The Perils of Inexperience!

[JDB]

TnT is in a great position right now but WE HAVE PLENTY WORK TO DO. We worked extrememly hard and left it all out on the field. Once we do that again, WIN , LOSE or DRAW we will have a good performance regardless of the result.

BUT WE NEED TO BE WARY OF INEXPERIENCE.

Almost everytime an unheralded nation has sprung a shock on the WC they have been undone by inexperience or naivete. They have exciting, non-european, football which is refreshing, exuberant and always physical.

Cameroon in 1990 and Nigeria in 1994 are great examples. Both were playing great ball but both went out by giving up penalties. Cameroon give up 2 to England to turn a 2-1 lead into a 3-2 loss. Nigeria give up a winning goal in a 2-1 loss to Italy after failing to close out a 1-0 win in normal time.

In both games the fouls were clumsy to say the least and they paid the price. We need to aggressive, we need to determined but above all we need to be SMART.

We already see what happen with Avery and we were lucky to escape the game with the draw. We can't afford to give these teams an easy adavantage.

So let's go WARRIORS, Vibe's it Up. Another performance like that and we will prove that Saturday was no fluke.

[College]

So true, I remember clearly...Massing..so clumsy..that was heartbreaking.

[AB.Trini]

An essential component to our game and one in which we have not seen to often is "team play" That is all men working as a cohesive unit unified in thier focus and goal. This is what was most evident in the game aganist Sweden.

Long time , we use to try to emulate Brazil with individual  player wizardry or 'fancy beatsing' ; we played to the whimps of the crowd to 'show off' a bit now the change to amore team oriented game and captializing on individual skills to gain an advantage is more evident.

Let's keep up that spirit tomorrow.

[Grande]

An essential component to our game and one in which we have not seen to often is "team play" That is all men working as a cohesive unit unified in thier focus and goal. This is what was most evident in the game aganist Sweden.

Long time , we use to try to emulate Brazil with individual  player wizardry or 'fancy beatsing' ; we played to the whimps of the crowd to 'show off' a bit now the change to amore team oriented game and captializing on individual skills to gain an advantage is more evident.

Let's keep up that spirit tomorrow.

To keep up with de African references in JDB's post, it is dat same individual player wizardry that take an "inexperienced" Senegal to the quarters...game was tied 1-1 deadlock....then a man do a backheel, Henri Camara take the ball, beats a couple Swedes and score ...golden goal