Caribbean Premier League 2019 Review

The seventh season of The Caribbean Premier League concluded with the final on Saturday night, where The Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents contested the final at The Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. It has been another great season where there was an emergence of young talent coming to the fore in Jamaican batsman, Brandon King, who opened the first time in his career, scoring a tournament-leading 496 runs and United States’ Hayden Walsh Jr. who led the wicket-takers with 22 wickets.

Bat and ball competed on a level playing field. There was drama throughout, which included a super over between Trinbago Knight Riders and St.Kitts Patriots. Going into the playoffs, I believed that  Guyana Amazon Warriors would break their duck and win the CPL for the first time. They were by far the best all-round team in the tournament, but momentum is everything, especially in sport. Barbados Tridents at one point in time, was struggling to make the playoffs, but believed in themselves and achieved second place in the league format and proceeded to achieve one of the biggest upsets in the CPL by beating the GAW in the final. As a neutral fan, that is what you for in a global tournament. Hollywood executives could not have written a better script. It would be boring that the clear favorite from ball one win. I always like rooting for the underdog.

Congrats to everybody who was involved in making CPL 2019 a success.

Club In Crisis

This year makes it twenty(20) years as a supporter of Manchester United football club. This is the worst squad of players ever assembled. Some of these players deserved to play in Major League Soccer not the premier league. The players should not be held responsible for all the problems at the club but instead, they should share the responsibility with The Glazers, Ed Woodward, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.


The Glazers is the root of the problem that exists in Manchester United because they are not knowledgeable about football and only care about making money. They hired Ed Woodward, an investment banker, to be responsible for the football side of the club. It is not a surprise that the recruitment of players and managers that were hired have been poor during his tenure, which in turn has resulted in poor performances, which will result in the Glazers selling the club because sponsors will leave.


I was overjoyed when Ole, a  legend of the club, took the wheel as the caretaker manager and adopted a 4-3-3 formation, which produced a more attacking style of football, that Manchester United fans' are accustomed too. I was excited to see the team performed like this, and like many fans, demanded that the club make him the permanent manager. The owners and the chief executive should have waited for the end of the season and then assess Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer's performance as a care-taker manager and whether he should be considered as a permanent manager or if the club has to look elsewhere. This wasn't done and soon after he was made official, the team played badly, where they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. This poor performance has continued into the new season, where Ole has, for some reason, adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation, where the team is more defensive. The reason for this change has to do with a lack of investment in midfield and in the attack by the club. He had to over-compensate in defense, where the club recruited well in the summer.

 I can't comprehend that the club is in a RELEGATION BATTLE. It breaks my heart and pains me to see the level of performance. Manchester United no longer receive banter from opposing teams in the premier league but instead are offered sympathy on where the club is at this moment.