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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Top coaches tip Frome to nab second title</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL - daCosta Cup</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>PAUL A REID, Observer writer
Saturday, December 02, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>MONTEGO BAY - Two coaches who have faced Frome Technical and Glenmuir High in the latter stages of the daCosta Cup competition have given the Westmoreland team the edge in today's final.
Andrew Edwards, coach of Titchfield High who lost to Glenmuir in the semi-final, and Kevin Williams, coach of Clarendon College, who lost twice to Frome, said Frome have a better all-round team and should notch their second title in four years.
Williams, however, has given Glenmuir the edge on the management side of things, saying good management can make all the difference.
Edwards, whose team drew 1-1 with Frome in the quarter-final, then lost to Glenmuir on penalty kicks in the semi-final last Saturday, said Frome's offensive strength will make a big difference.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"The Glenmuir team will be difficult to break down at the back but I give Frome the edge and they are who I will be backing to win the game," he told Sporting World on Thursday afternoon.
Technically, he said, Frome is a more rounded team, pointing out that Glenmuir played more defensively last Saturday, playing not to lose rather than attacking.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"When we played Glenmuir they played with five players who never really came across the half-line. They were hellbent on protecting the goal. Basically they have five players who did not contribute anything to the offence.
On the other hand, he said, "Frome will commit more people forward and in my opinion the Frome offence is a little more penetrative than Glenmuir's."
He also gave Frome the edge from a coaching standpoint, "based solely on the fact that when we played them, they were forced into two early changes due to injuries but never panicked. Frome did what they had to do and never really seemed to lose much in terms of quality".
Edwards, who has taken Titchfield to the semi-finals on four occasions and to the final once, said he does not expect more than three goals in the game.
When asked which team he thinks has the best chance of winning, Williams said "Most definitely Frome. Their record speaks for itself; they have played a lot of football, gone through the entire Ben Francis KO and daCosta Cup and so they must be doing something right."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Describing Frome as "a wonderful team and well trained "he had special praise for the defensive unit, saying they were the "man of the match" against his team on Saturday.
<SPAN class=Subheadline>FOOTBALL - daCosta Cup</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>PAUL A REID, Observer writer
Saturday, December 02, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>MONTEGO BAY - Two coaches who have faced Frome Technical and Glenmuir High in the latter stages of the daCosta Cup competition have given the Westmoreland team the edge in today's final.
Andrew Edwards, coach of Titchfield High who lost to Glenmuir in the semi-final, and Kevin Williams, coach of Clarendon College, who lost twice to Frome, said Frome have a better all-round team and should notch their second title in four years.
Williams, however, has given Glenmuir the edge on the management side of things, saying good management can make all the difference.
Edwards, whose team drew 1-1 with Frome in the quarter-final, then lost to Glenmuir on penalty kicks in the semi-final last Saturday, said Frome's offensive strength will make a big difference.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"The Glenmuir team will be difficult to break down at the back but I give Frome the edge and they are who I will be backing to win the game," he told Sporting World on Thursday afternoon.
Technically, he said, Frome is a more rounded team, pointing out that Glenmuir played more defensively last Saturday, playing not to lose rather than attacking.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"When we played Glenmuir they played with five players who never really came across the half-line. They were hellbent on protecting the goal. Basically they have five players who did not contribute anything to the offence.
On the other hand, he said, "Frome will commit more people forward and in my opinion the Frome offence is a little more penetrative than Glenmuir's."
He also gave Frome the edge from a coaching standpoint, "based solely on the fact that when we played them, they were forced into two early changes due to injuries but never panicked. Frome did what they had to do and never really seemed to lose much in terms of quality".
Edwards, who has taken Titchfield to the semi-finals on four occasions and to the final once, said he does not expect more than three goals in the game.
When asked which team he thinks has the best chance of winning, Williams said "Most definitely Frome. Their record speaks for itself; they have played a lot of football, gone through the entire Ben Francis KO and daCosta Cup and so they must be doing something right."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Describing Frome as "a wonderful team and well trained "he had special praise for the defensive unit, saying they were the "man of the match" against his team on Saturday.