BERMUDA Football Association technical director Derek Broadley faces the two biggest decisions since taking over earlier this year.

Earlier this summer Broadley unveiled his master plan for the future of football.

And the two integral parts of that master plan are appointing a new National Staff Coach and a National Youth Director.

With Wednesday's deadline for the applications of the two full-time paid posts now gone, Broadley started reviewing the resumes yesterday of those who applied and then he will consult people he trusts in the game. From there he will make a short list for interviews.

One person who will not be in the running is Kenny Thompson who was in charge of Bermuda for the recent 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign and also during the Digicel Caribbean Cup which ended badly recently in the Cayman Islands.

Thompson said this week he doesn't want the top job of National Staff Coach.

Others who may have submitted their resumes are former national coach and Bermuda Hogges coach Kyle Lightbourne and perhaps fellow Hogges owner and Manchester City hero Shaun Goater. It is also unclear if top coach Andrew Bascome has applied.

This week Broadley was giving nothing away ¿ in fact he said that he had not even looked at the applications until the deadline passed.

"As they have been coming in I have just been putting them in a file ¿ and I am not even going to look at them (until after the deadline). But I can say that I have had quite a few applications, not thousands obviously, but some. I haven't looked at whether they are for the full-time positions or part-time positions. As I have been getting them I have just put them in a file. I thought that if I started looking at them early it would not be fair."

Now that the deadline has passed Broadley said: "My plans are to start looking at them over the next few days and then seek some advice from people within the association, people from the technical committee and then I will go to a short list (for interviews)."

Besides the top two full-time positions, Broadley's master plan also calls for five male and three female coaches on a part-time basis.

He said this week: "I plan to appoint the full-time people first and then work with the full-time people to appoint the part-time people."

Broadley's master plan calls for the complete restructuring of football in Bermuda starting from the 11-year-olds right up to the national team.

The technical director said earlier this summer that he had noticed Bermuda spends a lot of resources going to tournaments but not enough time (and resources) preparing for tournaments.

He said: "I want to get football moving during my tenure. I want a national way of playing and a national style of playing."

Broadley said that he would oversee the youngest age group ¿ the Under 11s.

The other age groups will be Under 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 and the national team.

The National Staff Coach, who will be in charge of the senior national team, will also work with the Under 12s while the National Youth Director will work with the Under 13s as well as being the women's national coach.

Both the National Staff Coach and National Youth Director will not be allowed to work with any club and they will also be required to become qualified referees which will boost the number of refs in Bermuda ¿ an area which is badly in need of help.

"We have enough talent in Bermuda to manage this system," Broadley said adding that he also would like to see the clubs in Bermuda adopt a similar system.

Broadley is also looking forward to the visit to Bermuda this month by Jeff Tipping who has played an instrumental role in shaping the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, (NSCAA) into one of the finest leading coaching education programs in the world.

Broadley said: "There has been a lot of interest (in the coaching course)."

Tipping will conduct a three-day seminar on September 25, 26, and 27 ¿ most likely at the National Sports Centre's north field and pavillion.