MIAMI, Florida:

AS the saying goes, 'one good turn deserves another'.

The unrelated Daleys, Omar and Keammar, who made decent contributions after coming on as subs in Jamaica's opening CONCACAF Gold Cup 4-0 demolition of Grenada, appear to have moved themselves more into the reckoning.

Both were switched into first-team roles near the midway point of a largely attacking drill yesterday, as the Jamaica team underwent their first full training session, since arriving here on Tuesday from Los Angeles.

Down on the west coach, the Reggae Boyz had nailed Grenada in their opening game and now they are preparing for Friday's second Group B match against Guatemala.

Omar Daley had smashed in a spectacular goal and Keammar Daley had an outstanding game knifing the Grenadian defence with a barrage of through passes.

"We have to give ourselves options and those are two of the options we are looking at going into the game on Friday night," said Whitmore.

Noting that he was fairly satisfied with the work-out, the Jamaica senior football team's head coach added: "Rome wasn't built in a day, so basically everything takes time, but we're somewhere about 60 to 70 per cent ... (We) were okay today."

Commenting on the fitness, Whitmore said the Reggae Boyz were not at the maximum and even though their condition will improve with game time, expressed caution against over-confidence.

"Right now we are about 80 per cent and we can get better game by game," he said.

"We don't want complacency and the thoughts of the Grenada result, so that is something we try to get the guys to understand that the Grenada game is done so we have to concentrate on the Guatemala game."

tough game

The coach branded the game as "tough", given that the Guatemalans drew their opening tie; and says his team will be pushing for a win and early qualification to the quarter-finals.

"Firstly, every game we come here to play we know it is going to be tough and Guatemala is the same," Whitmore noted, after a 90-minute training session at the Florida International University, where the football match will be played tomorrow, beginning at 7 p.m. (6 p.m. Jamaica time).

The Jamaicans, courtesy of their overwhelming 4-0 victory over Grenada in their opening encounter at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles on Monday night, lead the group with three points, two ahead of the Guatemalans who battled to a goalless finish with Central American neighbours Honduras.

Two teams are certain to advance from the four-team group phase and another win would satisfy Jamaica head coach's goal, even with one more fixture to complete the preliminaries, against Honduras next Monday in New Jersey.

This situations contrast starkly to the last Gold Cup, when Jamaica turned up at the Miami venue needing to win to give themselves a half chance to qualify. This time, besides the positioning, Whitmore says the reggae Boyz are better prepared.

"We have spent a couple of days in Brazil to build the team spirit, so we have more of a team here than in 2009 when we basically had a group," he pointed out.

- A.B.