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Botswana: Players Are Happy With Me - TASC Coach
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Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
18 April 2008
Posted to the web 21 April 2008
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Gaborone
TASC coach Christopher Chibuye says he is disappointed with a recent report in one of the local newspapers, which claimed that the players were at war with the coach.
He told Mmegi Sport yesterday that there have never been any problems between him and his players. "I am very disappointed with that report and the players are also very disappointed because they never told that reporter that they had a problem with me," he said.
Chibuye had said in his interview with Mmegi Sport that he missed the services of some of the key players when TASC lost to BDF XI and Boteti Young Fighters last month. But a report in another paper charged that some players felt that the coach was undermining them when he mentioned that the absence of some key players cost the games. TASC played both games without the services of enterprising midfielder Tebogo Mothusi, striker Joseph Chanda, defender Nelson Sefedile and midfielder Victor Watlala. The trio form the core of the team. And the Zambian coach said that he was not meaning to undermine the players that were available. "The reporter felt that I did not have faith in the players that were available but it is not true. Every player in the team is very important but everywhere there are key players in the team and that does not mean that the other players are unimportant," he said.
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Meanwhile, Chibuye said TASC will be ready for their Mascom Premier League encounter with Township Rollers at Francistown Stadium tomorrow. He said that his charges have responded well in training after the loss to Gunners. He said that they had some issues, which they have attended to. "I have a team that can bring the results as long as they stick to their roles and I am happy with their response at training after the Gunners' defeat," he said. TASC might miss the services of some players due to injuries among them Kabelo Kadisa. A loss tomorrow might complicate their situation especially that BMC and Gunners, who are fighting relegation, seem to have found the winning formula.
Rollers' coach Dickson Ngwenya told Mmegi Sport yesterday that he is happy with the number of goals that his team has been scoring lately. "We scored two goals when we beat BMC 2-0, we went on to score another two goals though we ended up losing 3-2 against Nico United. Last weekend we scored three goals against Jwaneng Comets. I would say so far so good looking at the fact that we had been struggling to score goals in (the) past," he said.
He said that despite TASC losing 6-0 to Gunners, they would not underestimate them. "A game of football is full of surprises; so we should not go there thinking it will be easy simply because Gunners beat them 6-0. We should go there and play our game," he added. He expects his players to win the game, adding that nowadays "there is nothing like an away game". Ngwenya will have his full team except for goalkeeper Barolong 'Toldo' Lemmenyane, who is recovering after being involved in an accident.
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