I's a man back Stern throughout coz the man was getting chances to score and throwing away, which was more than the other strikers was doing (although I still want Cornell up front coz i feel the stern yorke thing cah wuk)..but when the game done, man clapping Stern, chanting he name and he cuss the crowd. I understand how the man feeling but make no mistake about it...there is no way Stern can do that to the Coventry City fans when he start back scoring for them, no efffing waaay. I know I from a third world country, but I doh hadda accept this kinda disrespect from nobody. Beckham ever cuss the english fans when they were hanging effigys in front his house after the 98 World Cup? Nooo... Ronaldo cuss the brazilians when they were calling him 'Tubby'? Nooo...so who de hell is Stern John to do that? I mighta understand if it was a local based fella but this is an experienced professional who supposed to know better than that. True, we understand how he feeling, and we know he want to tell men "haul ur mudda so and so", but that's just not done and unacceptable, 2 winning goals or not. And he will get away with it and we will all hide our heads in the sand because we soft and we's a nothing country and Stern win the game for us.
A next thing, I in the stadium and people trying to pull down men waving the flag in the crowd because it blocking them?? The players on the field seeing the flag, they cah see u sitting there in the crowd and u trying to pull that down for your own selfish reasons? if u cah see...MOVE ! Do not disrespect my national flag by trying to pull it down! I did not spend years abroad not taking shit from anybody regarding my flag and my country to come home and have to deal with locals treating my flag like shit! And the thing is, men doh care about those things in this country. The amount of flag waving u will see in a real football game, people does have to be caling each other cell phone to ask what going in the game coz they cah see nuttin...but they still there supporting! Simoes came here and say that football is not a spectacle, we not paying to coming to watch the game, we paying to be part of the game. The crowd supposed to be the 12th man. If u want to sit and watch, spend your $100 on a movie or a play. And this whole flag thing was when the team down 2-1, as soon as they manage to run the flag man, Stern score to equalize and now they want him to come back and wave. Tha's how we are...support when we winning, pull down when we losing. Is through thick and thin it supposed to be. Is not like if somebody invade the country we could sit down and say, well, i's not trini so i doh care. U trini since u born and u going and be trini til u die, whether u have dual citizienship or not. So why show it only when we on top?
The sickening and disheartening thing is, tha's just how we are and plenty people here would not understand how these things could affect me so.I eh know, my patriotism on another level: to my country, of which the football team is just a representation. I doh know how many of u had the opportunity to go to a game in the US but it is sad that even a country like theirs has more support and passion in their stadiums for the national soccer team than we do for our national football team...and then the players will turn round and cuss even the diehards.
