>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Simply a Fortune! >Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:41:56 +0000 > >What is wrong with Africans? Is this an inferiority complex or >what? What >can this cat bring to the table other than he is a Brit.? We can >get a >homeboy at a 10th of his offer and still produce better results than >him. >We do this at all avenues of life. We educate folks only to leave >them on >the curb and reach for the outside. Look at our Judges; road >construction; >electric supply, and the list goes on. I know he my be one of many >foreign >candidates interviewing, but have'nt we learned from our past >failures - >that we have to seriously build our own like others did. Why is it >that El >hajj Joof et al belief more in Bruno Metsu than other equally >qualified or >better home grown Senegalese coaches? I bet you they would have >given >Bokande a run for his head if he were to coach them. Also, remember >Coach >Obermann, the no name, no national team experience coach that helped >us >loose the Zone two tournament in 1984. The cat was a goalie and had >a stint >with a third division team. If my teammates accorded a Gambian >coach 1/10th > of the respect and dedication they accorded to Obermann, we would >have >done wonders over the years. However, the best time for us to act >up >against our coaches is when we see someone like us. Most know that >I had no >love lost with Obermann and it stemmed from the fact that we had >folks that >were way better than him and who could have given us victory. His >selection >was influenced by the Mafia, thus their boys flooded the field, and >they did >not want anyone to talk about it. As a matter of fact, through out >that >whole camp Obermann and I spoke not more than twice. Now, if you >had a >player/coach, Sahou Sarr lead a team to only loose to Senegal by a >lone >goal, why on earth would I even ask a third division goalie coach >from >Germany to head my national team? The problem of soccer in the >Gambia is >not the players, but the facilities. The US team is a proven >testimony to >that. It is their facilities and not their talent that take them >far in the >world arena. Just like Cameron has better facilities and >organization than >most other African countries. When Senegal was paying their >players, our >guys were playing for gym shoes from Dingareh. So, go figure. It >seems as >we have not learned a lesson, have we? We are going to pick some >looser >from some corner of the globe, with next to nothing experience in >their own >countries to head the team or better yet be on vacation. > >Chi Jaama > >Joe Sambou > >Simply a Fortune! > > >The Independent (Banjul) > >August 14, 2003 >Posted to the web August 14, 2003 > >Banjul > >Peter Bredman, a British national, who visited The Gambia earlier >this week >to meet the country's football authorities for possible appointment >as head >coach of the Scorpions, has put his wage demands at an all time >high, >looking at it from Gambian standards. > >According to reports, Bredman demanded £50,000 per annum as wages, a >four-wheel car (4 x 4), a house and a reputable school for his >daughter. > >Bredman, who met SOS Faal and other top officials of the Department >of State >for Youths and Sports, left Banjul on Monday evening to England but >had >submitted his papers for a thorough perusal to SoS Faal, according >to >reports. > >Bredman is not a Greek figure Gambia's football scene. In the early >90's, he >coached two top-flight teams namely Wallidan FC and Real de Banjul. > >The Englishman, brimming with visible confidence, told radio >programme >Sports file on Monday before Banjul that he had a very good session >with SOS >Faal and hoped that something "positive" will come out of it. > >Coaching the Scorpions, he pointed out, would be a gateway for >Gambian >footballers to hit the international scene. "I have already started >discussions with some marketing agencies and managers who are eager >to >expose Gambian players in the United Kingdom," Bredman revealed. > >He admitted that he hasn't coached a senior national team before but >he was >privileged to coach the England U-16 team and has worked as a coach >in >Holland and USA. > >He promised that, if appointed, he would restructure Gambian >football >especially with the coming of a football academy. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. 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