Such is the fickle nature of the average football fan, a positive response to the lead question would be more forthcoming had Tabla converted recent gilt-edged opportunities against El Salvador and Haiti.
But the doubt still remains. Of course in missing those opportunities, each presented by the more effective Tajon Buchanan, it doesn’t present a benchmark for failure, in the same way scoring either one, or both, would guarantee the re-ignition of a once-promising career.
Tabla is not so much an enigma as a wasted talent. So far! But at 21, there’s still time to rescue a highly respectable career in MLS.