Been out the mix again as usual for the last month, now I fully back in it, landed in TT yesterday.
I saw a tape of the Panama game, cant really say much that hasnt been said so far here.
Main points:
1) Birchall - what a discovery. I believe he is easily the single most important and effective player we have produced in the last 10 years.
The man have set of flams and skills like the rest of the players, but his style is totally different to all other men. This difference i feel is what is giving the team a different dimension i its play, he is extremely solid in the middle, good backtracker, and the man run tirelessly for the whole game, battle every single ball. He run off the ball good and play simple effective passing football.
He is like an angus eve, only 10 years younger, more energy, smarter for the game, and could take set plays 100 times better.
He must mantain this standard for us to play effectively.
2) Yorke play like a man possessed, i never see him run so. And he was quality as usual.
3) Marvin Andrews is an even bigger warrior than i keep thinking he is, and he real improving with passing. Rangers real help him
4) Lawrence score a real nice goal, and he actually play an excellent game. I still fraid him and he giraffe qualities in the back against speedy skilfull central americans, BUT....
5) From point 4 above, the new coach is a boss. You could see the difference his approach made, and the system used make the 2 tallmen in the back less vulnerable that BSC had them. Result = excellent game by the 2 towers.
6) Beenhaker has the team playing much better as a unit, fluid movements, support and most importantly, THEY FIGHTING EVERY SINGLE THING!
7) As I keep saying, once stern fit, he should walk onto any national team. He might be lazy and throw away plenty, BUT HE CAN SCORE, and that is the most important. If allyub see that goal he score, they replay it about 5 times and I myself about 20 times, and up to now I dont know how he slide and angle that ball the way he did into the goal. I have not seen a more clinical finish in my life by anyone in any level of football PERIOD! The man is a boss.
Onto Mehico - !
As usual, we expecting a beating and 90 mins of total domination by Mex, but after seeing that display on Sat, the team fighting, playing as a unit and most importantly, have a vibe going. Yuh could see it in their play in the second half of the Panama game.
I feel this will be one of our best chances to compete with Mexico in mexico, adding the low altitude, smaller stadium, less smog,Guadlajara traditionally having less passionate supporters, and that we playing with some confidence and some quality now.
But beating them will still be real real real hard.
Shaka aint there, and Ince, nobody it seems knows his situation.
I hope Jack play the game of his life, he has to if we are not to be embarassed and routed.
I have faith in meh warriors, at worse, we cannot lose too big cause we alreday have a bad GD.
Say some prayers fellas, we in for 90 mins of nailbiting football tonite. Lets hope we have some luck and spring something!
I see we have plenty new posters on board too, nice nice.
Hope they stick around for the long term too, not only when we in a final round qualifying and actually winnning games too....
Anyone making a lime to take in the game?
Me and some partners thinking about trotters or something.