Palos,
Forget history and tradition and how much million in population...is a best 22 on the squad and a best 11 on the field.
Yes some nations have more to choose from but when game start forget all them population stats.
I was expecting that we could win or draw 1 game...and that was against Egypt.
Also for the opening 10 min and the last 5 minutes of the first half and after the 60th when we concede the third goal we did enough to come away with at least a point.
Our team is capable of better and we did not do enough.
Also...if you look at the prep the last under 20 side had...they collect 6.
This squad get the sun, moon and stars and collect 4
Was the former squad more talented or better (maybe, but this is debatable)
It was a waste of money then... cause the amount of camp and prep and money spent for them to pop down so.
The under 20 performance = local based senior team game vs st. kitts with no warm up and training.
I couldnt understand how men who together so long since under 17 cyar show nuttin...especially since egypt wasnt showing nuttin. They were scared and on the back foot...we just ent take advantage.
But say wha...men was up in arms bout men who get send home and how Thompson taking somebody spot who dey etc.....Now we see why he was called and why he make the squad.
Listen yuh have to excuse meh....my head knows we are a shit side, my mind knows we ent more talented than any of our neighbours, I know we ent ready, we dont have the mental capacity, we dont have the belley or the fight...but meh heart cyar accept that, all it takes is one lil umph, a lil badmind and a lil discipline or fitness and we could shock people.
Forgive meh nah.
Yuh head wrong, yuh mind wrong, yuh mental capacity lacking but yuh heart in the right place. I watch Fuentes training video and pick up pieces here and there and realize we in trouble. In the training video, just like the senior team, men in shooting practice and the keeper not even getting tested. Men miss and casually they go back and wait their turn to miss again. If yuh practice half a$$ed yuh will play half a$$ed. We loosing close game whole tour and is the same mistakes over and over. I believe we have the natural talent. I doh believe the talent has been refined. 20yr old men is big men. They need to have their shortcomings pointed out and they need to work on it. The coaches have to be at a level and set a level of professionalism that is high. If yuh miss the whole team doing shooting drill whole day till yuh score at least three in a row. Training need to be serious too. If yuh can't hold the line in the offside trap the whole team staying on the pitch till it get sorted out and we taping the scrimmages and blowing up yuh spot in video sessions.
The problem is the coaches and administration. Beenie set a standard in a short space of time. Latas, York, Stern etc. was there they need to start passing that onto all levels. These fellas need to tell men why they made it outside. Tell men they head big and they not ready but this is what they can do to get them to the next level etc.
2014 with the same administration and coaches is a pipe dream.
