So many things went wrong against Costa Rica

[Sir X]

Comedy central to **** , Simoes did it and we went to WC 98 (local camps) .By your standard we should have an all pro starting 11 that plays in forgein leagues , if thats the case , Jamaica would not have made it to its 1st WC.

2nd excluding the USA and Mexico , the rest of Concacaf depend on players who are based in semi pro -local leagues for their foundation.Jamaica,MEX and the USA are the only ones that can recruit a starting (overseas) 11 that isnt local based or that is professional.Why is our ass being kicked all over the place ?


That said everyone seems to seek a balance of professionals and locals except us , it showed when C. Rica had U20 youths putting 2 pass us...sigh and panama balled us at home off the field.

[Mosiah]

But yuh jump on the Daley issue don't?

Mi undastan!

[Me]

Fine why is Dada not in the squad , is he off the island ? C. Rica has one 20 that is linked with arsenal playing in a spanish league , I believe , the other I wouldnt be surprised if he is a local youth , without Dada experience.

Because he was horrible in all his games for the team last year, he has been without a club for several months not playing any football until he signed with and played for Tivoli this week.

Him is no longer a youth anymore (he is now 25) and if we need that sort of player, Jermiane Hue and Simon Dawkins are much better players.

[Sir X]

Horrible like Shelton and the rest of the team ? ahh mean come on , out of a team isnt good enough for me to be excluded , as for him being 25 , the U 23 team is allowed to have 3 senior players in its roster.

Well its my opinion , i rate Daley.

[OJ]

where is he playing?

[Sir X]

The ridiculous has already been answered , please read my post before any quieres, tiyad of di repetitive B.S !

[Sir X]

Boyz fail Los Ticos test
Thursday, March 28, 2013



LIKE they did against Panama at home last Friday night, Jamaica's Reggae Boyz produced yet another listless performance in their 0-2 loss to Costa Rica on Tuesday at the Costa Rican National Stadium.
The Boyz started brightly and could have opened the scoring, but as the home side settled into their short-passing rhythm, the visitors became scrambled, disjointed and inconsistent.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Jamaica’s Lloyd Doyley (right) kicks the ball away from Costa Rica’s Diego Calvo during their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match at the National Stadium here on Tuesday. Costa Rica won 2-0. (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
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The performance should be of some concern to the technical staff, as the team struggled to connect on passes, despite being given more than enough space to operate. That's not a luxury they'll be afforded in many away matches.
GOALKEEPING: Captain Donovan Ricketts was beaten twice, but no reasonable assessment could point the finger of blame at him for either strike, as on the first he was left at the mercy of the hosts by his team while defending a set piece.
On the second he was again helpless, as substitute Diego Calvo capitalised on defender Jermaine Taylor's mistake to leave his feet, and the ease with which he rounded Lloyd Doyley to blast home at the far post.
Outside of that he was always well positioned, cutting his angles well whenever needed, though his many clearances ended up in lotteries — 6.5
DEFENCE: Went to sleep on the first goal — a set piece — in the 22nd minute. Failed to learn from that costly error and almost paid the price yet again from a similar situation, only to be spared the blushes when Joel Campbell volleyed high and wide from midway the penalty area.
There were a few other scenarios where they just managed to clear their lines from melees in an open contest. On the other side of the ball Adrian Mariappa, in particular, and tried to build the play from the back, while Taylor tended to go too long, too often. Damar Phillips started out slowly, missing his passes but gradually improved, especially when he ventured forward. He tried to steal in ahead of his marker on a few occasions and was burnt, thus exposing his team in the process. On the other flank debutant Lloyd Doyley proved fairly solid in defence and conservative at best, in attack — 4.5
MIDFIELD: The bane of the team yet again, especially in the first half when Rodolph Austin, one of the two anchors, stretched the sheet too far for the team's liking. They gave away the ball too often when minimal to no pressure was added. They were outnumbered in the middle of the park and found it difficult to wrest possession of the ball from the hosts until deep in the final third, as the wide players failed to do enough inside to thwart attacks.
On the attacking front, they lacked team chemistry, and their inability to hold on to the ball for considerable periods meant that not enough goalscoring opportunities were created.
With Austin sitting in the middle of the park in the second half, there was more opportunity for the defenders to relay passes to midfield, instead of looking to go long as happened in the first half. With Luton Shelton's tendency to drift wide left instead of playing in the hole behind the pointman, of as a twin striker, the left side was often clogged with Jobi McAnuff and Phillips operating on that flank. That was rarely the case, if ever, on the other flank — 4.5
FORWARD: Starter Jermaine Beckford and Shelton were presented with the two best chances to find the target, but neither was taken. Beckford was forced to hustle for scraps courtesy of the long balls pumped deep into the Costa Rican half, but he moved off the ball well whenever his team gained possession, as evidenced when Shelton had the chance on the stroke of half time.
Though Shelton was instrumental in both chances, his ability to find space in dangerous areas leaves a lot to be desired — 4.0
OVERALL TEAM SCORE 4.5


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[Sir X]

Oh no! - Boyz deliver another poor show in loss to Costa Rica
‘Tappa’ urges Boyz to find scoring boots fast
IAN BURNETT with the REGGAE BOYZ in Costa Rica - WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
Thursday, March 28, 2013



IF the Reggae Boyz want to win games then they had better start taking their opportunities.
That's the view of head coach Theodore Whitmore following his team's 0-2 loss to Costa Rica in their third-round CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier at the Estadio Nacional on Tuesday night, which has now condemned the Reggae Boyz to last place in the hexagonal, with

two points.
However, the leaders Panama are only on five points and, despite the setback, Whitmore believes there is still a far way to go, and he's convinced his charges can bounce back and stake a claim for one of the three automatic tickets to the Brazil 2014 World Cup Finals.
"I think it would have to be up front, especially in the first half," was the head coach's response to the area of sector of his team he was most disappointed with.
"At this stage we need to be scoring goals if we want to win games, and once we are not scoring goals... if you look at the Costa Ricans they made use of
their chances," he said, while noting that at the end of the day his team did not create enough opportunities, though the ones they created were pretty decent.
As was reported, the Panamanians, dissatisfied with FIFA's response to their appeal against the wintry conditions under which their team was forced to play against the United States in Colorado last Friday night, demonstrated their protest by turning their backs to the playing of the FIFA Anthem and the arrival of the FIFA Fair Play flag.
However, they respectfully stood at attention for the playing of both national anthems.
The formalities apart, the Reggae Boyz threatened early after the prompt 8:00 pm start and created the first real chance after only three minutes, when Luton Shelton stole possession of the ball midway the 'Los Ticos's' half and ran at the defence before relaying a pass to strike partner Jermaine Beckford, whose weak angled shot was gleefully accepted by goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Then just before the half-time interval, Jamaica had a glorious chance to draw level with perhaps their most fluent passing move of the whole night. Goalkeeping captain Donovan Ricketts picked up a loose ball just outside his area on the right. He relayed a pass to Jermaine Taylor, who picked out right back Lloyd Doyley. The Watford defender played the ball inside to Rodolph Austin at the centre circle, and his first time pass to Garath McCleary on the right flank just inside Costa Rica's half was squeezed diagonal into the centre of the pitch for Beckford.
As the Huddersfield frontman attempted to race for goal, the ball fell kindly to Shelton, who accelerated between the two central defenders inside the penalty area, but instead of shooting at the worried Navas, he took on the recovering Christian Gamboa and, after turning the right back, he could not beat the advancing Navas. That was a decent chance missed.
In an open game, where the hosts were desperate for maximum points, Joel Campbell's intended cross from the right flank sparked concerns in the Jamaican camp as Adrian Mariappa sliced his clearance behind for a corner.
And, as the early action continued, Rodolph Austin tested the palms of Navas with a thunderous 30-yard free kick, all inside the first 10 minutes of play.
However, on minute 22 the Reggae Boyz paid the price for lax defending from an innocuous free kick from their left side of the final third. Ariel Rodriquez lobbed a gentle floater to the far post, where striker Alvaro Saborio was given the luxury of controlling with his right foot unattended, before laying off the ball for central defender Michael Umana, who had ventured forward for the set piece. He never needed a second invitation to slot home from inside the six-yard box.
Whitmore was far from impressed with the manner in which his team defended that set piece.
"I am very disappointed, but this is football, and once you are playing against opponents, especially with this quality, they'll turn half chances into chances," was his response.
Whitmore, while admitting that the result was "disappointing", thought the game could have changed had Shelton taken that chance approaching the break.
"I think the result was very disappointing, and we lost the lead in the first half. The second half we came out and played, but I think going into the half-time break we could have equalised, and that would have changed the whole picture of the game, but we have to remain focused because we have seven games to go and we have to start picking up points now, and turning these one point into three points," he said.
Though the Boyz connected more with their passes in the second half, Costa Rica created a few openings as the game became more open. Another set piece similar to the one of the 22nd minute was not well defended by the Boyz, and Campbell flashed a left-footed volley wide of Ricketts's goal frame, during a period when the Real Betis winger tormented the Jamaican defence.
On another occasion he shot just wide, and moments later his grounded pass rolled invitingly across the face of Ricketts' goal mouth, as Saborio tried in vain to get the final touch on it.
In-between substitute Jermaine Johnson, who will be suspended for the next game after receiving his second yellow card caution in this final phase, unleashed a testing pile driver, which Navas could only parry wide, but the Boyz failed to do much with the rebound, until the wind was knocked from the Boyz's sails in the 82nd minute when substitute Diego Calvo teased his way past Taylor on the right side of the penalty area, cut back and around Doyley before firing into the far side of the goal to make the points safe for the hosts.
Whitmore is now looking ahead.
"The good thing for us now is that our next game is in June, and we are supposed to have the Boyz for a quite some time where we can do some work and try to get the team together. We still have a far way to go, because if you look at the points table we don't have any run-away leaders, so we need to remain calm, focused and try to get the job done."



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[Twan]

Fine why is Dada not in the squad , is he off the island ? C. Rica has one 20 that is linked with arsenal playing in a spanish league , I believe , the other I wouldnt be surprised if he is a local youth , without Dada experience.

what has DADA done lately??

[Mosiah]

Well, he has become a dada.

[Twan]

Well, he has become a dada.

Congrats to him !!

now he has a mouth or another to feed, so him need to get serious and get his game going again!

[Me]

Actually he was just as bad as Shelton and worse than the rest. He seems to have completely lost all confidence. He was being outplayed by Tremaine Stewart, Joel Senior and other local players. And if he is not displaying the passing/creativity that is typically his strength, why are we putting up with his defensive liability. I hope he finds form again and plays his way back into the team.