`It’s a game we want to win’

Members of the Golden Jaguars unit conducting a possession based drill, during their morning session at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, ahead of their clash with Barbados in the CONCACAF Nations League Qualifiers From back page want to use what we believe are the cultural imprints of who we are and one of the things we know is that we are a vibrant nation that loves to dance and loves music. We want the players to play with a smile on their face but the way you play with a smile on your face is doing the right things.”

“We will promise a hardworking team, if we can get the team enjoying it by doing the right things and hard-work, then I am sure the flair and vibrancy will come out in the final third. We are working tenaciously to make sure that is delivered, not just in the camp, not just on the pitch but also off the field as well,” he declared.

Quizzed about the composition of the team, he disclosed, “The squad is made up of talents from all over the world, a lot of guys from England, we got Canada in Jelani [Smith] and Brandon [Beresford] from over in America. They are a lot of guys from the Brazil camp that formed part of the squad and they might be one or two surprises of who might be involved and on the bench. But I think the squad that we have assembled is competitive, we are happy with squad and it’s a squad that I believe will really do justice for the country. This is a squad that I am very comfortable with.”

Guyana features in a group also consisting of Turks and Caicos Islands, French Guiana and Belize. They will also host Belize on March 2019, after travelling to Turks and Caicos Islands and French Guiana during October and November 2018 respectively.