Palos I know you did like Wim hell I liked him as a coach too but I have to agree this dentist has to go can someone tell when was the last time he coached in the modern era things has change since he last coach Columbia this guy has no idea how to coach in these modern times he use the same lame line up he’s so predictable no has to scout us all they have to is pressure us earl we give up an earl goal and that’s it
Breddrin. To be quite honest, Maturana doh fill me wit confidence. Never did. And posters right, de brand we playin doesn't show much cohesion or fluidity regardless of who playin for we.
That said, me eh no coach, but I try to see both sides of a story. If yuh remember, I was one a de peeps who was sayin in de earlies dat Alvin was de one pickin de team and he was de one was supportin Maturana and basically pullin he strings. To some extent...I still believe he has some input, but after listening to the TD in recent months, I have to conclude dat de TD either is de main driving force who behind de 70 players being "auditioned", or he at least in favour of it.
Now people say de TD "sell out" all kinda ting. Maybe dat is true...I not in a position to say yea or nay. What I do know is yuh cyah please everybody. Yuh had 70 players had an opportunity to play for the national team but it go always have people who vex dem player(s) didn't get a bligh. Even if yuh pick Trent Noel, Jerol Forbes (who was picked & his pick was criticised then too surprise surprise), Brent Sancho, Nicholson wha he name, Josimar Belgrave, Hayden Tino (who was also picked) etc.....it go have somebody who go be vex. Coaches cyah study dat. Dem have to do what dem think is best for the system and tactics they want to play.
Which bring yuh to the 4-5-1 dat everybody hate so much. Again, me eh no coach, but dat system to me is in place because of we weakness in defence. Even if yuh play de crowd favourites Gray, Lawrence, Sancho & Avery....we WEAK. So from what I see in modern football, coaches load up de midfield to try and deny the opposition space to work....compress de field a little bit so that it gives you a better chance to recover from lapses. Our team lapses a lot so what we goin to do? Play 2 up front because it aesthetically pleasing, especially when the 2 upfront doh track back to help de midfield? I believe I understand the REASONING behind the 4-5-1. And if we playin 4-5-1 in the WCQ's....why would we play another system in a different tournament and/or practice matches? Yes...we need to adapt to different systems as the occasion presents itself in game situations but the fundamental system that THIS COACH has is 4-5-1. Wha yuh tink Beenie play in de World Cup? 4-4-2?
De last thing Maturana has in his favour is the most important thing.....results. It kinda hard to argue against his results. We beat Usa for the first time in WCQ. We draw with guatemala in guatemala with 10 men for 60 minutes. We beat cuba in cuba. We qualify for the Hex. We draw 3 times with jamaica, 2 of them away games. But we lost to Bermuda and Grenada and we got knocked out of the Gold Cup so he should be fired. Talk about missin de forest for the trees.
I have no problem with Maturana being fired. As I say, he doh inspire me with confidence per se....but I go jes be waitin to see who would be the replacement and what kinda RESULTS they will get. I hope for our sake the results in WCQ doh be less than what we already had.
