Nodley Wright, Freelance Writer

Bora Milutinovic

Mexican national Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic will know his status with the country's football programme in another 24 hours.

There has been much talk that with the new administration, the nomadic coach who has guided five nations at the world's biggest football tournament could be shown the door.

While Captain Burrell made no reference to any coach being drafted to fill Milutinovic's role, following the press conference, there was much talk that the Serbia-born Milutinovic, who resides in Mexico, should be replaced by an old favourite of the new hierarchy, Rene Simoes, who held the position when Jamaica qualified for the World Cup Finals in France, 1998.

While making no reference to any possible replacements, Jamaica Football Federation (J.F.F.) president, Captain Horace Burrell, stated at a press conference called after yesterday's voting congress held in Westmorealnd which returned him to power, that Milutinovic's contract will be reviewed today.

That announcement was the last and perhaps most important of a number of announcements made yesterday after an emergency meeting of his newly formed administrative body.

Emergency meeting

"The contract of technical director, Mr. Milutinovic, will be viewed tomorrow, at which time it will be viewed carefully after which a report will be tabled at another emergency meeting that will be called on Tuesday at 1100 hours, where a decision will be taken regarding the way forward with Mr. Milutinovic. The press will be advised of the decision taken," Burrell told members of the media who stuck around for the press conference.

Among the other announcements made yesterday were the predictable return of his chief lieutenant, Horace Reid, as general secretary of the federation, Leighton McKnight as head of the finance committee and Howard McIntosh as chairman of the technical and development committee. To take up his new appointment, Reid has resigned all his positions relating to the Portmore Football Club, where he was both a director and technical director.

Changes

Other loyalists such as David Watt was rewarded with the chairmanship of the disciplinary committee, Peter Prendergast, who will resign as president of the Jamaica Football Referees association (JFRA), with the chairmanship of the referees commission, Lincoln "Happy" Sutherland as chairman of the protocol committee, and Michael Ricketts, who will head the competitions committee.

Space was also found for Elaine Walker-Brown, who will chair the women's committee, Dr. Guyan Arscott, the medical committee, Harry Daley, the security committee, Garfield Sinclair, the marketing committee and the appeals committee, which will be chaired by Major General, retired Chief of Staff Major John Simmonds.

Other important matters which Captain Burrell outlined included the speedy resolution of the impasse between the Premier League Club Association (PLCA) and the JFF, which led to the suspension of the Cash Plus Premier League, now being sponsored by financial entity, Cash Plus Group.

Captain Burrell tasked Reid, Prendergast, third vice-president Raymond Anderson and Ricketts to meet and get the league up and running again.