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Football / Re: The football sell outs have revealed themselves in TT

« on: August 29, 2020, 12:33:34 PM »

Does anyone recall the reason(s) stated by FIFA for appointing a Normalization Committee?

In trying to fully/better understand the situation, I have searching but not been successful in finding any communication that speaks of the reason(s).

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Football / Re: The David Nakhid Thread

« on: June 14, 2020, 10:44:37 AM »

back then the government was the largest employer with public servants making up 60% of the country's work force, they were also the largest real estate developers and it was estimate that that 50% of expenditure went to social programs like old age pension, school book grants, government payroll, health care and school subsidies.

back then our total oil revenue was just under a billion usd while others cry out that were we bathing in oil revenues. i laughed to myself as to how ridiculous their assertions were and that we somehow could have looked like singapore as the political leader of the PEP pointed out recently on social media.

it's quite unfortunate that this narrative is the norm in TT and i think we need to have an honest discussion about where we are and where we came from, as controversial tries to indulge us in the most popular assertions that the pnm some how was a bandit party who stunted the growth of this nation.

i believe nothing could be farther from the truth, and though there might have been pockets of corruption here and there with public official and government ministers who indulged in inflated projects and cost over runs or project kick backs, i still believe it's overly exaggerated.

"back then our total oil revenue was just under a billion usd". 
Out of curiosity and for comparative reasons, I wonder what would be the equivalent of 1 billion USD in today's economy.

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Football / Re: What about a: CARIBBEAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE?

« on: May 16, 2020, 11:29:26 AM »

They choose the wrong candidates from Trinidad to be part of  this planning group-

Where is Shaka?

What are your reasons for saying that Brent Sancho is a wrong TT candidate?

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: November 17, 2019, 08:57:30 PM »

https://www.twitch.tv/peloncito_?fbclid=IwAR1Xim5iEYJculZFaN0rBvinUPS6StyNgtG5BjVoThXxVUJ9RPKqkJsVTe4

Thank you. It worked!

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: November 17, 2019, 04:58:31 PM »

Any link streaming the game?

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Anguilla (10-Nov-2019)

« on: November 12, 2019, 11:16:01 AM »

15-0

So now all is well once again with TT football!

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Football / Re: Ian Clauzel interview

« on: October 29, 2019, 07:46:10 PM »

Actually, only a little info on the net.

I think someone did a full page back in the late 90s but unfortunately it's not on the net.

Interesting interview though. I had no idea that he played in the Concacaf youth tournament for TT and that the Strike Squad asked him to train.

Should be available in a week.

VB

Anxiously looking forward! Much thanks.

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Football / Re: Stephen Hart - HFX Wanderers

« on: October 13, 2019, 01:15:22 PM »

You sir are a certified madman.

So I will leave you to continue listening to the little voices (sources) in your head.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers

- Socrates

LOL.............nice one, Contro. 

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: October 11, 2019, 06:12:29 AM »

WATCH: Highlights of Trinidad and Tobago's 2-0 loss to Honduras.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/z8VFghzXuB4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/z8VFghzXuB4</a>

Video not available.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: October 10, 2019, 07:26:43 PM »

*SIGH*

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: October 10, 2019, 06:20:30 PM »

WATCH LIVE: Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras.

Thank you!   

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: October 10, 2019, 05:08:31 PM »

Possible Online Streams?

it’s on Univision, i don’t know where you live but in north america it’s on univision.

Presently in TO but I do not subscribe to cable TV so I am in search of an Online stream.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Honduras Games (10-Oct & 17-Nov-2019)

« on: October 10, 2019, 03:24:53 PM »

Possible Online Streams?

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Football / Re: Stephen Hart - HFX Wanderers

« on: October 09, 2019, 06:45:13 PM »

Didn't stop Belgium from hiring Roberto Martínez after he got fired at Everton. Same way it have players whose performances for country are better than for their club, and vice versa.

I not even clamoring for Hart's return, because our football environment is even more toxic now than when dey ruh him.

i doubt that he would want to be back after all the law suits and the shabby way he was treated. that man has a lot of pride and principle so i seriously doubt any chance of his return. what we do need is a foreign coach from either south or Central America, a coach who understands our region and the style of play,
preferably a Spanish coach speaking coach from the mexico argentina or columbia (not maturana).

"a coach who understands our region and the style of play".................why must it be a foreign coach from either South or Central America? Don't we have TT coaches who understand our region and style of play? Who is best to understand our style of play than someone from TT? Help meh out here nah.

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Football / Re: 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers

« on: October 07, 2019, 07:00:12 AM »

St. Kitts was the match to win to put the tournament to bed. Phoenitia Browne was the same player who scored against T&T last year at the same venue. The Kittitians didn't lose that match either. This was the first true test of the tournament.

This result was not unexpected. One could have seen from the first game vs Aruba (highlights only) that this TT team did not have what it takes to compete on the international stage.

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: October 03, 2019, 12:55:10 PM »

Look at where and how we gave away the ball on the first goal....

when danial cyrus is a main stay on your squad then how on earth would you progress as a team? that bloke is a pure head case who wants to remind me of marvin andrews with some of the shenanigans he gets into on the pitch.

man like cyrus and bateau playing too long with loads of experience to be making such foolish errors in football. the last game vs martinique bateau headed a set price that was going out for a goal kick right back into play and across the face of his own goal at the feet of a matiniqan attacker for the equalizer, it was the perfect assist.

IMO these guys don’t come prepared to play their hearts out for their country, and I could be wrong but the level of intensity i see from some of these players certainly lack purpose. I believe we should go back to the USA game that kicked them out the world cup, all the big boys were either missing or on the bench including cyrus.

until a coach has the nerve to bench certain players regardless of their status we will be making noise about player performance. dennis lawrence you certainly shot yourself in the leg imo when you went back to marvin phillip, you would’ve been better off with jan Micheal Williams than this Phillips bloke. in that man’s who international career i doubt if he even has five clean sheets. very poor choice dennis very poor choice.

You seem to be attributing our defeat mainly to Cyrus and more so, Marvin Phillip. Yes?

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: October 02, 2019, 10:01:34 PM »

Final score?

Match in second half.

https://cndf129.blogspot.com/p/u-tdn.html?m=1

Try that.

Thank you!

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: October 02, 2019, 09:08:13 PM »

Final score?

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: October 02, 2019, 06:50:01 PM »

As usual, any updates/scores, shout-outs, reports, predictions, views, etc, on the T&T vs Mexico game on the 2nd of October 2019 at the Toluca Estadio Nemesio Diez Stadium will be posted here, this way, we can maintain the message board and not make it look too scrappy with un-necessary or related headlines and postings on game day.

For the internet users, you can follow the game at:

To be updated.

Possible Online Streams.

To be updated.

Possible TV Station.

To be updated.

Trinidad & Tobago Squad

Goalkeepers

1.Marvin Phillip (Neroca FC—India), 21.Glenroy Samuel (La Horquetta Rangers), 22.Adrian Foncette (Police FC).

Defenders

3.Isaiah Garcia (W Connection), 2.Nicoholas Thomas (Club Sando), 18.Josiah Trimmingham (Club Sando), 5.Daneil Cyrus (Mohun Bagan AC—India), 6.Curtis Gonzales (Defence Force), 12.Carlyle Mitchell (San Juan Jabloteh), 17.Ross Russell Jr (La Horquetta Rangers).

Midfielders

14.Dwane James (Cunupia FC), 8.Aaron Lester (Defence Force), 19.Duane Muckette (Memphis 901 FC—US), 23.Leston Paul (Memphis 901 FC—US), 13.Aikim Andrews (La Horquetta Rangers), 10.Judah Garcia (Point Fortin Civic), 16.Adriel Kerr (Police FC), 7.Nathan Lewis (Langing Ignite—US), 19.Christian Thomas (Police FC).

Forwards

9.Nion Lammy (Club Sando), 15.Jameel Perry (Police FC).

Coach - Dennis Lawrence (TRI).

Mexico Squad

Goalkeepers

Raul Gudiño (Chivas), Sebastian Jurado (Veracruz), Jose Hernandez (Atlas).

Defenders

Alan Mozo (Pumas), Adrian Mora (Toluca), Ismael Govea (Atlas), Gerardo Arteaga (Santos), Vladimir Loroña (Tijuana), Jesus Angulo (Atlas), Cristian Calderon (Necaxa), Johan Vasquez (Monterrey), Luis Romo (Queretaro).

Midfielders

Jonathan Gonzalez (Monterrey), Erick Aguirre (Pachuca) , Sebastian Cordova (America), Francisco Venegas (Tigres), Joaquin Esquivel (FC Juarez), Jesus Ricardo Angulo (Necaxa), Ian Jairo Torres (Atlas), Adrian Lozano (Santos), Ivan Rodriguez (Leon).

Forwards

Jose Juan Macias (Leon), Paolo Yrizar (Queretaro), Jesus Godinez (Leon).

Coach - Gerardo "Tata" Martino

Updates to follow as we get more info, so keep checking back.

Possible Online Streams.

To be updated................?

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: September 16, 2019, 06:21:38 AM »

"We don't get there by calling players in this category once and then onto the next unique appearance."

Agreed!

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Football / Re: Thread for Mexico vs T&T (02-Oct-2019)

« on: September 15, 2019, 11:10:34 AM »

So we take a local-based squad ... but we don't incorporate these players on official match dates ... not even when they are 23 years old! We play them when it doesn't matter but not when it does.

Why should we play them when it does matter given that they under perform when it doesn't matter? 

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Football / Re: The In Memory Of Thread

« on: September 05, 2019, 06:10:20 AM »

Heard that Dick Furlonge passed away on Saturday, August 31st.

Confirmed that report with Mike Grayson. He said it is true.

I am told that he was found dead in his apartment last Saturday. Funeral service was held yesterday Wednesday 4th. September 2019 at Elite Funeral Home, Point Fortin. May he RIP!

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Quizz Time & Facts / Re: Dick Furlonge name in the 70's

« on: September 02, 2019, 08:42:00 AM »

Where is Dick Furlonge now?

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Football / Re: U-15 Men's Football Team Thread

« on: August 25, 2019, 07:35:53 PM »

Charles-Fevrier must continue as U-15 coach.
T&T Guardian Reports.

Dear Ed­i­tor

I read with be­muse­ment the cho­rus of op­po­si­tion against Na­tion­al Un­der-15 Foot­ball coach, Stu­art Charles-Fevri­er fol­low­ing the team's los­ing per­for­mances in the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed CON­CA­CAF Cham­pi­onship cam­paign ear­li­er this month in Flori­da, USA and the TTFA Un­der-15 Youth In­vi­ta­tion­al In­ter­na­tion­al Tour­na­ment held here in Ju­ly.

Among those most scathing in their crit­i­cism were for­mer Mal­ick Se­nior Sec­ondary Coach and cur­rent Board Di­rec­tor of the TTFA, Kei­th Look Loy and for­mer Tech­ni­cal Di­rec­tor of the TTFA An­ton Corneal, both of whom laid the blame for the team's los­ing per­for­mances square­ly on coach Charles-Fevri­er's shoul­ders.

Look Loy saw it as “weak­ness­es in coach­ing, a lack of team struc­ture, low-in­ten­si­ty play and poor de­fend­ing”, while Corneal sug­gest­ed that Charles-Fevri­er did not have the re­quired ex­pe­ri­ence and was op­er­at­ing by guess and fur­ther that one can­not play 'tri­al and er­ror with the na­tion's chil­dren'.

While the per­for­mances of the team were ad­mit­ted­ly dis­ap­point­ing, it is worth not­ing that the coach's long term am­bi­tions re­main this coun­try's qual­i­fi­ca­tion for 2021 Un­der-17 World Cup.

The pur­pose of these de­vel­op­ment tour­na­ments is among oth­er things, to al­low coach­es to ex­per­i­ment lib­er­al­ly with their play­ers and to al­low each play­er suf­fi­cient play­ing time to be bet­ter able to mea­sure their re­spec­tive ap­ti­tudes and weak­ness­es. While win­ning is im­por­tant, it is not at this stage a pri­or­i­ty in the con­text of the team's long term am­bi­tions of qual­i­fy­ing for the Un­der- 17 World Cup in over two years.

The sprint­er prepar­ing for the Olympics does not try to win every race that he runs in the buildup but rather his ob­jec­tive is to peak at the right time. Bat­tles are in­evitably lost on the way to win­ning the war.

Those who claim that coach Charles-Fevri­er lacks the req­ui­site ex­pe­ri­ence will do well to re­mem­ber that as Trinidad and To­ba­go's se­nior na­tion­al foot­ball team coach in 2003, he led the So­ca War­riors on a three-week tour of Kenya, Botswana and South Africa where they won, drew and lost re­spec­tive­ly to those coun­tries' na­tion­al se­nior teams.

The last game against South Africa saw the So­ca War­riors un­done by a con­tro­ver­sial penal­ty award­ed by a South African ref­er­ee when the score was 1-1, thus en­abling the Bafana Bafana to emerge vic­to­ri­ous 2-1.

Coach Charles-Fevri­er al­so served as Tech­ni­cal Di­rec­tor of the Na­tion­al se­nior team with Ja­mal Shab­baz as na­tion­al coach.

He at­tend­ed and com­plet­ed coach­ing cours­es with both the Eng­lish and the Brazil­ian Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tions. His suc­cess with W Con­nec­tion is leg­endary be­ing named Coach of the Year on many oc­ca­sions and win­ning nu­mer­ous FA Tro­phy Ti­tles, Pres­i­dent's Cups, Na­tion­al League Cham­pi­onships and the FCB Cup ti­tle.

Those who are loud­est in their crit­i­cism fear that coach Charles-Fevri­er's am­bi­tion to lead this coun­try to a World Cup fi­nal may even­tu­al­ly be re­alised with a team that is tal­ent­ed and gift­ed and he would have suc­ceed­ed where they have failed.

They have there­fore pounced on the team's loss­es as the jus­ti­fi­ca­tion to war­rant Charles-Fevri­er's sack­ing but this is noth­ing more than a cloaked de­sire to crush the coach's yet un­hatched am­bi­tions in the egg. Those who are loud­est in their con­dem­na­tion of the coach are fear­ful that he will suc­ceed where they have failed.

This in­se­cu­ri­ty lies in the fact that Charles-Fevri­er is St. Lu­cian born. Iron­i­cal­ly, he lived most of his life here in T&T af­ter he mi­grat­ed as a teenag­er and per­fect­ed his craft as a res­olute de­fend­er in our lo­cal leagues.
 
He reached his pin­na­cle as a play­er by play­ing for this coun­try's first pro­fes­sion­al crack out­fit ASL that boast­ed play­ers of the cal­i­bre of Ron La For­est, Leroy Spann, Bri­an Williams, Sam­my Llewellyn, among oth­ers.

For­mer na­tion­al star strik­er La For­est, a for­mer team­mate of coach Charles-Fevri­er at ASL and an ex­pe­ri­enced coach at present, was the most in­tel­lec­tu­al­ly hon­est and mea­sured in his com­ments. He urged pa­tience where oth­ers sought the coach's ter­mi­na­tion.

La For­est said it best, “Let the coach do his thing. He is a very ex­pe­ri­enced man and it is not a quick fix. Give him more time and you will see a dif­fer­ence.”

A prop­er di­etary regime along with a qual­i­fied psy­chol­o­gist is a sine qua non for a holis­tic de­vel­op­ment of these young men who are prod­ucts of a so­ci­ety rid­dled with drugs, crime and all man­ner of so­cial­ly dis­rup­tive ills and who there­fore re­quire our col­lec­tive pro­tec­tion, men­tor­ing and guid­ance as we pre­pare for the 2021 World Cup qual­i­fiers which will soon be up­on us.

Coach Charles-Fevri­er re­mains my lo­cal choice to get us there.

Pe­ter A.C. Tay­lor
At­tor­ney at Law
For­mer Min­is­ter of Le­gal Af­fairs

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Football / Re: TTFA Presidency Polls; The countdown to election begins.

« on: August 19, 2019, 07:44:14 PM »

ah time to get rid of DJW

Who yuh go put?

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Football / Re: TTFA Presidency Polls; The countdown to election begins.

« on: August 19, 2019, 07:42:56 PM »

Anybody know anything about this Sancho Gillette person.

He is a businessman from a successful business family.

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Football / Re: The sabotage of TT football is almost complete - Dictator in the home stretch

« on: August 18, 2019, 12:56:36 PM »

Contro, perhaps you are giving DJW & Co. too much credit. It may just be that he is simply incompetent and incapable of managing, like so many leaders in our local environment.

Trust me I wish I wasn’t giving him too much credit but that’s not the case, everything has been premeditated, I think people underestimate how important qualifying and politics play in our region and also underestimate the dictator and his manipulation...

surrounded by the most powerful men in world football? That’s not incompetence brother...

If it was incompetence his supporters would have already thrown him under the bus, all of his actions are deliberate

"If it was incompetence his supporters would have already thrown him under the bus"

Huh??? Really!!!??? You have now convinced me that you are indeed attributing too much credit to DJW!

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Football / Re: Kevin Molino Thread.

« on: August 15, 2019, 06:21:46 PM »

I've watched a couple Minn games on ESPN since Molino's return and in each game there was a moment or two where Molino will play an pinpoint one-touch forward pass splitting the defense for a teammate on run onto. He's been doing it consistently.Even Taylor Twellman applauded the accuracy and timing on his passes during the commentary.

Yet ...

(Why yuh think that's happening?)

Why is it happening?

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs St Vincent & the Grenadines Game (11-Aug-2019)

« on: August 14, 2019, 08:03:02 PM »

"Oh! What a tangled web we weave......................

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs St Vincent & the Grenadines Game (11-Aug-2019)

« on: August 14, 2019, 11:47:24 AM »

St Vincent coach: All T&T teams are losing, maybe the problem is administrative support—not Lawrence
Letters to the Editor  Wednesday 14 August 2019   

“Last time I checked, all your teams are losing—from male to female. Is it that all your coaches on the selected national teams are no good? [My] advice [is] look for the solution elsewhere…”

The following Letter to the Editor by St Vincent and the Grenadines coach Dale Mercury was posted on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s Facebook page. SVG, ranked 176th in the world, beat the Soca Warriors 1-0 in Kingstown on Sunday 11 August 2019:


I always follow Concacaf football [and] I’ve been following T&T football. I need you guys to ask yourselves an honest question: is it the Senior Men’s coach’s [fault] why T&T is losing?

Last time I checked, all your teams are losing—from male to female. Is it that all your coaches on the selected national teams are no good? [My] advice [is] look for the solution elsewhere.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are not the team we used to be when you knew us. We took over the team six months ago; before that the team was losing [and] damaged. We came under a different administration who were willing to listen to us.

We’ve been training five days per week for the last few months. We met serious problems with the team [and] we’re still far off from our targets but we’re looking for solutions. [Without] support from administration, we can’t get anywhere near these targets.

A coach is as good as the support he has from top to bottom.

https://wired868.com/2019/08/14/st-vincent-coach-all-tt-teams-are-losing-maybe-the-problem-is-administrative-support-not-lawrence/