Expect good quality football from Cavalier
AFTER surviving their first year back in top-flight football, after a 17-year hiatus, Cavalier Soccer Club have turned their attention to playing good football, which will translate into good results and eventually the title.
Coach w said special emphasis will be on playing attractive football more consistently and that will prove enough.
“I expect Cavalier to play a more improved game than last season. Good quality football, and I believe in playing good quality football we can just about achieve anything. If we play good football we can just get the title,” said Laylor.
“So our objective really is to play good football and see what comes at the end of the day,” he added.
Cavalier, formed in 1962, won the Premier League title 32 years ago, back in 1981. Back then they were known as the ‘Duncan Destroyers’ and were a perennial force to be reckoned with.
But following the death of their founder Leighton Duncan, the club that played host to some of Jamaica’s legendary footballers went into a slump and are just recovering.
In their first season back in top-flight football, Cavalier performed creditably, finishing eighth with 49 points, inclusive of 13 wins, 10 draws and 15 defeats from 38 games.
The black-and-white-clad outfit from Stadium East has dipped into the transfer market acquiring at least 20 players as they push for Premier League glory.
In come Peter Keys of Boys’ Town and Waterhouse fame, Severo Murphy (Highgate United), Peter Morris (Humble Lion), Elton Thompson (Arnett Gardens), Dwayne Holmes (St George’s), and former national Under-17 goalkeeper Odean Clarke from Holland United in Trelawny to name a few.
“We realised that we had to create more depth in terms of quality players. A couple of players left midstream last season, and so we had a little struggle. This will give us more stability,” explained Laylor.
Cavalier had some notable upsets last year, knocking off a number of the ‘big name’ teams, and this year, Laylor admitted his team is no longer an unknown factor and will be a marked team.
“It could be a plus for us, in that these teams will come more tentative, more nervous, thinking that Cavalier is this team that you can’t take check with. But at the end of the day, for us, if we play good football against anyone of these teams we can come out on top.
