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T&T is getting ready for the two friendly matches in Jamaica against the Reggae Boyz.

The Soca Warriors will play two matches in Kingston and Montego Bay starting next week

And head coach Dwight Yorke spoke with the media on Wednesday as he talked about objectives, identity and players who have caught his attention.
Transcript
00:00Matches between TNT and Jamaica are never really friendlies as a healthy rivalry exists.
00:06And while head coach Dwight Yoke is aware of the public's desire to see us win, he also has his eyes on other objectives.
00:12Ideally, we want to see the players buying into our ideas a lot more and showing that consistency.
00:20And certainly with the other players that are coming in for the first time, which we have some new faces,
00:26that will then see what we're trying to do. But we've got very little time to work with these players.
00:33And hopefully the time that we spend with them, we can see the progress that we are making in the right direction.
00:39And that will mean, of course, winning the game is equally important.
00:43But, you know, as I said, the bigger picture for us is Cuba.
00:48Yoke's task doesn't come without challenges, as he will have little time with the players ahead of the Google Cup playoff match against Cuba in March.
00:55And he took time to address some of the challenges.
00:58Had we not had these games, I wouldn't be able to see the players until March, which is four days before the game.
01:04So the public need to be educated and let them understand that, you know, and as I said, I say educated in a real positive way.
01:15It's not it's a negative, but it's not certainly an excuse.
01:19It's just a challenge that, you know, we have to embrace and deal with it and make sure that when we come in to these circumstances,
01:26that we're ready to go because the time is very limited.
01:29Challenges aside, the former Manchester United striker explained his style and approach to football as he took a more pragmatic position.
01:37When people talk about playing philosophy, as I said, everybody wants to see a certain brand of football played from the back,
01:44you know, through the lines, you know, play through the lines, up to the front, get wifers, get crosses in.
01:50So everybody wants to see that attacking side of it.
01:53But ultimately, you've got to make sure that we're defensive in and out of position, that players understand the role and play the role effectively.
02:03And so when we're in position, of course, we want to be an attacking team.
02:06But when we're out of position, we must be able to be defensive solidly as well.
02:11So those are my part of my philosophy that I'm trying to introduce.
02:14And we will need that when we go into these, you know, challenging games, especially against Kew Roadway.
02:20And after York exploded on the scene at a young age, he identified two young local players who remind him of himself.
02:27We've got two young players that I've seen in the domestic game and we watched them quite carefully.
02:35And those two players reminds me when I started playing football for the national team.
02:40Right. And so, you know, when you look at Darrell Garcia, you know, that's a young player, he's only 17, 18.
02:52I mean, obviously, I was playing a little bit earlier than that, but that just reminds that we do have talent.
02:58And you've got the boy Sweeney, who is also a young talent that I like.
03:03You know, and so we want to bring them in, integrate them.
03:07And it will take us a new players if we were to get where we want to be first to be Cuba and get to that state.
03:15We need all these players.
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