daCosta Cup quarter finals come to a head today

Over the years, there has been an ongoing argument that the rural area's ISSA/FLOW daCosta Cup is of a weaker quality than the urban area's ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup, making it easier to win. However, Rusea's High's head coach Vassell Reynolds believes that it is actually the opposite.

Reynolds, who led Wolmer's Boys to last year's Manning Cup final, is in disagreement with the detractors of the daCosta Cup. He pointed out that the number of teams in the daCosta Cup will make the competition more difficult regardless of the quality of the teams.

"I keep telling people that while one would maybe accept the fact that the quality in the Manning Cup may be of a higher standard, when it comes to the competitiveness in terms of the number of games you have to play, in the daCosta Cup it's more difficult to manoeuvre. Understandably so, there are more team, so we would have to play more games in limited time," said Reynolds.

FIXTURE CONGESTION

Another factor, he pointed out is that a higher number of teams in the daCosta Cup means more games, as at some point in the first round, they played six games in a mere 13 days. Reynolds said that the fixture congestion was difficult, but said that he would not make an issue of it as his team is prepared for the number of games.

Reynolds, however, said that he was most grateful for the implementation of the five substitutions allowed this season, as this change gives him more room for rotation of the squad.