00:00 I can say this open heartedly that I feel that we are kind of stifling our opportunity to recruit players.
00:08 You see all the other countries have been able to recruit players and that's a big factor.
00:13 You've got to use, we're only a small country, we haven't got too many people to choose from.
00:17 So anybody with any type of nationality that links to Trinidad and Tobago, that play of a certain level,
00:23 that can only be a benefit to us, so why deprive that?
00:26 So that's something we need to look at. The people, the head of state, are the ones who can make those decisions.
00:33 A big statement by a big personality, identifying a big problem.
00:37 These words by TNC football legend Dwight York has cut deep into the unspoken wounds haunting the national team since his retirement.
00:45 The Soka Warriors, arguably a shadow of the 2006 team that included the likes of York, Stern John, Shaka Hislop and Russell Latipi,
00:53 has failed to reach within arm's length of such glory.
00:56 The former Manchester United star, while admitting that the conveyor belt of talent has stalled,
01:01 insists that the foundation is still in place to produce future quality.
01:05 There is so much negative coming out of the country, so the football is, as I said, it's the people's sport.
01:11 It always has been the people's sport. Let's hope that the woke up campaign is such a positive it rubs off on the younger generation.
01:18 It certainly did when I was growing up. And yeah, all right, we are probably a bit of a dying breed.
01:23 The Russell, the Shaka Hislop, the Stern John, those type of guys who had had the opportunity to play abroad.
01:30 Let's hope that it will encourage the younger boys because the foundation is there. The opportunity is even greater.
01:36 World Cup qualification begins at TNT in less than a month.
01:39 And although there has been mixed reviews about coach Eve's tenure, York is firmly behind his ex-teammate saying that he needs the support.
01:46 The fact that they, you know, as you named the hosts, there are three teams and five opportunities for us to qualify.
01:52 It's actually, I won't say easy because it's never easy, but the opportunity is really good for us.
01:58 And if we really get the government, the people, the head of states, the sponsors, the public sector, the people really invest in the football,
02:07 give back Angus and the team to try and get there, give him all the resources that he needs.
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