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too many times our Jamaican coaches make excuse and talk bout how prepared we are and how ready we are but after the tournament them turn around and talk bout we never ready. Whitmore is measuring and calculating his team's performance.Whitmore not pleased - Will look to sharpen Boyz for the Gold Cup
Theodore Whitmore - File
THEODORE WHITMORE was not overly pleased with the overall performance of his Reggae Boyz against the Cayman Islands last night, despite their comprehensive 4-1 victory.
"It's not the sort of performance we were looking for," said Whitmore. "But it sums up a good week's training sessions, where we could see that some of our players were fatigued."
Despite not playing fluently, Jamaica easily dominated the contest against a hard-nosed Cayman Islands team at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.
The contest wrapped up a one-week training camp, which including twice daily work-outs to sharpen the team ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which they will kick off on Friday against Canada at the Home Depot Centre in Los Angeles.
"Now is the time that we've to do these things to get it right," said Whitmore, pointing to the areas they never got right in yesterday's game.
"The conrdination in our defence. It's not 100 per cent and I'm sure that against better teams it will cause problems.
"But we've the sort of players going in to the Gold Cup who know how to play there and will play there," the Jamaica coach pointed out.
The Reggae Boyz often complained to the referee about calls they believed should have gone their way that didn't and Whitmore says the officiating had an impact on the team's play.
"I think the refereeing got to our team, we got caught up with the referee."
Looking on the positive side, Whitmore said their tallying was good.
"To score four goals in any game you can't argue about that," he said.
"We changed players here and there. We tried Luton Shelton, he hadn't played for a while. And Fuller, I think he was getting frustrated with the referee, so we pulled him out.
"But it's really preparation going into the Gold Cup and there's where it matters most," Whitmore noted. -Audley Boyd
Theodore Whitmore - File
THEODORE WHITMORE was not overly pleased with the overall performance of his Reggae Boyz against the Cayman Islands last night, despite their comprehensive 4-1 victory.
"It's not the sort of performance we were looking for," said Whitmore. "But it sums up a good week's training sessions, where we could see that some of our players were fatigued."
Despite not playing fluently, Jamaica easily dominated the contest against a hard-nosed Cayman Islands team at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.
The contest wrapped up a one-week training camp, which including twice daily work-outs to sharpen the team ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which they will kick off on Friday against Canada at the Home Depot Centre in Los Angeles.
"Now is the time that we've to do these things to get it right," said Whitmore, pointing to the areas they never got right in yesterday's game.
"The conrdination in our defence. It's not 100 per cent and I'm sure that against better teams it will cause problems.
"But we've the sort of players going in to the Gold Cup who know how to play there and will play there," the Jamaica coach pointed out.
The Reggae Boyz often complained to the referee about calls they believed should have gone their way that didn't and Whitmore says the officiating had an impact on the team's play.
"I think the refereeing got to our team, we got caught up with the referee."
Looking on the positive side, Whitmore said their tallying was good.
"To score four goals in any game you can't argue about that," he said.
"We changed players here and there. We tried Luton Shelton, he hadn't played for a while. And Fuller, I think he was getting frustrated with the referee, so we pulled him out.
"But it's really preparation going into the Gold Cup and there's where it matters most," Whitmore noted. -Audley Boyd
Suppose him did seh him "love" him?
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