Mighty Mukuru Wanderers rebuilding train has acquired an enormous dent following the departure of coach Meck Mwase exposing what may be behind the scenes.
On Thursday, Wanderers announced the firing of Mwase after the coach absconded from work with out prior discover.
Mwase turned the third Wanderers coach to go away the workforce in 10 months following the departures of Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan who had changed Briton Mark Harrison.
Malawi News Sport has learnt there’s an inhabitable ambiance at Wanderers, which threatens to derail the workforce’s mission.
Renowned as ‘angerezi’ [smart people], Wanderers had sound organisation and administration prior to now which resulted in being serial winners.
However, Wanderers have gained two trophies within the final seven years, together with the 2017 TNM Super League championship and 2022 Airtel Top 8.
Yet initially of the 2024 season, Wanderers regrouped in a special model, with a brand new board and naturally a brand new tagline ‘making Mighty Wanderers Mighty Again’.
It seems that the extra new faces come at Wanderers the extra issues stay the identical.
In January, Wanderers President Thompson Mpinganjira exercising his powers dissolved the earlier board which comprised Chancy Gondwe, who was the authorized advisor and firm secretary, Chairperson of Finance Mervis Mangulenje, Chairperson of Football Development Limbani Magomero, Humphreys Mvula, Adellaide Migogo (each Directors) and Ulemu Jeremoth Chilapondwa ex-official member.
In his subsequent transfer, Mpinganjira ignored the likes of Mvula, Clement Stambuli and Chilapondwa however maintained Gondwe, Mangulenje, Limbani Magomelo and Christopher Gondwe within the new board whereas bringing in new faces David Kanyenda, Madalitso Musa, Tiya Somba Banda and Andrex Kalinde.
Despite the change in administration, Ramadhan resigned in May earlier than Mwase took over on an interim foundation.
Mwase was later confirmed coach earlier than he went absent with out depart early within the month.
Nomads Head of Technical and Recruitment Tiya Somba Banda confessed to Malawi News Sport that they’ve been left guessing on what precisely is the issue on the membership.
“We do not know why Mark Harrison left when he had a chance to win silverware. Then came Meck whom we did not give any targets but has disappeared with the team still in contention for Castel Challenge Cup and second in the league with five games to go. This is also how we lost Ramadhan for Meck to take over. We are also confused,” Banda mentioned.
He, nevertheless, dismissed allegations that his workplace interfered with technical panel choices.
“If you ask all the coaches, they will tell you that all we do is a mandatory evaluation meeting that we do which they have always appreciated there is nothing like interference.
“Meetings like these help us plan for the next upcoming matches and a post-mortem of the past games,” Banda mentioned whereas confirming that Bob Mpinganjira will stay on the helm for the remainder of the season.
However, Mvula, a former board member, faulted Wanderers for appointing Harrison and Ramadhan.
“We made a mistake recruiting Harrison as his CV clearly showed that he does not settle at one club. It was wrong again to appoint Ramadhan as he did not even understand the size of responsibility he had as a coach, he was only a sweet talker,” Mvula mentioned.
However, Wanderers former participant Sherry Msuku blamed the gamers for the workforce’s poor displaying.
“From afar I think Wanderers players lack discipline and commitment. As such they need a coach who should be able to stamp his authority to get rid of unruly players,” Msuku mentioned.
Wanderers are second within the TNM Super League with 50 factors from 24 video games with Silver Strikers main the pack with 54 factors and have a recreation in hand.
