00:00Don't expect TNT to take things for granted against Bermuda tomorrow.
00:04That's a promise from Dwight York as he says his players are motivated to finish the tournament on a high.
00:09We talked about the standards that we try to set ourselves despite the disappointment in the game against Jamaica
00:18and not getting the maximum point in the game.
00:24Now, it's easy to just go through the motion and you can tell in my selection
00:29there will be changes but not a whole deal of household changes.
00:34We've still got a relatively very strong squad.
00:38We want to end the campaign on a high and I think it's important that we do that.
00:43Despite the disappointing end to the campaign, York pointed out an area in which they have made strides.
00:48The recruitment and the players that I've brought in and been able to get through various research that we have done,
00:59the due diligence in terms of the standard and the age of the recruitment of the players that we try to bring in.
01:06I think you can see that this is a new era of Trinidad and Tobago football.
01:10There's a lot of names and faces that a lot of people in Trinidad and Tobago is not very familiar with.
01:16And so I'm very proud of the recruitment.
01:21The backroom staff has been able to come up with these names that now that Trinidad and Tobago public can really identify themselves with.
01:31The former captain listed a number of areas that have to improve from the domestic league, pitches, sponsorship and much more
01:38and explained the value of the world ranking.
01:41Crossout was maybe, you know, 15 spaces ahead of us.
01:45You know, those are the numbers and the gap that these teams have got ahead of us.
01:51And I know a lot of people may not look at that as a significant thing, but it is vitally important that our ranking is better.
01:59So if a team is ranked, you know, 15th place ahead of us, that's because of the results in friendlies and the international games that we play.
02:09So we need to close the gap in every sense.
02:13So every game we play is towards or geared towards a better ranking and a better ranking mean that you get a favorable draw.
02:23And he paid tribute to Captain Kevin Molino, who will retire from the international game after Bermuda.
02:28I think he was exceptional.
02:30I think whenever I called up on him to lead the team, he's always been there first and given 100 percent.
02:39And when he wasn't even playing, he was there being very supportive.
02:43And not very often you get characters like that in the team who can be a little disruptive.
02:51Molino wasn't that.
02:53He was all in, all hands on deck.
02:55And I'm sure that, you know, Trinidad and Tobago is going to miss a person who has been very influential in Trinidad and Tobago football.
03:04Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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