korean football: r.i.p.

well, jo bonfrere, the coach of the korean national team, has resigned under pressure, to which the below commentary had yesterday referred.

with the forced resignation of the coach--the 2nd of a korean gaffer in 14 months--and the KFA's repeated bowing to public pressure, i now consider myself a former fan of the "taeguk warriors" because i am protesting the lack of grace and dignity this nation and its FA gives its coaches, particularly its foreign managers. it's a disgrace and true footballing koreans should be ashamed at their countrymen for this kind of witch hunting. the KFA are the laughingstock of the international football world; there's no way in hell they'll be able to hire anyone with any amount of competence or credibility because the KFA do not stand by their coaches. no sane manager without a sense of desperation to be a manager will take the job because there's no security in it, there's no sense of the KFA's standing by a coach's side, there's no fair treatment of its coaches at which one can point with any confidence. you can rest assured i will be burning my korean footballing paraphernalia and not cheering for them anytime soon, at least not until the KFA start treating people with more respect.

how is it that the KFA consider managing korea to be one of the most sought-after jobs in the world? how they consider themselves a real football association if they don't dismiss public pressure and honor the contracts they give to their coaches? look at the english FA and their current national coach, sven-goran erickson. sven has endured more controversy in his five years at the helm than all the other national managers combined because of his alleged penchant for chasing tail than winning football's holy grail, yet his job is not at risk, despite repeated howls and calls for sven's neck over the years, because the english FA have the cajones to tell the english media and public to bugger off because there is a contract in place, sven is the coach in place, and changing managers always disrupts the team, takes away their unity, and ruins the karma of a team as it prepares for a world cup. korea will find this out when they don't make it out of the group stages at next year's event.

i hope they suck like a pack of newborn hyenas ravaging their mother. a little humble pie will do them good.

so, fuck the KFA, korea's footballing mob, and the valve with which they put air in their flat balls...