MoS and the future of football: Make your views known

[Trinitozbone]

Agree with MEP! The cabal is busy trying to put people they can manipulate and not necessarily serve the country!s best interest!If the MOS is serious about accountability , they must ensure that the TTFF has a knowledgeable unbiased technical committee in place to make recommendations on technical matters if the Ministry is to underwrite any costs for national teams! Otherwise  taxpayers Money will continue to go down the drain!

[MEP]

All these ideas are nice but who is going to implement it the same cabal of people who have been running things?

the ttff leadership can barely tie their shoe lace and chew gum at the same time. the MoS must be made to hear this loud and clear so they do not continue to throw taxpayers money at these people without demanding some wholesale changes in personell and structure.

so are you making a statement that the cabal has to be cleaned out and replaced with better people and practices before any meaningful change can be implemented? if so we are in full agreement

Yes we are in full agreement. The sad part about putting your ideas out is that they will now be co-opted by some of these men and you will see a watered down version happening.
 Now in terms of the cabal, don't look at the usual suspects but look at the guys who are behind the scenes the ones who brought jack warner into power..the ones who are on FIFA committees ...the ones who yield substantial indirect power.
You also have to remember that the MoS is an understudy to warner so I really don't expect much.

[ZANDOLIE]

Yes we are in full agreement. The sad part about putting your ideas out is that they will now be co-opted by some of these men and you will see a watered down version happening.
 Now in terms of the cabal, don't look at the usual suspects but look at the guys who are behind the scenes the ones who brought jack warner into power..the ones who are on FIFA committees ...the ones who yield substantial indirect power.
You also have to remember that the MoS is an understudy to warner so I really don't expect much.

MEP I can think of a million reasons why the MoS will fall short of their own expectations, and ours. Stealing ideas, nepotism, old boyism, backroom collusion, empty, broken promises. But ultimately, the MoS is an extension of the people of Trinidad and Tobago. And as such it is far more accountable than the ttff.

When last did the ttff hold a public consultation in which they left themselves open to criticism and scrutiny? When did the ttff ever personally provide feedback on anything? When have they ever asked the common man for his opinion, no holds barred?

No one is saying that either the ministry or the process is perfect. But between the ttff meltdown, new initiatives and plain fed-upness with the status quo, there has never been a stronger opportunity to push for and participate in shaping the future of football.

There is an old song that goes..."Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight, Got to kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight". At some point decent people must stop looking away and start kicking down a few doors and carrying on stink.

[Controversial]

The following suggestions are an alternative approach to scouting in both Trinidad and Tobago for all levels of football.

- Scouting for football at all levels should be done by county, Trinidad consists of 8 counties and Tobago can be divided into Western and Eastern Tobago, which means 2 counties in Tobago.

- Each county will have scouting for all levels of football ie./ u17, u20, u23 and Senior Level

- Each level will consist of 15 players from each of the 10 counties.

- A database will be made for all players that make the final cut for the team of 15 from their respective county. For example, 150 players will be scouted for the u17 team nationwide, comprising of players from all counties throughout Trinidad & Tobago.

- The database will contain all information on the players, to include training, diet and business training schedules.

- The Scouting Program will take a maximum of 10 months, it is necessary all players get a fair shot that are interested in representing the nation.

- To rule out bias, the national selection committee will ask for all teams in the county, amateur and semi-professional to list players that are playing currently. Minor league teams and fete teams will also be considered for scouting.

- A month will be spent on each county to select the best players and finalize the list of 15 from every level.

- Coaches and management for the scouting program should not include any local coaches to rule out any type of bias in selection of players.

- After all teams are finalized, they will engage in a nationwide tournament over a period of 6 months, maybe a year if needed, to extract the best players locally for the final 15 at every level, regardless of where they come from, religion, colour or race.

- T&T has the time to work on this system for scouting as none of the teams have qualified for any major tournaments.

- A similar scouting program can be implemented in North America and the UK, concentrating on the areas where there is a high concentration of Trinbagonians.

- Players that have already been chosen for the national team will not take part in trials and will be viewed as an entirely separate team to play in the tournament, if they are available.

- Before such a huge endeavor as this one takes place, we need coaches that are screened and qualified by a neutral committee for each county and level. It will breed coaches for the future of our football, we will need them to coach the teams selected at every level.

- The database will track and retain even the players that have been cut and their progress, it will also track players in foreign, similar to the player profiles on sw.net.

- When foreign based players have been scouted and narrowed down to 15, they will also play against their foreign counterparts. Resulting in a final 15 from every level, they will then play the final 15 locally to complete the team of 22 that will go on to represent our twin island republic.

[Controversial]

all games should be broadcasted and video archived from ssfl to senior level, an online site should be dedicated to TT football videos and advertisers should be given the opp to broadcast their products, another revenue source for tt football

in addition to all pro league games should be broadcasted live on the net, same process, data storage and hosting will also be needed for this process

this way it will make it easier to scout players for the academy. it will also make it easier for ex pats to see football abroad and generate more interest locally and internationally for our players

[Sam]

Anything for free you taking eh !!!!