10 reasons we can make it to Brazil 2014
By Dennis Ramdeen (Pepper Advertising & Experiential Marketing)
1. Because some people believe so. (Crawford and maybe one or two other people expected him to win the 100 metres at the Olympics; you should hear him tell his story about his time with the other athletes just before they went on the track on that faithful day. He first psyched them out and then he ran them out of town. Crawford believed in himself and took on the world almost by himself.)
2. We are playing for 3 1/2 places.
3. Coach Pfister’s philosophy to look local first and then global
4. Strong penetration of our nationals playing professional football abroad in “A” leagues
5. Coach’s experience working with small countries and similar ethnics (he has said the players have “music in them” – I like that he seems to want to understand them rather than impose his methodology on them)
6. Funding appears to be in place ($45mm committed publicly by Anil Roberts)
7. First stage could be a blessing in disguise; we are not accustom playing in this stage of the Qualifiers and it will give Pfister a lot more time than Beenhakker had with the team
8. We have a world class striker
9. T&T public will join the march to Brazil once they see results (we are fair weather fans, not passionate loyalists)
10. Our under dog status. (might cause an opponent to take us lightly while giving us a reason to prove them wrong)
I feel dennis drinking too much pepper sauce dese days yes ! Man just having fun .... Dennis was up front and centre in the Primier League of Arthur Suite and knows you dont throw even all the right ingredients up in the sky and expect a cake to falls down.
What we have here is a virtual "hope" situation... No one knows how the team will play ...not even the coach, as he is only now getting some key players ...good morning .,.,. you must be kenwyn ..you're the captain for friday so congratulations. Hi you must be Chris ....( that one was easy ) ... Kaleem ..I've been hearing a lot about you ...have you played 90 mins with your new team yet ? I hope you guys come in fit as we have no time to get you fit !! So in the day or so that we have to understand what type of football we are supposed to play ...let us .....
Oh by the way ..my name is Coach ...easy to pronounce .... I love this country ...I get to say very little ...keeps the experts guessing ...worked for me in the other underdeveloped countries in which I worked previously. You all know I am german though I sometimes wonder since I have lived outside germany for so many years .... therefore if you all are expecting german football style I am sorry to disappoint as I cant say that I know what that is anymore.
So just give of your best guys and remember your country needs you now ..... and that is good for me folks ...clean ...honest and about as much as I am expecting from the coach given the circumstance in which he is placed ..
underpromise ...overdeliver is my motto . All this we going Brazil talk is way premature in my book ...Brazil