 We turn now to top tier Jamaican football on the sports max zone. The rare nephew Jamaica Premier League is inching closer to the playoffs and with just four games remaining in the regular season, much is still left to be decided. Let's get a refresher of the table after 22 games. So we have Mount Pleasant at the top of the table on 49 points, Cavalier in second on 45 points, Tivoli in third after playing 22 matches. On 42 points, now note Portma United in fourth position and Annette Gardens in fifth position also have 42 points. In sixth spot, Don Beholden on 34 points, Waterhouse in seventh on 31, Montego Bay United also have 31, then at the bottom of the table, Treasure Beach and Limehall, of course in relegation zone on 12 and 7 points respectively. Alright so these are the fixtures to look forward to now, what do we have in store for the weekend? So on Monday, Cavalier will be playing Portma United, that fixture will be live on Sports Max 2, Annette Gardens will be up against Humberline, this is also on Sports Max 2. On Wednesday, the matches have been moved because of the GFF election, Mullines United vs. Tivoli Gardens on Sports Max 2, Bay United vs. Mount Pleasant, Don Beholden play, Montego Bay United, Treasure Beach vs. Waterhouse and Limehall Academy, up against Humberview. So once we're talking JPL, we have our Sports Max Football Analyst, Lige Williams. Happy Friday, welcome to the show. Yeah man, it's a pleasure all the time man, it's a pleasure all the time. Yes, so Lige, this, well I'm thinking weekend but it's no longer weekend, so the upcoming fixtures on Monday, right, a lot on the line, I just outlined the table, I just explained to the viewers the importance of these upcoming fixtures, which of the list that I gave is one that's so so crucial for that sixth spot? Well naturally you have that Mullines, sorry, Montego Bay United vs. Don Beholden game, that's shaping up to be a real quirk, it's going to be at Don Beholden, that fixture I think will decide a lot in terms of how much momentum Don Beholden could have going into the rest of the fixtures, because as we outlined a couple of shows ago, when we spoke about the fixtures that they have, they have a difficult running, so if they were able to get over this hump and get the better of Montego Bay United, I think that could give them a lot of momentum going into the last three fixtures for the rest of the season and it would leave Montego Bay United with a real mountain to climb, so I think he could really, at least, at the very least shorten it to a two-horse race instead of a three-horse race. Yeah, what's also important is Portmore can leap from Cavalier into second position if they win. Talk to us about what to expect for that fixture. Yeah, Cavalier were in some really good form, 14 games on beat and then you know they've had a couple of disappointing results, especially the two-nil last month plays and that they had the last game week and I think that has put them in a little bit of a vulnerable position. We know that the top two in the Jamaica Premier League then qualify for the Kanka Cup Champions League playoffs at the very least and that's a very important competition for Jamaican teams, not only monetarily, but exposure-wise for the players if they're looking for some overseas moves. So I do think that that's a very important competition to get into and also the top two will get a buy going into the playoffs also, so less games to play, which we have seen in the past not necessarily be an advantage, but it is going to leave your players to be relatively fresh going into the playoffs as well and if Portmore were to beat Cavalier, it would leave, it would then leave. I think Cavalier in a really precarious spot because at that point, depending on how bad the loss is, especially, we could see the three teams tied on 42 points, which are Tivoli Garnes, Portmore United and Anet Garnes, all of them being able to leap from Cavalier and with three games left and these are all very good teams, the top five have pulled away from very early in the season, they've showed a lot of quality from very early on, so with these three games left I don't discount at all through these teams or the rest of the top five teams would win out and it would leave Cavalier in a really sticky spot, especially with their goal difference not necessarily being superior to some of those teams around, especially at Tivoli Garnes, the top scorers in the league so far, so it's a really big game for Cavalier, not only for attaining that second spot but also maintaining their momentum going into the playoffs as well. Yeah, how much would Coach Speed be thrown off by their last result because they lost, I think, a 14 game on beat and run, but a good team beat them, Mount Pleasant beat them, wasn't it? And it would have been a big match for both teams, bragging rights basically, but I don't think Cavalier would worry too much about that result because, as I said, they were beaten by a top team and their consistency and steadiness throughout the entire season, bodes well for them. Yeah, I agree with you and Cavalier have proven to be a very good team this season, they have changed their system a bit, not necessarily the way that they play but their system, they're defending just as thoughtly as we expect them to and they have a lot of good defenders, a lot of good midfielders and of course their young attackers always shining through, so I do think Cavalier, not necessarily that they have something to worry about but as I mentioned when we were previewing the game last week, there's a psychological aspect to it. This is the same Mount Pleasant team that beat them in the Jamaica Premier League Finals last season and then when you come into this season, yes, Cavalier won the first game but going into the playoffs now, so close to the playoffs if you're going to then lose to Mount Pleasant, which they did, I think that gives a psychological edge to Mount Pleasant to still affirm to Mount Pleasant that, okay, we're still better than this Cavalier team and if and when we play them in the playoffs again, then we'll have their number, so that's a very important point to note and also I think it would have helped Coach Speed to really learn a bit more about his squad because you know that Cavalier have a very young squad so often they chop and change, not necessarily in the defense but in the midfield and in the forward line. We saw Chad James, for example, a Mount Pleasant low knee that went on to Cavalier and form under 20 players. He got his first start of the season, I believe, in that game so they were without their main strikers, especially in Jalmara, Calvin, who has 10 leagos this season so I'm not going to say it's a distinct worry for Cavalier but I still do think that there it was a point of note that Mount Pleasant got the better of them because football is a mental game, life is a mental game, so if you're going to lose to your opponents, it's going to create a little bit of psychological edge for them. Yeah, you looked at the Don Beholden Montego Bay clash, which for the playoff race is obviously the biggest match of the next round, but this sandwich Waterhouse because Waterhouse are seventh, Montego Bay are eighth and Don Beholden are sixth. The closeness between those two teams interesting to the running but Waterhouse have a significantly better goal difference than both of those teams so if it is that Waterhouse can get some good results here and match Don Beholden for points, their plus nine goal difference at the moment could work well for them. Yeah, I think so as well that's an advantage that I always thought they had they haven't been scoring too many goals but they haven't been conceding any either especially as I've laid Waterhouse so there are quality enough team I think, I think all three teams would be deserving if they get into the top six but still think that there are some issues when it comes on to Waterhouse especially attacking-wise they're not quite as fluid as we expect a Marcel Fozegale coach team to be at Waterhouse to be who play no point intended as it's Waterhouse Liquid football, they play some really good football at Waterhouse and they haven't really been doing that this season it's been really a slag at times for them to get some goals and get some really good attack play going so it's good that they have this goal difference built up and it's going to be very pivotal let's hope that they aren't penned back or if they lose a game then it could be a bit dicey or if Don Beholden or Montego Bay 90 start scoring and keeping more clean sheets that could also cause a problem with the goal difference because that can change so quickly but as of right now that could be that's their advantage despite being three points behind that's their advantage that they're carrying into the player phrase yeah so Waterhouse at the moment have 31 points like Montego Bay United there are three points off Don Beholden giving the quality and the form because we have to consider the current form because that's what we have to work with to the back end of the of the season do you think Don Beholden are strong enough to fend off those two stalking them for the playoff spot I do think that they're strong enough but they have to sort out their consistency because you mentioned their form so often we see Don Beholden they have the ability to blow away any team in the league they're coached by a Lenworth teacher hide and they have been playing some good football at times but so often we see defensive lapses so often we see boats are in discipline as well so it's it's it's not hasn't been too consistent for Don Beholden it has been too consistent for any of the three teams fighting for that playoff space but and then when I say just inconsistency this goal for example there the first goal they can see there the goal they can't see against Tivoli Garnes I think is a key example just yes the pitch could be blamed for a goal like this but in terms of this is just a chemical error that you shouldn't really be conceding you shouldn't be conceding a goal like that in a game like this against the Tivoli team who didn't really create much for the rest of the game and Don Beholden ended up equalizing to make it one also obviously game state plays a lot into it but this could have been a game where Don Beholden could have been one of the big boys and really asserted themselves in that top six race so inconsistency from all three teams and I think it's going to be the team as I said I think it's going to come down mostly to what happens when they play each other and then now Don Beholden hosting Montego Bay 90 that's a huge game all the way on Wednesday yeah credit to the Don Beholden goalkeeper there though because that moment could have shattered him but he made some brilliant saves in the match overall so he rebounded from that well yeah and you were speaking about him last week so he had lost weight and he looked fitter I said that last week yes well maybe that fitness helped him when he was making those saves but he's always been a quality keeper them and I obviously just along with his team maybe consistency an issue but he's one that has been around national squads before so he's a quality keeper and yeah I figured that he would have rebounded well from that it was just an innocuous era to be to be honest but you know those are things that happen sometimes when those unlucky things happen unlucky things like that don't usually happen to teams that are fully focused and raring to go you know there's someone even said you know obviously this won't happen in Jamaica often because of the quality of our feels like we saw in that clip there but on the really good slick surfaces sometimes when you see players slipping all the time I don't think you've ever noticed that Cristian Ronaldo slipping at a pivotal moment Lionel Messi slipping at a pivotal moment really top top players those Bambi and Ice moments don't necessarily happen to them so yeah I think he's just keeping focus for all of the teams for all of the players involved as well because as I said all three teams are definitely deserving of getting that sixth spot it's just who is going to fight enough and play good enough football to get there what about that Steven Gerrard slip though that costs Liverpool their title race well you know there are anomalies for everything and I allegee Williams despite being a Arsenal supporter I will never come on any platform and disrespect Steven George Gerrard the best English midfielder and there was a John Terry slip with the penalty kick as well and that's just his karma for his off the field issues oh it was yeah what off the field issues this is that we're talking about the Jamaica Premier League sale I can't I can't get into that right now unfortunately the title has it been decided in terms of the Jamaica Premier League it's nothing is decided yet because of the playoffs and how it's set up my present as I've said multiple times I think not necessarily that the play is the best football in the league but they are the best team in the league they have the best squad in the league they were able to loan out almost 10 players in January and they've still looked extremely consistent even when the last players to national duty they still had players coming in and doing the job they have a set system and they've been just performing extremely well so I do think that overall my present are still the favorites to you know really go on and retain the title but as we've seen on several occasions I do think that teams can jump up I have been fans of Tivoli from early on in the season I saw their process and how they have improved as well and you know it can never count out maybe if one of the whichever the three teams coming and finish six we can never know if they can come up because we've seen it before with Inet we've seen it before with Harbourview so it's not always set in stone but if I were to be a betting man as I usually am it would my money would definitely go to Monplex at this current moment yeah well the JPL action of course continues to be very very hot and it will be live on your home of champions so you don't want to miss Lajea thank you so much we'll talk again next week yeah my all the time and I'm always here all right same time same place it's break time