Before we get there, as unknown to
many, questions of what I did and when at Bosso come in fast and
furious. Quite a number have claimed the surprise at my exclusion in
the recent club history they have seen.
I cannot confirm or deny that I have
not seen it. I responded to one who was particular about even lack of
pictures during my 2001 stay as Technical Advisor. Surely, there
would be a few taken from Luveve Stadium against Amazulu in that 4-2
Dairiboard Cup semi-final.
The official club photo studio must
have some as well for the final against Dynamos at Barbourfields
Stadium which was won 1-0 in one of the most colourful events of that
year. Not that it has anything to do with anything. To one, I said
that everyone write their own piece of history, and in my case, quite
literally.
Recent reports of the club's worsening
financial position, as bad news as they seem, are man-made as I have
always claimed. With so many views and opinions from the public, and
indeed those who run and ran the club, there is a undying rotten
malice.
Methinks the man-hardy slogan,
ONGAFUNIYO KAYEKELE is being literally being wrongly 'abused'.
Whatever it meant the day it was coined, it has since been outdated
in both meaning and actual fact.
Working on the collective for the sole
benefit of the club is mandatory and the mischief to down-do others
who have a soft spot for the club, just because personal interests
are not served or that it does not have personal benefits to
individuals is criminal.
People pour their heart for the team
and have it deliberately trampled, setting an example of how not to
deal with Bosso. In short, it just sends a message of exactly how not
to help the club.
It is very legit for the club to
confirm the car is not stolen, which can be verified by registration.
It is also important that they check the background of the donor and
maybe his criminal record.
However, telling someone to 'give you a
donation' of something they want to 'lend' you is another story. If
we are talking of TP Mazembe, Mamelodi Sundowns, Manchester City or
Real Madrid then, that is different, because they can do without.
This is not that Bosso must accept
anything thrown at them by every Jack and Jill, but this gentleman
thought the Bosso coaches will have something to take them to work
while the club acquires a car.
By the way, I do not think that given
the dire straits, it is a priority. It eliminates the coach's
worries, in trying to find a winning formula without having to figure
out how to get to work.
It is everyone's belief that the coach
would and will report to work with or without the car as he has
always done, and others before him, but with the latest development,
even some of us potential cash donors, you get to wonder if one will
be asked the colour of the money when they intend to lend or donate.
For all the fuss and trouble, we can
only hope these are just rumours and that Kelvin Kaindu and his
charges will be cruising to victory after victory soon.
In these pages, there is no doubt you
came across the head to head statistics between Mantengwane and
Dembare. For many, it was just numbers, but in actual fact, without
touching a hornet's nest, I will be raw blunt. It represents social,
tribal and regional trends.
There is no way Highlanders can be
better than Dynamos just by scoring goals. It is a wholesome process
complete with the goodies that come with being best. Lack of
initiative, allergy to new trends in innovative thinking, lagging
behind and too much empty talk is what the Bossolona fans have reaped
year in and year out. It is not like it will end soon.
Frank facts attributing that to the
inferiority complexes and always playing second fiddle in society,
work, schools and and now football, dwarfed the minds of many, and
being a result of the taboo political connotations, most of it, as
said before are just a home brew.
Of all the football fans I know, there
is nothing good enough from the club or the team. If the reports of
the financial doldrums come up, there is questions as to how and why.
Suggestions as to how money can be made flood Facebook and other
media.
The request to raise gate-takings to
cater for the club coffers face ridicule. Projects to beef up
cash-flows meet the 'who does he think he is' attitude. Almost 10
million Bosso fans have a thousand ways for the club to make money
and each want to do their own.
These are the members of the new group
of fans,called the Bla Bla Club (BBC). None escapes them and there is
never a good thing anyone can do. 'What is does he want to achieve?
What is he trying to do?'
Their unions never end there. If the
teams wins by a single goal, 'why did they not score more' On a draw,
'a draw is bad'. About a loss, 'why did the coach play so and so'.
There is so many things that get said about the players to be signed
and all that bla bla.
Why not translate all this yada yada
enthusiasm to ching ching? That head to head statistics, by
comparison, Dynamos people just pay better. They squander their money
but they make it first. It is unfair to make these two share the same
platform for personal reasons, but they are a team miles ahead in
that aspect.
Individuals fund the club without the
internal politics. There are times when there is fighting of pouring
funds into the club coffers. Of course, there is faction controversy
that could be done without, and it would not be a 'cut and paste'
ideology to have the same flexibility.
What Tshilamoya should be aiming for,
is make it easy for people to assist. The club leaders and fans'
open-mindedness should be mandatory to follow the bird Mantengwane.
Their fans also behave better, as they have superior hooliganism
records too.
In the glorious days I chronicled in my
book, The Glory Days, the rave and vibe became so emotional and
detrimentally, the Bossolona train developed a virus that became
impossible to destroy. People got so emotional and have since
forgotten to think with their heads but hearts.
Football ceased to be an empty passion
ages ago. The business it has become calls for the funds that are the
pockets of so many people around the world. A single coin from the
pockets of all in the four corners of the world could be difference
the club needs.
Again, having donations to make is one
thing and politicising the process is another. That may be out of
control of many, but the majority can minimise the wara wara and pay
their dues and respond to calls to pay their HOME MATCH fees even if
they are away from home. To make it worthwhile to send the cash,
'season's tickets' money can be lumped and WESTERN UNIONised or
MONEY-GRAMMED.
Again, in the book, What Highlanders
need right now!, ideas of making cash to the club are clearly put
across, one being buying that book itself. Other quarters are working
on selling the club's matches on DVDs at a nominal price. Maybe,
those with fast network connections may even watch matches live.
Until the day that a musician can sing
a song and a writer author a book to sell and benefit the club and
themselves without the moaning about people making money out of the
club, the progress of the club will remain stagnant. Unfortunately,
the expectation of the club making money out of people with a
check-valve is ridiculously naïve.
There is no reaping without planting
but that is exactly Bosso's folly. As for the BBC, quit that club and
join Bosso. The club has to set trends and committing together,
rather than tearing each other apart is not on. Find out what is
going on, add your financial input into it and suggest ways to
improve it without stalling the process or criticising from the
sidelines.
That spirit will spill to your
couterclub, the Boo Boys (BB) who boo the boys and hurl missiles on
the pitch. Hooligans must never be allowed into the systems and if
all would be vigilant to pick one and root them out for good. They
finish my breath just by wanting the team to go there and beat
Dynamos. It begins with you. Where Dembare fans raise a dollar, Bosso
supporters must raise two without talk and much fuss.
Questions of 'vele ngeyani, or kanti
iyangaphi imali must just cease and those entrusted with the cash
should be responsible enough. After all, people gave them the
mandate, and if the masses voted for the criminals, they will enjoy living
with that luxury until the next time to vote. It becomes a lesson to
place normal people in position of power. If not, accept to suffer
the consequences.
