Waterhouse has returned to winning ways for the most part after a rocky start to the 2007-08 season of the Premier League.

After a start where they couldn’t buy a victory, they have miraculously turned things around and are now serious contenders for the top spot in the League.

Two things have led to this rise. First of all, the return of Kevin Lamey has added some amount of spark to the team and they now have that component that allows them to change close games. The second; is of course, the return of inspirational coach, Wayne Fairclough.

Fairclough has certainly helped his team but nobody can replace the importance of having good players on the pitch. When games are close, Lamey is the kind of player that isn’t afraid to change games. He isn’t afraid of trying things because they might not work out. Rather, he prefers to be the man that tries and has to deal with the jeers of an aggressive crowd.

Easily one of the most confident players in the League, Lamey has earned the leading goalscorer title more than once and of even more significance is, the types of goals he scores.

Another asset, the burly striker possesses is the ability to push back his opponents. Many times, teams can’t get into a rhythm because Lamey continuously puts pressure on a team’s backline, making it difficult for them to have the composure to play around the ball, turning attack into defence.

Soon enough, just the presence of Lamey causes teams to camp out in their half and this doesn’t mean he won’t score. He plays well with his back to goal and is also very innovative in tight spaces. He isn’t very quick over distances but he possesses a turn of foot that can leave defenders hapless in his wake.

At 33 years old everybody expects Lamey to be headed out but every year he seems just as fit, as fast and as sharp as the year before and as good a team as Waterhouse is, they don’t do well without him.

Last season, losing the title to Harbour View could be chalked up to Lamey’s decision to take up a contract overseas. This time around he is here and if he stays, watch out for Waterhouse.

Before playing for Waterhouse, Lamey plied his trade for Swallowfield F.C. and before that he was a dangerous player for Kingston Technical in the Manning Cup. For some reason he has no real name as a national player but it has always been agreed he is one of the classier players around.

Last season I watched a game against August Town at the University of the West Indies’ playing field. That day epitomised what Lamey stands for.

August Town, in their first season in top-flight football in many years, were in the envious position of leading the Waterhouse, the then defending champions 2-nil.

Showing inexperience in wet soggy conditions, August Town let Waterhouse back into the game. At 2-all, August Town, realising they had made mistakes, stepped on the gas and started putting pressure on Waterhouse in a bid for the winner.

That wasn’t to happen, as Lamey picked up a ball on the top of the 18-yard box and turned his marker so smartly, the poor defender had to bring him down. Penalty. Waterhouse won the game 3-2 and that’s a typical Lamey moment. Moments like that are the reason he is in the Spotlight.