 Yes, we're kicking off this Friday edition of the Sportsmax zone on the topic of concord cabinetions league football Let's first see how the results were on Thursday Many of the matches early evening into the night Suriname 1-1 with Haiti, Grenada beaten at home 4-1 by Jamaica, Cuba and Honduras goles That's in league A, in league B, Saint Kitts and Nevis winning a five-goal game over Saint Martin That's Dutch Saint Martin, Saint Lucia winning 2-1 over Guadalupe at top of the table clash there and in League C The leaders Dominica were held 1-1 by the British Virgin Islands and Bonaire got by Anguilla by 2-goal Stenille Now the reggae boys became the first concord cabinetions league A team to secure their spot in the quarter-finals With their 4-1 win away to Grenada on Thursday goes by Romario Williams, Shamar Nicholson, Demarra Gray and Bobby Reed Punctuated a good attacking performance against the Spice boys Which are routed to the bottom of group B joining us on set to break down the win and performance Ace Football Analyst Lige Williams, 4 goals yesterday Lige for the Jamaican team I suspect that coach Hal Grimson would be reasonable pleased especially since he didn't start some of his first team players Captain Andre Blake was on the bench and Leon Bailey came off the bench Yeah, there's a lot of rotation in the Jamaican team So I think Hal Grimson, coach Hal Grimson would be pleased that they ended up getting the win But I do think that there's a lot left to be desired from the Jamaican team I'm not quite sure what it is, I'm not quite sure if the Jamaican team are sponsored by prestige or sponsored by any other donut company But for some reason their midfield is always empty, it's always like a hole I'm not quite sure, so often we see three Jamaican players at the back and then the rest of the seven players in the attacking third So I'm not quite sure what the solution to that can be because at first I thought the Jamaican team were just lacking maybe a type of midfielder to drop and take responsibility But any changes, we saw some changes in there last night and so far during Hal Grimson's reign I've seen nothing to indicate that Jamaican has that type of midfielder Maybe Jamaican will acquire it somewhere but that's what I'm most upset about from the performance and I know that Jamaican won the game So these negative comments will come out of nowhere for some people but in my estimation I don't really look at the results I know that Jamaican are a better team than Grenada, Haiti, any of the other teams in our group What I want to see is a Jamaican team putting their foot down and putting a dominant performance on the field That's not what we saw yesterday, Jamaican did get the win so that's something to be happy about Jamaican are in the quarterfinals and that's something to be happy about But generally there are a lot of problems that need to be fixed and I don't see how they're going to be fixed with this current prep of players Yeah, I got the feeling that because the Haiti game is so close to the Grenada game and Haiti would be considered a tougher opposition for coach Hal Grimson than the Grenadians are There may be more focus on ensuring that the team peaks for Sunday's game against Haiti and not so much against the Grenadians I'm not sure what you think about that I'm sure that went into thinking of the coaching staff and I think that the team will look much better against Haiti So yes, I agree with you in terms of the rotation especially the players that would come out for the bench or did not play whatsoever But we have seen this Jamaican team against Haiti and Haiti caused Jamaica a lot of problems I think and the problems that they caused us Although I do think that Haiti performance that Jamaica put on in our last game before this round I do think that that was Jamaica's best performance of the Nations League so far Although that they didn't get the win and I know that's what a lot of people look at Because against Honduras when Jamaica played woefully, we won so I didn't hear anyone say anything Against Grenada, Jamaica scored four goals, we didn't play well and I'm not hearing anyone say anything But then in the game where Jamaica drew two all, I'm hearing all sorts of A lot of criticism Stop looking at the result, focus on the performance But there's to be fear, any sport is about result I understand that there is a process and Hargrimson is looking at building this team to some higher height So I understand the point you're making but sport is about results Yes sir Lance, but results, I've said this multiple times on the show also Repeated quality actions lead to repeated success If you're going to constantly fall into a perpetual trap or zone of just trying to equal results Eventually the love averages will always catch up on you And that's what's happening or is going to happen with some of these teams We see it with the regular girls as well, the regular girls go to tournaments right Play defensive football try and equal results and they did that successfully But who is to say if they were to get that same exact group on another day All of those teams would slap them around because if you're not going to engage and have control over games That's what's going to happen and in that Grenada game last night For most of the game because of a lack of midfield presence could not have control over the game I hate ping pong games, it's football we're watching It's not supposed to be a tennis game, I know Ricard isn't here, maybe he loves the tennis games I don't think he does actually but go ahead But I certainly don't like it in this aspect He loves tennis but he doesn't like the tennis game in football This back and forth thing, we have the superior players I know football isn't solely played on paper but Jamaica has the superior players We should have a midfield structure I think to just take the sting out of games and just control it better The game seemed too much on edge at many times especially before the third goal was scored Should we have kept a clean sheet? Well I think that comes down as well to what I was saying in terms of a lack of control A lack of control doesn't only mean keeping the ball It's also marshalling or controlling when the opposition can come into your final third And I'm not going to say Jamaica are a bad defensive team They have actually improved a lot I think under Coach Hal Grimson but everything comes from the midfield As Mariah would know you're very familiar with this type of music In the engine room that is the midfield You get me? And that's what we need We need more controllers Jamaica need more controllers in that midfield And that is our way forward We have excellent attackers I think Hal Grimson has a good enough defensive structure We have seen that with his previous regimes But until we get, until Jamaica get that midfield structure I think Jamaica is always going to struggle against better opposition And when we play those better opposition we will be playing them in tournaments that matter Yeah, Bobby Reid, 87th minute goal How is he as captain for you? I think from what I've seen Jamaica, the team respects Bobby Reid a lot A lot of people might say why didn't he give it to As someone say why didn't Jamaica give it to Demarra Greer I think a lot of captaincy comes down to things that we don't see personally And I think judging what I have seen from the Jamaican team I've gone to a couple training sessions as well I think that the Jamaican team respects Bobby Reid a lot He's one of the foreign players so to speak That have come in and really integrated with the team well So I think he was a decent choice as captain And I think his work rate on the pitch shows that as well And I think he was a decent, he had a decent performance And yeah, I think Bobby Reid was a good captain show Speaking of decent performance, Shamar Nicholson He's Jamaica's all-time leading goal scorer In the Concord Cafe Nations League with five goals Rate his performance and how he has been suiting up for Jamaica You know, one of the last times I came on this show I had a rose-in debate, discussion about Shamar Nicholson And I think last night pretty much summed up What I've always been trying to say about Shamar Nicholson Give him chances, not every striker is going to score With two chances and convert one A 50% conversion rate that would put you into Van Bastan territory Put you into Grand Mula territory That is not what most strikers in the world are Harry Kane's best conversion rate of his career Harry Kane one of the best strikers of all time His best conversion rate is 62.3% That is an elite elite striker Who have to understand what we have And I would much prefer I'm not saying to bench Antonia or anything like that But I would much prefer if Jamaica were to get a system To get their striker, getting a lot of chances And not have them feeding off scraps Like Antonia is adept at doing So that we can have a more potent attack at times I have a quick question for you about the Grenada performance But quickly you just complained about the midfield And how unresponsive it was to the game situations Karoy Anderson, the 19-year-old Getting on as a substitute last night What did you make of his performance? Give him a rating of 1 out of 10 Based on the time he was on the pitch I think I would give him like a 6 or a 7 Didn't impact the game too much I have been following my child And actually didn't know too much That he was going to play for Jamaica Up until I just heard about him as a quality player So I think at that age I think if Jamaica continue to groom him properly I think he can have a big impact for us in the midfield You just suggested a few minutes ago That when the score was 2-1 Jamaica looked a little bit vulnerable Assessed Grenada for me Because at that point I agree with you On Grenada looked as if they could have gotten back into the game Fully, they had chances to score and didn't How do you think the Grenadians did? I think Grenada played much better than I expected And I assume many Jamaicans would have expected them to play as well Because I think for some reason Jamaican fans have a superiority And an insuperior complex So I think Grenada played really well But I think a lot of what Grenada did well We allowed, Jamaica allowed them to do it So I mentioned just not having control So it created the ping-pong effect Grenada held their strikers really high Their attackers really high So when the ball was progressed They always had options on the flank And their wingers I think did a really good job of taking I was about to say that Because you were saying Jamaica allowed them In moments but there were times Their wingers with their good ball handling skills Did Jamaica give the Jamaican flank defenders A hell of a time? Yeah but I think if our midfield was more present Then one of the defensive midfielders Could shuttle out and instead of making it A 1v1 all the time Jamaica could have a 2v1 and handle situations better It's never good to leave a defender on an island With a tricky attacker It's better to be proactive than reactive And a defender in that sense is always Going to be reactive So yeah it's just problems that I think Hopefully I am being hopeful Because although I'm bashing the performance Who got the win So that's what really matters in the grand scheme of things But I am being hopeful that in the future I'm going to see some improvement From what we try to do Against better opposition Thanks ladies always great having you on the sports My own talking football Remember that tonight 9 o'clock Eastern Caribbean time 8 o'clock in Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago taking on Guatemala And that's the concave nation's lead continuing On sportsmax channels Back with more football after the break