An disgruntled Trinidad coach Zoran Vranes criticised his team's performance and demanded an improved display when they take on Bermuda on New Year's Day.

Despite comfortably beating the National Academy Under-23s 5-2, Vranes was angered by elements of Trinidad's game and accused his players of being careless in possession.

"No, I am not pleased with our performance," he said. "The result was okay but we were far from where we are supposed to be. I expected a far better performance from my team.

"We did not run enough and we were very slow from defence to attack. Our passes were not as precise as usual. Our crosses and goals were okay but we can definitely play better, much better."

Serbian Vranes said Bermuda's players had some potential but looked inexperienced and lacked physical presence.

"I have known Bermuda for many years and they have always developed good players. Although they do not have much experience you can see they have some potential and their players could develop into good ones.

"I think they may lack some physical potential, though. Bermuda in the past, at least, has had stronger guys who are a little bit faster. But they are a young team that has time to be okay one day."

Vranes said two more players were due to arrive in Bermuda today and would be added to Trinidad's squad for tomorrow's match against Premier Division defending champions Devonshire Cougars.

Captain Leston Paul admitted Trinidad were guilty of making a sloppy start to yesterday's match.

"We were below par. We started off slow and the conditions were different from back home and that made it difficult for us," said midfielder Paul. "As soon as we scored we settled down and started to play a bit better than we did in the first ten minutes."