‘Be Patient With Mutasa’

Dynamos chairperson Isaiah Mupfurutsa has
asked the club’s supporters to retain their faith in
coach Lloyd Mutasa as the Glamour Boys continue
to struggle in the Castle Lager Premiership.

DeMbare lost 1-0 to Ngezi Platinum Stars on
Sunday at Rufaro Stadium which was their eighth
defeat of the season and left them 13th on the log
with 22 points from 20 matches.
The Glamour Boys are just three points above the
last relegation slot and could suffer the ignominy of
dropping down to the second tier if results keep
eluding them.
Speculation surrounding Mutasa’s future has
escalated with each fresh setback and, despite the
newly-appointed club president Solomon
Sanyamandwe issuing a public backing of the
coach recently, rumours that the hierarchy’s
patience is running out have refused to die down.
Mupfurutsa, who assumed his role last month,
feels while the results have not been coming their
way lately, firing the coach at this moment is not
the solution.
“It’s not a secret that we are going through a
difficult patch. I know Dynamos is a big brand, we
have expectations and we are not used to losing.
Usually, when things are like this, we tend to lose
patience, fans and other stakeholders, but we need
to pull in one direction,” he said.
“I think the most important thing at the moment is
to bring stability to the club. I believe you will agree
with me that the situation has stabilised since we
assumed office.
“There is a significant improvement from how the
team is performing. I think against Ngezi, the boys
were just unlucky.
“We don’t want to rush into firing the coach.
Remember, there was a time when the coach was
briefly sacked and he had to start all over again.
“We can’t rush to say the coach has failed. We all
know where we are coming from and where we
want to go.
“Let’s work together and support each other.
What’s important is for the team to finish at a
respectable position which I think is very possible.
We will be too ambitious to say we want to
challenge for the championship.”
Mupfurutsa continued: “If we are to bring in a new
coach, he will also have to start from somewhere.
What we want to do is to give him (Mutasa) all the
support. If we can pick wins, we will be in a better
position.”
The banking executive added that the newly-
appointed DeMbare leadership has also not given
up on bringing midfielder Brett Amidu to the club
saying negotiations are at an advanced stage.
“We are working tirelessly to bring Amidu and other
players who are on the coach’s shoplist.
Negotiations are taking place and we should
conclude soon to bring Amidu,” he said.
“We are coming from a deep end and we need to
understand it’s a process but it takes everyone’s
support including our fans to achieve our goal.”
On the other hand, Mutasa has also not lost hope
and is confident his team will come good soon.
“I wouldn’t want to say much about the things we
do not have control over but I’m saying probably our
target as Dynamos is to try and be the best team at
this stage of the season,” Mutasa said.
“We lost a match but I would love to believe we are
not very far from what we want to be. If we up
ourselves in terms of scoring we will be a team to
compete.
“We have only played three matches in the second
half of the season and there are still 14 matches to
play and I believe we can still bounce back.” –
Daily News