Liberia Must Recall Dioh, Grandpa & Laffor



By: Roland M. Mulbah
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The questionable and somewhat unconvincing reason the trio of Francis Doe, Dioh Williams and Anthony Laffor were thrown out of the national team of Liberia in the name of expulsion as it was reported has raised serious concerns around the country with many calling on the Liberia Football Association (LFA) and the technical staff to see reason to recall the players in an attempt to form a formidable squad against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the 180 minutes encounters for a place at the 2013 nations cup in South Africa.

A weak side of Kaytu was shown as he was quoted in the media “I wanted to suspend the three players for the game against Namibia, but the (LFA) said they were expelled”. What one can deduce from such statement is that Kaytu is greatly controlled by the LFA and Brown and that he does not really have his own decision but the LFA, and judging from the manner in which he took the job, he will always have to succumb cause thinking on going the contrary by being independent in decision making, he will lose his biggest coaching job ever.

Also, remember the dropping of Gebro on grounds that the player was not willing to play for his club Invincible Eleven (IE) due to what they termed ‘fake injury’ and was against the Lone Star so-called code of conduct that is yet to be seen, but soon went to the Lone Star training ground the next day, the weak, under pressure and indecisive coach would then somersault for Gebro to return which further showed Kaetu’s lack of firmness, consistency and organization. At one point it is ‘A’ decision at the other point it is ‘B’ decision.

With the Lone Star not being prolific in terms of bursting the game at home and scoring many goals to at least have some hope of qualification, (the Lone Star has never beaten an opponent in Monrovia in a competitive match by a two goal margin or more since the exit of the George Weah led generation for a decade now) and taking into account the team’s poor traveler status where it has lost 18 matches away and drawn just one without a single win since the exit of the George Weah led generation, the Lone Star needs its highest goal scorer of the current generation in Dioh Williams who has scored five goals, second highest goal scorer Francis Grandpa Doe who has netted in four goals and former captain Anthony Laffor who current Nigeria Coach Stephen Keshi referred to as the best player of the current generation of Lone Star.

Whatever the case is the players must not take the huge portion of the problem but first the LFA who hired Henry Brown, changed Kojo when the team had won a competitive match and then brought on Kaetu Smith, thus ignoring continuity.

The lads will play their part, but the Musa Bility led administration and their two hirers from the land of Obama, Henry Brown and Kaetu Smith, must be greatly blamed for the team’s woes in the coming week against Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana without the country three best players in the form of Dioh, Grandpa and Laffor.