The Sunday Mail
AT school I always found it shocking that people would make fun of someone because they were “too dark” – yet we were all blacks.
At Maronda Mashanu High School we had a guy we called Black Man for he was as dark as the start Harare City have had to the 2016 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season.
And the lamest joke that people directed at Black Man came in the form of a question: “Do you bath or you just apply black shoe polish on your skin?” they asked without any shame.
Taurai Mangwiro reminds me a lot of Black Man hence I have a soft spot for him.
And it is because of that affection that I today advise him to look for a new job or plan on what he will be doing with the free time he will soon have on his hands.
He will be fired!
The Sunshine Boys executive has had enough of his good English, on point dressing but poor results and failure to manage the dressing room.
Two wins, three draws and three defeats is a pitch black start to the season and Mangwiro will soon be paying the price for such a disaster.
And the teacher-turned-gaffer cannot blame anyone but himself; some of his transfer market decisions defied logic.
Spending so much on a Ronald “Chihuta” Chitiyo whose performance graph had been dipping for months, roping in Blessing Moyo who had long lost his starting XI jersey at Dynamos, and letting David Kutyauripo go when his presence as a squad player was needed are some calls that come to mind.
And with Phineas Bhamusi doing the business at Caps United it must be remembered that the winger was sent packing by Mangwiro while Nicholas Alifandika and Honey Chimutimunzeve stayed put. (Damn, I love how this name has a ring to it – Honey Chimutimunzeve!)
Mangwiro’s failure to treat players equally has also led some City lads into wishing to see their coach walk through the exit door.
There is a clique of players who are referred to as Mangwiro’s sons at the club and these can get away with murder.
This clique comprises Tendai Samanja, Moyo, Jimmy Tigere, Chimutimunzeve, “Chihuta” and Tafadzwa Dube.
Now as Bla Tau looks set to join Luke Masomere, Gishon Ntini and several others in the unemployed lounge, one mischievous Mourinho countryman is still amongst us.
Three weeks after being fired by Dynamos, Paulo Jorge Silva is still around, sniffing for a job I hear.
It’s rather surprising that a man who claimed to have turned down several other clubs and took a 90 percent pay cut just to coach DeMbare is still roaming the streets of Harare.
Silva has this desperate look about him; he appears ready to accept any coaching job, including the one at Suri Suri United.
Social media is awash with claims that the Portuguese – I cannot call coach – is being earmarked for the Harare City job.
It’s a joke, just like that song “Munotidako”.
No serious team would hire Silva after his miserable reign at Dynamos; it’s akin to bringing a beehive into the living room.
There are several good coaches out there for the taking: Saul Chaminuka is whiling up time at Border Strikers, and Mkhupali Masuku can take over from Mangwiro, while a populist move would be to have Kutyauripo taking over on an interim basis.
Well done Farai Jere-Wenger
Ideally, the fact that Caps United flew to Bulawayo for their midweek clash against Chicken Inn should not make news but we are not in an ideal world.
We are in a world where Mutare City reportedly gives its players maheu for lunch and Zifa gives a whooping US$5 to the Young Warriors after an international clash with Cameroon.
Yes, maheu; and yes, US$5.
So when we are in that world and Farai Jere finds a way of fly Makepekepe to Bulawayo we have to say well done to Arsene Wenger’s biggest fan.
VaShagare exits the scene!
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