Mr joe Sambou, Thank in return to your mail regarding to the above issue.Firstly i was not a top player but interested in football and I can recalled the time you were at your best.if I could remember right, you were living just around blanc street. However, going back to the issue in question,I am not saying that the coaches are responsible to the poverty neither do i referred to the parents not to educate or encourage their children academically instead of whole hearted football players.It is not every parent who is able to pay for higher education as yours migh have been to you. Secondly, if we are talking of opportunity,all the players i have earlier mentioned have somebody that help their progresses and for that actions, we cannot rule out the foreign coaches.I believe in luck of-course,but it goes alone with optimism. I will not totally said our local coaches are good for only our local teams but working togethre with foreign coaches will give the boys more courage to improve their skill as they are all looking for recommendation to play out side the country.Hope you understood my point here. If the football association is not able to sponsure such activities,therefore foreign coaches could have.Hence we know that our country is poor and have little to spend on football,we need people who can make contact to bring hope in the life of the game.As a saying goes,A blind cannot pave the way for a blind. You have been a foreign player yourself,was it that you help yourself without any intervention? or was it the FA that sponsured all the contact and expenses? please throw light on that. till i hear from you good luck and may God bless the Gambia and the Gambians all over the globe. __________________________________________________________________ EDI LK SIDIBEH NAAKANTIE 2C9 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION 48320 KOTKA KYMENLAAKSO POLYTECHNIQUE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PEACETO EVERYONE ON EARTH.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------