...*sigh*... Someone once said, "common sense is not so common anymore".
I didn't go to the game between Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti on Tuesday, but I surely am going today. From the reports I got though, I think people are being a bit acidic. Everyone wants our team to succeed and that is admirable, but let the people do their jobs. All the newspaper reports blasted the team for not being up to expectation, failing to realise that Bertille St Clair (coach), is making judgement calls. You can't make judgement calls without seeing for yourself in a match environment.
Haiti has a reputation for being a hard tackling, skilful team and made a good showing for themselves in previous games. Their defence is tall, strong and capable, their midfielders skilful but not that capable and the strikers suffer from the Caribbean syndrome of poor finishing, just like T&T.
Trinidad started with a nonexistent midfield in the first half and made Haiti look good. Cornell Glen and Stern John were stranded up top with our middlemen failing to string together three consecutive passes. It looked like our defence was doing dual duty as midfielders. Then came the reshuffle and the results were better. Gary Glasgow, Denzil Theobold and Cyd Gray came on as well as the hatchet man, Avery John. There was also a reshuffle as Brent Sancho filled the first stopper position to marshall the defence and motivate the middle. They looked better. Much, much better. We won 1-0.
Clayton Ince never impressed me much but I heard he did yeoman's service on Tuesday. I think St Clair is doing his job but needs to understand that peaking the team too late will put crushing pressure on the team in a must win situation. We, the fans, need to let the man do his job.
Some points though:
1. Trinidad's team is not the tallest. Play de blasted ball on the ground.
2. The Queen's Park Oval has a cross wind that will dribble the best player. Play de blasted
ball on the ground.
3. Other players are taller than you by at least 2 inches. Put de blasted ball on the ground.
4. An international friendly is never friendly. Play de blasted ball on de ground.
(Repetition is the key...)
Just found out that Dwight Yorke is here and might play midfield, even though he's a natural forward. That's another discussion. I'm going to see them play this afternoon, can't wait, TT$ 20.00 uncovered stands, yuh cyar go wrong...
I didn't go to the game between Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti on Tuesday, but I surely am going today. From the reports I got though, I think people are being a bit acidic. Everyone wants our team to succeed and that is admirable, but let the people do their jobs. All the newspaper reports blasted the team for not being up to expectation, failing to realise that Bertille St Clair (coach), is making judgement calls. You can't make judgement calls without seeing for yourself in a match environment.
Haiti has a reputation for being a hard tackling, skilful team and made a good showing for themselves in previous games. Their defence is tall, strong and capable, their midfielders skilful but not that capable and the strikers suffer from the Caribbean syndrome of poor finishing, just like T&T.
Trinidad started with a nonexistent midfield in the first half and made Haiti look good. Cornell Glen and Stern John were stranded up top with our middlemen failing to string together three consecutive passes. It looked like our defence was doing dual duty as midfielders. Then came the reshuffle and the results were better. Gary Glasgow, Denzil Theobold and Cyd Gray came on as well as the hatchet man, Avery John. There was also a reshuffle as Brent Sancho filled the first stopper position to marshall the defence and motivate the middle. They looked better. Much, much better. We won 1-0.
Clayton Ince never impressed me much but I heard he did yeoman's service on Tuesday. I think St Clair is doing his job but needs to understand that peaking the team too late will put crushing pressure on the team in a must win situation. We, the fans, need to let the man do his job.
Some points though:
1. Trinidad's team is not the tallest. Play de blasted ball on the ground.
2. The Queen's Park Oval has a cross wind that will dribble the best player. Play de blasted
ball on the ground.
3. Other players are taller than you by at least 2 inches. Put de blasted ball on the ground.
4. An international friendly is never friendly. Play de blasted ball on de ground.
(Repetition is the key...)
Just found out that Dwight Yorke is here and might play midfield, even though he's a natural forward. That's another discussion. I'm going to see them play this afternoon, can't wait, TT$ 20.00 uncovered stands, yuh cyar go wrong...
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