Support Overseas Players - Schäfer. He does not get it!

[Mosiah]

Support Overseas Players - Schäfer
Published: Monday | October 14, 2013 3 Comments
Schäfer
Schäfer
Audley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sports

KANSAS CITY, Kansas:

WINFRIED SCHäFER thinks the mentality towards players who were not born or raised in Jamaica, but drafted to represent the country on the basis of their ancestral connections, is poor. He wants it done differently.

The senior men's national football team head coach, citing practices in countries of the biggest stature on the global football stage such as Germany, where he was born, and England, says such players need to be accepted with open arms.

"Germany in 2000 was number six, number seven in the world. Now, they're number two. Why? They worked very hard and changed the system. Ozil (Mesut), Khedira (Sami), Podolski (Lukas), Klose (Miroslav) - all German players not born in Germany - one is from Tunisia, one is from Turkey, two are from Poland; these players come into the national team and our national team becomes better, better, better," Schäfer outlined ahead of the Jamaica-USA match last Friday, as he pointed out ways to improve the game locally

[Karl]

Re: Above post

He is spot on!!!

...but why did he fell it necessary to give voice to such?
Could it be -
i) He could see the overseas born players were not embraced by the local born players?

ii) Did he see the chasm in relationship as contributing to a TEAM not being created?

We all - ('All', right?) - could see we never had a TEAM...and still do not up to our last match v USA.

Wonder why after all players save 2 or 3 - Those few should have been given marching orders or read rites, immediately. No gumming up the works. Play for TEAM are leave!!! - worked so hard for each other in that very first match v Mexico in the Azteca, the coaches were unable to build TEAM?

The play in the Azteca showed the 'base material' and necessary attitude was there...

Why???? Why TEAM was not made?

[Stonigut]

Yup, bring in where there are gaps, bring in for depth and most importantly bring in those with genuine quality and test extensively in practice matches to see and understand commitment and willingness to sacrifice for Jamaica and their teammates.

[Lionpaw]

He is spot on!!!

How is he spot on? Karl mi expect better from a big man who supposed to have sense. How can he use Germany as a benchmark when all those players he mentioned have been in Germany for years and came up in the German system. Isn't that totally different from a player coming to Jamaica perhaps for the first time to represent the country? Come on Karl have sense.

[Don1]

No he doesn't seem to get it.

If this German guy sees his primary mission as getting the "best" foreigners to represent Jamaica... he should be dismissed immediately.

But the wacky majority who want to continue that failed policy probably will get their way.

This WCQ Myopia is a fatal disease.... but it tun people into eediat fuss before it kill dem

[Mosiah]

Not surprised. Both you and Schafer are NOT spot on!

The player's named by Schafer were not all born outside of Germany. I'm surprised he did not know that! The next thing is, they were not recruited into the team by combing through family trees!!!

Big difference!!

[Mosiah]

He's spot on with Schafer's garbage! Might be a mental slavery thing. White man speaketh, he must be right!

[Jangle]

His words and meaning could have been lost in translation.

[Muadib]

You are suprisingly parochial for someone that live a Babylon...

I suggest more Critical Thinking.. less parochialism..

[Mosiah]

Don't have a problem with that. This all implies bringing them in early!

[Plush]

People Like Sterling and Sturridge, once they want to be included in the team should def be considred. People like Daniel Gordon and McCleary and others should stay out....I don't know how it makes sense to include some player who qualify through cousin, granparents or whatever and they have never visited the country....seriously?

For me, I'm not convinced about this Scafer person...
What was that about the Jonsons...JErmaine to him is a very good player and he can't buy a game....Ryan is a usual starter for his team....this snow man just a chat one bag a crap.

[Muadib]

Snow Man ???

Jamaicans exibit a rather arrogant form of xenophobia when it comes to certain things.. especially things that they have never succeed at.. strange.

Meanwhile.. Jamaica after miraculously qualifying for a world cup in 1998 still don't have an academy system..

[World Fan]

That's it! There will be no more.

[Don1]

Don1 applies critical thinking regardless of geography. In fact it's idiotic for someone to bring my geographical location to bear on the issue... not surprising considering the source though

This is the equation yute:

The JFF mission should be to develop a football industry.

The first and by far most important step in that process is to institute an effective local development project. Clearly the JFF has not done so

All else, including attempts at WCQ or mass importation of mediocre Englishmen... should be subordinate to the overarching mission of local development


Any other procedure mirrors the folly of the past 15 years. This is so regardless of where I choose to live at any given moment

[Muadib]

The only thing that is clear is that you cannot be a serious contender in World Cup Qualifying if you are relying on bruk pocket Govt High Schools for critical early stage (11- 16) development of the product..

Status Quo cannot continue... who going to bell the cat ?