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Karl
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 Posted - Dec 09 2001 : 3:54:07 PM
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Brown looks ahead to Bolton stint
Sunday, December 09, 2001
CARL Brown, the technical director designate of Jamaica's football, has welcomed the one-year attachment with English premier league club, Bolton Wanderers -- a requirement before he formalises a contract with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
"I believe it (Bolton attachment) will be very good," Brown told journalists following last Thursday's shock announcement of his appointment by JFF president, captain Horace Burrell.
"It's something I am looking forward to ... it's a whole professional setting that I will learn a whole lot from. I really believe that it will serve the whole purpose," Brown added.
Burrell, who has long insisted that Jamaican coaches, including Brown, were not qualified for the technical director's job because of their lack of professional experience, claimed on Thursday the stint with Bolton would leave Brown fully qualified for the job.
In Brown's absence, assistant coach, Peter Cargill, will guide the senior squad.
A chuckling Brown quipped: "I've never been fortunate enough to play professional football (so) it's good that I have gotten a contract at this stage ..."
Looking ahead to the job, Brown stressed that "It's not going to be easy. It's never ever easy -- particularly to qualify the team for 2006 World Cup -- but we already know how tough the job is ..."
He made it clear that he would be looking for co-operation from the "length and breadth" of Jamaica in the quest to "carry Jamaica's football forward".
He argued that football journalists, along with coaches islandwide, had a role to play in the search for young talent because of the extent of their exposure to local football.
"I feel satisfied that (the press) will play a part in making sure that we get the best talent. Reporters see most of the players in going around ...," he said.
"To the coaches I really want them to know that this is their bag. It's not just Carl Brown and Peter Cargill ... for those people (coaches) who are not part of the national coaching staff, there is a very important role for you to play in the development of footballers and football in this country and particularly for those coaches who find themselves coaching the young, 12 to 19 year-olds ... so it won't be just confined to the members of our national coaching staff in ensuring that we put our best foot forward.
"Our main aim and goal here is to try and qualify the national team for Germany in 2006. But in between that, a whole lot of work will have to be done and the development of football in this country will be the most important factor," Brown said.
He identified the young home- grown professionals, Jermaine Johnson, Ricardo Gardner and Ricardo Fuller as examples of the talent that could be brought forward if Jamaica's football was handled properly.
"I believe these three players are truly representative of what we want to do ... They have demonstrated to the world that we do have the capability to produce world beaters and we (coaching staff) want to say that this is our aim," he said.
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