<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>'Heads should roll'</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>Chung Fah angry at Jamaica's early elimination from Digicel Caribbean Cup</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=350 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>CHUNG FAH ... I don't care, because there is nowhere in the Caribbean that there is more talent than we have in Jamaica </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>In the aftermath of Jamaica failing to qualify for the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup, two respected football minds - Winston Chung Fah and Stewart Stephenson - are calling for urgent steps to be taken to get the nation's football back of track.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Former technical director of the national programme, Chung Fah, currently based in the Cayman Islands, reacting to the shocking news yesterday told the Observer that heads must roll.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"You have just disturbed me... I mean the first round we have not hurdled - a country like Haiti that has been dormant for so long has gone ahead of us - something is seriously wrong and heads should be rolling somewhere... heads should be rolling!" Chung Fah said.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=156 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>STEPHENSON ... this is pretty much a new low for Jamaica </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Stephenson, who was recently re-elected president of the powerful Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) for his fourth two-year term, has called for a review of the team's performance.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"My own view is that the technical committee of the JFF and the leadership of the federation has to take very serious note of what has taken place. This is pretty much a new low for Jamaica and if we are to build our momentum going forward to 2010 (World Cup in South Africa), clearly the technical committee and the JFF leadership has to evaluate and review what has taken place and put strategies in place to re-float the campaign going forward to 2010," Stephenson said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The astute administrator added. "Whatever it takes, I believe strong decision have to be made, but importantly for me, I think we need to keep our players a little more together, because when I looked at the French team (Haiti) and the St Vincent team, you'd see that these are teams that have played together and have an understanding, which was clearly lacking in our team," Stephenson noted.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Defending three-time champions Jamaica, under the leadership of Carl Brown, were eliminated from the first round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup on Sunday by virtue of a one-goal difference, as Haiti and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) progressed to phase two of the competition.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The Reggae Boyz, who had beaten St Lucia 4-0, before losing 1-2 to SVG, needed to beat Haiti by three clear goals to advance, but failed to do so, beating Haiti by only a 2-0 margin.<P class=StoryText align=justify>That meant Haiti and SVG moved into the second round, to join Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Guyana, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Guadeloupe and Martinique will compete in the next round for the seven places alongside hosts Trinidad & Tobago at the finals in January 2007.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Chung Fah, who served as technical director of Jamai
<SPAN class=Subheadline>Chung Fah angry at Jamaica's early elimination from Digicel Caribbean Cup</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=350 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>CHUNG FAH ... I don't care, because there is nowhere in the Caribbean that there is more talent than we have in Jamaica </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>In the aftermath of Jamaica failing to qualify for the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup, two respected football minds - Winston Chung Fah and Stewart Stephenson - are calling for urgent steps to be taken to get the nation's football back of track.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Former technical director of the national programme, Chung Fah, currently based in the Cayman Islands, reacting to the shocking news yesterday told the Observer that heads must roll.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"You have just disturbed me... I mean the first round we have not hurdled - a country like Haiti that has been dormant for so long has gone ahead of us - something is seriously wrong and heads should be rolling somewhere... heads should be rolling!" Chung Fah said.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=156 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>STEPHENSON ... this is pretty much a new low for Jamaica </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Stephenson, who was recently re-elected president of the powerful Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) for his fourth two-year term, has called for a review of the team's performance.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"My own view is that the technical committee of the JFF and the leadership of the federation has to take very serious note of what has taken place. This is pretty much a new low for Jamaica and if we are to build our momentum going forward to 2010 (World Cup in South Africa), clearly the technical committee and the JFF leadership has to evaluate and review what has taken place and put strategies in place to re-float the campaign going forward to 2010," Stephenson said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The astute administrator added. "Whatever it takes, I believe strong decision have to be made, but importantly for me, I think we need to keep our players a little more together, because when I looked at the French team (Haiti) and the St Vincent team, you'd see that these are teams that have played together and have an understanding, which was clearly lacking in our team," Stephenson noted.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Defending three-time champions Jamaica, under the leadership of Carl Brown, were eliminated from the first round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup on Sunday by virtue of a one-goal difference, as Haiti and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) progressed to phase two of the competition.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The Reggae Boyz, who had beaten St Lucia 4-0, before losing 1-2 to SVG, needed to beat Haiti by three clear goals to advance, but failed to do so, beating Haiti by only a 2-0 margin.<P class=StoryText align=justify>That meant Haiti and SVG moved into the second round, to join Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Guyana, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Guadeloupe and Martinique will compete in the next round for the seven places alongside hosts Trinidad & Tobago at the finals in January 2007.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Chung Fah, who served as technical director of Jamai
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