“Sven and Bjorn are Top Level Coaches”



Recent indication by some enemies of the progress of Liberian football that the two Swedish Coaches who recently visited the country upon the invitation of the United States based football writer, analyst, scout and administrator as a means of meeting with the country’s football stakeholders are not top level tacticians have been described as false and misleading and is intended to further reign Liberia’s football that is already at a downward trend.

It can be recollected that there were recent reports describing Coaches Sven Sjunssen and Bjorn Peters are lowly rated Coaches and that they are joksters who only want to dig gold. According to the information, the source of such information was the boss of local club Monrovia Fc, Sinisia Eliasson who resides in Sweden. But, independent verification done indicates that suc assertion by the administrator who is as well a learning coach are untrue as the pair who recently visited the country are up to the task, capable and have the tactical prowess to develop the country’s football that needs quickly saved. Also, some followers of Sweden football including those in higher football circles have said the duo can indeed transform Liberian football and wonder why the Liberian football authorities would delay in linking with them to work for the good of the various national teams.

Also, a group of fans who are religious followers of the Lone Star say they are seriously disappointed that the entire LFA would succumb to the sugar quoted tongue of the dreadful Vice President for administration, Musa Shannon in keeping his close friend Roberto Landi at the helm of the team despite his abysmal form where he is like a stranger to the team as he lives in Italy and comes down to Monrovia only few days to an international match.

Also, one of the country’s leading sporting promotion group, Sports Connection Agency through its president Jeremiah Wilkins has noted that from unbiased searches made on the two coaches via the internet and contacts in Sweden s well as Nigeria and Ghana where Sven also runs and academy, the two coaches are well abreast with contemporary football and that their programs put forth to the football association and the sports ministry are all relevant reasons the organization believes the two Swedish are people who can make the Lone Star a formidable force on the continent.

It can be recollected that during the visit of the two to the country, they promised to focus on grass root football and that they want to start from the U-15 throughout the other areas of the national team and even talked about establishing an academy as well as making the country’s youth teams participate in youth competitions in Europe like the Gothia Cup in Sweden which made the talents of the likes of Dulee Johnson and Dioh Williams to come to prominence.

Connoisseurs therefore wonder why would people focus on negative information to malign others and warn that anyone having interest in bringing other coaches must encourage them to spend on their own to come to Liberia, engage the media and the relevant stakeholders in putting forth their plans just like the way and manner Sven and Bjorn did. “To insinuate that these coaches are not to he level of coaching a national team is quite unfortunate and those involved I such devilish act must desist as such ugly campaign will only impede the growth of Liberian football, as the coming of the two coaches with vast experience and knowledge in the beautiful game must be seen as a God sent opportunity”, noted football analyst Francis Payne who has been a lead voice I the country’s football for years.