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Botswana: Enzinkomo Promise to Rise
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Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
13 March 2008
Posted to the web 13 March 2008
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
BMC have assured their supporters that they will not relegate to the First Division at the end of the season. Enzinkomo have hit a rough patch ever since winning the prestigious Coca-Cola Cup last year and is now haunted with relegation from the Premier League.
But club spokesman Parks Buthiyi say they are reviving after last weekend's 2-0 victory against another relegation-threatened side, Jwaneng Comets at the Lobatse Stadium. He asserted that the players are now motivated for the next games starting with another relegation haunted side Nico United at home on Saturday.
He pointed out that their aim is not to beat the lowly clubs only but to gun down the giants so that when they move up the standings, the big names go down. He attributed BMC's dismal performance to lack of a full time assistant coach. The problem has now been solved with the appointment of Rapelang 'Raizor' Tsatsilebe. He will assist Clever Hunda while Motswadi Motswadi will now concentrate fulltime as goalkeeper coach.
Buthiyi added that before the appointments, Motswadi had to be doubled as a goalkeeper coach and assistant to Hunda. He admitted that the departure of Kenny Ledikwe and Tiroyamodimo 'TRX' Mohambi left a void but added that few players can stay in a club forever. He said they have bolstered their team with good players in the last transfer window contrary to what many people think. He revealed that besides the three Zimbabweans they signed, they have brought in players from Boteti Young Fighters. Apart from Ledikwe and Mohambi, BMC have lost Musa Ohilwe, Thebe Maiketso and Edwin Moalosi to Township Rollers while Thabiso Mothibi went to Gunners.
BMC currently lie 14th, the last relegation slot in the 16-team Mascom Premier League with 19 points from 19 games. They have won five games, drew four and lost 10.
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Currently, Comets and Nico and BMC occupy the relegation slots. Though mathematically Comets still have a chance to avoid the drop, they look almost certain to sink. But Nico United have been playing well lately and though they are in the 15th position with 17 points, they have played the least number of games at 17. Gunners, TAFIC, defending champions ECCO City Greens and Mogoditshane Fighters are also not far from the relegation zone.
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