the problem is not just calling up the youths, it is developing the right culture for the generations to come. the current system has to be scrapped and a new culture established. them same under 20 players have the same bad habits as the big team, cah pass, cah trap, cah knock the ball, lack of fitness and it goes on and on, lack of technical ability etc.
u can call them up but i believe tnt will get the same result. it is a shame.
case in point, the school intercol does not help develop the youths, it develops bad habits and does not help to get the players better, its more like a show league, dribble dribble, playing for the crowd etc, it does not help refine the players to meet international standard. when our young players playing school football the other players in the world's tops countries playing top football and training hard to become pros themselves, how can we compete ever. in america they take the top talents and put them up in the training facilities in florida and they also go to school there. what does tNt have in store for the young talents, nothing really, only talk and dotishness.
you all not serious as a country and it reflects in all areas as a society and it trickles down to the soccer field too.
so just calling up the youth is not the answer even short term, tnt needs a complete overhaul. if something is not done soon, trini football is dead and dying quickly.
rememebr jack warner would not be around to spoon feed the federation for too long, what happens when he is no longer around? look how easy it was for the under 20 to qualify for that world cup, thanks uncle jack, its a mirage really.
one question, are our players in high demand to play in the leagues overseas, no, why is that, and even if they get a contract it is to play in the lower leagues. do not tell me about kj(thanks god for his size), if he was not that physical he would not be in europe, probably playing for w connection still. so when this current crop fades away, stern john(we missing him on the team, sad to say), carlos, etc, who is in the wings to take over. i just know that the young players like peltier feel they make it big already but they still in trinidad fighting up.
trinidadians have skills but skills does not make u a professional, i hope the young players know that, if not someone needs to let them know that they need to learn true professionalism and make football a job and work damm hard to make it a career.
i am so so disappointed in the level of the football played by tnt and there is so much work needed to be done for tnt to be a world class football nation
