T&T to face Bermuda in phase 1 of WCQ.

[just cool]

Top of the morning forumites. let me begin by saying, i'm pretty sure the majority of us are already aware that we will be going up against Bermuda in june for phase 1 of our WC journey to SA2010.

i was hoping it was cayman islands TBH since we seem to always struggle against Bermuda for some strange reason, that and we didn't get enough playing time together as a complete team  for over a year.

Bermuda's federation president Larry Mussenden seem to think that he could suprise us come june, i just hope he's wrong about his predictions and we have the fortitude to get pass underrated Bermuda to the semifinal round of qualifying.

i know a lot of yuhs would think that i'm being some what timid in my view, but i have good reason to be since jack warner & co. has been pussy footing since oct 06.

we've not played with our full strenght team since st Vincent and the Grenadines, and quite frankly that scares me.

 we still don't have the stallwart defence we build for the last WC in germany, players the like of marvin andrews, brent sancho and dennis Lawrence, has been completely ignored by our federation, in exchange for the services of less experience untested players the likes of power , thomas and adams, not knocking any of our players , but we need these three defenders if we're to get into the final round of qualifying.

i think we're ok in the midfield department with fellas like Whitley,  Edwards, hyland, roberts, K. daniel, and up front we're pretty decent as well, with KJ , bravo, scotty, glenn, to choose from , but we need a proper defence to go up against our hungry opponents in concacaf.

just curious to know what allyuh think. all views would be highly appreciated. i just have ah strange feeling that we might be punished for our lack of preparation, please prove me wrong.                                             positive.

[Quags]

One more post for 1ooo jc ,I ve never seen somebody go tru as much for it lol  ,good post .
PS them men will come back ,when jack get back dess.

[just cool]

One more post for 1ooo jc ,I ve never seen somebody go tru as much for it lol  ,good post .
PS them men will come back ,when jack get back dess.

Trust meh farder i din't even noticed that , but since yuh mention it here goes! seriously though, i'm really parenoid about facing bermuda, seeing that our federation has been fackin up since the impass, i hope we could buss up them western englishmen for their cokyness.            positive.

[che]

Bermuda is WAR   

[Babalawo]

Here my line up as of now.

Jason Scotland  - Kenwyne Jones

Keon Daniel - Aurtis Whitley - Khaleem Hyland/Trent Noel - Carlos Edwards

Akeil Edwards - Makan Hislop - - Kern Cupid

Jan Michael Williams

[FireBrand]

Our stats against Bermuda: 4 Wins, 2 Draws, 2 Losses

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      CAC Games

16/04/1989  T&T       1:1       Bermuda              POS           Friendly

18/04/1989  T&T       0:1       Bermuda             ARIMA         Friendly

23/06/2001 Bermuda  0:5       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

10/02/2004 Bermuda  0:1       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

12/02/2004 Bermuda  2:2       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

25/05/2005  T&T       4:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

27/05/2005  T&T       1:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

[Tallman]

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      Friendly

That game was not a Friendly, it was in the Central American and Caribbean Games.

[Touches]

We playing England a few weeks before and we will be on point for that game.

Plenty work will be put in for that match and the effects and teamwork will spillover.

We will beat Bermuda.

[palos]

If we cyah beat Bermuda, we doh deserve to go anywhere.

[FireBrand]

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      Friendly

That game was not a Friendly, it was in the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Thanks Tallman....ah go send FIFA.com an email and tell dem to change it.  

[kounty]

to be honest I always lil worried bout Bermuda too...or is it bahamas  one ah dem.  from dem results it look like bermuda cuz is a lot of 1 goal magein victories I remember.

[just cool]

We playing England a few weeks before and we will be on point for that game.

Plenty work will be put in for that match and the effects and teamwork will spillover.

We will beat Bermuda.

I must addmit, i admire your position of confidence , but yuh must remember having the best team on paper is not always a guarantee for successful results.

 just go back a few WCQ when we had a bomb team , with yorke, latas , nakid , stern, marcell, shaka , ect. and we were dogged by lesser talent. i could think of many instances where teams were all out star studded and curcumed to lesser opponents, ah hope yuh right.

my point is, there was an obstruction in the flow of our development and it still continues to persist, we still don't have our best defenders back in uniform, plus there's a lot of pulling and tugging with the players union and the federation, which to me is very distracting.

 we still haven't played tip top opponents who could help us strenghten and improve our game, last but not least , we still haven't played our best team in almost two yrs together as a unit, and our playing time together is limited. a recipe for failure IMO.                                      positive.

[E-man]

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      Friendly

That game was not a Friendly, it was in the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Thanks Tallman....ah go send FIFA.com an email and tell dem to change it. 

They may have listed it that way if CAC wasn't considered a FIFA sanctioned tournament.

[Benjie]

Top of the morning forumites. let me begin by saying, i'm pretty sure the majority of us are already aware that we will be going up against Bermuda in june for phase 1 of our WC journey to SA2010.

i was hoping it was cayman islands TBH since we seem to always struggle against Bermuda for some strange reason, that and we didn't get enough playing time together as a complete team  for over a year.

Bermuda's federation president Larry Mussenden seem to think that he could suprise us come june, i just hope he's wrong about his predictions and we have the fortitude to get pass underrated Bermuda to the semifinal round of qualifying.

i know a lot of yuhs would think that i'm being some what timid in my view, but i have good reason to be since jack warner & co. has been pussy footing since oct 06.

we've not played with our full strenght team since st Vincent and the Grenadines, and quite frankly that scares me.

 we still don't have the stallwart defence we build for the last WC in germany, players the like of marvin andrews, brent sancho and dennis Lawrence, has been completely ignored by our federation, in exchange for the services of less experience untested players the likes of power , thomas and adams, not knocking any of our players , but we need these three defenders if we're to get into the final round of qualifying.

i think we're ok in the midfield department with fellas like Whitley,  Edwards, hyland, roberts, K. daniel, and up front we're pretty decent as well, with KJ , bravo, scotty, glenn, to choose from , but we need a proper defence to go up against our hungry opponents in concacaf.

just curious to know what allyuh think. all views would be highly appreciated. i just have ah strange feeling that we might be punished for our lack of preparation, please prove me wrong.                                             positive.

Ah could be wrong but two of those have yet to play a club match for the year

and Lawrence is close to forty

[just cool]

Top of the morning forumites. let me begin by saying, i'm pretty sure the majority of us are already aware that we will be going up against Bermuda in june for phase 1 of our WC journey to SA2010.

i was hoping it was cayman islands TBH since we seem to always struggle against Bermuda for some strange reason, that and we didn't get enough playing time together as a complete team  for over a year.

Bermuda's federation president Larry Mussenden seem to think that he could suprise us come june, i just hope he's wrong about his predictions and we have the fortitude to get pass underrated Bermuda to the semifinal round of qualifying.

i know a lot of yuhs would think that i'm being some what timid in my view, but i have good reason to be since jack warner & co. has been pussy footing since oct 06.

we've not played with our full strenght team since st Vincent and the Grenadines, and quite frankly that scares me.

 we still don't have the stallwart defence we build for the last WC in germany, players the like of marvin andrews, brent sancho and dennis Lawrence, has been completely ignored by our federation, in exchange for the services of less experience untested players the likes of power , thomas and adams, not knocking any of our players , but we need these three defenders if we're to get into the final round of qualifying.

i think we're ok in the midfield department with fellas like Whitley,  Edwards, hyland, roberts, K. daniel, and up front we're pretty decent as well, with KJ , bravo, scotty, glenn, to choose from , but we need a proper defence to go up against our hungry opponents in concacaf.

just curious to know what allyuh think. all views would be highly appreciated. i just have ah strange feeling that we might be punished for our lack of preparation, please prove me wrong.                                             positive.

Ah could be wrong but two of those have yet to play a club match for the year

and Lawrence is close to forty

Lawrence is no where close to 40, and he's younger than yorke and Lattas and they just retired , age is not a factor when experience is envolved, that kind of experience is priceless and its what we need for WCQ agaist cunning crafty opponents.

Andrews played until the beggining of the year, and just had surgery, i'm sure he would recover in time for the semi's, sancho has been training with a number of clubs and is keeping fit.

so i don't see why not , remember those guys has been in the trenches for ages , and that's exatly what we need, no more apprentiship when my emottions are envolved, let them youths wait and learn from the veterans.                                        positive.

[weary1969]

Thank u Palos. All yuh tink in d away leg we could let JW and co plane lost in d Bermuda triangle.

[Big Magician]

serious folks...this is a big game/s

[Quags]

Our stats against Bermuda: 4 Wins, 2 Draws, 2 Losses

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      CAC Games

16/04/1989  T&T       1:1       Bermuda              POS           Friendly

18/04/1989  T&T       0:1       Bermuda             ARIMA         Friendly

23/06/2001 Bermuda  0:5       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

10/02/2004 Bermuda  0:1       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

12/02/2004 Bermuda  2:2       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

25/05/2005  T&T       4:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

27/05/2005  T&T       1:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

WTF they beat and tie the Strike Squad  ,yah lie .
them men dangerous boi .

[andre samuel]

If we cyah beat Bermuda, we doh deserve to go anywhere.

Talk done wit dat!!

ah love it!!

[Brownsugar]

We beating Bermuda Just Cool doh frighten.....

is

 

[just cool]

We beating Bermuda Just Cool doh frighten.....

is

 

OK good enough, but ah still keeping meh fingers crossed.

[Storeboy]

If we cyah beat Bermuda, we doh deserve to go anywhere.

I agree with palos.  If we can't beat Bermuda, then we need to pack up, give Maturana our Under 17 team and start to plan for 2014 (not that he would care to stay around till then).  But come on!  Lose to Bermuda and still expect to go to the WC?  No way! Save the money!  I say we win by a 6:1 aggregate.

[fishs]

Our stats against Bermuda: 4 Wins, 2 Draws, 2 Losses

Date                     Results                           Venue      Competition
16/07/1978  T&T       2:3       Bermuda           MEDELLIN      CAC Games

16/04/1989  T&T       1:1       Bermuda              POS           Friendly

18/04/1989  T&T       0:1       Bermuda             ARIMA         Friendly

23/06/2001 Bermuda  0:5       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

10/02/2004 Bermuda  0:1       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

12/02/2004 Bermuda  2:2       T&T                 HAMILTON     Friendly

25/05/2005  T&T       4:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

27/05/2005  T&T       1:0       Bermuda               POS          Friendly

WTF they beat and tie the Strike Squad  ,yah lie .
them men dangerous boi .

Actually it was not the strike squad, a lot of people forgetting Gally virtually had 2 teams in training , 1 team for the WCQ and another for the Shell Caribbean cup. The team that lost those 2 games was the experimental Shell Cup team.

Just cool yuh really pushing hard for the last defence to come back together and I don't agree.

Sancho 31 cannot find a team and not playing any competitive ball

Lawrence 34 already announce his retirement

Gray 35 . Went to India and break a foot.

Dog 34 announce retirement, struggling with his knee.

Avery John 33 where is he today ?


Get over it youth, our defence is now men like Edwards, Hislop, Cupid Abu Bakr etc.
Maturana will put a solid defence together don't worry.

[just cool]

Maturana the magician right.

[fishs]

Maturana the magician right.

 Doh knock the latin hoodoo 

[madness1969]

forget about those old players. we need to look at the new and young players.

[Filho]

If we cyah beat Bermuda, we doh deserve to go anywhere.

I agree with palos.  If we can't beat Bermuda, then we need to pack up, give Maturana our Under 17 team and start to plan for 2014 (not that he would care to stay around till then).  But come on!  Lose to Bermuda and still expect to go to the WC?  No way! Save the money!  I say we win by a 6:1 aggregate.

Nice idea. Even in failure it would be nice to see some patience and long-term planning, but if we lose to Bermuda, Maturana getting fired. I think we will get through based on the fact that we have better quality and it is a two leg affair, so we have a chance to make up for any minor slip ups. But the game not played on paper and anything can happen. Bermuda will play some decent ball..it eh go be a cakewalk. But we should be able to take it over 2 legs