Football, like other team sports, is a game of many actors where success depends on how well different stakeholders play their respective but interwoven roles. What is however disturbing is the disparity with which actors are perceived and treated.
In a country like Cameroon where football is like a religion with nearly the entire sporting public passing for players, referees and even trainers at the same time, some of the field actors who would have been pivotal in the game are sometimes treated with disdain. Come to think of it, when a team excels, the general feeling is that the players did well and each time it falters, the trainers almost always carry the blame. "He doesn't know anything," "his line-up wasn't good" or "his choice of players is bad," are some of the blames heaped on coaches each time their teams fail to shine. How professionals who painstakingly revise their notes and strive for perfections; with shortcomings of course, to make a team competitive are increasingly being indicted or neglected is a one million dollar question begging for answers.
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