adminRay Bande
Senior Reporter
CHISUMBANJE-BASED Castle Lager Premiership football side GreenFuel boss Fredson Moyo says they are learning from their mistakes and the two changes in the club’s technical set up, all in a space of six weeks, were meant to address prevailing in-house challenges, on and off the field of play.
GreenFuel plunged into the turbulent waters of top-flight league football, an environment that is usually unfriendly to novices, with a poor streak of results that have seen the Ethanol Boys remain rooted at the basement of the 18-team log standings, after six rounds of league matches in the season.
Typical of the emotive game of football, critics have already started feasting on the Chisumbanje outfit, falling short of portraying the club as a personification of confusion.
After all, they have their reasons.
GreenFuel replaced Lloyd Mutasa as head coach with Bekithemba Ndlovu just after just one round of league matches and many queried the wisdom of that decision.
Samaita, as the legendary Mutasa is fondly referred to in local football circles, achieved an unbeaten record in the Eastern Region Division One promotion race and perhaps only rocket scientists could explain why GreenFuel replaced him just after one match in charge in the Premiership.
Fast forward six weekends later, the GreenFuel leadership wielded the axe again and this time removing the technical department in its entirety.
Much as the results were not coming and changes were a normal reaction, critics have found it difficult to understand what informed the removal of Mutasa, a man who had been eliminated by promotion and was no longer in charge of team selection as well as all other duties of the man in charge.
The club is now under the tutelage of veteran former Ngezi Platinum gaffer Rodwell Dhlakama.
Be that as it may, club chairman Moyo believes the changes were solely based on developments on and off the field of play.
“We are aware that when club leadership makes changes to the technical set up, there is bound to be different reactions. At times, it is easy to blame the club’s leadership because coaches, like players, have fans and sympathisers.
“However, as sensible administrators, we have a duty to ensure that there is fluidity, peace, cohesion and exuberance in camp. That we will do without fear or favour. Whatever decision we took, believe me, it was meant to address the prevailing challenges in camp, on and off the field of play, at that particular time.
“It is unfortunate that as a club we cannot be seen to be washing our dirty linen in public. We have had our challenges, we have had our mistakes as well but the good thing is that we are learning and making amends with each passing week,” said Moyo.
The GreenFuel boss is looking into the future with hope and confidence.
“We are already experiencing positive vibes from the team and executive members following the incoming of the new technical set up. I attended one the team’s training session, I was impressed. I witnessed a completely new team, which displayed winning mentality something that was lacking in the past. This is positive and it is good for everyone involved in the club,” he added.
Moyo also spoke of the progress in the construction of their home ground, a project whose completion he believes will also boost their morale.
“The stadium is 85 percent complete and we expect to play our first match at the end of May 2023. This will obviously come in handy in boosting our morale when we start playing our home matches at home. To our supporters we say don’t lose heart, the best is yet to come, we are in this together and we will remain Boys Dzenharo,” avowed Moyo.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter