Local football players ask why fas is hiring a foreigner for technical director again

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LOCAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASK WHY FAS IS HIRING A FOREIGNER FOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AGAIN

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31 Dec 2014 - 12:01pm








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Why is the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) getting a foreigner to become the new technical director again?

This is the question that is being asked within the local football arena.

FAS is looking for a new technical director after Serb Slobodan Pavkovic resigned in September after a six-year tenure. The new technical director will be announced in March next year.

FAS said on Monday that it has identified five potential candidates, out of 60 applicants. Former England Under-20 coach Brian Eastick seems to be the favourite, with four others coming from Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

But even Marko Kraljevic, coach of S-League side Balestier Khalsa, is asking if a foreigner is best suited. Kraljevic is from Germany and played in the S-League from 1995 to 2001. He is now a Singapore permanent resident.

“Forget a foreigner, get a local technical director. If Singapore is in Europe, then someone who has experience in European football is ideal," he told Today.

FAS had said that it wanted someone with international experience and who has led a team at FIFA or UEFA age-group competitions, or has a good track record as technical director of a top team in Europe.

“You bring in a foreigner and he will have to start from scratch. He can have the best-laid plans, but can those plans work under the local conditions and the environment the new man will have to work under?” he asked.
Former Singapore international R Sasikumar also did not think that the role of technical director should go to a foreigner.

“What purpose will it serve hiring a big name from Europe?” he asked.

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“The FAS needs a technical director who has an intimate knowledge of local football. Not someone who comes from Europe or a top footballing European country where the facilities and the culture are so conducive for producing talent.

“We don’t need someone to tell us that Singapore lacks the facilities; Singapore does not have the football culture and the National Service commitment is hampering the development of young talent here.

“What we need is someone who is familiar with the conditions and the shortcomings of Singapore football, and can work his way around it. Or at least someone who has worked under similar conditions elsewhere and has produced the results.”







Sasikumar also thinks the role of a technical director has not been clearly defined.

“He must have the full authority to draw up his coaching and development system. He must decide on the system of play for all age-group national teams. And the FAS must decide if teams will also come under him,” Sasikumar said.

“I notice that the previous technical director not only oversaw the development of Singapore football, but also coached the Singapore U-23 side, which shouldn’t be the case.”
This was a similar point to what Kraljevic said.

He felt that football development in Singapore is being hampered not because the young are not playing enough to improve on their skills and talents

“You have 100-odd artificial pitches all over Singapore. Surely, they are enough to accommodate them, but the trouble is that (children) are not spending enough time on a football pitch,” he said.

“I don’t know why. Is it due to the lack of time or money to rent the pitches for the (children) to play? And there are so many football academies spread all over Singapore. Maybe the FAS should join hands with the academies and have a league competition among them. It will surely help with the development of young talent in Singapore.”


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