The Sunday Mail
Sir
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AFTER a long period of deep soul searching, analysing the pros and cons of being the hand behind such a pull no punches column, I have decided to say Asante Sana and goodbye.
Thank you very much for the time we have spent together since the day I took over from the legendary, the indefatigable Charles “CNN” Mabika.
You have been a wonderful bunch and made me feel loved with all those emails that came through from Karoi to Kazakhstan.
It takes a lot to do this effort and to everything there is a season hence this missive.
It’s not easy being stuck in gossip and try to bring it out in a way that does not expose those who would have shared it as well as my own cover.
And there have been disappointments along the way.
It hurts to write a column with all your heart and then the Sports Editor or his bosses decide to go with an Alois Bunjira, Mike Madoda or Stewart Murisa effort.
This is a pain many a journalist and correspondent would identify with.
However, as the pain comes along regularly, one is forced to ask if they are still adding value and afterwards make a tough decision, a decision that may break hearts.
So here it is fellow Zimbabweans, comrades and friends, I have consulted widely and wildly and have decided that the time to go, the time to say adieu is — not now!
But Sir you said you have decided to say goodbye?
Yes I did.
It’s goodbye to the 2017 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League as well as the relegated teams.
Kikiki!
Come on people there is no way I can leave when there are some people at the Premier Soccer League who believe the Supersport deal is worth renewing.
Who really is the biggest beneficiary of this marriage with Supersport?
Certainly it’s not the clubs, financially or otherwise.
My moles tell me that each club got $25 000 this season and with the millions involved in television, this is peanuts.
Most of the teams never had their days in the sun as Supersport concentrated on Dynamos, Ngezi Platinum Stars, Highlanders and FC Platinum matches.
And how many weekends did we not have PSL action on Supersport while the Zambian rag tag “bhola” was being beamed nauseously, consistently?
I cannot leave this corner when the PSL puts together a purely organized dinner to celebrate 25 years of being in the trenches and claims to have blown its budget doing so.
No ways, someone has to dig the dirt in local football and bring it to the fore.
This off season we will be in season, dirty linen in public season!
Who else can tell you that Shabanie Mine players have to call a disused clinic home?
If I don’t reveal it would you know that the man FC Platinum badly want for next season is Clemence Matawu?
If Sir doesn’t come out with the “intel”, short for intelligence in my field, would you guess what the foul mouthed Peter Muduhwa told Roderick Mutuma during last weekend’s game between Bosso and Daddy Magaya’s team?
“You cannot score, cannot bath and I have serious doubts that the kids you call your own are yours,” someone is said to have told the other during that day at Rufaro.
To his credit Mutuma realised it was a mind game, kept his eye on the ball, headed it home and saved Yadah FC from relegation.
Look, this column does not bring awards or respect, as evidenced by the number of times I have tried and failed to gain free entry into matches, but someone has to do it.
That person is Sir, not Wicknel.
Asante Sana, I thank you.
Sir exits the scene!
Sir is a social media football commentator and be contacted on a [email protected]
