Tactical battle to ensue in Limacol football final

The 2nd annual  Petra Oragnised Limacol Round-robin Knock-out Football final is slated for Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), Bourda and both   the Guyana Police Force and Western Tigers   are banking on their innovative tactics to come out victorious.
When this publication spoke to both clubs after their empathic semi-finals victories, they hinted that they will be trying to out-play each other on tactical superiority.
Dwayne Bobb, head coach of the Police explained that   his team needs to improve on fitness and they will be making the necessary tactical adjustments.
“   Fitness is the key and tactics we

have to work allot on our tactics, but we will work on that in the time remaining”, Bobb stated.
He added, “We have been working hard throughout the tournament, even before the tournament we have been working hard in the camp, you will always prevail once you are putting in hard work”.
Dwain Jacobs and Quincy Holder both have been key performers throughout the tournament for Police’s success and the coach feels the experience of Jacobs has helped raise the level of intensity in the team.
“ Those guys bring allot  of experience in the team especially [Dwain] Jacobs coming from  an elite league team like Alpha United, they  bring up the courage of the team and  push the guys to play more hard , it makes everyone step-up their game, so it augers well  for  us”,  Bobb posited.
Captain Winston Tanner is more than pleased with the young unit and the fact that they are defying the “underdog tag”.
Tanner said, “I feel pleased since over the years Police was rated as an underdog team and I’m glad the young squad with some experienced players is doing well; I want to express thanks to the support of Acting Commission Dave Ramnarine and all the other officers who support the team”.
Quizzed on how he plans to get his team to perform at their best in their biggest test thus far, Tanner said that they will be working in tandem with the coach to derive a strategy.
“Before we enter a game, we go in with a strategy and based upon the opponents we will know what to do , so it is about working with the coach man to devise a game plan”,  he said.
Similarly, for Western Tigers one of their ultimate goals will be ensure their star-studded line up jells quickly to ensure they perform at their optimum and Coach Calvin Allen is wary of this fact.
“We have been getting a little problem because of the chopping and changing of the team because of injuries so we have not been able to put out our  best 11 yet, so hopefully we get the guys  to sit down and work out the  issues”, Allen expressed.
He further stated, “It comes with getting every individual to understand their function, we brought in Collin Nelson, Devon Millington and some others so the entire chemistry is gone, so we have to fix that and that will come with drilling and a few discussions”.
Both teams share a similarity with their talented offensive players but Allen said he will be reminiscing on the past encounters with the lawmen when devising his plan.
“I have not drafted the plan yet, but we will be working towards one before the game, I have been paying keen attention to police and the way we play  and the they continue to play very similar, they are a well-oiled unit , fit and robust and we will be preparing for that”, Allen explained.
At the semi-finals, both teams had an extremely    boisterous crowd support and the experienced coach felt that his side knows how to play under the pressure of large crowds.
“All the years, Western have grown accustom to a large crowd following, but it seems these days when the Guyana Police Force plays  the entire force takes leave,  so they are kind of outdoing us with crowd support but at the end of the day the game is played on the rectangle and the winner is decided on the field”, Allen said.
The final will commence from 21:00 hrs while Winners Connection and Santos will do battle in the third place-off from 19:00 hrs.
The Winner of the event will pocket $500,000 and a trophy while the second, third and fourth placed teams will receive $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively and the corresponding accolade.
To date, Banks DIH Limited under the GT Beer Brand, Trophy Stall and Star Party Rentals are the other companies that have thrown their support behind the championship.
Admission is $500.