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Bosso fans told to keep calm
09 Sep 2014 at 08:02hrs | Views
Highlanders FC gaffer Kelvin Kaindu has appealed to the Bosso family to be calm as he tries to steer the former league champions to the winner's podium and the Chibuku Super Cup.
"Our desire is to win the Chibuku Cup. The race for the championship is still on and we are going to take each game as it comes.
"The fans have been behind us (technical team) and the players as well as we try to bring victory for the Bosso family. I would like to thank the fans for their continued support to the Highlanders institution," said the soft-spoken coach who still hopes that everything will be well with strength from the Almighty.
Kaindu was under fire from a section of fans after losing the TM Pick 'n Pay Challenge Cup to rivals Dynamos 4-1 last Saturday in a match Hillary Madzivanyika was not at his best with the defence of Erick Mudzingwa, Bruce Kangwa, Dumisani Ndlovu and Innocent Mapuranga jittery.
They were just out of depth on the afternoon and some fans felt that if the league had seven teams acquitting themselves with the same intensity as the defending league champions Dynamos, Highlanders would be relegation material.
Highlanders failed to break the jinx that has seen them play second fiddle to Dynamos for the past eight years. The technical team has been blamed especially after the drawn match against Buffaloes last Wednesday. Players have also been accused of living in comfort of the salaries they get from BancABC.
Regular scorer Charles Sibanda, Gabriel Nyoni and Njabulo Ncube failed to score and needed Felix Chindungwe to score a face saver for them.
Last week Moses "Bambo" Chunga was quoted describing Bosso as "a pack of lions led by a sheep" and went further to say it was better if it was a lion leading the sheep.
The performance by Highlanders on Saturday was pathetic and again Bosso failed to beat Dynamos for the fourth time this year.
Since joining the former champions in January 2012, Kaindu has assembled a team which gave a lot of promise to its fans and even those fans who had shunned attending Bosso matches at Emagumeni became part of the black and white sea at the famous Soweto end.
Fans have rallied behind Kaindu, his assistant Mark Mathe, goalkeepers' coach Peter Nkomo and team manager Willard Khumalo but for the two seasons the technical team has failed to beat Callisto Pasuwa.
If Highlanders fail to win the league they will be happy to see Caps United or any other team winning it but not Dynamos. If a coach loses to Dynamos they do not take it lightly and on Saturday some fans were already calling for Kaindu's head.
Bosso fans are dropping tears of disappointment, they are embarrassed and are no longer comfortable with collecting the second best medal to Dynamos.
Kaindu, however, is wearing a brave face. He knows the pressure at Bosso and what the fans want him to achieve.
Second best will not be good enough and he might as well pack his bags at the end of the season if he does not get his act right. Coaching Bosso is a high pressure job with fans who want to win everything.
He has however boldly appealed for calmness and continued support as he feels the race is still wide open with eight games and a possible 24 points to play for.
It is probably high time he threw players like Tapiwa Dephistara into the fray and it is also the time Bosso needs to promote players from their junior development who understand the club culture.
Players from their academy are strewn around the country and yet first team coaches have turned a deaf ear and blind eye to what is before them.
While the Bosso executive led by chairman Peter Dube seems to have done well by appointing Ndumiso Gumede as chief executive, results on the football pitch are worrying.
The coach has enjoyed cult hero status despite playing second fiddle to Dynamos.
He is believed, at over $3,800 a month, to be among the best paid coaches in the league.
He has a 10 percent cut on all cup earnings and had entered a gentleman's agreement with the executive in 2012 for a bite of the transfer fees which Dube's administration is reluctant to pay as it is unheard of in Zimbabwe.
The club is said to have refused to pay him for the transfers to South Africa of Cleopas Dube and Khumbulani Banda as they felt he had not done anything to develop their careers to warrant a share of the fees.
Bosso needs players with big hearts to take it to the next level and from the present lot a few seem to have the big match temperament associated with Highlanders.
It is no surprise that some of the highly rated players at the club have never been on any team's shopping list – meaning they are mediocre performers.
"Our desire is to win the Chibuku Cup. The race for the championship is still on and we are going to take each game as it comes.
"The fans have been behind us (technical team) and the players as well as we try to bring victory for the Bosso family. I would like to thank the fans for their continued support to the Highlanders institution," said the soft-spoken coach who still hopes that everything will be well with strength from the Almighty.
Kaindu was under fire from a section of fans after losing the TM Pick 'n Pay Challenge Cup to rivals Dynamos 4-1 last Saturday in a match Hillary Madzivanyika was not at his best with the defence of Erick Mudzingwa, Bruce Kangwa, Dumisani Ndlovu and Innocent Mapuranga jittery.
They were just out of depth on the afternoon and some fans felt that if the league had seven teams acquitting themselves with the same intensity as the defending league champions Dynamos, Highlanders would be relegation material.
Highlanders failed to break the jinx that has seen them play second fiddle to Dynamos for the past eight years. The technical team has been blamed especially after the drawn match against Buffaloes last Wednesday. Players have also been accused of living in comfort of the salaries they get from BancABC.
Regular scorer Charles Sibanda, Gabriel Nyoni and Njabulo Ncube failed to score and needed Felix Chindungwe to score a face saver for them.
Last week Moses "Bambo" Chunga was quoted describing Bosso as "a pack of lions led by a sheep" and went further to say it was better if it was a lion leading the sheep.
The performance by Highlanders on Saturday was pathetic and again Bosso failed to beat Dynamos for the fourth time this year.
Since joining the former champions in January 2012, Kaindu has assembled a team which gave a lot of promise to its fans and even those fans who had shunned attending Bosso matches at Emagumeni became part of the black and white sea at the famous Soweto end.
Fans have rallied behind Kaindu, his assistant Mark Mathe, goalkeepers' coach Peter Nkomo and team manager Willard Khumalo but for the two seasons the technical team has failed to beat Callisto Pasuwa.
If Highlanders fail to win the league they will be happy to see Caps United or any other team winning it but not Dynamos. If a coach loses to Dynamos they do not take it lightly and on Saturday some fans were already calling for Kaindu's head.
Bosso fans are dropping tears of disappointment, they are embarrassed and are no longer comfortable with collecting the second best medal to Dynamos.
Kaindu, however, is wearing a brave face. He knows the pressure at Bosso and what the fans want him to achieve.
Second best will not be good enough and he might as well pack his bags at the end of the season if he does not get his act right. Coaching Bosso is a high pressure job with fans who want to win everything.
He has however boldly appealed for calmness and continued support as he feels the race is still wide open with eight games and a possible 24 points to play for.
It is probably high time he threw players like Tapiwa Dephistara into the fray and it is also the time Bosso needs to promote players from their junior development who understand the club culture.
Players from their academy are strewn around the country and yet first team coaches have turned a deaf ear and blind eye to what is before them.
While the Bosso executive led by chairman Peter Dube seems to have done well by appointing Ndumiso Gumede as chief executive, results on the football pitch are worrying.
The coach has enjoyed cult hero status despite playing second fiddle to Dynamos.
He is believed, at over $3,800 a month, to be among the best paid coaches in the league.
He has a 10 percent cut on all cup earnings and had entered a gentleman's agreement with the executive in 2012 for a bite of the transfer fees which Dube's administration is reluctant to pay as it is unheard of in Zimbabwe.
The club is said to have refused to pay him for the transfers to South Africa of Cleopas Dube and Khumbulani Banda as they felt he had not done anything to develop their careers to warrant a share of the fees.
Bosso needs players with big hearts to take it to the next level and from the present lot a few seem to have the big match temperament associated with Highlanders.
It is no surprise that some of the highly rated players at the club have never been on any team's shopping list – meaning they are mediocre performers.
Source - chronicle
