But there is demand - how else would minor leagues keep messing with professional footballers and the Eddie Hart league and community teams (Guaya, Sando) get such high attendance? The Jack Warner years definitely had a massive detrimental effect on Trini football and undermined the fan base
I will not agree with u there at all,during the JW years and prior Football always had tremendous crowds,Minor league,club,College,and international,any where in T&T Football was played had crowds,what happen u feel is since 06 JW running Football.
What Contro is saying makes sense to me,from my experiences in T&T Football football killed itself because there is no improvement,players are not as committed as they used too,the serious have to leave home else they too will get dormant,the young stars we have at home will get bored just now,same Trophies they playing for,same players they playing against,same grounds they playing on year in year out.
We does talk about the times but we are still stuck in the past,we still blaming the TTFA and the past Admin,Tim Kee and them trying to make a difference and people pressureing them,the hole we have dug ourselves in is difficult to come out off.The only thing that will help our Football today is if we can find a way to keep our best players at home else there is nothing to market.
Coops when you was a DoC, who did your players turn to for help? Who did your coaches turn to for help? Who did the DoC turn to for help? Where did your coaches get the knowledge, information, organization and concepts to enable improvement from?
Why is the USSF so invested in US Soccer? Why do they constantly engage clubs in attempting to improve youth development?
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here and point me to a National Curriculum, a coaching course, any kind of info to assist the development of football in T&T. It's always the same old song and dance, the players not serious (even I do that) they not ready. Well guess what, you can't just wave a magic wand and "poof" quality players appear. There must be a process and in order o have a process you must have structure and that structure must have a foundation.
In 30 or so year of f@#KIng JW nothing, absolutely nothing, zilch, zero, nada. As a matter of fact in 100 years no plan, no brand. Spin how much you want the federation never led the way and it is with them the responsibility is entrusted to put in place a course of actions to enable development of the game that everyone can be PROUD of.