My last positive report was vs El Salvador...
I call it as I see it all factors being taken into consideration.
It is not intended as a serious analytical piece per say. But rather a fill in the blank, giving you the fans perspective sort of thing, read it in that perspective and enjoy. I will give all details even the TV camera will not provide.
I do this report for my father who is unable to see the game. This is how it started...tv game availablity has reduced its usefulness but there was a time even radio commentary on TT games was a rare thing.
I do try to put some modicum of effort into it and sometimes in an attempt to remember all details...I sometimes do not enjoy the game as I should and certain experiences I have to curtail.
Please remember as well, none of you afford me the opportunity to see any of these games and it has taken a toll on me, time, travel financially etc.
Honestly I am not too critical, I have taken some of your opinions into context, I let plenty things slide and I have lowered my standards considerably in an attempt to "please" some of you...but in the long run doing so is unfair to everyone. I shan't give you a false sense of security and pull the wool over your eyes like the other Press writers.
I was told by one of them that they HAVE TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN on it to make people come out to the games...we are a waggonist society and only support when the team is doing well. This is evident and as such, take even their articles with some salt as well.
I only want the team to do well, just like you and will continue describing their progress as they go along.
P.S...we will do well against El Salvador in the next friendly, we match up well against them, historically we always do well and we are more physical.
I could understand the people clamoring for more positive reporting of our national team.
I too would like to sit and read reports of promise and potential, and of progress within the national setup. I mean after all, lets be honest, the Soca Warriors is the only football team we have an ingrained and bloodline affiliation to and as football fans, it will be forever the team closest to each and every one of our hearts. If we can't get ah good vibes from that then what else it have?? Arsenal or Chelsea or Bognor Regis FC??
So the natural reaction by many to shoot the messenger is predictable.
Touches, people will naturally interpret your reports differently for inherently differing reasons, and its up to you to determine whether the criticism is constructive or whether its just another knee jerk reaction to an unpalatable presentation of the raw facts as they currently stand.
I for one appreciate the honest assessment and refuse to settle for the mediocrity on display. There were few positives on Wednesday, and anyone who thinks otherwise is misguided.
What I saw out there wasn't good enough and I telling allyuh if we continue in that vein,
'there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth'. If allyuh happy with that 2-0 that is allyuh business.
Mr. Jus Cool, I agree with you that we been always struggling in the grand scheme of things, but I don't agree that we have unrealistic expectations of the team. You forgetting that we slip from 60-something in the world to 102 and I can't accept that regardless of the mitigating circumstances. How long will we continue to cry about the blacklist? We need to get over it, push on and move forward.
It is a significantly worse brand of struggling we doing now than the struggling we was doing in recent years..
Also, I think the team is not using the best resources available and I don't agree with alot of the coaching decisions where selection and tactics are concerned. You cyah be still hunting for players to start in the side with the qualifiers a couple weeks away and you cyah be trialing Super League and Reserve Team players so close to the real deal games.
But as the eternal optimist, I'm hoping that with the added motivation and criticality of the competitive qualifying fixtures, our team will start to take shape and progress and peak at the right time.
After all, hope is all we have.
