The Sunday Mail
WARRIORS coach Kallisto Pasuwa and his assistant Saul Chaminuka, both members of a Madzibaba apostolic sect, pulled a disappearing act on Prophet Walter Magaya at Rufaro last Thursday.
Magaya had come to address the Warriors about the money he donated before the cosafa tournament and its mysterious disappearance.
Why Magaya, clad in a blue track bottom, a red Yadah Gunners jersey and football boots, chose to visit the Warriors training ground and not their hotel to discuss the matter is something for the spiritual realm.
Was it a marketing exercise or he is just a football mad prophet?
VaShagare will not attempt to answer that.
Some have argued that a man who invests his money into a team and gets informed that it has been misused has the right to go and set the record straight while facing the intended but duped beneficiaries.
It makes sense.
But does it have to be at the training ground?
And did anyone come across the picture of Gunners director Cuthbert Chitima kneeling down as Magaya arrived at Rufaro?
I won’t make a meal about that one but the point is, like my mother always says, life is like a wheel — it goes round and round.
A few years ago Magaya, before the prophetic gift, would frequent Chitima’s office along Samora Machel Avenue but now he is calling the shots and Chitima is asking how high?
I love this God.
Anyway, back to Pasuwa and Chaminuka.
It seems the coaches are allergic to Magaya or were advised against crossing paths with the man by their own spiritual father whom I am informed is from Chitungwiza.
Maybe it has something to do with the Marine spirits debate triggered by Magaya much to the chagrin of Madzibaba, Pasuwa and Chaminuka included.
zifa chief executive, Jonathan Mashingaidze, once labelled a habitual liar, had to cook up a story about the coaches being sick when they had in fact, done an MH370.
MH370 is that Malaysian plane which disappeared without trace with 239 people on board on March 8, 2014.
We all applaud Magaya for bailing out the Warriors and making sure that the money gets into the right hands but when Danny Phiri leaves camp to follow the prophet and Chitima to Prospect we have to be worried.
Hopefully, Magaya’s presence saw every Warrior getting a portion of his anointing ahead today’s African Nations Championship qualifier against Comoros at Rufaro.
With zifa a warzone, Pasuwa and his boys once again have the responsibility of providing us with the feel good football story just over a week after executing a professional smash and grab job away in Malawi.
Pasuwa has called in the best local talent there is and there is no reason why we should not steam-roll past little Comoros.
Yes, they are no more small teams in football but Zimbabwe should be big enough, strong enough to do a job on the Islanders anywhere, anytime.
What biased selection?
The Caps United supporters have been mourning.
No, not about Mark Harrison’s departure but the absence of their lads in the squad that Pasuwa called up.
They argued at least two of their players, skipper Hardlife Zvirekwi and goalkeeper Chris Mverechena ought to have made the squad.
Shall we start with Zvirekwi?
What has he done that is extra ordinary apart from leading a player revolt this season?
Is he still the best right back in the land?
Honestly no.
He was poor at the cosafa Cup and to expect him to continue getting call ups is asking for a bit too much.
Blessing “Bisto” Moyo is a guaranteed starter for that position after lining up for the fully fledged senior national team in Blantyre last week.
Now to Mverechena, ladies, gentleman and others.
Granted, he has had three good games on the bounce but does that warrant a national team call up?
At whose expense?
Let’s just support the national team without raising the team card because it sucks.
And that hogwash about teams that are below Caps United on the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League having players in the national team when Makepekepe have none should never be made in public.
It’s shameful.
Justice Jangano plays for Gunners but he is in the national team because of his quality and not Chando Kupisa’s position on the country’s football tree or the fact that Magaya owns the Division One outfit.
You will learn a lot this year!
VaShagare exits the scene.
VaShagare is the founder of DeMbare DotComs and can be contacted on that Facebook page as well as the email [email protected]
