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CHANGE is an inevitable fact of life, be it in business, church, politics and even in an individuala��s personal life.
Chicken Inn Football Club, like any organisation, is going through a transformation phase in the coaching department with the departure of their loyal coach Joey Antipas to greener pastures in South Africa.
The change, however, appears to be taking a huge knock on the performance of the 2015 Premier Soccer League champions as the team is struggling for results and currently sitting in unfamiliar territory in the middle of the PSL log standings.
Antipas created local heroes out of ordinary players. The result was the growth of an exciting brand which not only captured the minds and hearts of Zimbabwean football lovers, but he also gave followers of the game outside the countrya��s borders a glimpse of the Gamecocks magic.
Antipas needed a new challenge and the lure of the South African second tier league a�� the National First Division a��with AmaZulu proved irresistible for the coach.
But his departure must, however, not signal the collapse of the Chicken Inn Football Club brand.
Life should go on after Antipas and we have no doubt that the man who filled his shoes, veteran coach Rahman Allen Gumbo will steer the boat out of murky waters.
The team has lost four matches, drew one and won three leaving the club out of reach of the perking order in the log standings led by FC Platinum.
Now is the time for the Chicken Inn family a�� the executive, coaches and supporters a�� to show the football fraternity that the club is bigger than any individual and will come out of the current predicament a stronger force to be reckoned with.
Zimbabwean Football giants Highlanders, Caps United and Dynamos have also gone through rough patches from boardroom squabbles, financial difficulties and internal factions but still managed to stand strong and soldier on.
Maybe that explains why the three clubs, which have seen glory and gloomy days in equal measure, are the only teams that have never been relegated from the elite Premier Soccer League.
Chicken Inn must take a leaf from the history books of the three giant clubs to learn what it takes to come out victorious in the face of adversity.
Chicken Inn must not be allowed to collapse. .
Online Reporter