Russell Latapy Thread

[Controversial]

ah hear Latas get this after dinner at Ka Pok

[behind-de-bridge]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

[Midknight]

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Check out Capello C.V., wheel and come again.

England full ah hounds, end of story.

[behind-de-bridge]

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Check out Capello C.V., wheel and come again.

England full ah hounds, end of story.

Disagree. Capello won league titles with teams that many other managers has also won with. AC Millan and who Real Madrid (steups). Like winning titles with those teams is the hardest thing in the world. Now if he had won the world cup with a 'bunch of shit hounds', then he would get a big up.

Seriously, look at the top coaches in the world. Most were not top players.

[Deeks]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Bro,
        There is some validity to the theory that not all super stars make good coaches. But to say that they are clueless is crazy. Look, Brazil and Germany has had WC winning players win WC as coaches. Alf Ramsey played for England. Although not a WC winner as a player he coached the 1966 WC team. This is Diego and Dunga first time as coaches. Spain and Ghana coaches have been coaching far longer than them. I don't know much about Uraguay, Holland, Germany coaches. But the verdict still out on them

[behind-de-bridge]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Bro,
        There is some validity to the theory that not all super stars make good coaches. But to say that they are clueless is crazy. Look, Brazil and Germany has had WC winning players win WC as coaches. Alf Ramsey played for England. Although not a WC winner as a player he coached the 1966 WC team. This is Diego and Dunga first time as coaches. Spain and Ghana coaches have been coaching far longer than them. I don't know much about Uraguay, Holland, Germany coaches. But the verdict still out on them

I am not saying that no top players will ever make a good coach, as I know Rikaard and Beckenbauer has also done OK. But it is usually the exception than the rule. I maintain that Dunga and Maradonna are clueless as coaches. Let's see where their careers go from here.

[Red Mango]

I think, that if Latas identifies a creative playmaker (Leston Paul) and builds the spine of the squad through him, and the rest of the squad around that, then with the necessary defensive discipline, midfield awareness, comment and distribution, to an attack that is only concerned with not only creating chances, but putting them away, he could be onto something...

Trini has been Blessed with Russell for a reason, and we know that he has delivered on the pitch.

The nice thing is, he's not been away from the game, he went straight from playing into management, so his ideas are fresh and up to date, his hunger is still adequate enough to transfer his emotions to a system (3-5-2 / 4-3-2-1 depending on which suits, obviously) and communicate that to his charges...

Many ex players do go on to have exceptional careers as coaches, and as much as we know that we missed a place in SA2010, he has time to create and shape his system, he has the ability to call on former managers, players and associates from within the game but most importantly, he WANTS to manage...

I'm not saying that we will become powerhouses overnight, but maybe, just maybe, we can finally create a brand of T&TFootball that would serve us well into the future...

Cryuff had it hard too in de earlies, and look, Barcelona play "Total Football" even if they don't call it so...

In Latas we Trust... or at least, lewwe trust in de fella for a lil bit and see where he wants to take the game, ina Trini stylee...

watch meh siggy below dey...

oneness...

[Trini _2026]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Bro,
        There is some validity to the theory that not all super stars make good coaches. But to say that they are clueless is crazy. Look, Brazil and Germany has had WC winning players win WC as coaches. Alf Ramsey played for England. Although not a WC winner as a player he coached the 1966 WC team. This is Diego and Dunga first time as coaches. Spain and Ghana coaches have been coaching far longer than them. I don't know much about Uraguay, Holland, Germany coaches. But the verdict still out on them

I am not saying that no top players will ever make a good coach, as I know Rikaard and Beckenbauer has also done OK. But it is usually the exception than the rule. I maintain that Dunga and Maradonna are clueless as coaches. Let's see where their careers go from here.

Your are acting  like is  crappy teams Brazil and Argentina lost to ... on another day those 2 games result could have been different  ....

[Babalawo]

so JW is prime minister and yet still Latas cyah get a friendly game?

[Controversial]

so JW is prime minister and yet still Latas cyah get a friendly game?

ent diz spalk wuk, that would be overstepping jw bounds and the world at large would call for his head bc of interference in ttff business 

[Trini _2026]

latapy had these guys training 3 time per week and working on basics ... so now wha

[Controversial]

latapy had these guys training 3 time per week and working on basics ... so now wha

latas sorf, we need a real coach now

[D.H.W]

 

[lefty]

ah ha join d bandwagon everyting was jus plain wrong wit every decision he make sorry buh ha to go

[dumpalewie]

I was supporting Latas as the coach but it seems that he doesn't get it. We are not so great offensively that we can win without playing defense. It seems that he doesn't get it. Thus far he hasn't called Birchall or Julius James and they can both help us defensively. I also saw Primus and he is probably already our best defender. He is big, strong, good on the ball and he reads the game well. Plus he has more international experience than these fools he has playing. I say go to the defenders from the U-23 team. The played well, dare I say on an international level at the U-20 WC.

Latas said before the game that he wanted to see if we progressed tactically but it seems that we have regressed. He has a lot to answer for, and in fact I would have no qualms if he lost his job as a result of this performance.

[Controversial]

I was supporting Latas as the coach but it seems that he doesn't get it. We are not so great offensively that we can win without playing defense. It seems that he doesn't get it. Thus far he hasn't called Birchall or Julius James and they can both help us defensively. I also saw Primus and he is probably already our best defender. He is big, strong, good on the ball and he reads the game well. Plus he has more international experience than these fools he has playing. I say go to the defenders from the U-23 team. The played well, dare I say on an international level at the U-20 WC.

Latas said before the game that he wanted to see if we progressed tactically but it seems that we have regressed. He has a lot to answer for, and in fact I would have no qualms if he lost his job as a result of this performance.

good points but once again it lies with the coaches team selection, guerra sit the entire game and he is among our most creative mids, not to mention akile edwards as defenders another reason why latas must go

[congo]

He needs to go NOW....I not going to accept a man who only previous coaching experience was with Falkirk's reserve team, and I suppose to accept that he is qualified to coach MY national team that I will be paying money and time to watch? Madness...remember we didnt even qualify for the World Cup when he took over...he needs to go now..!!!

[Observer]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Bro,
        There is some validity to the theory that not all super stars make good coaches. But to say that they are clueless is crazy. Look, Brazil and Germany has had WC winning players win WC as coaches. Alf Ramsey played for England. Although not a WC winner as a player he coached the 1966 WC team. This is Diego and Dunga first time as coaches. Spain and Ghana coaches have been coaching far longer than them. I don't know much about Uraguay, Holland, Germany coaches. But the verdict still out on them

I am not saying that no top players will ever make a good coach, as I know Rikaard and Beckenbauer has also done OK. But it is usually the exception than the rule. I maintain that Dunga and Maradonna are clueless as coaches. Let's see where their careers go from here.

Dunga had success to say he is clueless because of the WC is ridiculous, he won the Copa America, and the Confederations Cup. If you simply judging by WC then 31 coaches were useless. Many Excellent players did well as coaches and many failed as well. There is no formula! Some coaches are successful in club football where there is more time and you can purchase the quality players you need. International football is different, you work with what you have and learn to make do. Look at Rjkaard when he coached Fortuna they got relegated under his command. He goes to Barca and is hailed as genius. Its the same with teh coach of Uruguay in this WC, he flopped so many times only to rise this WC.
Latapy needs experience and he will learn with each outing. Would you rather he has success now in an exhibition game and then fail on the true test? I think not!

[Socapro]

Latas have no credentials as a coach. Most great players do not make good coaches. Dunga and Maradonna are recent prime examples. Sadly, Latas tenure as coach is likely to end in heartbreak. Willing to be proven otherwise.

what makes dunga or maradonna  a bad coaches

Maradonna clueless. He just happened to have good players to work with. But he failed to have any meaningful strategy. When Germany was kicking their butt, what was Maradonna strategy to nullify the germans counteracting strategy? What subs did he make that had an impact? Millito remained on de bench.

Dunga in de same boat. They are one dimentional. That is fine when yuh team winning, but when you down and need to change strategy, both are clueless. Sorry to say, but that is how most former top players coach. Take look, the coaches of Spain, Holland, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay did not reaches the top of their sport, but are doing a fine job as coaches.

BTW Capello is also an ex-Italian international. Point proven!

Bro,
        There is some validity to the theory that not all super stars make good coaches. But to say that they are clueless is crazy. Look, Brazil and Germany has had WC winning players win WC as coaches. Alf Ramsey played for England. Although not a WC winner as a player he coached the 1966 WC team. This is Diego and Dunga first time as coaches. Spain and Ghana coaches have been coaching far longer than them. I don't know much about Uraguay, Holland, Germany coaches. But the verdict still out on them

I am not saying that no top players will ever make a good coach, as I know Rikaard and Beckenbauer has also done OK. But it is usually the exception than the rule. I maintain that Dunga and Maradonna are clueless as coaches. Let's see where their careers go from here.

Dunga had success to say he is clueless because of the WC is ridiculous, he won the Copa America, and the Confederations Cup. If you simply judging by WC then 31 coaches were useless. Many Excellent players did well as coaches and many failed as well. There is no formula! Some coaches are successful in club football where there is more time and you can purchase the quality players you need. International football is different, you work with what you have and learn to make do. Look at Rjkaard when he coached Fortuna they got relegated under his command. He goes to Barca and is hailed as genius. Its the same with teh coach of Uruguay in this WC, he flopped so many times only to rise this WC.
Latapy needs experience and he will learn with each outing. Would you rather he has success now in an exhibition game and then fail on the true test? I think not!

We hear you Observer. If Latas can get some revenge in the return game in Ja in October then I am willing to forgive him! I need to be able to face my harsh Jamaican friends with my head held high!! 

[lefty]

Dunga had success to say he is clueless because of the WC is ridiculous, he won the Copa America, and the Confederations Cup. If you simply judging by WC then 31 coaches were useless. Many Excellent players did well as coaches and many failed as well. There is no formula! Some coaches are successful in club football where there is more time and you can purchase the quality players you need. International football is different, you work with what you have and learn to make do. Look at Rjkaard when he coached Fortuna they got relegated under his command. He goes to Barca and is hailed as genius. Its the same with teh coach of Uruguay in this WC, he flopped so many times only to rise this WC.
Latapy needs experience and he will learn with each outing. Would you rather he has success now in an exhibition game and then fail on the true test? I think not!

my issues is he not learnin tactically or defensively, apparently he have pardners on d team-( professionalism in question), which could very well lead to cliques within d team, how dem suppose to gell wen some seem more equal dan odders, yuh is eddar ah coach or conductin a lime, cyar be both, ah mean d real team was on d fuuckin bench for heaven sake ....................................

[100% Barataria]

we will fire russell, probably around 2012 and launch a WCQ campaign wid some coach...destined for failure once the mistakes of the past are repeated

[Red Mango]

we will fire russell, probably around 2012 and launch a WCQ campaign wid some coach...destined for failure once the mistakes of the past are repeated

 

[Brownsugar]

.......aaaaaahhhh yes, every so often this thread gets dusted off and revitalised.....

[saga pinto]

latas I appreciated everything you did for this country but you're not a coach.....

[MEP]

Latas if yuh drink from the poisoned chalice yuh  mus suffer the fate...

[just cool]

I was supporting Latas as the coach but it seems that he doesn't get it. We are not so great offensively that we can win without playing defense. It seems that he doesn't get it. Thus far he hasn't called Birchall or Julius James and they can both help us defensively. I also saw Primus and he is probably already our best defender. He is big, strong, good on the ball and he reads the game well. Plus he has more international experience than these fools he has playing. I say go to the defenders from the U-23 team. The played well, dare I say on an international level at the U-20 WC.

Latas said before the game that he wanted to see if we progressed tactically but it seems that we have regressed. He has a lot to answer for, and in fact I would have no qualms if he lost his job as a result of this performance.

The man never even consider yohance marshall once, he don't know talented players ah dun tell allyuh dat ahready. ssttuueeppsss

[FireBrand]

I was supporting Latas as the coach but it seems that he doesn't get it. We are not so great offensively that we can win without playing defense. It seems that he doesn't get it. Thus far he hasn't called Birchall or Julius James and they can both help us defensively. I also saw Primus and he is probably already our best defender. He is big, strong, good on the ball and he reads the game well. Plus he has more international experience than these fools he has playing. I say go to the defenders from the U-23 team. The played well, dare I say on an international level at the U-20 WC.

Latas said before the game that he wanted to see if we progressed tactically but it seems that we have regressed. He has a lot to answer for, and in fact I would have no qualms if he lost his job as a result of this performance.

The man never even consider yohance marshall once, he don't know talented players ah dun tell allyuh dat ahready. ssttuueeppsss

Does he even know who Yohance Marshall is?

[Storeboy]

Brink back Beenie or have him recommend a good Dutch coach! But he recommend Wim and it didn't work; all because the root of our problems is the inept TTFF who make mostly the wrong decisions.  Don't forget we got lucky with Beenie only because the players, particularly Yorke and Shake veto the first choice.  So even that wasn't our proudest moment.

[royal]

we leaking in to much goals since Latas take over.

[FF]

latapy had these guys training 3 time per week and working on basics ... so now wha

man i went and watch dem train... dem fellas training like is ah fete match... lackadaisacal...

dey do one on ones and ah ent see not one score!! and men kicksing... and dey expect to score in a real game?

Latapy ent convincing me at all.. he or Jack need to do the right thing