Right? Or is Latapy pick dem? Or maybe Yorke? Are they playing in their correct positions?
Palos,
the one thing I agree with you on is that if yuh want to blame Maturana for the negative things that happen during his tenure yuh can't conveniently give credit to yorke or latas for good things.
you're right that anybody blaming Pacho for the blacklist is confused. I'm not too sure who was making those arguments.
that being said, the case against Maturana is still overwhelming: even among the players that were available to him at any given time he has made bad decisions. So for you to make a list of good selections that he has made is somewhat disingenuous because all of those are straightforward choices for a TT coach. In fact, they only serve to make the glaring errors more confusing.
You made a list of all the players that he did call, so the least you could do is be honest about it. Even among the players on that list he hasn't shown much consistency. And when men did get called up it wasn't unusual to see baffling decisions about who would actually be on the field e.g. some of the decisions he made to keep players like Lawrence, Stern and Scotland on the bench in favor of players who clearly weren't up to the level.
In any case, the overarching argument against him, I think, is that the side hasn't really played that well under him. The fact that you would have to resort to referring to a 3-1 victory over Cuba should tell you something. Cuba is decent opposition in the Caribbean context but realistically we should have more ambition than to be classified in the same tier as them.
Breds....I not arguin AGAINST gettin rid of Maturana. Lord knows de man do some shit.
What I am against is the wholesale blame of Maturana for everything from de team selection to de wall goin up by de Beetham.
If yuh blamin Maturana for selectin Akile Edwards and Anthony Wolfe, how yuh go tun around & say is Latapy pick Stern John and Carlos Edwards?
A man lookin to blame de coach fuh de fact dat de Yankees set up Altidore fuh de hattrick, conveniently neglecting to mention dat we was 2 goals down, lookin to make something happen, and get ketch on de counter. If de team did maintain shape and try to restrict de scoreline, same man woulda bawl bout how we down 2 goals and nobody doin anyting.
Is dem kinda hypocrisy's and inconsistencies dat I against. Same ting wit Akile Edwards. Nutting de boy could do would be good enough for most people on dis site. NOTHING. Because in dem mind, dem know more football dan anybody else and de player is a hound. And yuh know...perhaps he is. But even when he do decent or something positive, dey still cyah bring deyself to acknowledge dat. Nah....DEM HAVE TO BE RIGHT. He is a hound and nutting will change dat. Bring back Avery.....until de next penalty dat leave we wit 10 men and a half to play dat is. Den yuh go hear man praisin Avery fuh de "BLADE" he does share.
Maturana could go. Matter of fact, he should go IMO. He not cuttin it. But he by no means to blame fuh all de ills of we football team. Not by a long shot. When he gone, ah want to see who peeps go blame nex. De latest flavour of de month is Trini Terry Fenwick. He could speak English, he know we players and culture, and he win Pro League Titles. Leh he lorse 2 game nah. Den it go be a nex story. Interesting dat jes 3 months ago....Christmas time....Latas was supposed to be de saviour. Not hearin too much bout saviour Latas dese days doh. So it go...ent?
