1) Latapy: “Vibes it up TnT”! After all the cuss I get for questioning the party atmosphere prior to this game including the above subject quote from Latapy, I ask you, was Latapy also Vibesing it up the night before the game with some beers and ladies? Why did the three musketeers, Yorke, Latapy and John look so lazy and tired? Were they upset Shaka was not in goal?
2) True that it could be nerves got to the team, or was it that their Thursday and Friday workouts were too harsh making the team too tired for this game?
3) My one criticism of Jack is he does not come off his line, I wonder if he could have come off his line to punch out that cross. Wasn’t that cross inside the 6 yard box? I feel safer with Shaka in goal.
4) Even after my opinion in #1, I disagree with the Latapy substitution, he is the one player that could work magic at any time. I hope it does not affect his confidence on Wednesday. He had a very good 1st half.
5) Our team looked surprisingly happy for the draw at the end, in the last few minutes, we were on the attack yet we only had two men up front in the box supporting the wing man. Why didn’t we push the whole team forward?
6) Why didn’t we use another pair of fresh legs on the field, why not use Glen especially with so many tired legs on the field?
7) The Waggonist in the stadium make me sick, they were so phu*uing quiet, the FSC commentators mentioned it maybe a million times, I can’t stand this with TnT supporters, when the team needs you most, you let them down, when they are down and lacking confidence, you are dead silent, why, why, why? We never have a 12th man, and then the added track between the supporters and the field, we need a dedicated football stadium without track When Germany or England is down a goal, that is when the fans start to sing!
8 ) Big up to Birchall for what I call, a bullet from God.
9) Bahrain play a very stink game, I saw real elbows fly today, they remind me of Argentina with their dirty tactics. We need to get stink on Wednesday.
10) Did Nakid play a role? Bahrain never allowed TnT to get our one-twos going, they cut off many of our passes and even did well tackling our dribble. They suck offensively but do a decent job defending and frustrating the opponent. I would not be surprised if they line up 11 men in the goal on Wednesday hoping for a 0-0 draw, giving them qualification.
11) Many of our foreign players were on the bench for the last few weeks, more reason we definitely needed a warm up with Uzbechistan or another Asian team but too late for dat.
12) As great as the Little magician is, I am not impressed with his corners and freekicks. Birchall took a terrific corner after Latas went off, I think he needs to take over Latas’ role on corners.
13) As Beenieman said, Bahrain controlled too many periods in the game, we looked nervous, scared, and almost unprepared.
14) Did the attempt by Beenieman and crew to fortify the defense with Samuel affect their confidence? They looked very shaky today, nothing like the confident foursome that played Mexico.
15) Beenie needs a different approach Wednesday as he was outcoached on Saturday.
16) If we do not qualify Wednesday, sorry to say but that would be the final nail in the coffin for TnT football. If we repeat the same performance that we did today, we do not deserve to be in the World Cup.
17) Once our team is rested and has confidence, we will beat Bahrain, I hope and pray that our accommodations are peaceful and adequate without much external noise so our players can be rested before Wednesday, it seems we were either too tense with so much national pressure or just tired from lack of sleep on the field today. With Birhall’s goal from God today, I feel we will pull through Wednesday.