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A BIG THANK YOU to all forumites who pressed this issue to the right ears after more than a year. Mr. Earl Bailey and others I believe were instrumental in having this young talent being showcased for all the world to see. Wilson will not disappoint you because he is well adapt to the big stage and limelight. Once again thank you all for your support and William Wilson.
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The Reggae Boyz will continue their build-up to the World Cup qualifying next month with a practice match against a St Elizabeth Invitational eleven at Goshen in that parish on Thursday. The game begins at 3:00pm.
A similar squad beat a St Catherine eleven 2-0 on Saturday. The team is without Tyrone Marshall who picked up a slight leg injury playing for Harbour View last night. Chief striker Onandi Lowe is also absent and he is also nursing a sore shoulder suffered from a fall in the same game.
Lowe should have left for England tonight (Monday), to take up a offer from second division club Port Vale, but he has been asked by the Carreras Sports Foundation to be present at the Sportsman and Stortswoman of then year awards ceremony in Kingston this Thursday night.
The squad now contains a few of the best players from the Under-20 team, which qualified for the CONCACAF final playoffs in Vancouver at the end of February.
They include outstanding striker Christopher Nicholas who scored a hat-trick last Friday against Suriname. The squad is expected to be trimmed by the end of the week, and the England-based players would be added early next week as they prepare for the two Friendly International against Bolivia in Miami (Jan.26) and Bulgaria in Jamaica two days later.
So far the leading candidate being eyed to replace Shavar Thomas as sweeper for the World Cup game against Trinidad and Tobago is Coventry’s Paul Williams.
Thomas is not being deposed, but he also captain of the Under-20 team which has a game on the same day, Feburay 28.
The squad for Thursday’ game is:
1. Aaron Lawrence 2. Leon Gordon 3. Sheldon Batiste 4. Linval Dixon 5. Christopher Dawes 6. Claude Davis 7. William Wilson 8. Stephen Malcolm 9. Omar Daley 10. Andy Williams 11. Wolde Harris 12. Fabian Taylor 13. Shavar Thomas 14. Fabian Davis 15. Shane Stevens 16. Wolry Wolfe 17. Christopher Nicholas 18. Sean Fraser 19. Ray Graham 20. Marco McDonald 21. Sean Sawyers
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I heard that this guy is also a very brilliant guy on the accademic side. Read somewhere that he has a hons degree in Chemistry and has been accepted to do his Masters and Phd at Oxford University.
Clovis was very impressed with Omar Daley in midfield during the U20 tournament. Hope he continues to improve. Good luck to William Wilson. Hope he will impress enough to stay in the squad.
Jt, we may eventually end up with the second eleven you have been asking for. Not by plan but maybe by accident (smile).peace
Respect Grinds, you had given some info before on Wicked Wilson, could you give us a quick run down on his achievements so far and the type of player that he is?
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Thanks again to everybody but here is the profile: Born: St.Mary,Jamaica Age:23 Schools: St. Mary's College,St. Georges College,Wesleyan University {Honors},(Free Open Scolarship to Oxford University{chemistry}). Career: U14,U16,U20,U23,3 times US ALL- American Ivy League Forward {37},Club Milianaros in Colombia(premier League),Connecticut Wolves(A-League),Windsor Rovers(Division 1, Conn. League),Notingham Forrest Trials selected but NO Work Permit. Position: Forward & Midfield However he likes best to be in the defensive midfield role. Deadly and accurate kicks hardly or rearly misses freekicks(Serious as a Judge). Very skillful with the ball at his feet but not into possesion or gallery ball. Most impressive to see him string passes without even looking and dead accurate. Shots 30&40 yards out are a mystery to many goal keepers. Height: 5'10" Weight: 195-210 Lightening speed on the field was the possibly the fastest in all Division 1 in the Conn. League. Tackles hard and clean. Achievements All CONCACAF Select Team 95/96 Most Outstanding Player 1996 in CONCACAF Tournament over Jorge Campos and Hermissimo Blanco. Suma Cum Laude Wesleyan University (Chemistry) Free Open Scholarship to Oxford University,Columbia and Miami University. Humble youth!
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Wow, That's three mouth full, and i am still dribbling. Grinds, Could you post a picture of this guy. Sounds like he would fit the defensive Midfield accurately. One of the areas that kill players chances when they come for trials is they compete against each other distrutively (gallery ball excluding each other) esp- at the U-20 & U-23 levels and thus you dont get to see how well they can pass, kick, move off the ball to support each other. I believe the TD must set the criterion for the trials ie. What he is looking for in each position assigned. Is it tocuh, Is it work rate, is it Kicking, Is it heading, close skills. He must assign weighted points to each category. He cannot assume that these talented guys with little exposure to professional footbal knows these things. I wish Wilson all the best and certainly would love to see him in action. Grind you were very persistent .. Now lets see ........
Dis youth have an impressive resume! How come he wasn't in the programme before? Did he have an issue with the JFF or Simoes? An intelligent player is what is needed in midfield. In defensive midfield he could help run tings if he can read the game well. Help organize proper width and depth. set up good counter attacks, etc. Lets hope he does well enough Thursday to get a another look in one of the International friendlies. peace
Took the qustion right out of my mouth Bars...How come he had been forgotten? He must of had some issues if he made all concacaf and never got involved with the national team.
By any means necessary Bars...we should have some sort of reserve team....The reasons are self-explanatory I believe.
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As was noted earlier he Wilson had a strained relationship with the JFF because he seeked his own contractual agent and above all during the World Cup campaign he was called to camp but refused on grounds of school commitment.He was an internatinal student on scholarship. He requested that if the JFF would offer to pay for his schooling he would gladly come to camp because if he left he would forefit his scholarship for that year 1997/8. The JFF said he was disrespecting the Organization and Jamaica. At the time they were giving away 1million dollar packages to team members. A cost which was more than Wilson's schooling. Their grounds of logic was Andy Williams could come from Rhode Island when called and he was willing to come. The truth is Andy's father rich so is his family and he was in no ivy league setting where academics was stressed nor was he in a rigourous academic program like Wilson. Wilson is from a poor family anmd education was his way out as well as securing a future. His mother is a Teacher. Those who know this youth see the struggle s he has faced here in America and feel almost guilty when they cannot help a fellow Jamaican. Do you know what it is to have no work permit and being tempted to sell... to eat but you don't? week after week and month after moth in hope of JFF obliging you a chance at redemption and glory. Only the love of the game keeps a man sane after such mental anguish and betrayal from a system.
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Look forward to seeing him play. If this guy is anything like you say he is when him done walk pon water him can roll to ball fi we. heh heh
Really though, sounds like a guy with his head in the right place...one to be respected. Big up Wicked Wilson.
Can this guy run the midfield? It would be nice if he could. I personally wouldn't mind see if him could take somebody place...I would say who but a guy might try fire shot after the I.
Oh well, is only kilobytes...I wouldn't mind see if him could unseat Tappa (who I don't rate as much as some of the other 'ites).
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A great midfield player,moves well without the ball.Saw him play a alot with Windsor Rovers in Connnecticut.Deadly free kick taker,very humble youth.Hope he get a fair shot at making the team.He reminds me of Thomas Mclean .
Unnu si dis? The JFF want a man boxxxx...Cho! When man talk 'bout the JFF a whole bunch of people a run come talk 'bout "what have you done", "Burrel dis", "Burrel dat".
It sounds like this Wilson youth ya have a wicked head on his shoulder and because he thinks for himself the Burrel dictatorship has no place for him. Imagine the audacity of this bwoy to even suggest that he wants his own agent. How dare him consider his schooling and future before the interest of the great Burrel.
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Congratulations Grinds!! You have done your marketing job well. I hope this guy goes on to be a great success for himself and for the team. Maybe you should take over the job as Lowe's agent. Are you related to this guy by any chance?
I have always admired an athlete with his or her head screwed on properly. Whether or not the trial works out for him, I have great respect for this youth for the courageous decisions that he made in his life. There is absolutely nothing (and I mean NOTHING) more important than a good education. As you might have already discerned, this is a topic that I am very passionate about. For some reasons people don't expect a professional sports person to be well educated. Your high school coach will tell you indirectly that it is either one of the other. If all the things that Grinds said about this youth is true then I can tell you that he is special because only a few individuals can come close to achieving what he has done so far. A free Open Scholarship to Oxford University is not a trivial achievement. He is not even studying some stupidness like History and Literature (my apologies to the historians and arts people). This guy is studying chemistry. For those who don't know, Chemistry is the most challenging of all the science subjects because it incorporates the other three (Mathematics, Biology and Physics).
When he gets his Phd we will be the the first team in history with a Doctor on it. (Not sure...maybe Sacrote from Brazil was a docter...then again... can't understand the Brazillian school system because they also called Simones a professor).
Several people on the forum are puzzled as to why the Reggaeboyz can't get enough contract in Britain. I can tell you that communication skills plays an important role. Football is a team sport. Communication builds team spirit. You need to be able to communicate with each other on and off the field. It doesn't matter how good you are if you can't express yourself properly in your native language then you are going be looked at as being stupid,ignorant and lacks people skills. The coach will think that you are not understanding him. If people perceive you that way then it will eventually adversely affect your game.
We have guys (not calling any names) on our beloved reggaeboyz team that can't even give a one minute interview in English Language.
We should be encouraging the younger guys to go to school and take their education very seriously because it will help them in their quest for advancement in their chosen sport.
I am not saying that everybody on the team must be scholars but each person MUST have basic communication, reading and writing skills because it doesn't matter how many managers and agents you have, you will need to 'talk' for yourself at some point.
I remember a popular DJ in Jamaica who could not read. It use to be a nightmare for him when he is 'deejaying' at a dance and a someone gives him an announcement to read.
Also Patrick Ewing formally from the Knicks use to be a very terrible speaker until he went and correct it. I could use many more examples (like Shabba and Beenieman).
We can't afford to have these guys representing Jamaica in public and making fools out of themselves and Jamaica.
This is the reason why I came down so hard on Earl Bailey from Homeview. You cannot go an a site that is being broadcasted worldwide and make an ass out of yourself.
I won't profess to know the man but I always got the impression he was pretty glib of tongue and fairly intelligent.
Shabby on the other hand...wow! That man deh did need support. I hear Bounty is another one too. Some brethrens in Germany saw him on TV and thought he was an idiot. Don't get me wrong yaaa!!! Cause mi like some of the tune dem.
Patrick did kind of need help to because him wasn't too goo when him was a try fling on the Yankee. Patrick:
Hey maaaannnn, mine a tump you in you yeye maaaannn!!!
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Not all the Players in such a young programme is going to be very literate. Let us face the facts star, a lot of talent people aren't scholars, especially when nothing was expected of them.
Now we have to teach the younger players to make the most of their education and communication skills. If you look at a singer like Sanchez. When he started to perform, he would walk off the stage in a jiffy looking for shouts, but he has learned with time and not many can outshine him on stage. Yet there are singers who can't read( won't call names) but have such voice and talent it is incredible.
Let me say for some of the Reggaeboys right now they will have to be guided and sooner or later we will have a field of players who are able to communicate properly, But this is one of the reason you have agent who understand the players need and the realistic view of what he can get and make it happen.
Good work Grinds..... your player is already getting good reviews from the T.D.,I hope he will be in the squad for the gme in Miami so I can have a look at him. The team really needs a sturdy defensive mid-field player.I do hopes he impresss enough to hold down that spot.I wonder could he be the one???.
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Respect Shaggybear. I just want to clear this up. I did not say that BeenieMan can't read. He is not the most intelligent guy or the best speaker but I think he can read. I watched him on BET Live the other night with John Sally and I think he did much better than when the dread interviewed on Much Music in Toronto. Maybe because I thought the interview was going to be a total disaster.
Assasin: I know that most of the talented people (sports and entertainment) around the world are not very good academically. I guess the reason is because they spent all their time perfecting their talents while we spend our time in school. It is not a good idea give your agent or manager 100% control everything for you. Remember what happened to Toni Braxton....
There are not many people out there who can actually go before camera and large audience to speak. I can remember some time ago when I went on T.V to represent my school in the schools challenge quiz......I was so nervous, I could hardly speak. Most entertainers are not bright scholars,but I am often amazed as to how a person can remember so many songs word for word years after recording.I wasn't too impressed with Beenieman,but I respect the man for what he is doing and I hope he go from strength to strength.I could understand the fact that he was trying to speak proper English,but the native language was always going to come out......anyways there is no need now to start bringing down the entertainers saying they don't represent well. The President of the most powerful country in the world,who went to some of the best schools,CANNOT construct a proper sentence......IMAGINE THAT.I will leave this subject alone,because I don't want to move away from the matter at hand which is getting the best players to help us qualify for Japan in 2002 and thereby enable the country to move from strength to strength.
