Highlanders; This is very painful

The current executive committee did a good job under the circumstances. They played their part well.
The late Colonel James Mangwana (Mangwana) Tshuma (MHSRIP) was the best, his work ethics and vision inspired many, and this executive committee should have taken a leaf.

Highlanders, being a big team, have a purpose whose arrival time is here. The greater Bosso family cannot sit and watch. The team has to come back. Have we forgotten the Black and White road shows of old? With loud music and the get downs? Why the clowning now?

Accepting to be average and mediocrity has seen trophies and championships slip through the fingers. Since when has the Cathedral of Football known as BF become a slaughterhouse of Amahlolanyama?

Tshilamoya has become an ordinary name. This is the year to take the team back, to set the standards. Bosso sets the standards and the pace and others follow. attended. The previous executive committee carried the aspirations and pride of the legion of followers, supporters and fans. They could have done much better.

The feeling of betrayal and abuse from the elected leaders is not easy to bear. The apathy of members in such important meetings and elections is as huge a concern.

The attitude of the team comes from the fans who take things for granted and that is gross. The team is supreme and people must respect the Club, the black and white colours, the stadium and the culture of winning.

It is Bosso's right to rule and rule it shall, and it is not a privilege. Less commitment to people’s responsibilities leads to the same attitude in team. Where is your passion? Highlanders F.C are not just a name, a team, a club or a personal property. It is a way of life. It is a lifestyle.

The fans are as guilty of the team’s performance. It is abuse to neglect renewing membership and paying subscriptions. That is criminal and must stop. Players put hours in the game and are blamed and yet supporters put nothing and they throw the first stones.

Cheap talk of fans made Bosso a vehicle of failure, a laughing stock. It must never be. One cannot expect the best from the team if they are not applying the best themselves. Attending meetings and voting wisely will eliminate the management problems. How many people attend and vote and how many cry foul?

People painted their dogs, houses, bicycles and regalia black and white. Many lost their lives for the team. (Their souls rest in eternal peace.) There are people who have lost families and relationships.

There are people who have no identity for the sake of the team. Some people are called Highlander, Bosso or Mantengwane and then you find the lack of seriousness going on in the club. No one is asking Mangwana Tshuma to rise up from the grave, or Zenzo Moyo and Thulani Ncube to don the
black and white shirts and play.

They did their part. The fans and executive must deliver and it is demanded of everyone involved. Bring the respect of the team back. Let the team bring fear to the foes.

Little teams now do not respect the team. They crawl left and right to touch the Bosso genitals willy-nilly. That must end and the bug must stops with you.

What Highlanders Need Right Now! The Book

This is a book written a few years back about the state and future of a Zimbabwean most famous club, Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo.

The book summarises the history of the club, its formation, isolation from the league, in-cooperation into main stream football, the great and worst moments and how it can harness its great stature to come out of the perennial financial crises perennially. 

A chapter by chapter post per week version will be published in this blog for your consumption. Further to this book, there will be another, 'The Midfield Generals', an almost player by player summery of the legends of the club.

It is my hope that the followers of the club will embrace a culture of growing the brand further, and that the powers that be will be able to take a few tips and harness the huge following of the club to make financially sound decision to implant a fiscal discipline to their successors.

This is also meant to introduce the club to those less familiar to it and hopefully recruit them to this massive brand of raw passion and greatness. 

Your contributions and comments are welcome. Looking forward to our first post tomorrow.