@$:BODY-TIMES:KENNY Thompson has revealed a lack of fixtures caused him to quit in frustration as national coach after just eight months in charge.BODY-TIMES-2:And he said Bermuda faced an uphill battle to do well in the World Cup qualifiers early next year because of chronic ill preparation.Spilling his anguish to the Mid-Ocean News, Thompson said he could not understand why the Bermuda Football Association couldn't not manage to arrange games now it was flush with cash.He said: "There's not a whole lot of trust in some of the association members who put things in place to give us the best chance. Whether it is setting one up to fail or incompetence ¿ take your pick. The fact of the matter is the environment is not right. There is nothing set up for any chance of putting on a good performance, let alone getting good results."Thompson had agreed to prepare the team for the Digicel and World Cup but found the BFA unable to arrange matches to allow him to assess how the squad were doing."Now the World Cup qualifiers are just around the corner there is no time to prepare the team adequately to perform well."We are coming to another international match date ¿ November 17 ¿ and we still have no match scheduled in spite of the knowledge of a year, a year and a half, sometimes two years of when those dates are." He said in the past the problem of not booking matches had been blamed on lack of finance."Now we have the money but we are operating as if we don't have any money by not arranging matches ahead of time. It is very difficult conditions for a coach to work under. I felt enough is enough and it was time to move on." It was a hard decision for the dedicated coach who has traveled the world to increase his football knowledge. "One wants to be involved, I like to coach and I always believed I could do a good job at the national level."But in the wrong environment the job was more frustrating than enjoyable."It took some thought but at end of the day, and not from a selfish standpoint, it was in the best interests not to continue."When things build up you say wait a minute, what's going on here? I didn't give an ultimatum. But we missed matches in April, we had opportunities in August, September, October and now November ¿ at this point we don't have anything. It was a build up of things which made me think ¿ we can't be that serious." With the World Cup qualifiers starting early next year Thompson had wanted games against Caribbean region sides such as Cuba, Trinidad, Panama and Jamaica.In the run-up to the first World cup qualifier of the last campaign Bermuda played around half a dozen games including matches against Nicaragua both home and away, Panama, Trinidad and Barbados. Heavy defeats in the earlier friendlies gave way to improvement and Bermuda just barely missed progressing to the second round of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers after being edged 4-3 on aggregate by El Salvador in Thompson's first stint as manager.Since being re-appointed Thompson had just one international fixture ¿ a 3-0 defeat by Canada in March.Thompson still doesn't know what the problem was."For me it was always the same thing. We had a lot of talk, many promises made and then there's no delivery."We should have been active from the time we got the money to do some things. We could have been on training camps ¿ where you have players all day, training, having matches and tactical meetings. We haven't done that. It's opportunity after opportunity."Then at the end of the day a competition comes around and the technician is given minimal time to prepare the team ¿ the team is not successful ¿ relative or otherwise and the coach gets hammered."I am not prepared to put myself in that position. Not so much for the criticism standpoint ¿ that is part and parcel of the game. There are many experts out there and everyone knows what's best for a particular team."But I know from my experience there is no way to do a good job in these circumstances." With a UEFA "A" license and American "A" license and a wealth of experience studying at major European clubs Thompson has the credentials to take on the still vacant Technical Director's post but he thinks the BFA always wanted a glamorous name from overseas."It's a little bit unfortunate ¿ someone from overseas might not say a whole lot of different things than someone from Bermuda but they may decide to listen to that person."But history shows as well that they may listen to the person from overseas until he says directly to us that we need to improve areas A, B, C and D and then Bermudians will then say 'What are you talking about? This is Bermuda, we do things like this. You are not from around here'."Thompson didn't apply for the Technical Director's job because working full-time on a short-term contract was a very insecure position for a family man.But the CedarBridge teacher said he would have liked to carry on as national coach in more favourable circumstances and he hasn't ruled out another return ¿ but only if he is convinced there is a proper plan in place."It is frustrating after putting in time, energy, effort not to mention the financial cost on traveling on a regular basis to gain the knowledge and experience in a society that says to young people ¿ get an education ¿ but you get it then you become more of a threat in some people's eyes than someone who can offer assistance to move forward." He said abroad even though he was a "no name" from Bermuda, coaches treated him as a colleague with respect."But you come to Bermuda you are not treated as a colleague with something to offer, you are treated more as a threat."