By Stephan Sookram

GOLDEN Jaguars skipper Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson has credited his team’s 2-0 win over the Surinamese side to an all-round team effort and good understanding within the playing unit.Richardson, whose double on either side of the break spearheaded the win, contended that the team stuck to their game plan during the encounter on Sunday evening at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
“Tonight we played as a unit because we were training on one thing; to just keep our organisation and everything else is going to fall in place. As long as we keep our organisation then everything else will fall into place; our control and everything else. It’s just discipline on the field,” said the Skipper.
Turning his attention to the composition of the team, which featured some youngsters, the skipper contended that this augurs well for the future of the sport, adding, “We’ve got some good youngsters. They speak to me and I speak to them. They understand the game and I show them how the game is played. It’s very simple.”
“We have a good league, it’s going strong. The youngsters are playing well in the league and we are choosing them to be national players to represent the country and they are doing a good job,” continued Richardson, who also praised the organisation of the STAG Elite League.
On a more personal note, the long-time player who has had a rough history with the administration of the game told the media, “People always think about me wrong but I showed them tonight and proved them wrong.”
With the Caribbean Football Union Championships just around the corner, the skipper believes that the country has a ‘roaring’ chance of bringing home the bacon, adding that, “It’s just a good team we have now with the local players and when we get the rest of players, we will have a good team coming up for the Caribbean Championship.”
The Jags have been drawn in Group 5 for the March 21-29 tournament with their opponents being Puerto Rico and Anguilla.