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Why do we play our home WCQ's at 4:30pm?
« on: March 16, 2005, 12:44:19 PM »
Seeing that the vast majority of our team comprises foreign based players

And dem foreign based playin in Europe fuh de most part

Why we want to disadvantage weself by havin we players playin in de hot sun?

After de Ash Wednesday game dey interview Yorke and he say he did bun after 70 minutes....was too hot.  De other overseas say de heat was a factor.

USA playin dem games 8:00 at night.  Mexico does play dem own at 7:00..same fuh Costa Rica...8:00

So why we didn't play we games same time?

IF...and daz a big IF...we mek Germany....de players not only have to overcome de opposition which is obstacle enough...but some questionable decision makin from we technical staff and advisors too....like arrivin at de hotel in T&T at noon fuh a 3:30 game after travelin from Tobago early in de mornin.

Jes mekkin ting more difficult.





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Re: Why do we play our home WCQ's at 4:30pm?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2005, 01:15:51 PM »
Even in de 2002 WCQs, we was playing around de same time. Apart from de issue wit de players, yuh would tink dat yuh would stand ah better chance of getting de crowd tuh come out at a later time. Men go have tuh be scrambling tuh de stadium after wuk.
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Re: Why do we play our home WCQ's at 4:30pm?
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2005, 01:44:51 PM »
Tallest....de only reason I could come up with is....

Dem want to save money by not havin to pay fuh de lights dem

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Re: Why do we play our home WCQ's at 4:30pm?
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2005, 03:45:45 PM »
Won't they make more money with an evening match to off-set the lighting cost, seeing that more folks will be able to attend after work?! Plus we foreign-based should perform better as they will be less likely to bun in the mid-day sun before the 90 minutes is up!
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Re: Why do we play our home WCQ's at 4:30pm?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2005, 11:48:35 AM »
I agree with Soca Pro.  More gate receipts. 

 

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