DUTCHMAN Leo Beenhakker does not officially begin his contract as
Trinidad and Tobago national football coach until May 1 but he has
already began to make a significant impact. First, Beenhakker has
offered former national captain David Nakhid a role as a player rather
that as an assistant-coach and is also due to begin his programme
without the services of Scotland-based Russell Latapy, his other
assistant. He says that the seriousness of T&T's situation means
they cannot wait until the middle of June when Latapy is due to finish
his seasoning Scotland as player/coach with First Division Falkirk.
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Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker intends to travel throughout
the United Kingdom to meet with this country’s players based there and
their respective Club managers over the remainder of this month.
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Newly-appointed Trinidad and Tobago senior football coach Leo
Beenhakker is optimistic that the "Warriors" can for the first time
qualify for the World Cup finals, in Germany next year.
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Leo Beenhakker will get an idea of the enormity of the problem facing
him today when he holds his first training session with the Trinidad
and Tobago national squad.
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English-based goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has described the appointment of Leo Benhakker as Head Coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Senior Team as “fantastic”. And he has preferred to focus on the “Warriors” future under Beenhakker rather than dwell on what may have been had Ron Atkinson been given the job.
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“The writing was on the wall,” says former T&T senior football
coach Edgar Vidale. He was asked his opinion about the sacking of coach
Bertille St Clair last week.
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FOOTBALL fans I'm sure are of the view that newly-appointed coach
Dutchman Leo Beenhakker has been contracted for the long term. This of
course is not to say that the Trinidad and Tobago national football
team will not qualify for next year's World Cup tournament in Germany,
because their chance is as good as any this time around. But surely
Government's intervention will be a key ingredient if they are to
qualify for a World Cup finals. If not for next year, then in the
future, and it calls for a significant amount of funding for the team.
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation's (TTFF) special advisor Jack
Austin Warner, has made it clear he will pay the salaries of the
coaches which include assistants Russell Latapy an ex-national captain
and midfielder, and compatriot David Nakhid, among many others.
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Jack Warner, Special Advisor to the Trinidad and Tobago Football
Federation, has sent a letter of apology to Ron Atkinson following a
decision not to appoint him as Head Coach of the Trinidad and Tobago
National Senior Team.
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