Coaches bemoan poor football standards
Kabelo Boranabi | Wednesday November 22, 2017 17:12
Speaking at a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the association and the Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) in Gaborone on Monday, BFCA vice president, Enos Mmesi said the newly established association intends to improve the quality of play in the country after noticing a decline in the number of supporters at local games. Early this month, Zebras coach, David Bright slammed the poor quality of football in the league saying it had affected the performance of the senior national team.
“I have been going around, watching the league games. What I can say is that I am not impressed. I am not impressed at all with the quality of football played by our teams.
It is the elite league that we select players for the Zebras from, but with the quality displayed in the league this will affect us in the long run,” Bright said.
Mmesi echoed Bright’s sentiments as he said the partnership with the FUB and the Botswana Football Association (BFA) will help improve the situation.
“We have been working in isolation. It is time that as coaches we come and work together. We want to work with FUB and the BFA although we have not signed anything yet with the BFA, but it is promising. We want our coaches to play attractive style of football. Fans are not attending the league games and we should ask ourselves why? We need to introduce the style of football that will bring supporters to the stadia. I have to agree with coach Bright; currently the standards are poor,” he said.
The FUB and BFCA have penned a two-year MoA that will help address the issue surrounding the coaching and playing professions.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, FUB president Onalethata Tshekiso said the welfare of players and coaches in the country is the main priority of the agreement.
“Top of the agenda of this partnership is the welfare of both the players and the coaches in the country.
The two will constantly observe the BFA play rules and regulations. We want to use football as a livelihood. We want our coaches and players to have insurance covers and pensions upon retirement amongst other things,” he said. The BFCA currently has more than 150 registered members within the first six months of its establishment.