The Gods must be crazy

Sepp Blatter wins the mandate to lead Fifa for a fifth term but announces his retirement four days later?

A man who just won an election is the last you would expect to immediately resign but as things unfold, the picture of a Blatter, who decided to jump before he is pushed becomes more visible.

Blatter, a close ally of zifa president Cuthbert Dube, is on the canvas as investigations into fifa’s shady dealings continue.

We won’t kick him.

Dube, the man who claims to have invested over two million of his greenbacks into our game, faces a defining moment too next week as some disgruntled zifa councillors plan to give him the boot.

Now a man who has rescued the Warriors on several occasions, a man who pays salaries of zifa employees from his pocket and a man who is just a year into his second tenure as zifa boss is facing the axe?

The Gods must be crazy.

But Dube will not jump before he is pushed. He is a stubborn man.

It was written all over his face as he made his way into the auditorium for the fifa elections in Zurich last weekend.

Jonathan Mashingaidze, his bootlicker-in-chief, walked past the cameras with Dube’s briefcase in hand while Samaita trotted slowly behind with the aid of a walking stick.

“Who you going to vote for?” a Sky News journalist asked.

“Blatter,” Dube replied.

“Don’t you think it’s time for change?” the journalist again asked.

“No, we can’t betray a man who has done a lot for us,” the doctor replied.

Who is “us” here? Zimbabwe? Dube and Mash Pvt Ltd?

The Gods must be crazy.

Elsewhere David “Yogi” Mandigora finds himself between a rock and a hard place despite the fact that his team is firmly in the title race as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League marathon heads towards the halfway mark.

A man who picked up the same number of points as his predecessor Kallisto Pasuwa after 11 games is being asked to step down when his team is just five points behind the log leaders?

The Gods must be crazy.

Luke Masomere had the nation’s sympathies a fortnight ago when he chose to sit on the bench for How Mine’s clash away to Triangle just hours after hearing news that his “wife” had collapsed and died in Sudan.

That How Mine went on to inflict the home side with their first defeat of the season at Gibbo made the Masomere story a very emotional one.

Then it turns out that the woman who died in Sudan is Vahombe aka Doctor of Football aka Mr Palm Tree’s “small house”.

The first Mrs Masomere is alive and kicking in Masvingo while Marian, may her soul rest in peace, was laid to rest in Chivi last weekend.

Look, what the coaches do or do not do in their social lives is not football business and yours truly won’t go down that road.

However, Masomere brought this matter into our terrain so we will chew into it, and gladly so.

Wasn’t it an act of dishonesty on Masomere’s part? Should he have said “my second wife” or “concubine is late”?

The Gods must be crazy.

Division One of Drama

The Northern Region Division One League has tales that would make good script for television.

So Mushowani Stars fired Solomon Mudavanhu, ostensibly for poor results, and went on to appoint Jostein Mathuthu just hours later?

Mudavanhu believes Mathuthu, who had become a permanent feature at Mushowani matches, masterminded his jettisoning.

“I had built my team but he bulldozed. He attended the last four games against Star Bill, DSTV, Karoi and Cargo. He even came to Madziva for our home match against Karoi,” charged Mudavanhu.

We had Gishon Ntini, welcome to the club Jostein Mathuthu!

Shall we call you bulldozer?

Now the prophet’s team has not fired as an anointed team should and murmurs of disgruntlement over the non-payment of bonuses are daily bread at the club.

And this part about the players and technical team kneeling each time the anointed one passes through Alex Sports Club, where the former Premiership champions train, is bizarre.

I shall not mention Newton Katanha’s case and the scoreline prophecies (or predictions) that failed to come to pass.

On the positive, I am told Nyasha Mushekwi passed through Zindoga to get oiled before heading to Sweden where he is doing business like nobody’s business.

VaShagare exits the scene.

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