Audley Boyd, Assistant Sports Editor
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman

IRONING more kinks out of their armour remains a major target for Jamaica's Reggae Boyz, who will stretch their build-up towards the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals in a friendly international against the Cayman Islands, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex tomorrow, starting at 7 p.m.

The Jamaicans have unfinished business as just when they had lifted their game in a warm-up match against a Cayman All Stars team on Thursday night at the T.E. McField Sports Complex, heavy rainfall, accompanied by lightning, forced a 70th minute blow-off.

Until yesterday afternoon, the rain threat had not receded and it actually affected the team's twice-a-day practice schedule, with showers all morning.

co-ordination

Reggae Boyz head coach, Theodore Whitmore, was satisfied with the approach play leading to the goals, but he was not altogether pleased with the general coordination of his three central defenders, even though they were improving when the end came in Thursday's game.

The fact that sweeper Desmond Breakenridge was exposed and forced into tackling more than Whitmore would have liked, is one problem they will be looking to fix.

Offensively, there weren't many complaints as the team scored five goals, with Devon Hodges getting a hat-trick and Ricardo Fuller and Keammar Daley also hitting shots into the net.

created chances

Jamaica moved the ball well to pry open the Caymanian team's defence and created chances at will, especially with Navion Boyd and Eric Vernan dominating the defenders on the flanks.

The aim will be the same, but the task may be a bit more difficult against Cayman's national team, which is expected to have greater organisation and structure.

Plus, Whitmore says it is not always easy to motivate his team against opponents whom it is anticipated will get a heavy beating.

"At times it's very difficult, very challenging," he said.

focus and concentrate

"Against a Cayman team fans come out to see Jamaica win six, seven, but most of the times it's two, three. We just have to focus and concentrate on what we have to do and what we're here for," Whitmore added. "It's a training camp but we've to use these games as part of our preparation going into the Gold Cup."

Thursday's game was played on astro turf and Jamaica never fielded Luton Shelton and Claude Davis, who are not comfortable playing on that type of surface, as well as Rafe Wolfe, who rested a slight injury he picked up in training.

Today's match surface is regular grass and the only player ruled out is Jermaine Johnson, serving a two-game suspension for a red card he picked up against Panama.

Former Reggae Boyz head coach, Carl Brown, is directing the Cayman Islands charges as technical director of their programme and one of his key players, Joseph Tatum, says they are not 'scared' of Jamaica.

not scared

"In preparation we've worked really hard," said Tatum. "The guys are pretty confident, they're not scared or anything. I know that come Sunday (tomorrow) it's going to be a very competitive game."

Brown, meanwhile, welcomes the exposure against higher quality.

"It's an opportunity for our players to be exposed to top quality football," he said. "If we're going to improve this is what we have to do, we can't be playing and playing all the time against players who are available to us."

Brown, who took up duties here two years ago, says they are rebuilding and he expects a large turnout at the stadium with a near 3,500 capacity

"We're now in a rebuilding phase, we're looking to host the Digicel Caribbean Championship finals phase in 2013 and we're really looking forward to it," he said.

"It's not difficult to promote the Jamaica team here, the Jamaican population is looking forward to it. This is what they relish, they'll turn out in numbers."