 Back on the sportsmax zone and we turn our attention to the Trinidad and Tobago top-flight football competition, the TNT Premier League. Defence Force have their work cut out if they are to retain the title. They are currently third heading into round 14. Great news for them, there are only three points behind leaders AC Port of Spain. Three points actually separate the top four. Let's take a peek at the table as it now stands heading into the weekend's matches. Police two behind in second on 24. Defence Force third on 23 La Jorqueta on 23 points in fourth, so on points they are joined, third with defence force just inferior on goal. DeFarese, Sando and prison service are the other teams in the top six. Morpheur Caledonia and Central FC. Bottom of the table at the moment. Central FC with a wretched record of 12 losses in their 12 games in 20 minutes. 12 games so far and their goal difference is minus 41 so maybe Brent can tell us something about central FC when we speak to him in a couple of minutes from now let's look at what happens this weekend 1976 Phoenix FC versus police this is Friday defense force taking on prison service and Eagles FC against the Sando the Sunday matches in the TT Premier League will be central FC 0.14 and Jorge taking on the leaders AC Port of Spain and we're now joining to give us valuable insight into the state of play football correspondent Brent Sancho Brent welcome to the Sportsmax zone great to have this discussion with you on the TT Premier Football League can you advise us at the moment though about your status with central FC which was your club are you still in charge very very much so I can advise Lance and hello to Paul and on set I'm no longer integrally involved in the day-to-day activities of central FC and maybe that is a reflection as to the position as what the club is in 12 matches and 12 losses yeah 12 matches it's you know it's really a situation where there are clubs within the league that have decided to go very young and with inexperienced players at least 95 to 90 percent of the central FC team is a very inexperienced men that 90 to 95 have not played in the league before so they do have the challenges in terms of that side of things but they've had some one or two spirited performance look a lot of the games that they've lost remarkably not have all been self-inflicted wounds they've had situations where they went one go up against club sandal last Sunday to a penalty kick and then they went on to to implode and that's been really the story this season as you know with players at a new to a league that they would make those sorts of mistakes young players in particularly they make individual errors and it has cost them throughout the season yeah before we talk about AC Port of Spain the current leaders in the league Brent I just alluded to the fact that the defense force appeared to have a battle on their hands to retain their title they did rebound from a mid-February loss to Phoenix with a victory over the weekend against police I think it was in a battle of the of the of the lawmen how equipped are the defense force this year to be champions again yeah that's a that's a difficult one and I tell you why they've had several departures from their team that the top goals going Brent Sam and we are more to their more clinical and technically gifted players have gone on to other pastures and they've lost kind Thomas a winger that is part of Angus receive squad to take on Jamaica this weekend so they have lost a few that being said they've been able to bring in a young talisman from AC Port of Spain over the transfer period to now lead the lines for them but I still feel lanced with the players that they would have lost during the transfer window it may be a lot for them to try and fill those gaps as other teams try to strengthen and of course as they pursue the leaders AC Port of Spain and Brent that leads me to my question what has made AC Port of Spain so dominant this season I think it's the experience of of the national team players and I like to jump all rush for doing market just to name a few who's a put engine on who's now on your screen those three particular to operate within the middle of the park have been exceptional throughout the season also must be stated as well Mariah that they have an experienced goalkeeper Marvin Phillips and a defense that is led by Rodan Wababaka who hasn't put a foot wrong since he started restarted his season with AC Port of Spain so those players that I just mentioned have really driven the AC Port of Spain machinery and they've been very not only very difficult to beat but they've been very difficult to play against a team that as I mentioned has a good slew a good slew of very very talented individuals that has really championed the AC Port of Spain course yeah Brent you know sometimes there are teams that perform well they just don't walk away with the results and as a result sometimes they're standings on the table not a true reflection of the type of football that they play are there any teams like that that you think is worth mentioning no I think I think the top five is a top five and they rightfully sit where they sit and I do believe that this league will be decided of course for the results that comes with the games against each other in that top five one of the things that that viewers should look out for is teams that have to go to Lahoketa is a place that has has become very very tricky for all teams in the league to go and play and several of the top teams still have a game against Lahoketa in Lahoketa and I think those games in particular would have an impact as to who's the final winner of the TT PFL because as I said the top five have really separated themselves not only in the ability to win football games but the quality that they possess within their squad has made them the better team so it's still a lot to play for the table shows you that and it's very very tight and I believe it will come down to the wire. Yeah and speaking about coming down to the wire the TT PFL is of course live on Sportsmax whenever there are matches and tomorrow coming up tomorrow there will be 1976 Phoenix FC versus police what do we expect from that match. Well I believe that the game the fixtures for this weekend is so far on hold because of the Trinidad Jamaica clash on the weekend. OK. So it will push it on to the next weekend. But there's one particular fixture that is going to play out and that is the Lahoketa Rangers fixture against AC Polispeed on Sunday. Right. Sunday. That game but I'm not sure if it's playing this Sunday may play next Sunday but I think that game in particular is going to have a lot of bearing as to how the title races is decided. As I mentioned to you it is a location that most teams struggle to go and get any joy and that AC Polispeed clash couldn't very well see either a change in fortunes as it relates to the leaders of the league or of course AC Polispeed further stretching their lead at all. Yeah Brent I always think about tournaments as more or as an overall product which means it's more than just a football that is played on the field. And you're also talking about a lot of what surrounds it including the crowd support. And I'm interested in what that has been like this season and whether you are pleased with the turnout you're seeing consistently in the stands. And if not what can be done to improve that area so that the players feel that they are part of the top division of the country's football. On the overall record it's been disappointing. And I think a lot of it is down to the fact that of course acquiring venues would you believe in a country with so many stadiums and facilities has been a challenge. They've not been a situation where a fan could pull up a fixture and there is a list of games going all the way through for the next two three months so they can plan accordingly. I think the second part of it as well as the fan experience I think that could be a little bit better because there are on the occasions when the top teams meet having a decent sized crowd but the fan experience is just not the same in terms of obviously being able to purchase beverages where you sit the viewing of the game what you experience while you're there. It's not been that sort of situation and I'm very sure those are two things that the organizers will have to try to look at because at the end of the day for a fan to keep coming back repetitively to a football fixture it's not just about who wins or who wins or loses on a pitch. It's also about what they experience while they are at that venue. And I think if that could improve along with what I said in terms of the scheduling and the facilities I think you would see a more consistent of course a crowd coming out to the games. Yeah I'm not convinced that the scheduling issues will be necessarily fixed for this campaign but how do you feel about the aspect of fan experience. Do you feel that this is something that the organizers can improve significantly or even fix for the remainder of this campaign or do we just call this one a loss and look to get better for the next campaign. Well I think it is a correlation between the venues and of course a fan experience that all of the venues barring maybe two or three within the of course the league is not owned by the organizers and because of that they can't really put on these sorts of activities that they probably want to do at these facilities. They're rented government facilities and they don't have the opportunities to whether or not issue bar licensing or any sort of license that would sell things at the venue being able to do different things that would of course give an appreciation to the fans. So at the end of the day that is something that has to be worked on. I think there needs to be a little bit more thought process behind it because it is significant. We live in a world nowadays where of course every human being has a lot of value to that dollar that they spend and then you have to give them value or more than the value that they expect. And of course that is what is expected of people that go to watch these games. So it's something that needs to be worked on. I believe maybe not this season but in going into the foot. The other the next season is something that needs to be worn into and of course improved. Yeah. All right. Brent stay right where you are because in a few moments from now we'll be continuing our discussion with you. This time talking about TNT and Jamaica and their friend list coming up this weekend. We go to break back in a moment.