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IN Zimbabwean football circles there is a joke that goes around that winning the Premier Soccer League is a a�?signa�? that a club is on its way to relegation or total collapse.
And seemingly to support that school of thought, which could be easily dismissed as nothing but a myth are examples of a number of locals teams that have won the PSL championship only to be relegated from top flight football the following season or a few years later.
What follows next after relegation is total collapse.
Motor Action, owned by the late Eric Rosen, won the league title in 2010 only to collapse due to financial problems.
Monomotapa FC made history in 2008 by wrestling the league title from powerhouses Dynamos, Highlanders and Caps United but found themselves facing the axe from the elite league a few years later.
The same goes for Gunners (2009) as well 2003 champions Amazulu, a feared Bulawayo side that was bankrolled by local businessman Delma Lupepe.
Zimbabwe Saints (1988) are another painful example of former champions that failed to live the test of time and eventually collapsed.
2016 PSL champions Caps United were a marvel to watch last season and the teama��s exploits on the African safari a�� the Champions League a�� in the group stages made the country proud.
But the tables have turned for the Green Machine in the local league with the team tasting defeat after defeat.
Something is terribly wrong at Caps United.
So many theories, from dressing room squabbles to financial problems, have to be thrown as possible causes that are bedevilling the club.
Ita��s high time the powers that be at Caps United put their house in order before the situation becomes worse and the former champions are relegated.
Currently sitting in the bottom four on the PSL log standings being relegated at the end of the 2017 is very much possible.
Zimbabwean top flight football cannot survive without the Big Three a�� Highlanders, Dynamos and Caps United.
Caps United must survive at all costs.
Online Reporter