"Everybody loves football out there and there's a lot of money around," says the 54-year-old chartered accountant. "But it just wasn't going to work. The first division clubs dominate the board, so there was a conflict with the guys who run the clubs. There were no games for the international team, no training camps, no coach, because they didn't care about the international team. I really enjoyed my time in Hong Kong, until I discovered that my recommendations were going to be blocked, so how can I improve it if they don't want to change it?"