 Yes, staying with football on the Sports Maxon and we're talking high school football in Jamaica now the draw for the quarterfinal matches for this year's All Island knockout tournament was held at the National Stadium East Field on Tuesday evening. These are the match-ups on the left Mona High versus Glen Muir what a month-watering first-round clash that is Kingston College versus Dintill Technical and then on the right side of the bracket Clarendon College versus St. George's College and Garver-Maceo versus Highdale remember of course a new champion will be crowned this year because Jamaica College did not make it to the semifinals of the Manning Cup and by extension to the Champions Cup we are joined in studio by our in-house football analyst and he has been covering a lot of schoolboy football action LeJay Williams. LeJay welcome back I'm sure you've seen the latest Sports Maxon promo and how you were referred to in that promo. I'm pretty sure you will not be showing that side of you this afternoon. I'm sorry. Well what I would like to say is I don't know why you're putting it like that as if you're not the one who said it. Oh I was the one who said it. I'm sorry on behalf of him because you know what it's sad that that's the part that's used in the promo and you did so many cool things on the show. Exactly and it's him and him crony you know. He had to say okay to the promo so you know what happened. Do you want to say something else that we can use for the next promo. As I say quotable things every time I'm on here so I don't have to say anything this time. Let's talk about the Champions Cup matchup shall we they look quite mouthwatering in my opinion especially that Mona Glenmure match. Yeah that stands out to me immediately that was the first matchup that was drawn and I was like wow they're giving us some really heavyweight encounters right away. I think it was that that's our encounter I'll be hoping to see for a semi-final or a final but yeah it's two teams that I think match up really well against each other. The tactically they match up really well as well because of the similar systems that they use but then at the end of the day what they try to do on the football field is so different it'll be very interesting to see because Ricardo when we saw Glenmure realized that not a lot of the Custer Cup teams were pressing them effectively. Mona one of the better pressing teams in schoolboy football so it'll be really good to see how Glenmure cope with that and of course it'll be good to see how Mona cope with a team that attacks with five players and know how to infiltrate a backline with so many types of attacking flair and so much variety so I'm really looking forward to that one definitely. Yeah you know last season Mona played at Clarendon College in the opening round and that was a massive first-round contest of course Clarendon College went on to win. Is this Mona team better than they have been before and if so do you expect them to put up an even tougher fight this time around in the Champions Cup? Are they better? I'm not exactly sure I do think that the players individually have improved but in terms of some aspects of their pressing structure how effective they have been in front of goal. Yeah they're scoring goals but I think with the absence of they did retain a lot of players but I think the absence of Zane Pinock especially from that team last year has a missing out a bit of real attacking spark would they of course have a lot of really good goals scores especially Denzel Mackenzie who I think has been brilliant one of the better players in school by football this season but maybe they're missing a little bit of attacking flair but we know that Craig Butler is their coach we know how tactically efficient he is so I'm not going to go to him and say they're better than last season but I think at the very least they're just as good and I think that they'll put up a really good fight if not even take the game against Glenn Muir. Yeah and the defeated stats 2-0 to of course stop their group and it's their second straight year in this Champions Cup competition do you think these are results and stats that coach will be using to of course get the guys riled up and it will play a massive part in boosting their confidence. Well one thing about the Mona Lazzina I don't think they're ever short of confidence them or their coach but yeah I know we'll be using probably you know it's also against their mentality for all of the games going forward so I think that they will use the fact that they're here again they're more cemented as a unit now in school by football and he'll be trying to galvanize them and push them forward. Yeah if we can get that bracket again I just want Leje the prediction guru to call these matches by the way the quarter-final matches will be played on Saturday at two separate venues so let's go prediction guru by the way Niccolò Tamciandani has been doing a fabulous job with these predictions I called him the cricket prediction guru but if you can't get these right Leje I'm gonna have to call him in next week to predict football as well so go ahead. I usually I would say no pressure but there really is no pressure in these I never feel that. Mona Glenmure I'm going to go for a Glenmure win Kingston College Dintil why it's hard to get better against Kingston College nowadays you know but I'm also going for a Dintil win Clarendon College versus St. George's I'm going for a Clarendon College win but that's a stylistic battle for the ages as well I'm very I'm looking forward to that a lot. Garvin myself Hydel I think that's going to be a really close encounter as well that's one that I'm not too sure about but I would lean towards I would probably lean towards Hydel I lean towards Hydel for that one. Okay what was your first pick the Mona Glenmure? I'm leaning towards Glenmure. Glenmure so you've essentially picked three Dacosta Cup teams and one Manning Cup team into the semifinals I'm glad you did that because there has been a suggestion that the quality of football in the Dacosta Cup region this season has been better than the quality of football in the Manning Cup. I'm not going to go that far but I do think that as I mentioned the last time I was here I do think that some of the best teams in Manning Cup didn't make it this far but with that being said I do think that at the very top if we're now comparing the top four for the Dacosta Cup and the top four of the Manning Cup that we have in front of us I do think that the top four of the Dacosta Cup are better in terms of their style and ability. Yeah Liz you just referenced the George's Clarendon College game just now as a style battle funk for the coaches because both coaches never bail from St. George's College and Lenny Hyde's Clarendon College they love attractive football their players express themselves you always like the coaching matchups. Yeah. You put you've taken Clarendon College here. Yeah because I think from back to front they're the better team I do think that St. George's have a lot of quality players and I do think as I mentioned the last time that they've shown an extra level of grit to them I think that they've improved in that aspect but in terms of football in terms of the quality of players and the tactics and we mentioned how systematically how impressive a Lenny Hyde team is especially when once you've been in the system for such a long period of time it's hard to bet against Clarendon College no matter who they play without what they did to Jamaica College last season dismantle them and these are the same players who have gotten even better so Clarendon College actually would be my pick for the entirety of the competition for every single competition that they're out for this season. Yeah so you did say last week or earlier this week when we were recapping the JC George's match that you credited St. George's College for the stout defensive acumen that they displayed in the game which was unlike a traditional St. George's College team because they are more a fluent forward playing team so you think the defensive robust performance that we saw that held Jamaica College off won't be enough for Clarendon College? No I don't think so because of the difference. Or is that you don't think they can repeat that kind of effort? A little bit of both because one it takes a lot out of you to put in that type of performance and secondly Clarendon offers a different type I mentioned the last time of how fluid they are so Jamaica College they're more of the Glenmore ill that I was talking about in terms of how Eurocentric they are in terms of what they try to accomplish it's more rigid with Clarendon you're going to have maybe their first nine Caim Dixon dropping into defensive midfield drawing out a defender and I think it's just going to create gaps that maybe St. George's don't have the quality to overcome so that's why I'm going for Clarendon over everybody but especially in this matchup Clarendon over St. George's. And let's be honest guys had Jamaica College taking their opportunities we wouldn't be having this discussion exactly about stout defensive performance coming from St. George's College because Jamaica College had all the chances in the world to win that game. All right meanwhile for the first time the Issa Water the Costa Cop final will be played at the National Stadium in Kingston instead of of course in the rural area the announcement was made by the Issa president Keith Wellington. We have always tried to ensure that our finals are played in the best available facilities and so I think the big change this year is that we move into the top of the finals into the stadium. This is as a result of what is happening with Catherine Hall and obviously when you look at the four semifinals and what it is like to play in the finals where they are from and you know they like to support and they are like they are going to carry we decided that this year we try to let them be inside the stadium. All right let me get you guys in as quickly as possible because this has created quite the debate since the announcement was made last night there are those individuals who feel that the the Costa Cop final which is the dominant rural area schoolboy competition should never be played in the urban area which is what is happening for the first time this year. I'm going to go to you first Lance because you covered schoolboy football in the 1970s and 80s. No no not 70s. Oh sorry 1980s and 90s. Mid-1980s. It's always deliberate with him. Yes 1980s and 90s Lance. Yes so you've been. Yeah well first of all when I when I started doing schoolboy football commentary Jarrett Park was active so you know big the Costa Cop games would be played at Jarrett Park since then we've seen the building of the Catherine Hall stadium in Montego Bay so it is understandable that you know that's where those games are supposed to be played but the Catherine Hall stadium right now is is not being is not fit for for for you so I quite frankly don't think that the ISSA officials had much of a choice for proximity obviously it will be a problem but the national stadium is the national stadium. Will it be the national stadium? Well they're coming from from Clarendon. It's close the national stadium for majority of the teams who are in the semi-final of the competition is closer than the Montego Bay sports complex which is considered of course to be in the rural area. That comment just diffuses everything so is why is there an issue the national stadium is the national stadium every every teenager would want to play a match at the national stadium so I don't think there is an issue especially now since there is no Jarrett Park and Catherine Hall stadium at the level that you know that meets you know the criteria of a schoolboy final and that's exactly right Sir Lance I think this is a non-issue because Mr Wellington pointed out that first of all the proximity of the team the three Clarendon schools and a rural St. Catherine school let me take you back for a second when I was a young boy and I harbored aspirations of being a cricketer I didn't want to play at Chedwin Park I wanted to play at Sabaina Park all of these young footballers as you mentioned they want to play but you're from Spanish town yeah exactly you're saying Chedwin Park is closer to where you know but I'm saying anywhere else I want to play at Sabaina Park is a mecca just like how just strengthen the point just like how national stadium is a mecca they grew up wanting to play football at the best possible place they don't want to play football at States they want to play football at the best possible place that's not a venue be fitting of such an occasion so I am in full agreement of moving it to the stadium and I'm sure the Custer Cup fans will be there to boost it up even more yeah the one thing I will say though is that even if the Montego Baseports complex was up to par at this stage yes given the teams that are in the semi-finals it still would make sense to play the final at the national stadium agreed because it is the best venue and in terms of proximity it is still closer than the Montego Baseports complex so for all those who are complaining I don't understand why you are complaining all right yeah that's it for schoolboy football on today's edition but guess what coming up on at the track this week Thursday Jamaica superfilly and horse of the year Atomica tunes up for December's rich Mute mile with a dominant victory in the Jamaica Cup on a thrilling day of racing at K-Manus Park all that excitement and another Patrick Hosburn stakes win in Canada coming up at the track Thursday on the sportsman's own