ENGLAND-based Golden Jaguars’ Chris Bourne is not known as one of the outspoken players, but, the 32-year-old told Chronicle Sport, “I do not say much but when I do it comes from my heart.”

With March 19-27 being set aside by FIFA for official international Friendly matches, most of the Caribbean countries have announced their opposition to play. Guyana will not be in action, something Bourne said is badly needed, especially with the CONCACAF Nations League Qualifier on the horizon.

But Bourne’s contention is not primarily on Guyana’s senior men’s national football team being absent from the international stage this month, but rather, his case is to put interim national coach Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover in charge.

The Guyana Football Federation after Guyana’s trip to Indonesia last year announced the vacancy for its senior national team, but, to date, president Wayne Forde has been silent on the closing date and who are some of the candidates.

“I believe coach Dover should have the job, the players here in Europe have no idea what is going on. Dover needs time to get the squad he needs to take Guyana to the next level,” Bourne said in an exclusive interview.

In the CONCACAF Nations League, Guyana will host Barbados in September, travel to Turks and Caicos in October, followed by a clash with French Guiana in Cayenne in November and then host Belize in March, 2018.

Bourne, who has been solid for Guyana since his return to the National team under Dover, believes that the former Alpha United coach “knows the programme, he has been involved from day one with the National team, he has seen how far we have come, knows what it took and knows the players well, we all have respect for him and I do not believe he has been given the respect and time from others”.

“The results do count, but in the last 3-4 National team games we have played some of our best football and with one or two added options in key areas the results would have been different. These are my thoughts and I hope we can do the right thing – appoint Dover and let him have more time to take us through the Nations League and on to the Gold Cup,” Bourne pointed out.