This will always be one of my favourite topics to debate because of the very many tricksters we have had over the years. From inter col and bush leagues to national leagues our locals have been able to come up with some real slick moves, even getting certain tricks named after them !
Anyone remember the spanner ? well that name originated from Leroy spann, father of silvio. In his day once he get to that ball before you ..you are a dead man...inside spanner, outside spanner !
Timothy haynes from Arima could do it in de air !
Leonsen was good , on a wet ground especially but among my favourites would be Evans wise who i once saw beat a man off de TV screen !!, colin rocke who must have retired a few US players before time and Bert Neptune.. i am sure the defence force supporters would remember Berta !!
Berta beat de whole a Jamaica one night in arima when they got a 4-0 licking. It was eh, eh , eh until de goal ...never will forget that night.
he was rippin from foundation to finish !
Berta once beat a player on UWI ground and sent de whole crowd on de left side ah de field de wrong way. i eh go lie even i geh beat and ah wasn't even playing ! sadly injury ended Berta's career early..never know where he might have reached.
i could name others like jughead, marcelle, twinkle toes brewster, Peter mitchell etc but sadly none from de present soca warriors
? I hope we dont train out this talent from our footballers.
