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It must have pained Rene Simoes as he watched the English Premiership game between Hull City and Newcastle United on Saturday. As if to rub salt into an open wound, Simoes’s reject, Marlon King, playing for Hull City celebrated the sacking of the Brazilian with a brace which helped his team to an historic victory at St James’s Park.
King, who scored nine goals in 15 games for Jamaica, was inexplicably left out of Jamaica’s squad for the last three World Cup games by the coach, as, according to Simoes, “he did not fit into his plans.”
King scored the first from the penalty spot in the first half to put his team 1-0 up and then scored a beauty in the second to send Hull City 2-0 up. Newcastle scored a consolation late in the game.
While Simoes, who was here on his second stint as coach, experimented with young local-based players who are hardly heroes in their own districts, a number of seasoned professional were left wondering what they had to do to make the national squad. Apart from King, Damion Stewart, Jermaine Johnson, Khari Stephenson, Claude Davis, Oneil Thompson, Claude Davis, Dane Richards, Omar Davis are all playing either in Europe or the MLS in the United States and were not considered for the last three games against Canada, Honduras or Mexico.
Simoes was fired by President of the Jamaica Football Federation, Captain Horace Burrell after the team suffered successive losses to Mexico (0-3) and Honduras (0-2) leaving Jamaica with the arduous task of winning three consecutive home games against the same teams if they are to qualify for the final round of CONCACAF World Cup eliminations.
Who will be the next coach? Will these players be considered for the three remaining home games in the World Cup? Log on to JamaicaWin.com for daily updates.
King, who scored nine goals in 15 games for Jamaica, was inexplicably left out of Jamaica’s squad for the last three World Cup games by the coach, as, according to Simoes, “he did not fit into his plans.”
King scored the first from the penalty spot in the first half to put his team 1-0 up and then scored a beauty in the second to send Hull City 2-0 up. Newcastle scored a consolation late in the game.
While Simoes, who was here on his second stint as coach, experimented with young local-based players who are hardly heroes in their own districts, a number of seasoned professional were left wondering what they had to do to make the national squad. Apart from King, Damion Stewart, Jermaine Johnson, Khari Stephenson, Claude Davis, Oneil Thompson, Claude Davis, Dane Richards, Omar Davis are all playing either in Europe or the MLS in the United States and were not considered for the last three games against Canada, Honduras or Mexico.
Simoes was fired by President of the Jamaica Football Federation, Captain Horace Burrell after the team suffered successive losses to Mexico (0-3) and Honduras (0-2) leaving Jamaica with the arduous task of winning three consecutive home games against the same teams if they are to qualify for the final round of CONCACAF World Cup eliminations.
Who will be the next coach? Will these players be considered for the three remaining home games in the World Cup? Log on to JamaicaWin.com for daily updates.
I get your point though Twan. Add to that list:
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