Hall FORMER national representative Paul Hall said he is still very supportive of Jamaica's football programme despite his retirement.
The 28-year-old, who played a key role in the country's qualification for the 1998 World Cup in France, said his retirement in no way ends his relationship with the country.
"Every time Jamaica plays a game I know the result. I know what is going on and I am always there with the guys," Hall said.
"I hear Onandi (Lowe) is doing really well and that Deon (Burton) is doing okay which is something I really want to see. The team is going on and it seems as if they are doing okay," Hall said about Jamaica's performance in the 2002 World Cup qualifications.
What most occupies Hall's mind right now is to re-establish himself as a footballer of note and get back into the English Premier League.
After the World Cup, Hall had his long-time dream of playing in the Premniership come true when he was signed by Coventry City.
That dream soon turned into a nightmare as he found himself frozen out of the first team by manager Gordon Strachan. To get first team football the player who began his career in the Third Division with Torquay United, found himself on long spells with Bury, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Walsall, all First Division teams before settling with Walsall.
Despite a good run at the end of last season where he scored six goals in 10 starts, the team was relegated. He re-signed with the club with the intention of working his way back to the top.
"I still believe I can make the step up which is why I am playing so much good football right now because every game for me now is very important," he said.
"It is personal ambition which drives me now, not money. At the end of the day money is money and I have to look after my family, don't get me wrong. I want to play in the Premiership and I want to make it back there and there is no way that Gorrdon Strachan is going to convince me that I am not good enough."
At Walsall thus far, Hall has played in all the club's pre-season games and has assisted on three goals in two matches since the season started, helping them to joint first place in the Second Division.
"It is going on okay. I played in both games, I played the whole pre-season and played in both games. Last season I played 10 games towards the end of the season and scored six goals. Right now I am playing back on the right wing."
