Greetings all, hope all having a wonderful and safe labour day weekend in particular the tri-state massive (on that note there was a brawl at Sugarcane on Friday, anyway)
It has been said before, but just to reiterate, the bonus issue, subsequent blacklist, Maturana, and now an inexperienced Latapy are just some of the things that plagued WCQ 2010. Truth of the matter is, as old heads will tell you, our attempts to qualify for senior WCs have always gone in cycles. Lightning struck for us (blip on radar) in 06 and suddenly we think we are entitled to qualify w/o proper planning. Yes, more players have benefited from our gradual success over the years and so now we can boast of more players competing in some of the tier 1/tier 2 leagues across the globe. Youth teams have qualified for WCs and so yes, some right has been done.
Bottom line though, our admin needs to be overhaulded, proper planning must be put in place, and system of accountability established so that we have the checks and balances to ensure continuity from youth to senior levels and more rapid progress for our national senior team. Until such time, we will remain w/an outside chance of qualifying for subsequent WCs and rely on the late rally 12-18 mths prior to Hex phase. We have the players, but we need to get serious. If TTFF were a corp. it would probably be reminsicent of Enron or Qualcomm and you know what those outcomes were....
Keep your heads high though lads, press on, WC 2010 is not the end of the road, not sure as well though whether it would be the beginning....
