And while the massive multi-national PUMA is donating cash, Housing Minister Michael Finnegan is donating his wisdom. For the past few nights, you've heard the senior football authority hold sway mostly on the national team's weaknesses – especially when compared to the footballers of his era in the 60's and 70's. But, he also told us that the Gold Cup team has a talented nucleus of players which he rates highly – and he told us about his top six:..
Hon. Michael Finnegan - Football Historian
"This team from my vantage point is not a bad team. Eiley, Gaynair, Lennon, Mariano and the two goal keepers - you could build around them. Something is wrong with the team - the team is not all that bad. You will never hear me try to depredated the team or to run to it's lowest. I would never do that because I would be unfair - there is something that is wrong with the team. The composition and chemistry of the team and we just have to find what is wrong. Maybe when they left here they left under a situation quarrelling for money - maybe that is a mental thing - maybe that could be part of it. Maybe when they got over there - they didn't take someone to be with them so that when they eat their Rice and Beans and chicken and salad that they are used to and went to eat the 'white man's' dinner. Maybe that is a part of it governor - when those teams travel they even take their kitchen, you can't go there and eat lettuce and steak all of a sudden and think that will make you strong - lettuce and steak is a long process. You have to stay with rice and beans and what you know about."
Finnegan contributes regularly to the Amandala about forgotten footballers from the 60's and 70's…
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