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<SPAN class=TopStory>Brown finds Reggae heartbeat</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL -- World Cup Qualifiers</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>IAN BURNETT, Observer staff reporter
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Technical director, Carl Brown (right), gives instructions at a training session in England ahead of the Reggae Boyz' clash against Brazil recently.</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>ANY player not yet afforded the honour of donning the national colours and hoping to do so in the next World Cup campaign, must possess special talent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>That's the verdict of technical director, Carl Brown, following Jamaica's creditable 0-1 loss to five-time world champions, Brazil, in England a week-and-a-half ago.<P class=StoryText align=justify>When asked if a player had to be "special" to get into the Reggae Boyz' squad which is merely months away from beginning the Germany 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Brown's instinctive response was: "I would believe so."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Added Brown: "I believe that we would have looked right across the board, all the names that we have been hearing about. We would have looked at them and we know exactly what every player can do and is capable of doing, so anybody that gets in now will definitely have to be somebody that is above the group that we have now."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Since taking charge of the team nearly two years ago, Brown has invited a number of untried foreign-based players to the Reggae Boyz' squad.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Names such as Damien Francis, Trevor Benjamin, Joby McAnuff, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Kevin Lisbie, Darren Byfield, Richard Langley, Craig Ziadie and Damani Ralph, amongst others, come readily to mind.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The technical boss, who was understudy to three Brazilian bosses between 1994 and 2001, now believes he has identified a nucleus of players for the upcoming campaign, having tested numerous players over the past two years.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We look at the group we had for this game (against Brazil) and we could say that that could be the nucleus of the players that will form the World Cup campaign," said Brown.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We have some of the players that are based in Jamaica and we will have to continue to prepare them, because one of the things I always talk about is that we must prepare a group to play in a World Cup qualifier without our overseas-based players, because the possibility may arise that we will not be able to get any of them to play.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Therefore that is what we will do. We will assemble a squad in Jamaica that we will continue to prepare as much as we can in case we have to call on them for a game."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Meanwhile, Brown, who led Jamaica to two Caribbean Cup triumphs, in 1991 and 1998, was quick to point out that he has not thrown away the 4-4-2 formation, despite the relative success of the 5-3-2 formation against Brazil.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Although losing to the world champions, the Reggae Boyz appeared solid and compact and despite conceding chances, they were never really stretched against the most potent attack in present-day football.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"... We keep saying it that we are preparing the players so that whenever we need to adjust we can do so," said Brown.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Therefore we will allow them to play from time to time with different formations, so it is not that we have thrown it (4-4-2) away totally, it is just that we will use it whe
<SPAN class=TopStory>Brown finds Reggae heartbeat</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL -- World Cup Qualifiers</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>IAN BURNETT, Observer staff reporter
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=167 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Technical director, Carl Brown (right), gives instructions at a training session in England ahead of the Reggae Boyz' clash against Brazil recently.</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>ANY player not yet afforded the honour of donning the national colours and hoping to do so in the next World Cup campaign, must possess special talent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>That's the verdict of technical director, Carl Brown, following Jamaica's creditable 0-1 loss to five-time world champions, Brazil, in England a week-and-a-half ago.<P class=StoryText align=justify>When asked if a player had to be "special" to get into the Reggae Boyz' squad which is merely months away from beginning the Germany 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Brown's instinctive response was: "I would believe so."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Added Brown: "I believe that we would have looked right across the board, all the names that we have been hearing about. We would have looked at them and we know exactly what every player can do and is capable of doing, so anybody that gets in now will definitely have to be somebody that is above the group that we have now."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Since taking charge of the team nearly two years ago, Brown has invited a number of untried foreign-based players to the Reggae Boyz' squad.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Names such as Damien Francis, Trevor Benjamin, Joby McAnuff, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Kevin Lisbie, Darren Byfield, Richard Langley, Craig Ziadie and Damani Ralph, amongst others, come readily to mind.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The technical boss, who was understudy to three Brazilian bosses between 1994 and 2001, now believes he has identified a nucleus of players for the upcoming campaign, having tested numerous players over the past two years.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We look at the group we had for this game (against Brazil) and we could say that that could be the nucleus of the players that will form the World Cup campaign," said Brown.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We have some of the players that are based in Jamaica and we will have to continue to prepare them, because one of the things I always talk about is that we must prepare a group to play in a World Cup qualifier without our overseas-based players, because the possibility may arise that we will not be able to get any of them to play.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Therefore that is what we will do. We will assemble a squad in Jamaica that we will continue to prepare as much as we can in case we have to call on them for a game."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Meanwhile, Brown, who led Jamaica to two Caribbean Cup triumphs, in 1991 and 1998, was quick to point out that he has not thrown away the 4-4-2 formation, despite the relative success of the 5-3-2 formation against Brazil.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Although losing to the world champions, the Reggae Boyz appeared solid and compact and despite conceding chances, they were never really stretched against the most potent attack in present-day football.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"... We keep saying it that we are preparing the players so that whenever we need to adjust we can do so," said Brown.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Therefore we will allow them to play from time to time with different formations, so it is not that we have thrown it (4-4-2) away totally, it is just that we will use it whe
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