Lawd! Well I didn't read d whole thread, but I do have dis 2 say ... in d past, in d lead up 2 d world cup, one a d major problems d T&T team had, was dat dey didn't always have such a strong defense. Dey needed to make dey weakness (lack of defense) into a strength in order for d other teams not to beat dem. And daz exactly wat dey did. Den dey needed to build an attack based on top dey defense & daz wey dey failed, end of story.
Personally, I find, dey shuda put Latas on d field much earlier, cuz iz really only wen dey put him on dat we start 2 get goal scorin opportunities, cuz I tink he helped create many a dem and atleast he managed to keep d ball in d Paraguay half a d field 4 most a d time wen he was dey. B4 dat T&T was havin trouble keepin d ball in dat part a d field.
D other ting is dat I believe d coach & d team new dat dey defense was sumtin dey needed desperately 2 improve upon, so daz probably y dey made it a defensive play strategy in d beginin. Also sum1 mentioned to me dat dey really needed 2 put 3 strikers on d field in order to really have a chance at scorin, not just one or two.