O'connor, can you (or anybody else) give me a rundown of the Defense Force, youth and development programs. Are players now allowed to play for D'Force and not be in the Army ? How would they recruit youths for future football development if the previous answer is negative ? What are the 'professional' motivators to join this team, can they compete for talent ? oooorrr if yuh cyah go way (further education), or cyah get a better paying job cause yuh don't have the necessary education/qualification and nobody else want yuh, yuh could join up and play for D'Force, and yuh wouldn't have to drill too much..."We Need YOU" 
How do they operate ?
Seperate questions . Are the players from clubs like Maple, Malvern (my time) are no good, don't they care to develop, none has the possibilty of making national teams in the future ? With large scale youth development, would the pro clubs be able to support a greater influx of youths ? or will the late bloomers have to continue leaving the shores, what happens when 8 late bloomers or scholarship are selected for the National program or will they?
The reason I am asking these questions, is so I can make an informed decision as wheter I should adopt a Pro-club or adopt a club or maybe an area, or an individual. For me not in the know, there are a lot of grey areas, an though I realize I won't be able to follow, know or help everybody...I would like if possible to help those that need it.
What ever you can tell me would be appreciated
The idea floating around here is an excellent one,having said that this idea have been around for years and have never been successfull,i remember i played for Paragon Youth team way back in 1967 when the famous POSFL it's Youth league,every team in that league Malvern,Maple,Colts etc had to have a team,it was very good a lot of talent but like everything else it did not last.
I would to state to the people who are interested in taking on such a project it requires a of time and dedication,based on what i'm seeing here it will also require finance.
Maxg i take a Little offence to what is being projected about the Army in your Post,which jobs in T&T paying better than the Army?do you know you got to have passes to get in the now?are you saying that the Army picks up the less educated?It's not all about not having to salute.
Check the history of this team and you will observe there is no team to rival their achievements past or present,every tournament,league,local or foreign they have won at some time,the amount of international players they have produced starting from Lincoln Phillips,Kelvin Berassa,Gerry Browne etc etc days,did you know Jason Scotland,Denis Lawrence,Kevin Jeffreys,Mc Farlane etc etc came from that same Army?
The Army have always been involved in the development of Youth players in the country because they was always looked upon to do so,if you look at guys like Ken Elie,Errol Mcfarlane,Nevick Denoon etc i personally had the opportunity to work with almost every Youth player in the country in my time,just to mane a few that you are familiar with Latapy,Chinapoo,Nakhid,Veron Skinner,Shaka,just call them i've worked with them,they work with various secondary schools all the time it's been going on for years,all our national teams usually have a Army Coach/trainer as part of technical staff.
