New Warriors

[frico]

It was the first time that I saw our New Warriors and they did not look that bad as I was led to believe.We were up against some of the best players in the EPL and it was understandable that the young ones would be nervous.If we were to play that England team again I am sure you would see a much improved game from our boys.One of the things that was blatantlly obvious was how we were giving the English so much space,we were not closing them down quick enough but even so they could not take advantage.After those two early goals plus  the loss of Kenwynn I felt a real worry that we might be battered,that didn't happen so we should give some credit because it is due.We play Jamaica to-morrow and I can bet that what they have learnt from that historic 90 minute would result in 100% improvement,win,loose or draw,I expect us to beat the Brits just to let them know once again who is de borse.This is all a rebuilding process so winning is not the most important factor in this match, its how we improve on those faults which which was glaring against England.Our passing was not up to standard and we can surely improve on that against inferior opposition(Reggaebritz),I also hope that Mr.Maturana pong it it deh head about closing down people quickly and not too much long hopefull balls.Ah backing we for ah 2-1 win.

[davidephraim]

Frico from your mouth to God Ears.... (if God have ears). All I know is that this game will be even more telling than de England game because we wont be able to say after, that it was a "small country" going against giants and it will be a truer litmus test as to how we stack up against concacaf. Some may talk about de last jamacia game and de fact dat we held them but we were dominated in de first half of that game. Pancho talking about playing teams like Chech repub and things like dat. I want to see him handle Guatemala, Honduras, Panama as confidently as we did in de Gold cup which preceeded the last one. When Cornell score de header, Birchall de rocket and Stern de beamer. Then I'd say we ready for de likes of Jamaca, Costa Rica, Mexico & de US.
In case we forgot... TnT is rated as the 6th best team in concacaf. 6th.

[dwn]

Not to be too negative but ... That we weren't beaten more convincingly against England could also be down to England taking their foot off the gas. It's hard to really judge how much credit we should be taking for not getting battered.

That said, I don't think the performance against England was THAT bad. Our defence just doesn't inspire much confidence.

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

[palos]

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

So dat he could get a potential contract with some team in Europe thereby earning his agent his transfer fee?

[WestCoast]

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?
Until tomorrow.

So dat he could get a potential contract with some team in Europe thereby earning his agent his transfer fee?

and could someone tell DWN who his agent is

and he ent looking for chicken feed
is Cornmeal he goin for

[royal]

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

So dat he could get a potential contract with some team in Europe thereby earning his agent his transfer fee?

palos you and west coast real smart yes so tell me why we continue to have these predators at the highest level of our football when Trinidad success can only be an overflow if it happens to their personal success.

[davidephraim]

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

So dat he could get a potential contract with some team in Europe thereby earning his agent his transfer fee?

palos you and west coast real smart yes so tell me why we continue to have these predators at the highest level of our football when Trinidad success can only be an overflow if it happens to their personal success.

because of smallmindedness...

[frico]

I would like to ask davidephraim if the fact that when we played Jamaica in Kingston we were missing 6 players,Jamaica had all their major players apart from Fuller.We played with a very young in-experienced team and Jamaica was expected to kick our asses ,if you were to believe some of the posts that were made prior to the match.We now have C.Edwards,S.John,C.Ince,J.Scotland,D.Lawrence and A.Edwards,,surely you haven't taken that fact into consideration.Whatever negativity you or the rest want to bring into the equation would not affect the process that is taking place in TT football,building a strong base of home based players should have been happening over the last 10 years.How many times over the years we played internationas without our overseas professionals?We at times were left with a dis-jointed team that is one of the reasons we are not in the top 3 in CONCACAF.When we played Guatemala they had one player in the MLS all the rest were home based,the rest of  CONCACAF basically are the same apart from the US and maybe Mexico.Maybe you have forgotton how many times we have been refused our players in the British leagues and the MLS,if you have then I certainly haven't.
Now sidung and watch de improvement  in dis game to-nite,WIN,LOOSE OR DRAW.
DOH SAY AH DIN TELL YUH.

[sub1]

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

So dat he could get a potential contract with some team in Europe thereby earning his agent his transfer fee?

Apart from the fact that he has been the best starting left back i have seen thus far. I havent really seen Akile Edwards so I will appreciate comments/thoughts on his play. BTW we WILL win today. Our matchups are superior.

[davidephraim]

I would like to ask davidephraim if the fact that when we played Jamaica in Kingston we were missing 6 players,Jamaica had all their major players apart from Fuller.We played with a very young in-experienced team and Jamaica was expected to kick our asses ,if you were to believe some of the posts that were made prior to the match.We now have C.Edwards,S.John,C.Ince,J.Scotland,D.Lawrence and A.Edwards,,surely you haven't taken that fact into consideration.Whatever negativity you or the rest want to bring into the equation would not affect the process that is taking place in TT football,building a strong base of home based players should have been happening over the last 10 years.How many times over the years we played internationas without our overseas professionals?We at times were left with a dis-jointed team that is one of the reasons we are not in the top 3 in CONCACAF.When we played Guatemala they had one player in the MLS all the rest were home based,the rest of  CONCACAF basically are the same apart from the US and maybe Mexico.Maybe you have forgotton how many times we have been refused our players in the British leagues and the MLS,if you have then I certainly haven't.
Now sidung and watch de improvement  in dis game to-nite,WIN,LOOSE OR DRAW.
DOH SAY AH DIN TELL YUH.

Sorry mate... I never saw de post.. I will answer. We were lucky that Simeos changed up his  game speed and tried to introduce some different players and tactics. I am afraid that if he didn't we may not have been able to recover..
(yes I know TnT have de recovery ting down pact) but jamaica were running at our defence at a frantic pace first half and destroying 2-3 defenders in their wake. The second half was a stark difference in comparison to the first half. If TnT cannot contain an early onslaught they might not have de mental fortitude to fight back all de time. That time we did but if you remember what Jamaica's faults were in de second half it was, holding de ball too long (cockyness/confidence) not completing passes (because dey only trying to pass after dey almost loss it) = cockyness / overconfidence.  So whilst I like what you have proposed and suggested about local ball and a local team building venture it should not be completely tied into our performance in the jamaica game unless yuh willing to accept also that we were outplayed in de first half.

Today will be a telling game because Pancho actually choose this team as the best that we have so we dont get to talk about who missing and who didnt play for jamaica. (barring jones and Stern injury) and injuries exist in football. For all intensive purposes we have to see this outfit as our WC team unless something else changes.

[grskywalker]

It was the first time that I saw our New Warriors and they did not look that bad as I was led to believe.We were up against some of the best players in the EPL and it was understandable that the young ones would be nervous.If we were to play that England team again I am sure you would see a much improved game from our boys.One of the things that was blatantlly obvious was how we were giving the English so much space,we were not closing them down quick enough but even so they could not take advantage.After those two early goals plus  the loss of Kenwynn I felt a real worry that we might be battered,that didn't happen so we should give some credit because it is due.We play Jamaica to-morrow and I can bet that what they have learnt from that historic 90 minute would result in 100% improvement,win,loose or draw,I expect us to beat the Brits just to let them know once again who is de borse.This is all a rebuilding process so winning is not the most important factor in this match, its how we improve on those faults which which was glaring against England.Our passing was not up to standard and we can surely improve on that against inferior opposition(Reggaebritz),I also hope that Mr.Maturana pong it it deh head about closing down people quickly and not too much long hopefull balls.Ah backing we for ah 2-1 win.

Let me put it like this the England showed us where we need to be
Jamacia game would show us where we ought to be

[RGarcia]

Not to be too negative but ... That we weren't beaten more convincingly against England could also be down to England taking their foot off the gas. It's hard to really judge how much credit we should be taking for not getting battered.

That said, I don't think the performance against England was THAT bad. Our defence just doesn't inspire much confidence.

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

Whats is the difference between D2 and D1 or D3? NOTHING!!only well D1 schools may have more money So, you do not make any sense. The man is a great player and is definitely a product for the future. The thing is As much as we can criticize the current team and the coaches selection style, (which i do also) this is a renaissance in TT football and the change may not be see immediatley but over time it will be visible. 

[davidephraim]

Not to be too negative but ... That we weren't beaten more convincingly against England could also be down to England taking their foot off the gas. It's hard to really judge how much credit we should be taking for not getting battered.

That said, I don't think the performance against England was THAT bad. Our defence just doesn't inspire much confidence.

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

Whats is the difference between D2 and D1 or D3? NOTHING!!only well D1 schools may have more money So, you do not make any sense. The man is a great player and is definitely a product for the future. The thing is As much as we can criticize the current team and the coaches selection style, (which i do also) this is a renaissance in TT football and the change may not be see immediatley but over time it will be visible. 

I am not sure if de man is a great player, that might be overstating a bit... and as much as this might be a changing time for tt football you also must admit de differences with de team selection and de seeming unrelated yet related coincidences about de seeming corneal agenda are too many to be just swept under de carpet. 

[g]

Farrier is not a bad player i think he will do well for us long term.

[RGarcia]

Not to be too negative but ... That we weren't beaten more convincingly against England could also be down to England taking their foot off the gas. It's hard to really judge how much credit we should be taking for not getting battered.

That said, I don't think the performance against England was THAT bad. Our defence just doesn't inspire much confidence.

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

Whats is the difference between D2 and D1 or D3? NOTHING!!only well D1 schools may have more money So, you do not make any sense. The man is a great player and is definitely a product for the future. The thing is As much as we can criticize the current team and the coaches selection style, (which i do also) this is a renaissance in TT football and the change may not be see immediatley but over time it will be visible. 

I am not sure if de man is a great player, that might be overstating a bit... and as much as this might be a changing time for tt football you also must admit de differences with de team selection and de seeming unrelated yet related coincidences about de seeming corneal agenda are too many to be just swept under de carpet. 

I am not saying that the coaches does not have an agenda. But that should not take away the ability of this particular player he is just as good as any left footed player that we have right now available. With his age and teh experience he is getting no doubt he will be around for awhile.
PS. i am not a fan of the assistant coach so i have no reason to choose sides.

[Benjie]

Also isn't it true that D2 and D3 may have better, more experienced players because they have less scrutiny from the National Association than at D1

[Jahyouth]

Not to be too negative but ... That we weren't beaten more convincingly against England could also be down to England taking their foot off the gas. It's hard to really judge how much credit we should be taking for not getting battered.

That said, I don't think the performance against England was THAT bad. Our defence just doesn't inspire much confidence.

Why do we have a D2 college footballer as our starting left back?

Until tomorrow.

Whats is the difference between D2 and D1 or D3? NOTHING!!only well D1 schools may have more money So, you do not make any sense. The man is a great player and is definitely a product for the future. The thing is As much as we can criticize the current team and the coaches selection style, (which i do also) this is a renaissance in TT football and the change may not be see immediatley but over time it will be visible. 

I am not sure if de man is a great player, that might be overstating a bit... and as much as this might be a changing time for tt football you also must admit de differences with de team selection and de seeming unrelated yet related coincidences about de seeming corneal agenda are too many to be just swept under de carpet. 

There is a significant difference between DI and DII on the one hand, and DIII on the other.  DIII schools cannot give athletic scholarships.  DI and DII schools can.  NAIA can as well.

Plenty big players in DII and NAIA as well as DI.