclusive interview with Keith Look Loy on Josimar.com

PODCAST: FIFA's New Political Weapon

With cases like Kenwyne and Joevin, where W Connection rec'd a good portion, if not most of the development fees, are the Schools (St Anthony's and Mucurapo) in line to receive development fees as well?

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Football / Re: FIFA appoints normalisation committee for Trinidad and Tobago football

« on: March 23, 2020, 07:51:12 PM »

Is there a copy of the PFL and SL letters that support FIFA and the TTFA respectively?


Really hoping that KLL didnt do the same thing that is alleged with Sancho and the PFL concerning their respective leagues supporting FIFA or TTFA

first Ramdhan jump the gun with his release which was either poory reported or just a bad decision by Ramdhan...and now this drama

smh

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Football / Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread

« on: March 17, 2020, 10:37:02 PM »

youth PFL off indefinitely ....

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Football / Re: FIFA appoints normalisation committee for Trinidad and Tobago football

« on: March 17, 2020, 10:34:18 PM »

Soooooooo...

i was curious about this beforehand....

how'd DJW cause this trail of mess (following after JW's mess too) and get away?

or was the new admin STILL putting stuff in place to charge him or start investigations to bring to court?

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Football / Re: Scouting for Soca Warriors, the Thread.

« on: March 16, 2020, 09:50:19 PM »

Tallman, allyuh getting positive feedback or nothing solid yet?

De Marzuq Puckerin fella seem like a good find, ah think he playing for Atlanta United and he is 17, with him, Dayne St Clair and Ramjitsingh we GK future looking good.

Noah Powder is a must.

Fenwick need to call up Dante Sealy and speak with him personally, it good help make his decision and Fenwick can talk very well and pursued him ah sure.

Most of the feedback has been encouraging and positive, but they still actually have to show up, so we'll see.

We have another Canadian-born keeper, Liam Collens, who is eligible for the U-20s.

yeah i saw his profile but he is part of the canadian youth set up i believe ....

He will be training with our U-20 team next week.

Did Collens actually come down & train with the squad?

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Football / Re: Scouting for Soca Warriors, the Thread.

« on: March 16, 2020, 09:43:32 PM »

What are St. Clair and Ranjitsingh's views on the TT senior team?
are they being considered or pursued?
What bout Frenderup?

will they ever be capped?

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Football / Re: Kits Thread.

« on: March 16, 2020, 09:40:50 PM »

This propoganda man again.

Flex why you giving this misinformation ah channel?

Nasty man Selby Browne again

Honest question....lil confused by Selby's statment bout the Veteran's Assoc.

Does this Assoc. actually exist as an acting body?

Wasn't there a story that the group, whether formal or informal, don't recognize him as their representative/president?

And,
if they do not exist in this capacity, why are the members or persons he probably represents, allowing him to speak for him on their behalf if they do not recoginze him? ---say the strike squad and any possible...

just curious how he got this role too....

no rab, honest curiosity and cant find info on it

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Football / Re: Foreign-based College Players Thread

« on: February 26, 2020, 06:57:35 PM »

WATCH: "There are a lot of talented players in the SSFL but abroad people understand, read and play the game at a quicker level". Ex-SSFL Standout, Jordan Riley discusses life at Ottawa University Arizona

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/h-Ee2LwbIvg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/h-Ee2LwbIvg</a>

Well his next season gonna feel more like home now
3 more Presentation College teammates heading up for the upcoming season ---GK Jabari Gray, Darnell Hospedales and Juaval Roberts

Serious south connection there

Best of luck to them out there!

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.

« on: February 21, 2020, 11:13:25 AM »

Dude, Kendall just wants his money owed to him. He does not want any extension.

"Walkes and Phillips were both hired by late former TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee. In the case of the former technical director, Walkes, according to Wallace, had a clause which allowed him to unilaterally renew his own contract. So, Walkes told the High Court that he would enforce that right and, as a result, the football body must pay his salary from 2015 to 2022."

TTFA accounts frozen while Fifa stalls on paying subvention, Wallace insists better days coming.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has insisted that the current administration can competently manage the local game, even as he admitted that the TTFA’s accounts were frozen by a creditor while Fifa is hesitant to pay its annual subvention to the local football body.

Last Thursday, former TTFA technical director Kendall Walkes had the TTFA’s accounts frozen, based on their failure to satisfy its debt to him.

Walkes won a default judgment for over TT$5 million last September based on his illegal dismissal by then president David John-Williams. The burden now rests with John-Williams’ successor, Wallace, to meet that debt.

Melissa Roberts-John, who is Walkes’ attorney, confirmed their move against the TTFA.

“Yes, there is a garnishee account and [the TTFA’s] account has been frozen,” she said. “It was served on 13 February and we don’t go to court until 10 March when they will get a chance to have their say to the court.”

Wallace and general secretary Ramesh Ramdhan expressed dismay that the action was taken when they felt they were in negotiation with Walkes. However, they accept that it is the legal right of the United States-based coach.

The TTFA president claimed that he emailed Walkes on 3 February and asked for more time to service the debt.

“I wrote to Kendall [Walkes] on the third of February indicating that we accepted the judgment of the court [against the TTFA] and we are not in any position to treat with the matter at this point in time,” said Wallace. “But we have a debt reduction project that we want to start later in the year and we want him to give us consideration and hold his hand.”

However, Roberts-John said her client denied receiving that email, which was subsequently forwarded to her by the TTFA on 14 February.

“In a matter where you have attorneys on record, you should send all correspondence to the attorney and not the client directly,” said Roberts-John. “So it was not proper protocol to send that to Walkes. And my client said he could not find it in his in-box, trash or junk folder.

“The letter I received was dated the 3rd of February 2020 and they alleged it was sent to him, via email, on the third or fourth of this month. However, neither myself nor [Walkes’ advocate attorney Keston] McQuilkin had any knowledge of this prior to us filing for the garnishee order on the 4th of February.

“We got the order by the court on about the 11th and it was served on the 13th.”

Roberts-John said Wallace’s email asked Walkes not to pursue his judgment until the end of the year. She suggested that her client was unimpressed by the request.

“I won’t repeat what Mr Walkes told me [about the TTFA’s offer],” said Roberts-John, with a chuckle.

Wallace and TTFA general secretary Ramesh Ramdhan said they have been working on getting Walkes to lift the garnishee order since then. It means finding an interim figure that the former technical director would accept, even as they try to source the money to meet whatever demand he makes.

“We are asking for an advance from our foreign sponsors to get some early money,” said Ramdhan. “I have been working on this since Friday.”

Wallace admitted that neither he nor his general secretary have informed the TTFA Board. Instead, the football fraternity heard the news, partially, in an I95.5FM report.

“This situation was such a surprising one and we have been trying to work out how to resolve it,” said Wallace. “We are trying from our end to find a resolution before we make an issue of it but we will have to inform the board [and] Ramesh [Ramdhan] is trying to get an advance from overseas sponsors—we are getting some traction there.”

If Wallace hoped to resolve the matter quietly before it went public, his efforts to do so were doomed from the start. Before the TTFA even discovered which creditor garnisheed their accounts, Fifa had already contacted them about it.

“The freezing of our accounts took place on Thursday afternoon and, by Friday morning, Fifa knew—and we didn’t inform them,” said Wallace. “Fifa asked us to tell them by midday today what action we are taking to resolve the matter… We have already sent out that email.”

The TTFA is due an annual remittance of US$1.5 million (TT$10 million) from Fifa to handle its affairs. However, the governing football body, headed by president Gianni Infantino, has stalled on making the payment. Instead, Fifa allegedly expressed concern at the TTFA’s inherited debt, estimated at TT$50 million, and are insisting on a firm plan of action by the new administration, which has been in office for less than three months.

“They want to know how we will treat with the debt,” said Ramdhan. “They also want us to write to them saying we won’t use Fifa Forward money to satisfy debts, which we did. So far, they have withheld our funds.”

Wallace confirmed the impasse.

“They indicated they are sending a mission of Concacaf and Fifa personnel to discuss our general finances and our debt,” said Wallace. “They intend to send their people in before they send the Fifa Forward money. But they have not given us a date for that mission…”

In the meantime, creditors are getting impatient and current administrative and technical staff are due salaries.

“Yesterday, I went to court on a Jack Warner matter for another $15 million and there was no defence submitted by the last administration,” said Ramdhan. “We barely got through with submitting a defence in time. Under John-Williams, there were three occasions when his lawyer (Annad Misir) said he would submit a defence but never did—[Stephen] Hart, Walkes and Warner.

“[…] We asked [former general secretary] Sheldon [Phillips] not to go through the court process and those talks are ongoing. The Walkes and Phillips contracts are two of the worst contracts we have ever seen.

“They were heavily weighed against the TTFA and leave all the options open to the employee. But the fact is there is a contract and the man is owed, so we have to treat with it.”

Walkes and Phillips were both hired by late former TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee. In the case of the former technical director, Walkes, according to Wallace, had a clause which allowed him to unilaterally renew his own contract. So, Walkes told the High Court that he would enforce that right and, as a result, the football body must pay his salary from 2015 to 2022.

Ramdhan hopes that the TTFA can reach a compromise with Walkes soon.

“Our lawyer said the only way to lift the garnishee is to talk to Walkes’ lawyers and try to get some goodwill,” he said. “Freezing the accounts won’t do anyone any good, especially when we have showed our willingness to talk.”

Roberts-John suggested the TTFA brought the matter on itself.

“Why wait for us to get a garnishee order before you present us with an offer?” she asked.

Incidentally, Roberts-John also represents the 2016 National Futsal Team which has a judgment for over TT$500,000 from the local football body. And the key mover behind that suit, former team manager Ronald Brereton, has already publicly clashed with TTFA technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy over the current direction of the Futsal programme.

Ramdhan believes Wallace used his personal relationship with former Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart to buy the football body time to pay him off. But there still remains judgments due to another technical director, Anton Corneal, former head coach Russell Latapy and outstanding bills from contractors, hotels, travel agencies and so on.

Former National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence and his assistant Stuart Charles-Fevrier—both dismissed by the current administration—are also owed settlements.

Still, Wallace, who was elected president last November after a 26-20 win over John-Williams, believes he can lead the TTFA into a brighter future, once given time.

“From where I sit and with the plans we have and the money that Fifa will send to the FA, we are in a very good position to manage football in Trinidad and Tobago,” said Wallace. “It is just a matter of getting over these hurdles. [The garnishee order] came at a very inappropriate time but I guess the claimant has the right to do what he feels he has to do to recover monies owed to him.

“It is ironic that this whole court matter was taken [by John-Williams] against the advice of Fifa, who asked him to renegotiate Walkes contract and not simply ignore it.

“[…] Based on our projections, we can run football comfortably in Trinidad and Tobago. We just have to get over these hurdles that are not of our own making.”

https://www.socawarriors.net/federation-news/22466-normalisation-body-could-help-ttfa-revamp-corneal.html

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Football / Re: TTFA News Thread.

« on: February 20, 2020, 10:33:15 AM »

TTFA accounts frozen again
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian)

An­oth­er gar­nishee or­der has been tak­en out against the T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (TTFA), this time al­leged­ly by for­mer tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor Kendall Walkes last week due main­ly to ow­ing un­paid wages.

The or­der, for a sec­ond time, freezes the ac­counts of the em­bat­tled foot­ball as­so­ci­a­tion and could pre­vent pres­i­dent William Wal­lace from ho­n­our­ing many fi­nan­cial com­mit­ments, in­clud­ing pay­ing staff mem­bers, coach­es and oth­er em­ploy­ees.

Word of the gar­nishee or­der be­gan cir­cu­lat­ing on Tues­day via ra­dio talk show host An­dre Bap­tiste, who al­so re­vealed that FI­FA and CON­CA­CAF were well on their way with a nor­mal­i­sa­tion com­mit­tee to run the af­fairs of the sport in T&T.

TTFA Tech­ni­cal Com­mit­tee chair­man Kei­th Look Loy yes­ter­day con­firmed that the or­der had been tak­en out against the as­so­ci­a­tion, but said while it puts them in a sim­i­lar po­si­tion to the for­mer David John-Williams-led body, when a sim­i­lar or­der was tak­en out by the T&T Fut­sal team last year, the gen­e­sis of the prob­lem was dif­fer­ent.

In fact, Look Loy claimed they are pay­ing for the ac­tions of the John-Williams-led ad­min­is­tra­tion.

“Where does the is­sue of pay­ment to the tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor in­volved arise from? It arose from a case gen­er­at­ed by David John-Williams,” Look Loy told Guardian Me­dia.

“The cur­rent fi­nan­cial strug­gles of the TTFA are gen­er­at­ed from the fi­nan­cial mis­man­age­ment of the as­so­ci­a­tion of the John-Williams ad­min­is­tra­tion. These are debts that we in­her­it­ed. These are not debts that have been cre­at­ed by the new ad­min­is­tra­tion that has been in of­fice for three months.”

Look Loy, who was in­stru­men­tal in ini­ti­at­ing the change in the man­age­ment of the sport, added: “It is re­mark­able that peo­ple who sat and did noth­ing to try and get their mon­ey from David John-Williams and his ad­min­is­tra­tion for four years, with jus­ti­fi­ca­tion be­cause they were owed their mon­ey, not by the per­son but by the as­so­ci­a­tion, they are now threat­en­ing le­gal ac­tion and so forth.”

Walkes, who was hired un­der the Ray­mond Tim Kee ad­min­is­tra­tion back in 2012, was fired when John-Williams as­sumed of­fice in 2015, prompt­ing him to take le­gal ac­tion. The court ruled in his favour last year, a de­ci­sion that was set to land him $5.5 mil­lion ex­cept that the TTFA could not pay.

The or­der, which could see the TTFA taff go­ing un­paid for this month (Feb­ru­ary), as had hap­pened back in March last year, aims to re­cov­er a lien of just un­der $600,000 for the T&T fut­sal team for un­paid wages, per diem and oth­er mis­cel­la­neous ex­pens­es dur­ing a World Cup qual­i­fi­er.

Look Loy, a for­mer na­tion­al play­er and coach, told Guardian Me­dia that there are a lot of facts about fi­nan­cial mis­man­age­ment which have been pre­vent­ing the as­so­ci­a­tion from mov­ing for­ward. This in­for­ma­tion will be re­vealed af­ter the Car­ni­val pe­ri­od, he added.

He not­ed that the TTFA is be­ing de­nied mil­lions of dol­lars by the FI­FA be­cause of the fi­nan­cial is­sues be­ing faced now, al­though they (FI­FA) al­lowed the John-Williams ad­min­is­tra­tion to mis­man­aged the funds.

“I, as a board mem­ber, sev­er­al times, at least three, spoke to FI­FA of­fi­cials in front of oth­er board mem­bers and once at an of­fi­cial board meet­ing, to high­light the mis­man­age­ment that was tak­ing place at the Home of Foot­ball and the at­ti­tude by the FI­FA of­fi­cial was that it was in­ter­nal TTFA busi­ness and it had noth­ing to do with FI­FA, as every­thing was good on our (FI­FA) side,” Look Loy ex­plained.

He promised that FI­FA could face ac­tion if a nor­mal­i­sa­tion com­mit­tee is sent here, as the FI­FA had watched the pre­vi­ous TTFA put the sport in­to the mess it is in now. Look Loy al­so took of­fence with Bap­tiste, whom he said had noth­ing to say about the fi­nan­cial mis­man­age­ment of the John-Williams’ ad­min­is­tra­tion.

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TTFA accounts frozen over $$ owed to ex-technical director
BY NARISSA FRASER (Newsday).

FOR the second time, the TT Football Association’s (TTFA) bank accounts have been frozen after former technical director Kendal Walkes secured a garnishee order against the association on Friday. This type of order legally allows part of a person’s or company’s income to be used to pay off debts.

Walkes was fired in 2015 under the leadership of former TTFA president David John-Williams, and sued the association for breach of contract.

And in a ruling delivered at the Hall of Justice, Port of Spain, on September 27, 2019, Justice Joan Charles ordered the TTFA to pay him US$783,000, saying a valid contract existed between the two parties.

The TTFA’s accounts were first frozen in March, 2019 as ordered by The High Court. This occurred after the association failed to honour a court order in December, 2018 in which they were made to pay the national futsal team approximately $500,000 with interest, as well as legal fees. The ruling followed a two-year lawsuit stemming from unpaid match fees, salaries and expenses.

Speaking with Newsday, on Wednesday morning, TTFA president William Wallace said he was surprised at Walkes’ decision and that no official communication was made to inform the association about it.

“When we took a look at the accounts online, we realised something was wrong. It was not communicated to us.

“We tried to call the bank to find out what was the problem and the bank referred us to their lawyer. They were not giving us information, they asked our lawyers to contact their lawyers.”

But he added that he is not upset with Walkes since he is simply trying to get what is rightfully his.

“I was surprised, of course, yes I was. But I have nothing against him.

“If someone has to take action to get what they were awarded by the court and they think this is the action that is necessary, I can’t be against him for that.”

Last November nearing the TTFA’s elections, Wallace and his slate United TTFA said if they won, they would do financial reconstruction. In a Newsday article published on November 20, 2019 with the headline ‘Ferguson, Wallace on TTFA court ruling: If we win, we will pay,’ Wallace was quoted as saying, “We will definitely have to sit with Kendall and Stephen (Hart) and work out a payment plan. Of course, we accept that we owe the money, we accept that we have to pay it, and we have to sit with both parties and work out a payment plan.”

Wallace told Newsday an e-mail was sent to Walkes explaining the association’s (financial) position but he received no feedback.

But he said Walkes’ lawyer, Melissa Roberts-John, told him no e-mail was received by her client even though it was through that address the two had been communicating before. “I did indicate that we have a plan that would kick in later in the year that we would use to address all the people that we owe.”

He said the association is now “reaping the results” of the previous administration.

He described the TTFA’s current debt as “staggering,” since Walkes’ is not the only former employee who sought judgement against it.

In November 2019, the association was ordered to pay former youth football team coach, men’s team assistant and technical director Anton Corneal $3,488,375. Also in November, it was ordered to pay former senior men’s coach Stephen Hart $5 million for wrongful dismissal and unpaid salaries and bonuses. Wallace said similar e-mails were sent to all of them and that feedback from the others had been positive and accommodative.

TTFA’s technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy also said the association was shocked at the decision as “amicable communication” occurred between both parties. “I know for a fact that the president had engaged in discussion with him. “These are debt that we inherited. This particular one has been outstanding four years and you just come now and want us to pay you off in three months.”

He believes the association is being “doubly victimised.”

“We are the victims of the mismanagement of David John-Williams and now were the victims of actions of people based on that mismanagement.”

Asked how he plans to address the issues with Walkes’ moving forward, Wallace said he has spoken to Roberts-John and is awaiting feedback. “I sent out an e-mail this morning to his lawyer and asked if there’s any position yet, so at least we can have a position where we can come to the table and get some part of the funding to him, and that we can get the order listed and then we plan the way forward from there.”

FIFA has also paused its funding to the association because of these ongoing financial issues. Wallace said the association was told a commission of FIFA and Concacaf representatives would meet with the FA to discuss finances.

PLEASSEEEE tell me that contract with Walkes being able to negotiate on his own isnt true?
renewing himself to 2022??
cause i saw he's owed til that year

wtf?!?!??
how that even allowed?
n i guess he exploited the gaping loophole they gave him....?

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Football / Re: U-20 Women's Team Thread.

« on: February 19, 2020, 11:53:11 PM »

Who's Waterloo Institute?

Cornwall played for QPCC in WOLF last season

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Football / Re: U-20 Women's Team Thread.

« on: February 15, 2020, 09:52:30 AM »

oh oh
Dem had nuff practice lastyear
https://www.flashscore.com/team/dominican-republic/0xzHeZEB/

Meanwhile
https://www.flashscore.co.uk/team/trinidad-tobago/zmxFwVV6/

We building, sorry to say, but with a few girls who ride pine with their barely ranked school teams. Guess we have to start somewhere. I wonder if we could have save some funds and build first then enter tournaments.

So many factors to work against but they still have to try to get positive results
Not being able to have a a 22 player squad to train with to work on diff. aspects while in Trinidad is a task
Probably why the u17 and u20 have to train together

I dont think we can decide to not participate, it could mean sanctions from FIFA or less grant $ given from FIFA for simply pulling out cause "we not ready"

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Football / Re: Dayne St. Clair Thread

« on: February 14, 2020, 09:35:27 AM »

Didn't he say he isn't interested in playing for T&T

He said Canada was his first choice, which is fine. But until/unless he is capped in a competitive match by Canada, he is still eligible to play for us, so we should still keep tabs on him. People does say dey eh interested until dey become interested.

There is a good and bad in this, however, I think T&T needs to stop settling for 2nds.!!

This is not about settling for seconds. This is just reality. You really expect that someone will want to play for us if they have the option of turning out for a more organized and reputable FA? Every foreign-born player who has represented us, did so because there was no other viable option. What does it matter anyway? If they could make a positive contribution and enhance and raise our level, then let them play.

Fully agreed

And if they come, cant be fighting up to get the small pittance they're promised
They taking time from their regular job and risking losing gametime

Def. not about "settling for 2nds"