Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Monday September 10th 2007 -

Stuart Charles Fevrier was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last Sunday

September 9th 2007 for the two opening games of the FIFA Under-23 Olympic

Group E Qualifiers, between Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, and host nation St.

Vincent and the Grenadines. 

The Saint Lucian born football coach who is the Head Coach and Technical

Director of the W Connection Football Club in Trinidad and Tobago, was at the

time scouting for young talent to replenish the depleted ranks of his club.

Having sent eight of their players over to various European clubs, the W

Connection management is keen on maintaining a quality unit at all times.

According to Fevrier when he spoke to the media at the Victoria Park where the

games were being played, “We are trying to rebuild the club with young talent

for the future.” 

Though he would have preferred Under-20 aged players, Fevrier pointed out

that “at W Connection we have a way we play, and I would rather work with the

players for at least a year or two, so that they could more or less fit into our way

of doing things.”

He recognized the abundance of talent in the four teams, “but whether I can

take all of them I am not sure.” 

Although no Vincentian football player have been able to make it into the ranks

of W Connection structure, it may be possible that this may change.

At present the only foreign players in W Connection are two Saint Lucians and a

Kittitian.

Fevrier flew into St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday morning just to view

the two games, while his assistant traveled to St. Kitts to watch the games their

and to scout for talent.

He also spoke on the major problem hampering the development football in the

four Windward Islands.

“I think that when it comes to football the main problem is finance,” Fevrier

stated. “You find that sport is not a priority with majority of the Governments of

the Windward Islands.”

He further stated that because of this approach by the Governments who

probably feels that they have more important things to look after, “so because

of it football which in my opinion is the most popular sport, do not get the sort of

finance it really need to take it to the next level.”

He admitted that the talent is there and the associations try and struggle. Some

are more serious than others, “but they have to find some way of generating

finance to be able to take the sport to another level, which in my opinion is what

is missing in Windward Island football.”