Liberian Players Ungrateful!


Coach Lardner, who is on record as the first Liberian coach to take the national team of Liberia to its first African cup of nations

By Roland M. Mulbah

Current and former players of the National team of Liberia, Lone Star are said to be ungrateful and have being described by many as unsympathetic with the latest that no Liberian player plying his trade oversea sympathized with the family of former Lone Star head coach, Wilfred “Kajaniel” Lardner who died on the early morning of May 11, 2009.

Coach Lardner, who is on record as the first Liberian coach to take the national team of Liberia to its first African cup of nations in South Africa 1996, was laid to rest on Saturday, May 30, 2009 with no Liberian player whether in or out of Liberia paying tribute.

“Liberian players have shown how ungrateful they are by not paying tribute to the fallen former Lone Star Coach who made record for this country.

“I logged on to www.liberiansoccer.com and bought the local newspapers as well as listened to the radio in Liberia, but did not hear any word of sympathy from any Liberian player whether in or out of Liberia.

“This is consider ungratefulness and heartless attitude of our players toward the man who coached some of them,” one follower of Liberian football noted in a rather frustrated frame of mind.

The most unbelievable one was that South African based Super Sport United Liberian International striker, Anthony Snorthi Laffor is in Liberia, but refused to attend the funeral of the former coach.