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The Liberia Football Association (LFA) will
today name a head coach to be and deputy
helm of the Liberia National team the Lone
Star to complete the remaining batch of
matches after the Mali encounter next
weekend in the joint 2006 Nations Cup and
World Cup qualifiers.
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Joe
Sayon - Actg Coach
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Six coaches have applied for the position
of head coach.
They
include Wilfred Tijani Lardner, the first
man to take the National Team to the Nations
Cup in 1996, Frank Jericho Nagbe, six times
award winning coach as well as tactician of
premiership leader NPA-Anchors.
David Nimely, coach of Premiership
defending champs Mighty Barrolle, last
season premiership best coach, Raymond
Moutton of Invincible Eleven, Darlington
Boye formerly of division one outfit Bassa
Defender, and current Joseph Sayon alias
Kofi Bruce.
Others in the race for the deputy position
are National U-17 coach Francis Tamba,
sacked LPRC-Oilers coach Thomas Ampomah as
well as more house university graduate
Kasumu sallah.
After critically perusing the documents of
all Coaches, and holding interviews, the
committee responsible for the selection of
the two positions are expected to inform the
sporting populace as to the pair to embark
upon the arduous task of handling the crest
fallen Lone Star.
Meanwhile, applications are being presented
by interested individuals for the position
of Administrative manager of the Lone Star.
A position long occupied by the highly
experience Brazilian trained tactician,
referee and manager Wortor Anderson.
Though the full detail of all those who
have applied are not known, reports say the
incumbent Wortor Anderson and Mighty
Barrolle and Mighty Administrative manager
Kille Miler have since applied.
Pundits are however taken aback by the FA’s
decision in finding a new manager. The
rationale is not known though; many believe
the football house is neglecting its
priories since of course the position of an
administrative manager is quite a delicate
one.
“I do not know the justification in finding
a new administration manager. The FA must
explain” pointed out Albert Dwey of
Paynesville.
Other believes Mr. Andereson has spent more
than two decades at the position and at such
there could be room for complacency.
“The LFA should be thinking on more
constructive thing like mending fences with
the irate professionals, organizing a well
structured youth program and making its
league viable by finding sponsors”, a Lone
Star crony noted.
“The idea of a new coach is justifiable.
But, the issue of finding a new
administrative manager is high should
eyebrow rising and the FA should stop
dwelling on trivial matters”, an observer
noted.
With all these bickering the quest of when
the new manager is expected to get on board
is still not known as many continues to
worry on the future of the Lone Star. |
