LFA MUST Be Serious


By Wleh Bedell

LIBERIA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (LFA) from all indication is faced with a preponderance of challenges which no one can doubt. The football house definitely has a whole lot to do as far as the improvement or the development of the game is concerned. Indeed, the running of football not only in Liberia but the world at large is quite a herculean one which they say is not for the faint hearted.

ONE CANNOT IN ANY way deny that the FA is not doing well or making strides in the smooth running of the game as the road is not all rosy. The football house amidst the criticism, hurdles and other factors continue to work in what they term the interest of the game of football.

BUT, WHILE THE LFA HAVE continued to blow its horn of the plethora of achievements, there is quite a serious need to urge the FA to be much more serious in its quest to run the game. Recent issues ranging from the saga with football club Fassell, the unending postmen of congress, the lackadaisical attitude exhibited in finding a coach for the senior national team, the eyebrow raising decision to select a technical director without any explanation as it relates to criteria used, the poor running or organization of the national league, the lowly state of youth football development, the poor state of sub-committees and sub-associations, the lackluster form of the various national teams, etc. are all relevant or glaring examples of why the LFA needs to be very serious in running the game in a country that is miles behind.

THE FOOTBALL HOUSE MUST be able to explain or be answerable to stakeholders as it relates to crucial decisions made in the name of driving the game forward. The Musa Bility led administration must indeed be very frank, serious and committed in moving the game forward or else they will continue to exacerbate the already poor state the game is in.

TO HAVE A LEAGUE that is unattractive, hurriedly hire a technical director who has being told exclusively to find a coach, thus ignoring the vetting process where advertisement is done which is the best way worldwide, are just few reasons in a laconic nature that gives one the voice to say the Blue House must be very organized and serious in making those decisions that will take the game to another level.

LET THE FA BE REMINDED that the development of the game here is the responsibility of everyone of us as stakeholders as we all have an input, and with the FA being at the helm or the custodian in steering the ship as far as the improvement of the game is concerned, it must adapt a positive attitude and stop continuously raising eyebrows, causing confusion, raising doubts, creating suspicion, etc. which are quite inimical to the growth and survival of the global leather.

THE LFA MUST REALIZE THAT the game is for all of us and as such there is a need to be serious in running it as a means of being on par with our counterparts on the continent least we speak of the rest of the world. As always, our constructive criticism must be taken whole heartedly and must not be seen as a means of making enmity as together we can make it better.