Trinidad and Tobago will get past Guyana and into the next round of CONCACAF World Cup 2014 qualifiers, says former national goalkeeper Shaka Hislop.

Hislop has long been a critic of T&T's planning and preparations for World Cup qualifying and what he sees as a lack of long-term vision.

The six-foot-four custodian, who stood out at World Cup Germany 2006, also thinks the odds are against Trinidad and Tobago to qualify for Brazil 2014. But he backs T&T to do well against the Guyanese in today's away qualifier, and then at home on Tuesday.

Hislop is impressed, too, with the achievements of current national coach, German Otto Pfister.

"I actually think (Pfister has) done better than I thought he would, given the problems he inherited, given the squad he inherited," Hislop told the Express during last weekend's ESPN/FLOW Football Clinic in Jamaica, where Hislop served as one of the coaches.

"I mean no disrespect to the current squad. There are huge problems," he added, citing the T&T Football Federation (TTFF)/2006 World Cup players legal battle, and the payment problems T&T's 2010 Caribbean Cup squad faced.

"There was a feeling within the players that something was wrong, that the system that we'd given so much faith to was not delivering on their own promises," Hislop said. "As a player, that's hard to respond to."

He added: "I actually do think we'll get the points we need against Guyana and go through to the next round, but still I think that is papering over the cracks as far as the football, our World Cup qualifying credentials go for 2014, and for the long term."

The former West Ham goalie also blasted the lack of planning for future World Cups.

"I will never say we should throw in the towel as far as 2014 is concerned. But what I will say is, you do not wait until post-Brazil, or August 2014 to start thinking about Russia 2018. We should be thinking about Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 now."

The ESPN football analyst has been closely following the FIFA investigations into the Caribbean Football Union officials that followed the Mohamed Bin Hammam bribery scandal earlier this year in Trinidad.

And after the resignations of FIFA vice-president and TTFF special adviser Jack Warner and Oliver Camps as TTFF president, Hislop wants to see change in the administration of local football.

Hislop stated: "I'm hoping that things change, that there's new faces, fresh ideas to take over the football. You can't solve the old problems with the same old solutions. You just get more problems. I for one am hoping there is fresh injection of blood, of ideas."

He was also happy with the developments in the 2006 players' suit against the TTFF, such as the award of two interim payments, including the coverage of legal costs.

"It's been a long time coming, but we felt we were right all along," Hislop said. "And now the judge is pretty much agreeing with us. We started this (action) because we felt there was a true lack of accountability in Trinidad and Tobago football, and this is exactly what the action has proven.

"So, yes, I'm absolutely delighted with the way things have gone. They've gone, in my opinion, better than we could have expected."

Hislop is also hoping Warner will be called upon as a third defendant to answer questions related to the TTFF accounts after Camps in August told Justice Devindra Rampersad that Warner was responsible for the Federation's finances.

He described this development as an "important legal step".

"Anybody who's followed Trinidad football would have known that Mr Warner has been pulling the strings as far as that goes," said Hislop. "He's had an influence over the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation and Oliver Camps, where I think he exceeded his tag as special adviser."