Richard Bexon Ramblings of a mad man in Costa Rica

It is pretty clear now in my mind that Costa Rica will not qualify for the world cup.  I have been watching every game since the start and have seen that after the last 3 loses against El Salvador Away, Mexico at home and Honduras Away the team has given up and also 50% of the country has as well.  There are still a few Ticos that believe they will beat the US in Chicago, however this is a pipe dream.

The nail in the coffin however was firing their coach Rodrigo Kenton when Costa Rica are over half on the way to the world cup, it is well known you should not change the manager during your world cup qualification as this will not help.

However I believe that Costa Rica has made an even bigger mistake hiring a non-European manager.  If you have any intention of winning anything in the World Cup you need to get a manager who understands the source of the game which is Europe.  Why does Brazil always win the world cup?  Because all their players play in Europe!!  A home grown team will never win a world cup.

Costa Rica replaced Kenton with Rene Somoes who is the ex Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica coach.  This begs the question of why would you replace him with someone who has done nothing?  This guy has no experience on the European circuit only managing Brazilian teams and 2 very quiet International teams.

The statement that arises after this is: ‘ Costa Rica does not have the money for a European Coach!’  Maybe not, however if you want to get anything in life you have to make an investment.  Currently Costa Rica is a like a spoilt Tica going from Tico to Tico until she finds something that makes her happy, but we all know she will get board and dump him.

GET A EUROPEAN MANAGER!!