Of Course I'm bitter, but not THAT kind of bitter.

Sweden-England
If there is any match that Trinidad really wants to win, it's the one against England. The superexcited eleven is looking to beat the old colonial power. [But sorry] Trinidad, and Tobago, your World Cup fate will be sealed after 3-1. That's one consolation goal for you, at least.

-Metro 09/06/06

It's not that the article repeatedly assumes that Trinidad wil be creamed. It's not that the article assumes that Trinidad will creamed by like five billion to one. [Swe-T&T 4-0, Eng-T&T 3-1, Paraguary-T&T 5-0] It's not even that the article that any goal that Trinidad makes will be pure luck.

It's that it assumes that an ex-colony has an inherent need to repeatedly rise up and beat de massa in order to prove themselves. Can't it be that simple that Trinidad might just want to do their best because they have never been in the World Cup before and have all the reason in the world to prove themselves right there - because they want to do their best simply because they want to do their best?

When I heard that Trinidad and Tobago's team was facing England I thought "This is going to be an interesting match! England's one of the better teams!" Little did I know that I instead should have been thanking the lucky stars over the potential of having the stigma of a Trinidadian- and thus colonial-history lifted, in the magical area that stretches between the black Trinidadian knee and the shiny British goal.

Praise the Lord Halleluja. Thank God I'm Trinidadian or I don't know what sort of tortured heritage would motivate me to get up in the morning.

That said, Go Trinidad. Give it all you got tommorrow in the match against Sweden.