After three matches in charge of Waterhouse Football Club, Argentine coach Javier Ainstein is yet to taste victory in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL).
However, in their last game against defending champions Cavalier, the Drewsland-based outfit dominated possession and created a number of chances that they failed to put away.
Ainstein, who has coached extensively in Central America, namely Panama and Costa Rica, contends that their build-up and possession play were excellent, but that they are lacking the quality in the final third and are hunting for a more clinical striker.
“We are defending good. We are playing out from the back good. We are keeping possession good, but we are missing the goals,” he said.
“The goal situations are creating, and it’s an individual responsibility to score. But it’s a process and we are going step by step, little by little, to improve all aspects of the game.
“It’s good if you have the ball and you get score situations, but it’s important to get the goals. We are not good in the final third. To score is a problem for us. Against Racing, it was the same,” he said.
Despite having two of the JPL’s former top scorers in their ranks in Colorado Murray and Javane Bryan, Ainstein insists they need reinforcements up front and is scouring the regional market for an ideal fit for the team.
“We are home. We are in our stadium and we tried to get the victory. We started playing well with a good build-up, to keep the possession of the ball.
“At the end of the first half we suffered a little with crosses and set pieces, and for that reason we did some changes at the half-time. But I believe in the first half and the first part of the second half we are playing good, with score situations, but we failed [to take] the opportunities.”
Ainstein declared that he is in the market for a quality centre forward who can complement the team, and noted that they may be close to signing a player from the Panamanian league and another from Guyana.
“We have (sign a striker), but they are working on his work permit. There is also another from Guyana.
“We are missing the goals, but the team have good things. It’s not all bad, as some parts of the game was really good.”
Waterhouse were reduced to 10 players with a little over 15 minutes left, and Ainstein was proud of how his team saw out the game to get the point.
“With the red card, the game was in trouble for us. But at the end the point was positive. It was positive after the red card. But before the red card, we had the chances to win,” he added.
