Times Of Swaziland: Billen stays – fa

Billen stays – fa
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BY CHRIS DLAMINI on 03/08/2013 02:47:00


MBABANE – Sihlangu’s Belgian coach Valere    Billen’s job is safe for
now.It has been gathered that the FA Executive had a meeting on Thursday
afternoon whereby this was a topical issue. Sources who attended the meeting
have said the coach’s issue was discussed at length and in the end the
Executive opted not to sack him.
“We didn’t fire Billen and by the look of things he just may not be going
anywhere because it could take us backwards to hire a new coach,” said a
source.
It was established that the decision of the FA Executive not to pull the trigger
on Billen was reached, it was also agreed that such decision cannot be taken
without considering the report of the FA Technical Committee.
“The Technical Committee will also hand in its reports that will give us
further direction in the matter,” added the source.
Meanwhile, FA CEO Frederick Mngometu-lu was diplomatic when asked about the
matter.
“That’s an issue we didn’t conclude instead we will know the directive
once we have seen the FA Technical Committee’s reports,” he said.
He said the Technical Committee would be meeting next week ahead of another FA
Executive meeting due on Thursday in which all unresolved issues including the
16-team league proposal may be finalised. Billen was given a year’s contract
by the FA but in his tenure, he failed to win any official game even though the
team showed some improvement in its game but found it had to score goals.