Bosso Legends question poor patch

MatchDay

As Bulawayo giants Highlanders’ FC continue  being the Castle Lager Premiership’s laughing stock, Bosso legends expressed their disappointment on social media calling for the team’s leadership to make serious amends before things turn for the worse at the country’s oldest football club.

Highlanders are currently on fourth position with 39 points and trail log leaders, Dynamos by a massive 10 points.

They have also failed to win any Cup final this year, with their most recent being a humiliating 4-0 defeat and ultimate ouster from the Chibuku Cup by Harare City.

As the drama unfolds at the troubled giants, legendary Bosso goalminder Tapuwa Kapini and Dazzy Kapenya took to their Facebook pages to express their frustration at the current poor run the team is experiencing.

“Cry my beloved Liverpool, Bosso. you know why Bosso was successful during the time of Mr Tshuma, Mr Kennny Ndebele, Mr Dube and Mr Gama; those guys were passionate about football they used to camp with the team and cook for the team. Manager Mapepa was the best. Everyone had the team at heart,” said Kapini who was part of the Methembe Ndlovu coached Highlanders’ outfit which won the league in 2006.

Dazzy Kapenya on the other hand seems more worried by the team’s failure to break the eight year jinx over old foes, Dynamos.

“This has become more than just losing. Our boys need to be motivated by other means to win against DeMbare. During our days you would not be able to get into a shower after a loss, worse still after such a losing streak,” Kapenya who was soccer star of the year in 2002 said.

Bosso last beat DeMbare in a competitive match in 2006 under Mkhuphali Masuku, 1-0 at its Rufaro fortress and 2-0 at Babourfields stadium.

Current top goal scorer at 12 goals, Charles Sibanda has also hit a dry patch only managing a single goal in the second half of the season and with no other dependable forward Bosso has had to suffer the shortage of goals which ultimately led to the fallout between Kaindu and the Bosso administration.

Bosso have conceded 10 goals in their last three games which include their 3-0 loss to ZPC Kariba at Hartsfield while still under the guidance of fired Zambian expatriate Kelvin Kaindu, a 4-0 mauling at the hands of resurgent side Caps United at the National Sports Stadium and the recent 3-0 loss at Rufaro against Harare City.

This is arguably Bosso’s worst run this season only registering two wins in the second half of the season and with the Bulawayo derby against Joey Antipas’ Chicken Inn FC on Sunday at Hartsfield in Week 26 of the domestic premiership expected to be full of fireworks, caretaker coach Mark Mathe must be at his best if he is to successfully resuscitate Bosso.

After the team’s heaviest  defeat to CAPS United, at Rufaro stadium Mathe was still confident of a top four finish which will ensure that they will be able to defend their MBADA Diamonds Cup title which is now played by the top four clubs at the end of the season.

“We have been disjointed for the past few games but I am sure we are still in the race,” he said Mathe after the four goal humiliation which however left everyone convinced that Bosso was now a spent force.

Mathe faces stiff competition from resurgent Harare city and city rivals chicken inn for the coveted fourth place finish.

With Kaindu having been sacrificed in a witch hunt which has failed to bear any worthy fruits, the appointment of Mathe as caretaker coach and former Hwange coach Cosmas Zulu as Director of Coaching has obviously not been the right tonic for the beleaguered side.