Nomads executives fear for their future
As Mighty Wanderers stagger in the mist of disappointment following their continued poor results, the team’s executive committee has admitted that its future hangs in the balance.
The club’s outspoken general secretary David Kanyenda was reacting to Nomads’ 2-0 defeat to Mafco in a Super League match on Sunday that sparked a storm of protests from some fans.
Some fans demanded the resignation of the coaching panel while others want the executive committee and some players to be fired.
Such is the misery in the blue side of town that they have gone seven competitive games without a win let alone scoring—five league games and two Luso TV Bonanza matches.
Kanyenda described the situation as a crisis and hinted that the coaching panel’s future is bleak.
“The coaching panel is judged by results and if results are poor, we cannot guarantee their jobs. It is an open secret that the positions of technical panel members become untenable where a team is non-performing. They [coaches] themselves know it and they do not need a reminder,” said Kanyenda.
“We hired them to win matches, so if they are not winning, we have to review our relationship. It goes without saying,” he said.
He added that the executive committee will meet to chart the way forward and if results remain poor, he foresees early elections for the executive, to remove dead wood.
A Blantyre-based fan, Ibrahim Mustafa, said: “The current situation is confirmation that our team has terribly lost its way and the coaches have run out of ideas. This is a crisis.”
Coach Stuart Mbolembole admitted that pressure is piling up.
“Obviously, when supporters start making such noise, it creates pressure, but you can understand their position because they want the team to do well,” he said.
“However, our problem is lack of killer punch as evidenced in Sunday’s game in Balaka, but I would appeal to the Wanderers family to calm down and not act out of emotions,” said Mbolembole.
But Nomads legend and former coach Jack ‘Africa’ Chamangwana blamed the poor run on players’ wrong attitude.
“I told the technical panel that with the [negative] attitude of most of their players, they should expect the worst,” said Chamangwana.
