In reply to Trex
You and Jacksprat have made some good points.
The pity tho is that divisiveness is the order of the day and that will continue to hurt the game.
It is not good that Bailey is not is in the team for the USA game but common sense they say is not
common.
A player must however toe lines for the betterment of the whole..
I remember when Brazilian Jorge Penna came on board in he 60s to change Jamaica's football and
put it on a high level. He had to deal with certain players and their ways but he never bow to any.
Being from a Professional set up and such the amateur level of Jamaica's football led to some difficult things at
the outset. But Penna with his assistant coach from Haiti Tassey meant business,
At the time, one Ken East of STGC Old Boys was the center forward and Star for Jamaica but having to work as the players all did
they all did,was tardy in reaching practice on time . After a few such occasions and warning from Penna,
he turned up late again and the conversation went something like this.
' Hi Mr East, Bye Mr East'.
He never played under Penna's regime. He did not play for Jamaica again either.
There was shock and consternation by the squad and a lot in the football fraternity at East's dismissal. But Jamaica found
replacements, one of whom was a Cornwall College DaCosta Cup CF, Billy Griffith , perhaps the best young player
in the country and who did well before he too fell to Penna's rules.
At the time players were sometimes housed at the
Stadium for a game and Billy was of one of those that broke curfew and was dismissed.
He too never played again.
So the more things change the more they remain the same.
The hope is that we have become more nuanced over the years into a new Century and that valuable players such as
Baily will not be lost to the Jamaica cause.
Wisdom should not be a stranger to the Football Administration in this age...hopefully.