Nico tells coach to stay home
Friday, January 30, 2009
Mutobo took over from Ndlovu who resigned from the club in December to join his boyhood team, Highlanders in Zimbabwe.
The DRC coach, who was born in Zambia failed to turn around the fortunes of the team in his second stint at the club. When he took over, Nico had lost three games on the trot but that number has risen to six. After the 4-1 defeat to Mogoditshane Fighters at the weekend, Mutobo bemoaned the lack of quality in the team. But he said the team should fight to get out of its precarious position with the players it has. However, the coach was told to stop attending training this week as the executive committee allegedly felt that he was failing to arrest the slide.
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