Should there be a single united Caribbean football team for future World Cups?

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Should there be a single Caribbean football team for future World Cup competitions and other International events?

[flirt]

Cause Trinidad going to world cup there should be a united team..hell no:eusa_naug



Should there be a single Caribbean football team for future World Cup competitions and other International events?

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Cause Trinidad going to world cup there should be a united team..hell no:eusa_naug
Don't forget who blazed the trail for y'all ;)

[flirt]

I AM A SOCA WARRIOR:eusa_booh



Don't forget who blazed the trail for y'all ;)

[ramesh]

I AM A SOCA WARRIOR:eusa_boohAnd I will defend your right to be, even to death! :D

[Temptress]

Nah.... I think we should stick to the current arrangement..... each country send their own representatives.

[Nastro]

No. It would not comply with the rules of FIFA.

It is for countries. The caribbean is not a country. If the caribbean could do that then Africa could just use on team called Africa and so on.

[tiffany]

no single team...u dont ave one team for Europe or one team for South America

[Manu]

NO NO and HELL NO!!!

J'can and Trini can't co-exist on the football stage. Germany hurry up and come because it will interesting to see how will Trini fare against England, Sweden and Paraguay.........:eusa_whis

[Virus]

Its better if one country sucks, but the entire caribbean... :eusa_snoo

[BlackCryptoKnight]

No. It would not comply with the rules of FIFA.

It is for countries. The caribbean is not a country. If the caribbean could do that then Africa could just use on team called Africa and so on.

Ok, but let's suspend disbelief for a bit and assume that it was within the rules ...

[Nastro]

Ok, but let's suspend disbelief for a bit and assume that it was within the rules ...

We have enough fuss as it is as for West Indies Cricket.

[nuhsenutten]

no disrespect to my trini peeps in di place but it highly likely that trinidad & tobago (we naw lef off that likkle part ...which nuff a we seem to figet exist) is a strong contender for last place

would love to c dem win something thou :D

[Chicokid]

If the idead was brought forward before, then I would have agreed with such. However, Jamaica and Trinidad have advancing individual teams currently so a Caribbean United Football team is a NO NO IMHO.

Just my $1.20 contribution.

[Bling]

no disrespect to my trini peeps in di place but it highly likely that trinidad & tobago (we naw lef off that likkle part ...which nuff a we seem to figet exist) is a strong contender for last place

would love to c dem win something thou :D
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[g2cris]

neva. i dont want them fi do we like what happen wid cricket no sa. nexting yu hear di ****** dem a say too many jamaicans on di team.

neva.

even di cricket need fi split now.

[easyskanka]

I don't think it's such a bad idea Judging by Jamaica's poor showing agaist England today. Anything that could teach and learn us to get along even better than we do would serve to knit our communities closer together which would be of a positive benefit for other aspects of life in CY.

Positive thinking would see us thru :eusa_clap :icon_neut :D

[Manu]

I don't think it's such a bad idea Judging by Jamaica's poor showing agaist England today. Anything that could teach and learn us to get along even better than we do would serve to knit our communities closer together which would be of a positive benefit for other aspects of life in CY.

Positive thinking would see us thru :eusa_clap :icon_neut :D

nope....cos we would bring down other members on the side....that's if we would even be able to make the side in the first place.

[jamerican]

Hell no no no no. better you said a club play against aresenal and barcelona teams like that.

[easyskanka]

Hell no no no no. better you said a club play against aresenal and barcelona teams like that.

Heavens...yes yes yes yes. If we all had someone or two in CY Inter on the world stage where T&T are currently sitting pretty, just image how proud we'd all feel at this moment...fabulous me thinks. Think positive and inclusive. :D

[Manu]

Not one yes? Not even an "I don't know"?

[rodalembs]

Hmm.. an interesting concept...Boy i dont know...dont seem to be workable. As much as Warner and Burell a fren. It would be chaos between dem to be fi se who would carry a united caribbean team to its first World Cup.

[easyskanka]

Not one yes? Not even an "I don't know"?

It was a word play om what Jamerican had already said. :) Would y'all wish to see a united CY team at any subsequent world cups or none at all? :eusa_thin

[bernie]

resorting to a united team because we lost to England ever so miserably would not solve anything. The members of the JA team lack discipline and organization. Individual talents are evident, but they lack the capacity to function as a team. I wonder what the coaches do (or not doing), or if the players' heads are thicker than any other athlete's.

[easyskanka]

resorting to a united team because we lost to England ever so miserably would not solve anything. The members of the JA team lack discipline and organization. Individual talents are evident, but they lack the capacity to function as a team. I wonder what the coaches do (or not doing), or if the players' heads are thicker than any other athlete's.

I agree that we should'nt have a knee jerk reaction based soley on the JA, England game, but this forum is called Carib Yard, denoting the fact that it is a community of countries joined by a common interest to get along in unity for the furtherence of said group. Why is there such a blinkered view regarding us joining together as a group to take on the rest of the world at the game of football. Are we just living in a time of increased narrow mindedness where our father's generation were more proud to be West Indians over individual Island representation?

Let's all calm down, step back for a few moments and try to assess the situation from an unbiased and objective viewpoint. In the words of a Bob Marley song; Let's get together and feel alright. :)

[bernie]

It would only hurt the egos of the various Carib. nations.
Joining a Carib team to take on other nations would imply
that the isles are wk on their own and i don't believe
any of these nations wants to be viewed as incompetent (tho true it may be).

It's gonna take more than an over-sized ego tho...

[Manu]

Ok...first I responded before the England game.

Secondly, it's just not feasable. Too many Caribbean countries. Some will get left. Even if you have 1 member from every country...then there will be discontent when one player doesn't get any game or isn't selected to go World Cup. There will also be too much politics involved with it. Why do we need a united team? Should Asia Unite? What about Central America? South America? I think things should remain as is.

[easyskanka]

Ok...first I responded before the England game.

Secondly, it's just not feasable. Too many Caribbean countries. Some will get left. Even if you have 1 member from every country...then there will be discontent when one player doesn't get any game or isn't selected to go World Cup. There will also be too much politics involved with it. Why do we need a united team? Should Asia Unite? What about Central America? South America? I think things should remain as is.

I respect the various views on display, no question about that fact. But here's the rub: At rugby football, there is a British Lions team that takes on and plays the world. This is a distinct team made up of Wales, Scotland England and Northern Ireland, so why can the West Indies not have a united team to represent them? It does not have to have a player from every Island/country, as selection would be made purely on merit.

As for the Americas, Asia etc joining forces, we're talking numbers here, the Caribbean's population combined is only a minute fraction of say Brazil's or Indonesia's population, so if the Caribbean was to combine it's resources in the same manner as for cricket, it could bode well for the whole CY community. Think positive and not quite so nationalistic in this instance. :)

[Manu]

Yes but Brazil is one country. Who determines who is good or not good enough? Where is the head coach coming from? Where do we play home matches? Which government will fund the time (count Jamaica out)? we have enough problems with a Caribbean university. We lack the discipline and co-operation not to mention the humbleness and I'm speaking mostly about Jamaica obviously. We need to get it right here first before we can even think about negotiating a united caribbean team. Still wouldn't like the prospects though.

[easyskanka]

This could go on forever, this negative vs positive outlook, I'm not saying that my view should prevail, but what I think is; Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If you just concentrate on finding all the negatives, you will never get around to finding out if another route will bring about more positive results.

Take the West Indian cricket team from 20 or so years ago and how well they performed as a group from different Islands, the same could be done with a football team if we can move beyond obvious prejudices.

I don't want to keep hearing and seeing this 'crab in the barrel' mentality going on indefinitely. It undoubtedly holds us back. :eusa_wall :eusa_thin :eusa_pray