The perfect 11, speed, skill and grit!!!!

[Me]

Langley has what we call a football brain...but he is also very slow.

I agree with you on Langley. When the pace of the game steps up, I don't think he plays well. I also haven't been impressed with him the few times I have seen him play over in England.

[Dre]

i agreee too....i think langley is what we call a scrimmage balla....has alot of ball sense but he cant step up the pace or go with the pace....

[Muadib]

Unnuh cyaan share some of dat footage wid wi..

[Me]

Lionpaw is the youtube expert

[Rockman]

Well at least he isn't fast and stupid, right?
Langley stood out, he is a text book midfielder, I think having a player like Austin alongside Langley may change things.
Is when wi gwaan see JJ?




Blessed

[Gamma]

gardener in midfield?

yuh want maudib question yuh footballing credentials and pedigree?!!!

[myYout]

A nuff man just a wait fi di sowjah (Pepe) fi mek ah mistake fi seh seeit ah long time mi didah tell yuh. Pepe ah di bes defendah wi have fi years widout tears. An any man pan yah can forwod ah bettah one weddah RB40 or odah wise, stan up an shout it out. Mi ah guh say it again, "di greatest central defendah dem inna di world" an mi nuh care how far back yuh waan guh from Beckenbar(bwoy mi know mi cyaan spell yuhnuh but Jawge wi tell yuh seh mi nevah learn fi spell pan di plantation),to Gentile,to Baresi ,to Adams,to Leblanc an di beat goes on Nevah have nuh speed or quickness. Suh speed/quickness ah nuh prerequiste fi being ah great defendah membah.

[Muadib]

Pepe is actually pretty good.. weakness with intermediate/short passing game and on the ball skills are a tad suspect... good when he has time and space..

I would give Marshall the nod over Pepe.

[myYout]

Mi nah guh argue wid Granny Marshall still, kah yuh have it right wid Pepe deficiencies dem. Ah my two defendah dem deh. but fi shear defensive ability ah Pepe ebry time fi mi, ah dat him have weh Granny Marshall nuh have. Jus like di likkle short man (Shorty Malcom) ah nuff man use to cuss him seh him nuh good kah him cyaan pass an rae rae but fi shear buss tackle an hole di miggle togedah dere was and is ongle one.

[Farmah]

Yes myYout big talk that! The only other Jamaican defender we've seen in the last 20 years who was as good as Pepe and Granny is Tatty Brown, period!! Pepe, is short on pace right now but he makes up for the lack thereof by his quick thinking, good technique and his ability to anticipate the moves of opposing forwards.

Still, if the choice is mine I would play Granny and Nugsy at central defence, and then bring on Pepe as a relief for 15 to 20 minutes per game. That way we can save his legs throughout the qualifying campaign and into the 2010 World Cup.

[Gamma]

tatty brown was not a speed merchant either....but bwoy talk about cool under pressure.......

[Farmah]

True true, not very quick but he was another Johnny Cool!!!

[Mosiah]

Suh speed/quickness ah nuh prerequiste fi being ah great defendah membah.

...needah fi midfielder.

[Karl]

A nuff man just a wait fi di sowjah (Pepe) fi mek ah mistake fi seh seeit ah long time mi didah tell yuh. Pepe ah di bes defendah wi have fi years widout tears. An any man pan yah can forwod ah bettah one weddah RB40 or odah wise, stan up an shout it out. Mi ah guh say it again, "di greatest central defendah dem inna di world" an mi nuh care how far back yuh waan guh from Beckenbar(bwoy mi know mi cyaan spell yuhnuh but Jawge wi tell yuh seh mi nevah learn fi spell pan di plantation),to Gentile,to Baresi ,to Adams,to Leblanc an di beat goes on Nevah have nuh speed or quickness. Suh speed/quickness ah nuh prerequiste fi being ah great defendah membah.

What are you afraid of?
If in Simoes' eye Pepe peforms well he is in.
..but as I see it Pepe cannot run with top quality players. It is simple...if he cannot get to the ball first or match or beat the man running with the ball he is likely to be often 'left'! That would not be good!

I do not think he can run with the better players!

btw - The players you mentioned were very good. ...and the being good was relative to the time/period during which they played.

Today the game and the players are 'miles' faster. Some of those you mentioned would be 'left' often by a simple 'push the ball beyond them and run'!

Now it is midfielders who can get-away with being somewhat slow. Not forwards! Not those at the back!

[Stonigut]

This is what most of the man them still dont understand, what is the goal of our program it needs to be to win the gold cup to make qualifying for the world cup a every 4 years experience, be the brazil of concacaf, to do that you have to set very high standards.

You must build on your advantages, we have very clear advantages over most countries in Concacaf size, speed, skill, but never in the right combination, we still have a lot of work to do on the tactical stuff and just the way we play teamball, i still believe that Mex style ball is one of the most elemental, yet intelligent ball style, if they had the athletes we had and play like that no one could beat them. man like Hue, Williams and Pepe all bring goiod things to the table but if we are to get to that next level we cannot put guys like that on the field.