Stern impressed with coach Charles-Fevrier

Trinidad and Tobago football coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier has made a good impression on the nation’s highest profiled player, Stern John.

Fevrier conducted  a two-hour session at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo as the team prepared for Thursday’s friendly international against Venezuela at the same venue from 6 pm. Apart from John, also working under Charles-Fevrier for the first time was English-based defender Dennis  Lawrence while Wrexham duo Carlos Edwards and Hector Sam completed the quota of overseas-based players involved in the training.

John, the top scorer with Birmingham City last season, was quick to speak of his admiration for Fevrier after one session. “The session went well. You could see that the coach has a plan, he has a good idea of what he’s doing. The set up of the staff looked purposeful,” John said. “They are not making things up as they go along and things like this makes the preparations go even smoother. It was an enjoyable session,” he added. “The session went quite well. I’ve worked with Stern before when he was on a Caribbean All Star team and I’ve also worked with Dennis when he was a guest player with W Connection so it was good to get together with them again. It wasn’t difficult to make any adjustments,” said Charles-Fevrier. The coach said the only hiccup was midfielder Travis Mulraine who may be out of the contest because of a thigh strain and he will also be searching for replacements for Brent Rahim and Brent Sancho who are occupied with business regarding their club careers. The Venezuelans arrive on Tuesday. They will be coming off a slim 1-0 defeat to Peru at the Orange Bowl, Miami on Thursday.