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Frustrated Fitzgerald quits August Town
BY HOWARD WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, December 20, 2009
THAT 95th-minute goal that August Town conceded in the dying moments to Village United was agonising for the fans, but it broke the heart coach Calvert Fitzgerald, who later resigned.
"After the match, I did not say any-thing to them. I just go home and call the assistant manager and let him know that that is it," Fitzgerald told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
"I kind of got frustrated. It's just not happening," said Fitzgerald, a clearly broken man.
"You solve one problem and then a next problem comes up, so I must have to give somebody else a chance," he added.
Fitzgerald, who previously had coaching stints with Tivoli Gardens, Waterhouse and Rivoli United, said he had set himself some objectives, but he failed to achieve that, especially for this month.
"I never met those objectives that I set for myself for the month, so might as well just leave," he noted.
He added: "At first we had some players that were working and they weren't putting in enough training sessions in the first round. Then we kind of sorted that out and started getting some better results in the second round. We solved the fitness problems and we start lasted longer, then we started giving up late goals; everything was just not happening," he lamented.
"...I set a target that this month (December)... where I will get them out of the relegation zone. We're three points behind the next two teams and we give away the game against Harbour View and give away the game against Village. That is four additional points. That's four points that would take we out of the relegation zone," he emphasised.
"What could have been if we had just held on for two more seconds, and that has been a continuous process and I don't want that to be bugging the team.
"Maybe it will work for somebody different with a different perspective. Every time you sort out one thing another... pop up. It doesn't make sense you continue and say things are going to turn around. It's better them give somebody who can make a difference," explained Fitzgerald.
For now, Fitzgerald says he will remain stress free.
"I will go and enjoy the holiday. If anything interesting comes around I'll consider it, but I am in no hurry," he told the Sunday Observer.
Meanwhile, former national player and coach of Portmore United, Paul Young, is in negotiation with the club's management to fill the void left by Fitzgerald.
"I only have dialogue with them and that is it. I talked with them, but it has not been confirmed if I'm going to be the coach or if I am not going to be the coach," Young told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
But the August Town management seems confident that Young will be in charge of their away game against Sporting Central Academy on December 27.
BY HOWARD WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, December 20, 2009
THAT 95th-minute goal that August Town conceded in the dying moments to Village United was agonising for the fans, but it broke the heart coach Calvert Fitzgerald, who later resigned.
"After the match, I did not say any-thing to them. I just go home and call the assistant manager and let him know that that is it," Fitzgerald told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
"I kind of got frustrated. It's just not happening," said Fitzgerald, a clearly broken man.
"You solve one problem and then a next problem comes up, so I must have to give somebody else a chance," he added.
Fitzgerald, who previously had coaching stints with Tivoli Gardens, Waterhouse and Rivoli United, said he had set himself some objectives, but he failed to achieve that, especially for this month.
"I never met those objectives that I set for myself for the month, so might as well just leave," he noted.
He added: "At first we had some players that were working and they weren't putting in enough training sessions in the first round. Then we kind of sorted that out and started getting some better results in the second round. We solved the fitness problems and we start lasted longer, then we started giving up late goals; everything was just not happening," he lamented.
"...I set a target that this month (December)... where I will get them out of the relegation zone. We're three points behind the next two teams and we give away the game against Harbour View and give away the game against Village. That is four additional points. That's four points that would take we out of the relegation zone," he emphasised.
"What could have been if we had just held on for two more seconds, and that has been a continuous process and I don't want that to be bugging the team.
"Maybe it will work for somebody different with a different perspective. Every time you sort out one thing another... pop up. It doesn't make sense you continue and say things are going to turn around. It's better them give somebody who can make a difference," explained Fitzgerald.
For now, Fitzgerald says he will remain stress free.
"I will go and enjoy the holiday. If anything interesting comes around I'll consider it, but I am in no hurry," he told the Sunday Observer.
Meanwhile, former national player and coach of Portmore United, Paul Young, is in negotiation with the club's management to fill the void left by Fitzgerald.
"I only have dialogue with them and that is it. I talked with them, but it has not been confirmed if I'm going to be the coach or if I am not going to be the coach," Young told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
But the August Town management seems confident that Young will be in charge of their away game against Sporting Central Academy on December 27.