Joe Public snap up new foursome.
By: Shaun Fuentes.
In an all out attempt to maintain their lead at the top of the TT Pro League table for the remainder of the season, Joe Public Football Club strengthened its club with four new signings on Monday.
Team head coach Michael McComie was enthusiastic as he revealed his four new players all coming from Vibe CT 105 W Connection. The foursome all have national experience under their belt with midfielder Michael Celestine, striker Devon Mitchell, Lyndon Diaz and striker Kendall Davis all having worn the national kit in the past. They are among the brighter talents in the local league and have signaled their intentions to catch the eye of national team head coach Wim Rijsbergen with some solid performances this season and now they are hoping to realize an ambition of taking home some silverware with the bMobile sponsored Joe Public this season.
With the entry of the four new players, Public have released Kerwyn Jemmott. Colombian Phanor Gonzales, Jamaican Carlington Smith, and Brazilian Leandro Moncao.
McComie expressed optimism about his team’s chances of holding on to their lead with the new captures.
“We obviously have all intention of holding on to the lead but it’s no secret that the race will become tighter as the season goes on and we head into that final stretch. We started brightly but we also had several players from outside of the country and this had to do with the fact that some of the local ones we were interested in were already under contract elsewhere and the transfer window wasn’t open until this current period. So now we have had a chance to do some shopping and we are pretty pleased about what we have gotten into the club,” McComie said on Monday after he and club managing director Darryl Warner met and ironed out the agreed contracts with the four players.
Mc Commie continued, "A few of our players that are foreigners came here and did not play as expected. Players like Colombian Phanor Gonzales, Jamaican Carlington Smith, and Brazilian Leandro Moncao all didn’t play up to standard and needed to be replaced.
Coach McCommie said. "Another player out of our team is former national Kerwyn ‘Hardest’ Jemmott. I have to say ‘Hardest’ is a good player, but just couldn’t keep up to speed with our game." said Mc Commie.
Mc Commie added, "I was very interested in signing Brazilian Gefferson Goulart, a player I consider to be very professional at his game. I changed my mind about it and did what was best in the clubs future interest, by signing the young players. Hopefully by the end of this week I’ll hopefully sign a World Cup national player. " ended Mc Commie with a smile.