Captain puts faith in teammates

And he gave the team his full vote of confidence. He also responded to the difference in experience between Manchester United’s treble win in 1999 and leading TT to the World Cup.

“Being the champion was special but being the captain now able to lead my team out to the World Cup is extra special. Once again we will not get too ahead of ourselves because we are a very small nation but I have been fortunate to play against great teams and everything is not about what’s on paper.

“I will ask of my players that we go there and give a very good account of ourselves. We are working very hard behind closed doors to ensure that and to ensure we are a very hard team to beat,” he said.

“We all share our ideas and experiences. We have got experienced players as well. You have Shaka (Hislop) and Russell (Latapy) and then you go through the list and see men like Ian Cox and the big man sitting here next to me (Dennis Lawrence). We will take it one step at a time before the actual match and what matters for us is focusing the right way,” he said at the team’s training camp in Manchester.

“The camp we have now is highly concentrated now. We want to present ourselves at a certain standard.

We will be working extremely hard to ensure our standard is up to level. We have a very experienced coach and I totally believe in myself and in my teammates,” Yorke said.

The team will resume its usual training regime today behind closed doors.

Glasgow Rangers defender Marvin Andrews, who was allowed to rest his knee after a full three days of training so far, is expected back out on the pitch while Cornell Glen continues to make steady progress with his injured hamstring.