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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #60 on: March 16, 2019, 04:42:58 PM »
No Shahdon Winchester and no Joevin Jones (who incidentally was subbed off after 32mins today).............and no Ramjitsingh (an MLS goalkeeper)

The omission of Shahdon is not a surprise. He's not doing the business. By my calculations he has scored 3 goals in the last two years for his clubs. And the last goal he scored for T&T was against Guyana in November 2017.
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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #61 on: March 17, 2019, 12:38:02 AM »
Second homecoming for Lawrence as Senior Men’s Team to train at Everton on Monday.
TTFA Media.


There will be yet another homecoming for Head coach Dennis Lawrence in Wales next week. Today the former defender was able to confirm use of the Everton Training facilities  for the senior team’s first training session on UK soil ahead of Wednesday’s International friendly against Wales at The Racecourse in Wrexham.

Lawrence was of course an assistant coach at the Premier League club alongside manager Roberto Martinez. This will be his first appearance at the club’s facilities as Head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago team. Lawrence was also a player at Wrexham and the contingent there will be ready to welcome their former captain to the Racecourse on Wednesday. He was featured in the club’s matchday programme today (Saturday).

Lawrence had a discussion with David Harrison, Everton’s club secretary and director of football who expressed delight at being able to accommodate Lawrence’s request to assist T&T in their preparations for Wednesday’s match at the club’s state of the art facility at Finch Farm in Merseyside.

“I had a discussion with David and he was happy to assist and allow use of the Finch Farm training facility for the session on Monday,” Lawrence told TTFA Media.

 “It’s an excellent facility and it would be a great experience for some of the boys to have a session there. We are extremely grateful to David and Everton football club for making this possible.”

The Finch Farm facility is Everton Football Club’s 55 acre facility which  houses both the Everton first team and the youth academy.

The facility boasts some of the finest training facilities in the world, and features 10 full-size grass pitches on three plateaus, one of which is a floodlit along with an additional floodlit synthetic pitch and specialist training areas for fitness work and goalkeepers, as well as an exact recreation of the pitch at Goodison Park. Inside the training complex there are extensive changing facilities for both the senior squad and the Academy players.

National team logistics manager Wayne Cunningham has been in Wrexham for the past two days, arriving ahead to prepare for the squad’s arrival on Monday. The T&T squad departs for Wales on Sunday.

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #62 on: March 17, 2019, 12:39:45 AM »
Ross Russell Jr earns surprise call-up.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).


North East Stars' Ross Rus­sell Jr, 25, a for­mer De­fence Force foot­ball stand-out, was the ma­jor sur­prise in a 22-man squad named by T&T se­nior men's foot­ball team coach Den­nis Lawrence for the March 20 friend­ly against Wales, in Wrex­ham, Eng­land.

The squad which de­parts to­day from To­ba­go for Man­ches­ter Eng­land around 5.15pm was re­leased to the lo­cal me­dia by T&T Foot­ball Fed­er­a­tion Press Of­fi­cer, Shaun Fuentes on Fri­day night, while coach Lawrence briefed the me­dia at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um Cou­va yes­ter­day morn­ing ahead of the team's de­par­ture to­day for Eng­land.

The full team se­lect­ed by Lawrence in­cludes Shel­don Bateau, Cordell Cato, Daneil Cyrus, Aubrey David, Nick­alas Fren­derup, Adri­an Fon­cette, Levi Gar­cia, Kevon George, Ne­veal Hack­shaw, Tris­ton Hodge, Akeem Humphrey, Khaleem Hy­land, Alvin Jones, Nathan Lewis, Car­lyle Mitchell, Du­ane Muck­ette, Le­ston Paul, Mar­vin Phillip, Lester Pelti­er, Willis Plaza, Rus­sell Jr, and Mekeil Williams.

Last Au­gust Rus­sell Jr was freed to­day, af­ter two years in jail await­ing tri­al for the mur­der of for­mer Diego Mar­tin res­i­dent Sel­wyn Gaff, 28, who June 6, 2016, from a gun­shot wound af­ter be­ing found in the Mac­queripe hill­side.

A for­mer na­tion­al youth play­er Rus­sell Jr, who is the son of for­mer na­tion­al goal­keep­er and the se­nior men's team cur­rent goal­keep­er coach and his cousin Balon­de­mu Julius, were de­tained af­ter Gaff’s death.

They were both then dis­charged from the De­fence Force and for­mal­ly charged, a week lat­er, with Gaff’s mur­der, pos­ses­sion of arms and am­mu­ni­tion and shoot­ing at Gaff’s friend, Jesse Quashie, with in­tent to do pre­vi­ous bod­i­ly harm.

While Rus­sell Jr was cleared and freed 36-year-old Julius is still in cus­tody await­ing tri­al

Com­ment­ing on Rus­sell Jr se­lec­tion, Lawrence, a for­mer De­fence Force mem­ber him­self said, "One of the things that I iden­ti­fied from ear­ly on was that we need­ed to strength­en the left back po­si­tion, and un­der rec­om­men­da­tion from what I have seen of him, Ross did very well com­ing down to the back end of last sea­son.

Lawrence added, "He was in­vit­ed to be part of the train­ing group and I think he re­al­ly im­pressed with what he of­fered us and de­serves his se­lec­tion".

The T&T coach was al­so full of praise for the new call-up for show­ing great char­ac­ter is try­ing to get his ca­reer back on track

He said, "I think we al­so need to take in­to con­sid­er­a­tion that we are talk­ing about a foot­baller that was caught in an is­sue that he was ac­cused of some­thing and for which he was found not guilt­ing of.

"And if you look at it now, part of the re­form is that the boy is back and get­ting his foot­ball ca­reer back to where it should be, and I think we need to see that as a pos­i­tive".

"Be­cause a lot come out and go back in and we are talk­ing here about a foot­ball who is here now ready to get his ca­reer up on the track and its an ab­solute plea­sure and a re­ward for him to be where he is now, so I see that on­ly as a pos­i­tive", stat­ed Lawrence.

Speak­ing on the eve of the team's de­par­ture for Wrex­ham, Eng­land, where the 79th world ranked T&T will come up against Wales, ranked 19th in the world, Lawrence said he had three weeks prepa­ra­tion with the lo­cal con­tin­gent and would like to com­mend the play­ers that were in­volved in that prepa­ra­tion be­cause it was a tough ask.

"We had to put them through their paces be­cause I think we all un­der­stood they had been in­ac­tive for a long pe­ri­od of time which is not good for any foot­baller, so we had to try and make good use of the time we had".

"Sec­ond­ly, I would like to say thanks to Wales for tak­ing the op­por­tu­ni­ty to see T&T as for­mi­da­ble op­po­si­tion in their prepa­ra­tion for their Eu­ro qual­i­fiers".

"I think in all the prepa­ra­tions went well, bar­ring a cou­ple one or two lit­tle is­sues we had, which was well doc­u­ment­ed and has been all dealt with.

In terms of the squad se­lec­tion, Lawrence said he had one re­al is­sue in Ataulla Guer­ra who picked up a slight in­jury con­cern.

"The in­jury didn't al­low him to take part in the ma­jor­i­ty of the train­ing ses­sions and from that point, he wasn't in any fit con­di­tion to make the squad.

"Los­ing Guer­ra to in­jury is a blow be­cause he an im­por­tant part of the team, so he is not in­volved, and some­one else will take his place, and its an op­por­tu­ni­ty for them and that's the way we have to look at it.

"We al­so have the sit­u­a­tion with Jo­evin (Jones) that for per­son­al rea­sons had to ex­cused, rea­sons that I am not in a po­si­tion to make any more com­ments on.

"I think I will re­spect his wish­es in keep­ing it pri­vate and con­fi­den­tial, but over­all now is about the team, the group trav­el­ling from Trinidad to get to the UK to meet up in the prepa­ra­tion for the game against Wales, and hope­ful­ly we have got a squad ca­pa­ble of go­ing out there and rep­re­sent­ing T&T well and putting in a per­for­mance that will give us a pos­i­tive re­sult".

In terms of prepa­ra­tion for the lo­cal group, Lawrence said what he would say per­son­al­ly is that he would have liked them to be play­ing com­pet­i­tive foot­ball.

"We tried to put to­geth­er a three-week train­ing pro­gramme, and we man­aged to get three friend­ly games against St Ann's Rangers (two) and Po­lice.

"But we all know its dif­fi­cult and we are go­ing to take on a Wales squad, has got play­ers who have played 30 games in the Span­ish Liga as well as Eng­lish Pre­mier League.

"So in terms of the play­ers match tem­po, it's go­ing to be a bit dif­fi­cult for them, so that's why it was im­por­tant to se­lect a squad with a lot of the play­ers that are in­volved in leagues like Willis Plaza and Khaleem Hy­land, and Shel­don Bateau, be­cause these boys are more ac­tive at the mo­ment".

While ad­mit­ting his anx­i­ety about re­turn­ing to his for­mer club and city of res­i­dence Wrex­ham and the match against Wales, Lawrence was quick to point out that his team needs to re­mem­ber the big­ger pic­ture ahead.

"We need to stay fo­cus and un­der­stand what this is all about. This is part prepa­ra­tion for the Gold Cup be­cause the end re­sult is the Gold Cup and this is the next step. We al­so got the June friend­lies com­ing up, but right now we are in­to the Wales game.

Con­cern­ing then two play­ers who were re­leased from the train­ing squad last week af­ter fail­ing a ran­dom drug test Lawrence opt­ed against re­veal­ing their names, say­ing "Our jobs are to help the play­ers, not to re­veal any­thing. The clubs have been no­ti­fied and we are work­ing with the clubs and the idea now is to try and help these play­ers be­cause they are too im­por­tant for T&T foot­ball, so we need to help them so that they can be­come avail­able.

Asked if they would be re­unit­ed back in­to the squad in the fu­ture, the T&T coach stat­ed, "I be­lieve what they can do for T&T foot­ball is in­te­gral, so the idea now is to help them to work with the foot­ball clubs as the T&TFF is go­ing to as­sist in any way we can be­cause we need to help the play­ers.

"We need to get them where we think they should be and that is rep­re­sent­ing T&T foot­ball.

Mean­while, there will be yet an­oth­er home­com­ing for Head coach Den­nis Lawrence in Wales next week. The for­mer de­fend­er was able to con­firm use of the Ever­ton Train­ing fa­cil­i­ties for the se­nior team's first train­ing ses­sion on UK soil ahead of Wednes­day's In­ter­na­tion­al friend­ly against Wales at The Race­course in Wrex­ham.

T&T 22-man Squad

Shel­don Bateau, Cordell Cato, Daneil Cyrus, Aubrey David, Nick­las Fren­derup, Adri­an Fon­cette, Levi Gar­cia, Kevon George, Ne­veal Hack­shaw, Tris­ton Hodge, Akeem Humphrey, Khaleem Hy­land, Alvin Jones, Nathan Lewis, Car­lyle Mitchell, Du­ane Muck­ette, Le­ston Paul, Mar­vin Phillip, Lester Pelti­er, Willis Plaza, Ross Rus­sell Jr, Mekeil Williams.

Tech­ni­cal Staff

Den­nis Lawrence (coach), Stu­art Charles-Fevri­er (as­sis­tant coach), Stern John (as­sis­tant coach), Ross Rus­sell (goal­keep­er coach), Suresh Moo­nan (team doc­tor), Dave Isacc (medic), Saron Joseph (phys­io­ther­a­pist), Sam Hug­gins (train­er), Michael Williams (equip­ment man­ag­er), Wayne Cun­ning­ham (lo­gis­tics man­ag­er), Shaun Fuentes (me­dia of­fi­cer), Richard Piper (Team man­ag­er).

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #63 on: March 17, 2019, 02:50:26 AM »
At a certain point, persistent omissions become glaring. Nobody in our media inclined to ask about Ranjitsingh? Nobody? Just puff pieces and press releases?

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #64 on: March 17, 2019, 01:46:30 PM »
So we have a Team Manager and a Logistics Manager. Ah love it.

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #65 on: March 17, 2019, 03:41:55 PM »
Other thing: why not play teams that finished at the top of the Pro League in the prep matches. The teams that would have been preparing for the CONCACAF Champions League, for instance. Or was the non-compliance issue an internal secret already? Why not play the strongest local opposition rather than the weakest?
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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #66 on: March 17, 2019, 03:59:27 PM »
If I'm Levi Garcia, this is a match I want to play 70-90 minutes at high level of concentration and intensity with a good mix of individual product and telling contributions to the collective orientation. Even if we lose the match, there can still be winners and then everyone wins. Bubble de pot, Levi. You have the tools!
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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #67 on: March 17, 2019, 09:07:23 PM »
Other thing: why not play teams that finished at the top of the Pro League in the prep matches. The teams that would have been preparing for the CONCACAF Champions League, for instance. Or was the non-compliance issue an internal secret already? Why not play the strongest local opposition rather than the weakest?
Rangers were the only team in training. No other team was really training before carnival. In fact, most still aren't. Rangers have also enlisted a lot of the star players and starters from the other teams after their take over.

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #68 on: March 17, 2019, 11:06:52 PM »
Other thing: why not play teams that finished at the top of the Pro League in the prep matches. The teams that would have been preparing for the CONCACAF Champions League, for instance. Or was the non-compliance issue an internal secret already? Why not play the strongest local opposition rather than the weakest?
Rangers were the only team in training. No other team was really training before carnival. In fact, most still aren't. Rangers have also enlisted a lot of the star players and starters from the other teams after their take over.

Scandalous for a pro league that has had a projected March start date, but a distortion that reflects what a corporate presence can achieve.

Also, say, enlisting a Jerry Moe, a Keith Jeffrey, a Angus Eve to pull together a representative squad to play the national team would not have hurt as alternative competition.


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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #69 on: March 18, 2019, 10:25:40 AM »
Other thing: why not play teams that finished at the top of the Pro League in the prep matches. The teams that would have been preparing for the CONCACAF Champions League, for instance. Or was the non-compliance issue an internal secret already? Why not play the strongest local opposition rather than the weakest?
Rangers were the only team in training. No other team was really training before carnival. In fact, most still aren't. Rangers have also enlisted a lot of the star players and starters from the other teams after their take over.

Scandalous for a pro league that has had a projected March start date, but a distortion that reflects what a corporate presence can achieve.

Also, say, enlisting a Jerry Moe, a Keith Jeffrey, a Angus Eve to pull together a representative squad to play the national team would not have hurt as alternative competition.

With the new restructuring of the local football leagues, June is the projected start as the joint select committee tries to make it happen.

And enlisting a Moe, Angus etc to pull together a team might only be good in theory compared to playing that Rangers team that's been training since January and currently trains 4-5 times per week.

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« Reply #70 on: March 18, 2019, 01:12:46 PM »
The June start is a much-modified kick-off date for the league. Let's not pretend that it is not. The projected start date has been shifted and adjusted not through planning to start in June from the inception, but through having to make incremental changes to strike a balance as the league strives to get on firmer ground.

AM, I know you are not the messenger or water carrier for the league. Nonetheless, what you have pointed out emphasizes one of the maladies with the state of domestic football that I have alluded to ... there is something strikingly wrong with the picture of one team deep into a training regimen and other teams in various stages of engagement from idleness/relative idleness to trying to achieve the financial prerogatives necessary to be included in this year's competition and to attract players/rebuild squads. There is never firm ground where there is shifting sand and there are elements surrounding the league that play out like musical chairs ... some club is always the odd man out. Also, the condition of mass exodus of players at club level in domestic football has to be addressed.

The picture of shifting starting dates and league calendars has been an unstable and accommodating one from year to year. In theory and in practice, that should not be the case. The PL's flexible start dates have been influenced by several factors, many of which revolve around financing. But the practice does not kick the theory to the curb.

This year, with the UEFA input ... we get it, there's a comprehensive picture that can't be plastered over or rushed. And, the decision-makers in the league are frank and plain talking people, not obstructionists.

I say all of that as a friend of the PL who literally spent tens of hours trying to help impartially at club level with an innovative solution when no subvention was available. Even that was hard.

It's an open secret that the provisional squad had players in various states of inactivity.  What I'm suggesting is that the preparation for Wales need not have been viewed as a binary choice, because not all players who are or should be on the cusp of a NT call-ups are at Rangers or Police, because they themselves shared the same states of inactivity shared by those actually brought in to the provisional prep.

There is no perfect solution or choice. Just options, choices and optimality.
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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #71 on: March 18, 2019, 02:44:28 PM »
At a certain point, persistent omissions become glaring. Nobody in our media inclined to ask about Ranjitsingh? Nobody? Just puff pieces and press releases?
I've also wondered how no one have asked this question at press conferences or interviews.

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« Reply #72 on: March 18, 2019, 02:54:51 PM »
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Tech­ni­cal Staff

Den­nis Lawrence (coach), Stu­art Charles-Fevri­er (as­sis­tant coach), Stern John (as­sis­tant coach), Ross Rus­sell (goal­keep­er coach), Suresh Moo­nan (team doc­tor), Dave Isacc (medic), Saron Joseph (phys­io­ther­a­pist), Sam Hug­gins (train­er), Michael Williams (equip­ment man­ag­er), Wayne Cun­ning­ham (lo­gis­tics man­ag­er), Shaun Fuentes (me­dia of­fi­cer), Richard Piper (Team man­ag­er).

So ... am ... the team doctor is normally/regularly engaged with sport medicine matters?

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« Reply #73 on: March 18, 2019, 03:49:48 PM »
The June start is a much-modified kick-off date for the league. Let's not pretend that it is not. The projected start date has been shifted and adjusted not through planning to start in June from the inception, but through having to make incremental changes to strike a balance as the league strives to get on firmer ground.

AM, I know you are not the messenger or water carrier for the league. Nonetheless, what you have pointed out emphasizes one of the maladies with the state of domestic football that I have alluded to ... there is something strikingly wrong with the picture of one team deep into a training regimen and other teams in various stages of engagement from idleness/relative idleness to trying to achieve the financial prerogatives necessary to be included in this year's competition and to attract players/rebuild squads. There is never firm ground where there is shifting sand and there are elements surrounding the league that play out like musical chairs ... some club is always the odd man out. Also, the condition of mass exodus of players at club level in domestic football has to be addressed.

The picture of shifting starting dates and league calendars has been an unstable and accommodating one from year to year. In theory and in practice, that should not be the case. The PL's flexible start dates have been influenced by several factors, many of which revolve around financing. But the practice does not kick the theory to the curb.

This year, with the UEFA input ... we get it, there's a comprehensive picture that can't be plastered over or rushed. And, the decision-makers in the league are frank and plain talking people, not obstructionists.

I say all of that as a friend of the PL who literally spent tens of hours trying to help impartially at club level with an innovative solution when no subvention was available. Even that was hard.

It's an open secret that the provisional squad had players in various states of inactivity.  What I'm suggesting is that the preparation for Wales need not have been viewed as a binary choice, because not all players who are or should be on the cusp of a NT call-ups are at Rangers or Police, because they themselves shared the same states of inactivity shared by those actually brought in to the provisional prep.

There is no perfect solution or choice. Just options, choices and optimality.

Everything you are saying is spot on and is the damning reality. One can only hope for a light at the end of the tunnel. And for the few that still want to fight the good fight, good luck.

Ironically though, considering the exodus of players to USL, India, etc and the Army guys who are in training, almost all the other players of decent quality, it looks like are at La Horquetta Rangers and Police. The talent pool is extremely shallow at the moment for pro league clubs which speaks to a larger problem.

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #74 on: March 18, 2019, 06:05:17 PM »
WATCH: Trinidad and Tobago arrives for Wales Friendly

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #75 on: March 18, 2019, 06:10:30 PM »
WATCH: Trinidad and Tobago's first training session at Everton's Finch Farm training facility

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Trinidad and Tobago work out at Everton ahead of Wales clash
« Reply #76 on: March 18, 2019, 09:34:35 PM »
Trinidad and Tobago work out at Everton ahead of Wales clash
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Men’s Squad arrived in Wrexham on Monday morning and wasted little time before undergoing their first training session on Welsh soil as head coach Dennis Lawrence put his players through their paces at the Everton Training facility at Finch Farm, a mere 20 minutes drive from the team’s base camp at the Double Tree hotel.

Lawrence had the majority of his players involved with the exception of Deportivo Saprissa defender Aubrey David who arrived later on Monday evening. Lawrence’s session was a lively one in wet conditions as the rains came down for most of the session. But it didn’t dampen the mood among skipper Khaleem Hyland and his teammates nor Lawrence and his staff as the former Everton assistant was warmly welcomed and looked after by some his former staff members at the English Premiership club. Club secretary and director of football operations David Harrison looked on at the session and had some glowing remarks to make about Lawrence.

“We got a call from Dennis  to see if we could help out with some facilities for training and obviously we are delighted to see Dennis again and delighted to be able to invite the team to come over and train here again,” Harrison told TTFA Media.

“Dennis was a really well respected member of staff with Roberto’s (Martinez) team here and everyone is delighted to see him back today

“Occasionally we tend to have a lot of of European teams come here if they are playing over at Anfield, Champions League or Europa league games we tend to let them use our facilities the day before a game here,” he said.

When asked where his heart lies come Wednesday’s clash at The Racecourse, Harrison responded,

“It’s got to be with Dennis really. It’s a big game for Dennis and a real test for some of the players but I’m sure they will be able to step to the plate come Wednesday night. It’s a real coaching challenge for Dennis as well.

“We were delighted when Dennis got the position with the Trinidad and Tobago team. He was always a  well respected member of Roberto’s coaching staff and you can see he’s taking a lot of his learning from his time at Everton and it was really good to see him out in the middle of the park with the boys, passing on his knowledge to them and hopefully they could give him a result on Wednesday evening,’” Harrison added.

Team skipper Khaleem Hyland added, “It’s been a great start for us even thought it’s a bit cold and rainy today but this is typical European weather  The facilities were great and hopefully we can continue to focus on the job. Since I have been on the national team the mood has always been great. It’s been one love and one family. We are just looking to work hard on and off the pitch as we look ahead to having a strong performance on Wednesday.

“We have to give respect to Wales as the have world class players but we cannot show too much respect. Football is a game won on the day and who capitalises on their chances will be the winner. Hopefully we can stick to our game plan and complete our job,” the T&T captain said.

The T&T team will train at the Racecourse on Tuesday evening ahead of Wednesday’s match which is expected to be a sold out affair.


WATCH: Captain Khaleem Hyland expects a tough encounter against Wales on Wednesday

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #77 on: March 19, 2019, 07:07:40 PM »
My line-up. . .

                                            Nicklas Frenderup/Adrian Foncette.



 Daneil Cyrus,           Alvin Jones,             Sheldon Bateau,               Triston Hodge


Nathan Lewis,        Kevan George,        Khaleem Hyland,          Duane Muckette/Cato

                                                                         
                                                                     Levi Garcia


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« Reply #78 on: March 19, 2019, 07:08:58 PM »
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« Reply #79 on: March 19, 2019, 08:19:50 PM »
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« Reply #80 on: March 19, 2019, 08:46:41 PM »
WATCH: Levi Garcia talks about Israel experience and Gold Cup ambitions

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WATCH: Interview with Defender Sheldon Bateau before Wales friendly

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« Reply #81 on: March 19, 2019, 09:16:44 PM »
Trinidad and Tobago aim for strong showing against Wales
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Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men will be looking to put on a solid display when they come up against Ryan Giggs’ Wales in an international friendly at the Racecourse in Wrexham from 7:45pm (3:45 pm TT time).

Trinidad and Tobago head coach Dennis Lawrence addressed the Welsh media at a press briefing just prior to the team’s final training session at the game venue on Tuesday evening. The former Wrexham captain was asked to comment on his history with the club but he of course was more focused on the task ahead which is to try and guide his side to a decent performance on Wednesday night.

Under Lawrence, T&T has conceded just three goals in six encounters dating back to March 2018. They’ve won two, drawn one, lost one to Panama prior to that country’s 2018 World Cup appearance and lost their previous two, 1-0 to both Thailand and Iran.

Former Trinidad and Tobago defender Marvin Andrews showed up at Tuesday’s session to offer his support and led the team in prayer both at the start and the end of the session. Andrews is a former Wrexham player himself and Chris Birchall will also attend Wednesday’s match. Also looking on at Tuesday’s session was former Welsh legend Joey Jones who was a Wrexham coach during Lawrence’s playing days at the club along with Carlos Edwards and Hector Sam. Jones played 72 times for Wales and also won the European Cup with Liverpool and the English League championship in 1977.

“In terms of our preparations I think we have done as much as we can. We all arrived here safely an no injuries to report The boys are looking forward to the game against Wales after a good afternoon session,” Lawrence said.

“This is my second home so it’s always great pleasure to be back especially at Wrexham football club because this clubs means a lot to me and I’ve got a good affiliation with the people at the club so I’m delighted to be here. The most exciting thing for me is I want the boys to get an experience of what this beautiful place can offer them and the only way for them to do that is to be able to go in and put in a performance. I’m excited and a bit emotional but looking forward to it all,” added the former Everton assistant.

About the T&T side and the preparations at this time, Lawrence told the Welsh media, “We’re in the rebuilding stage because after we didn’t qualify for Russia we then immediately started to think about Qatar 2022 and to be able to do that we had to put in a process in place and part of the process is now where we are … going into the Gold Cup in June.

“We’ve got a young with some experience players.. a nice mixed bunch at the moment. We’ve got players with some fantastic qualities. It’s now getting them to play as a team to be in a professional manner and all work for each other. The idea going into the game tomorrow is to compete because we want to compete against teams like Wales who are world class in my eyes. They’ve got world class talent in Gareth (Bale) and Aaron (Ramsey ) and Joe Allen and Ashley and all these boys. We are in that phase now where we need to compete against these and see if we can put in the performances,” Lawrence added.

Israel-based winger Levi Garcia is hoping to have an impact following a return to the T&T side from injury for much of 2018.

“It’s good to be back in the squad and I’m really honoured and thankful to have gotten the call again from coach Lawrence. It’s a big game for us and very important as part of the preparations for the Gold Cup,” Garcia told TTFA Media. “The mood has been good. We’ve had two good training sessions here and everyone is looking forward to putting in a strong performance in the match.

Giggs told the Press at Wales’ media briefing earlier on Tuesday that four of his players were unavailable including Aaron Ramsey who missed a training session due to a thigh problem, In-form Swansea City star Daniel James, Anderlecht defender James Lawrence and Bournemouth winger David Brooks all trained separately from the main group during an open training session at the AON complex on Tuesday morning.The three needed additional time to recuperate after hectic schedule for their clubs in recent weeks, according to Giggs.

“Some players have not played since last week, some players have played at the weekend,” added the Wales manager. James Lawrence played on Sunday evening so he met up with us on Monday. Dan James has played a lot of games in a short space of time and the way that he is, he’s a dynamic player, we just thought we’d give him another day but he’s fine,” Giggs said.

“It’s just a balancing act. Players are at different stages so some players need games, some don’t. It’s a good opportunity with the friendly fixture that we can do that (mix up selection). We’ll just have to see as we go along in the game,” he added.

The match will be aired live on Sky Sports.

WATCH: Trinidad and Tobago Head Coach Dennis Lawrence addresses the media at the pre-match press conference ahead of the International Friendly against Wales

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Re: Thread for the T&T vs Wales Game (20-Mar-2019)
« Reply #82 on: March 19, 2019, 11:24:26 PM »
The June start is a much-modified kick-off date for the league. Let's not pretend that it is not. The projected start date has been shifted and adjusted not through planning to start in June from the inception, but through having to make incremental changes to strike a balance as the league strives to get on firmer ground.

AM, I know you are not the messenger or water carrier for the league. Nonetheless, what you have pointed out emphasizes one of the maladies with the state of domestic football that I have alluded to ... there is something strikingly wrong with the picture of one team deep into a training regimen and other teams in various stages of engagement from idleness/relative idleness to trying to achieve the financial prerogatives necessary to be included in this year's competition and to attract players/rebuild squads. There is never firm ground where there is shifting sand and there are elements surrounding the league that play out like musical chairs ... some club is always the odd man out. Also, the condition of mass exodus of players at club level in domestic football has to be addressed.

The picture of shifting starting dates and league calendars has been an unstable and accommodating one from year to year. In theory and in practice, that should not be the case. The PL's flexible start dates have been influenced by several factors, many of which revolve around financing. But the practice does not kick the theory to the curb.

This year, with the UEFA input ... we get it, there's a comprehensive picture that can't be plastered over or rushed. And, the decision-makers in the league are frank and plain talking people, not obstructionists.

I say all of that as a friend of the PL who literally spent tens of hours trying to help impartially at club level with an innovative solution when no subvention was available. Even that was hard.

It's an open secret that the provisional squad had players in various states of inactivity.  What I'm suggesting is that the preparation for Wales need not have been viewed as a binary choice, because not all players who are or should be on the cusp of a NT call-ups are at Rangers or Police, because they themselves shared the same states of inactivity shared by those actually brought in to the provisional prep.

There is no perfect solution or choice. Just options, choices and optimality.

Everything you are saying is spot on and is the damning reality. One can only hope for a light at the end of the tunnel. And for the few that still want to fight the good fight, good luck.

Ironically though, considering the exodus of players to USL, India, etc and the Army guys who are in training, almost all the other players of decent quality, it looks like are at La Horquetta Rangers and Police. The talent pool is extremely shallow at the moment for pro league clubs which speaks to a larger problem.

June use to be the traditional opening of football in TT. It ran until December. Then the pro- league try to run the league along Euro schedule. It failed.  I was long and boring. Invisible fans.  Our league to to small to run a 9 month schedule. The league should be compact.  It should run until the end of Jan. If ever the league expands to 18 teams, then I could see a 9 month schedule.

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« Reply #83 on: March 20, 2019, 02:04:20 AM »
Who is we left back?


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Thanks Tallman. I knew that. Didn't like how he's been holding it down. Forgettable showing.
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« Reply #84 on: March 20, 2019, 09:14:50 AM »
I noticed the game will be on ESPN 3 at 3:35.

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« Reply #85 on: March 20, 2019, 09:52:00 AM »
My line-up. . .

                                            Nicklas Frenderup/Adrian Foncette.



 Daneil Cyrus,           Alvin Jones,             Sheldon Bateau,               Triston Hodge


Nathan Lewis,        Kevan George,        Khaleem Hyland,          Duane Muckette, /Levi Garcia



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Soooooooooooooooo...................why you only want to start with ten men??
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« Reply #86 on: March 20, 2019, 11:08:10 AM »
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« Reply #87 on: March 20, 2019, 12:21:02 PM »
My line-up. . .

                                            Nicklas Frenderup/Adrian Foncette.



 Daneil Cyrus,           Alvin Jones,             Sheldon Bateau,               Triston Hodge


Nathan Lewis,        Kevan George,        Khaleem Hyland,          Duane Muckette, /Levi Garcia



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Soooooooooooooooo...................why you only want to start with ten men??

Well if yuh insist on 11 men tuh start ah go put een Cato fuh he lil experience.

Yeah boy. maybe because dey only had one striker. . .LOL. . . ah musbe gettin ole, nah.  ;D
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« Reply #88 on: March 20, 2019, 12:31:59 PM »
WATCH: Preview - Wales vs Trinidad and Tobago

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« Reply #89 on: March 20, 2019, 12:55:28 PM »
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