NOTIFY US! Lawes, Benbow gave JFF no warning of missing national training
Manager of the Jamaica national senior football team, Roy Simpson, told STAR Sports that Waterhouse duo, Cardel Benbow and Shawn Lawes, left the island for the United States of America (USA) without officially informing the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
Central defender Lawes and midfielder Benbow were named in a 21-man squad by head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore for a training camp that started last Monday and finished yesterday at the UWI-JFF/Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence.
The national team continued preparation for the inaugural CONCACAF Nation’s League coming up in September.
Jamaica play its first game at home against the Cayman Islands on September 9, and Whitmore expressed the need to bring players together, especially as the Red Stripe Premier League season has been over and there was need to see the condition of players and establish training regimes with all the players.
In a lead story published in STAR Sports on June 7, Whitmore expressed disappointment that the players were absent from the training camp.
FULLY AWARE
However, Simpson said that the players are fully aware that they should inform the JFF of their whereabouts.
“The national players travelling outside the country and players arriving in the country should let the JFF know. Even those coming for holidays, just let us know,” he explained.
“The players did not inform us before (travelling). It was done after they were called to the training camp. I don’t think that their future pleased with the result, as his fighter stuck to the game plan of pacing himself early on and working Campbell’s body, leaving him winded.
“It was the match plan to work the body, but just when it started, he saw that his (Campbell’s) hands weren’t high and close to the body, so he took advantage of it,” Leblond said through Plante, who also served as his translator.
“Dave was ready for the fight. He’s in the best shape of his life. This year, he got a new coach, new mental, and physical trainer. His elementation is better than ever. He’s ready and he’ll come out on top in the Contender. He’s ready for everything, so we’ll see how it goes.”
Campbell came into the fight with extra motivation after a fire destroyed his house last week. is in question, because it is not a situation where if you don’t, you will not be included again. We are disappointed that they did not reach out early,” he added.
Simpson pointed out that Arnett Gardens midfielder, Marvin Morgan notified the JFF that he would be away.
“Marvin Morgan was called to camp and he told us that he would be travelling. He came into camp then left on Wednesday,” Simpson said. “I spoke to both players and they agreed that they should have done that. Waterhouse, through David Henry (communications officer), sent out an email expressing regret that the situation happened and that it won’t happen again, going forward. The email was sent on Sunday,” the national senior team manager noted.