…as Padmore moves to Santos and Lyle to Western Tigers
Kevin Padmore and Tyler Shamer Lyle have taken advantage of the Players Transfer Window midyear period that offers players eager to move towards their individual development, a chance to do so.
Lyle was phenomenal in the defence unit of his former club, Fruta Conquerors and would now hope to reap success in the Western Tigers defensive line, in their attempt to restore their championship pedigree after a disappointing first half of the KFC Elite League Season Six.
Meanwhile, Padmore was the driving force behind former club Ann’s Grove defensive unit and would now hope to reap success in the Santos Football Club’s defence, as they look to maintain their position in the top four.
In an exclusive interview with Guyana Times Sport, Padmore expounded on the experience he brings to his new team and the level of development he wants to achieve.
“Well, the move to Santos Football Club, I would say that it is a good move ‘cause is a strong and young team so I think that going to Santos would be more of helpful for me and for Santos, because it is already a young team and I could just add lil’ experience to the team; yes, so is a good transfer,” Padmore shared with this publication.
He added, “For me to go in there right and the development, it would do me a great asset ‘cause playing with a young team that has the understanding and everybody wants it and team knowing about football, so me going to the team would just like giving them a little boost so that we could develop more into the league and try to stay into the top four.”
Also giving an exclusive comment to this publication was new Westen Tiger Lyle, who commented on the impact of national players in the team and the level of competitiveness for positions within the team, which can aid in individual development.
He stated, “I mean it plays a big impact, is not like before when I could have just stayed home from training and just started when I was a Fruta Conquerors, but now I am surrounded by quality players like some national like the National Team Captain Daniel Wilson and you know competing with much better players for a position that I don’t even know if I am going to start in the team or not, but just get the confidence I get that I am going to start in the team and it playing a big role, I mean going and train everyday gonna develop my skills and once I keep hard and hard every day I going to improve, so I think the move is better for me and to develop my game and prove I’m a very talented youth.”
Lyle went on to highlight some of the key elements that he hoped to develop.
“Some of the key elements I am looking to improve are technically, tactically, making the right decision, and just be a player in the game, but being a student of the game you are never too big to learn, so every day to me as I go out to Western, I learn something new, learn something different that Fruta never taught me, so I congrats Coach Charles Pollard for that and looking to go perform in the upcoming game and play at my best.”
Padmore and Lyle recently had the opportunity to face each other at the National Training Centre (NTC) on June 13 as Western Tigers secured as a 3-2 victory over Santos. (Omar Mckenzie)
