![]() In an effort to try and get back into the game, the head coach sought to explain the thinking behind the substitutions. "The Hondurans gave us a lot of space to play and we didn't utilise it, and we didn't create any clear-cut opportunities as well, so I think that basically summed up the performance." Regarding Tuesday's game, he noted that the team started poorly and after conceding the early goal the players started believing in themselves and the team looked better, but for the consistent giving away of possession. Whitmore added that his technical staff has a lot of concerns about the team, but time didn't allow them to do what they wanted to do or the players they wanted to do it with. Costa Rica, who held hosts Mexico 0-0 at the Azteca for their fourth goalless result in the round, share second place on eight points, with Honduras next with seven points and Panama in fifth place on six points. The defeat was Jamaica's fourth in a row and it left the Caribbean island on two points in last place, eight off leaders the United States of America, who slammed Panama 2-0 at the CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. ![]() We just have to pick up the pieces and, hopefully, in September we'll have back some of our more influential players, so we just have to keep fighting." "I'm very disappointed, but in the circumstances we just have to work and fight to the end. The coach, who became the first to inflict defeat on the USA and the first to score a point away at the much vaunted Azteca in Mexico City, admitted that he was disappointed with the result and all that has happened in recent times. "Listen, man, once you're hired you can be fired, but as long as I'm here I'll keep on doing what I have to do and I'll fight to the end," he said. ![]() Now, after four losses on the trot, when asked if he feared being fired by Captain Burrell, Whitmore laughed as he told the media on Tuesday night what he has always said. Coincidentally, it was current head coach Theodore Whitmore, who was tasked with guiding the team for the three remaining matches in the campaign, which he duly won. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - There was an eerie sense of expectancy as Jamaica's Reggae Boyz returned to their team base at the Real Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday night following their 0-2 loss to Honduras, and with it almost certain elimination from the Brazil World Cup Finals next summer.Īnd when Jamaica Football Federation president Captain Horace Burrell told members of the media that he was "contemplating a meeting" for later that night, it all appeared to be dé jávu.Īs it was in this same country, on October 11, 2008, that Captain Burrell fired then technical director, Brazilian Rene Simoes after a string of poor performances from the team. Whitmore: We didn’t create any clear-cut chances ![]()
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