Papers: M’siska hopes U/23 role is a stepping stone
- Thursday, June 10, 2010, 8:50
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M’siska still wants Chipolopolo job
Newly-appointed Zambia Under-23 coach Lucky Msiska has said he is happy with his
appointment although he had hoped for a much higher position.
“I feel great to be appointed as Under-23 coach, I didn’t expect it. Of course I expected something higher but am happy, it’s a good start for me,” Msiska said.
“If given a chance to be head coach (Chipolopolo) why not, but that is up to FAZ but am ready for the job,” said Msiska.
Leagues on a 3 week recess (Various)
KCM/FAZ organised leagues have gone on a three week recess to allow players to watch the FIFA World Cup which starts tomorrow in South Africa save for Zanaco who will have to play their rescheduled matches.
Zanaco played won their first rescheduled game 2-1 against National Assembly and next is Green Buffaloes before a date with Nchanga Rangers and Forest Rangers.
M’siska hopes to evoke the spirit of ‘88
New Zambia Under-23 coach Lucky Msiska says he hopes to inspire his team to the 2012 Olympics in London with the spirit of 1988.
Msiska was part of the famous team that set alight the 1988 Olympic Games football tournament in Seoul, South Korea where the team reached the quarterfinals.
Lucky Msiska (l) was part of the Kalusha Bwalya led Zambia which thrashed Italy 4-0 atthe 1988 Olympics
Msiska eyes Olympics
Under-23 national team coach Lucky Msiska’s aspiration is to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
“I featured at the Olympic Games as a player and it will be nice to go there (Olympic Games) as a coach. I’m happy to be appointed coach of the Olympic team,”” Msiska said.
He said he is determined to break Zambia’s 22-year wait to feature at the Olympic Games.
Zambia, boasting of Efford Chabala, skipper Ashious Melu, Estone Mulenga, Derby Makinka, Lucky Msiska, Johnson Bwalya, Charles Musonda, Wisdom Chansa, Kalusha Bwalya, among others, reached the quarter-finals.
ZAFCA against coach headhunt…Advertise the job
The Zambia Football Coaches Association (ZAFCA) has called for a transparent recruitment process of the national soccer team coach to replace Frenchman Herve Renard.
Association general secretary Simataa Simataa maintained the association was not in favour of the headhunt system that the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) had opted in recruiting a coach.
And Simataa said ZAFCA has welcomed the changes to the technical staff of the various age groups by FAZ, which he said were facing the biggest challenge in curbing the problem of age cheating in the selection of players.
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lucky is an expatriate what are we still looking for? Why not give him the job lets give him ie a one year contract . I think he can do wel lookin at experience and exposure he has. Atkeast we know were he is coming from we are assured he has the heart fo zambia esp that he has even accepted to be u23 coach. As fo a foreign coach we can never be sure if they have the passion for the team or not .
I feel like cryn each time i see these teams arrive at or tambo airport and no zambia. I feel bad.lets unite gemtlemen
we need an EXPATRIATE COACH PERIOD!!…why do we lie to our selves kanshi?…why do teams like camroun and the ivory coast go to great lengths to get good european coaches?…coz it pays up in the end!….Lucky may be good yes..but does he have any international pedigree…?..NO HE DOES NOT!!…This Gavin Hunt Business should stop as well….Zambia is not a CLUB !!
@chiti chitundu
Lets first see how he performs at u23 before we can consider him for the top job,am sure FAZ are also thinking the same,i’ll wont even be surprised if he is named as one of the assistants to the incoming coach
Msiska has the passion for Zambia and we know where is coming from, but that is not enough to be a sucessful national team coach, i feel even the u23 assignment is too big for him fo rnow, he coul d have started with u20 and see how to he settles down. we need like ba muzo keeps on saying ” a coach with a pedigree” Gavin is not an ideal candidate for me, while it is true that he has guided supersport to three consecutive tittles in the land of the Rand he has nothing to show for it in the continental cups. the SA league is rich in terms of money but not talent. so lets look at pedigree please not not just passion. every on e passionate about their nation
Yes. The Gavin Hunting should stop! Let us look for someone not the Gavin. Please remember that sembe is not good. Let us look for someone who we are not going to say sembe ngati……. sembe tinacita ngati ba….. sembe ……….. sembe. No please.
lol! todays coments r funny! howeva,i thnk the u-23 task for msiska is ideal.he wil do a gr8 job.hope he considers charles musondaz 3 sons in the team.Wen do olypic qualifies begin? when is all africa games qualifier?….on gavin,does any faz exec guys c our coments on this blog? if they do,wats their take?
We seriously need to quit experimenting. We cant just hire a coach just because he is an expatriate, we need a coach with pedigree, with a coaching C.V of note.
@chiti chitundu it is not about being an expatriate its about a coach with pedigree, a coach who has the experience of winning things. No more upstarts expatriate or not. We want a coach with vast experience. I agree with bamuzambia, U23 is also too big for Msiska. We know nothing about his coaching C.V. He has been overseas for 20 years and still cant even get himself a coaching job in a top league or even 2nd division team. That in itself says a lot about his coaching capabilities but let me not be negative about the man, he might just surprise us all and win gold at the olympics in 2012. He doesn’t have a C.V to talk about meaning we are stil continuing with the same old story of experimenting.
Msiska should be with the U/17…he needs to rekindle his Zambian roots first..get to see wats at the grass roots and then work himself to the top…..lets be practicle…passion and patriotism is not always enough……we need to get serious NOW!…lets be proactive for a change and not reactive…seriously did it need to take to fail to qualify for CHAN for us to realise that we need an expatriate coach urgently?…..it sickens me….
Who is Gavin first of all?is it an animal? eh Kalu dont take Zambia as if its your personal team,we need to appoint an expertrate coach in a transperate maner.
The under 23 with a good coach can qualify for London. It is now up to M’siska to prove himself. He has players such as Sunzu, Fwayo, Mbola, Kola, Mayuka, Justine Zulu, Clifford Mulenga to build a team around. Do not repect Mr. Peter Kaumba’s mistake of not selecting Mayuka citing his being in the Senior team as an excuse. The players are there so the rest is up to FAZ and you M’siska.
Fabio cappello, scholari and Alex ferguson have offered to coach zambia free of charge coz of its abundance in talent as witnessed at the last AFCON. The problem is that am only imagining. If only it can happen Weeelee.?
It’s a huge role! Does anyone have any idea when the matches start? I hope he has decent time to prepare, because if we can make it, it will be special again.
Mr Kafusha are you sure the players you are suggesting are under 23?
Justice, HERE ARE THE FACTS.
Clifford was born on 5 Aug 1987. He will be 23 this year so he’s technically out. Mayuka is 20 bron 2 nov 1990. Stophira was born on 8 June 1989 and Kola 27 jan 2009. The wardrobe was born on 11 Aug 1989. Mbola was born on 10 May 1993. he is the ‘youngest’ off course.
wE HAVE THE TEAM YES.
@Never…correct me if i am wrong but i think in each olympic team,3 players over the age of 23 are allowed to be part of the team.
@Justice, very good point regarding Kaumba. I feel this guy cost us a place to Beijing when he pulled that stunt of leaving out players who had played for the senior squad when teams like Ivory Coast were using the Kalous of this world. I hope Msiska takes these qualifiers with the seriousness they deserve as chances of winning the Olympic title are much more realistic for us than winning or qualifying to the World cup. With that said, good luck to Coach Msiska
I don’t think you can play in an underage competition twice. I stand to be corrected but even if these guys are still 23, will be eligable? Since they played U23 games for China games? Experts educate me.
Confidence is what matters,and if Msiska feels he can transform our impotent strikers into happy scoring poachers,then we have no problem with that.Moreover,Msiska will cost less than what most of you dream of a ‘Big Name’ Coach.In football nowadays,Money talks,lets not dream that FAZ will bring in Fabio Capelo after he is chased by England when they fail to win the World Cup,what are we going to pay him,Victoria Falls?
@Zamfoot…do you know when the U-23 olympic qualifiers start?
FAZ
What are Msiska credetials apart from being in Belgium for over 20years. Coaching wise that is. Just asking, don’t crucify me!!!
@Chamz it is age that is the deciding factor and not the number of times one has played
@Never the players I mentioned will all be eligible to play for the under23 as long as they are 22 years when the qualifies commence
@logic I am with you Kaumba cost us really he did
@Truly Zambian 3 over age players can only take part when the team has qualified for the finals of the Olympic Games
In conclusion we have a very strong under/23 team, it is a question of picking the right players and preparing in good time. M’siska my advice to you is to have a look at the under/20 that won COSAFA with Janza and see if you can use some of these boys. Consider players playing outside Zambia as well players like this Lungu chap
Cheers to all
@Bonaventure. Yaba age cheating has reached another level!!! Kola was born Jan 2009?? Well I guess the Zambia U-2 now has a skipper…lol
@Romantic Monk. No that is actually a good question. I recall bloggers saying Msiska deserved the head coaching job of Zambia more than Lwandamina, but Msiska has been coaching the Youth team at a lower division team in Belgium.. while Chicken was coaching the U-20 and taking them to the Youth Championship in Canada. I am not against Msiska, but it will be nice to know what his CV looks like
For those of you who are blaming Peter Kaumba you seem to have a short memory. Peter Kaumba was on the verge of qualifying us for one of the major tournament about 3 years ago. We won here at home and we were just going to Egypt for the final kill. You will recall that one of the current FAZ officials (name withheld) accompanied the team to Egypt with the objective of strengthening the technical bench but alas, that is when we were wired. In all fairness, it does not make sense to me to let Kaumba take the lion’s share of that Cairo debacle. Similarly, look at what happened with the game where Kalaba was left out.
Fellow bloggers let us document our soccer properly so that we give a correct account of our rich Zambian history. I was shocked when i browsed wikepedia on the Zambian soccer history because when i looked at the great players who had played for teams like Nkana and Mufulira Wanders, i was able to add more than 10 names and yet wikepedia is, or ought to be a world record. If you look at Zambia’s greates player story, again you will see that the text or story was recently assembled and is biased towards latest records as records for the early 70’s are not there. So we should attempt to give a detailed account of our soccer history. If i have been winning and the other people want to join me at the last minute so as to claim some credit, when i fail it will be unfair for you to ignore the impact of those who joined at the last minute and allow me to have the monopoly of the blame.
@ROK some of us are talking about that game Vs Ivory Coast whom we beat in Zambia but were smashed in Ivory Coast. Kaumba omitted certain players saying they had graduated to the senior team, which was completely nonsense from Kaumba’s part
@Romantic Monk regarding M’siska I for one do not know his credentials but I feel that he has the experience that is required to start at under/23 and when he proves he can deliver then we can consider him for the Senior National team. We do not want experiments like when Kalu was appointed coach without a proven record. Let us give M’siska a chance as he seems t be confident of himself
Justice you may have a point but in assessing the performance of a coach or indeed any person be it employee or whatever, it is not right to judge that person on one isolated incident but rather a comprehensive assessment demands that you look at the whole spectrum of one’s performance and make an informed decision and that is what i was trying to underscore. Look at yourself and i assume you are working or must have worked. If your performance has been satisfactory or above expectations up to 21st December 2009, would you accept an end of year assessment form your boss which rates you as below standard? Even at school we assess pupils on the basis of their OVERALL performance in all the subjects or module meaning that you can completely fail one module and still pass above people’s mark. I am not defending Kaumba but I am just trying to judge his overall performance and not one isolated adverse result.
Meanwhile please join me in wishing the Bafanabafana and other African countries good luck. I would personally rate Bafanabafana as the best prepared African team and with the Madiba tonic they are capable of taking the game to the wire especially if they quickly engage into the gear they were during the FIFA Confederations cup.
•CRRECTED VERSION: Justice you may have a point but in assessing the performance of a coach or indeed any person be it employee or whatever, it is not right to judge that person on one isolated incident but rather a comprehensive assessment demands that you look at the whole spectrum of one’s performance and make an informed decision and that is what i was trying to underscore. Look at yourself and i assume you are working or must have worked. If your performance has been satisfactory or above expectations up to 21st December 2009 and then you perfom averagely during the last week of December 2009, would you accept an end of year assessment form your boss which rates you as below standard? Even at school we assess pupils on the basis of their OVERALL performance in all the subjects or module meaning that you can completely fail one module and still pass above people’s mark. I am not defending Kaumba but I am just trying to judge his overall performance and not one isolated adverse result.
Meanwhile please join me in wishing the Bafanabafana and other African countries good luck. I would personally rate Bafanabafana as the best prepared African team and with the Madiba tonic they are capable of taking the game to the wire especially if they quickly engage into the gear they were during the FIFA Confederations cup.
Leave peter kaumba alone,he is not the reason why we lost,we were just beaten by a better side on the day,the likes of gervinho and kalou were on fire,
Like i said about 2 days ago,kalaba had graduated to the senior team,it was time for other players,in that particular game against ivory coast kaumba called up william njobvu,stopilla sunzu and emmanuel mayuka among others,players who were graduating from the u20 team, players from the u17 team like benjamin mwila Jr moved on the u20,kalaba and others from u23 moved to senior team,progression.kaumba was just doing his job and actually did it very well..
@ROK I am looking forward to the World Cup and I wish all the African teams the best. However I have a feeling all the African teams may end up being kicked out in the group stages. There have been a lot of blunders made by for instance Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast who fired their coaches 5 months before the World Cup. This is going to cost them. Algeria are not just good enough while Ghana are not a complete team yet. As for SA they made a big mistake in bringing back this money sucker from Brazil, however with homeground advantage they might be the only African team that might pull through. Otherwise I am really worried injuries taken into account. Cheers brother
@Jojo we will never get anywhere through accepting failure. Kaumba failed to takes us to the Olympic games. That was his task but he failed, Who should we blame? CHAN failure is Lwandamina’s baby as he was the one incharge, under/17 Chiyangi, World Cup HR. We can not change statistics. Kaumba has even failed at club level in Zambia. What title has he won even with a division one team? 0. He was a good player but he is now a coach who should perform. Cheers brother
I will leave Peter Kaumba alone when he delivers
To all the Kaumba-apologetics out there (just kidding), all I’m saying is that Kaumba decided tobring a knife to a gun fight, if I may borrow the old Texas phrase. He had a gun but for some reason opted for a knife and the result of that is well documented. Would we have won the game if we took our best available players? That we’ll never know. What we are asking Msiska to do is assemble the best possible team with the players at his disposal. Experiments should be limited to U17, U20 and Cosafa games. We have to step with our best foot forward when it comes to the Olympics, Afcon and World cup qualifiers, otherwise we’ll be watching from the stands again. You can do a good job all your life but one mess up can do you in, it’s just the way the world works. Twanaka na ma almost
@logic well said brother. I have no additions
@ROK
You are very right,kaumba did a brilliant job for the u23 and its not fair to judge his overall performance on one game,the majority of players in the national team all passed through peter kaumba’s u23,when kalu took over as national team coach it was easy for him because he just turned to kaumba’s u23 and found abundant talent,he got the likes of billy mwanza,mbesuma,chansa,mwandila,jacob,songwe,katongo among others,
Gentlemen!! let us give credit were it’s due,the man called up stopilla sunzu for the u23 when he was just a school boy playing division 1 football,today he is an important member of the national team,he fished the likes of eugene shamakamba from division 1,who knew about the likes of charles sinyingwa,simon bwalya,HH,before they appeared in kaumba’s team.what kaumba did for the u23 is was remarkable..
Yaah i tend to agree with you justice. This particular World cup the ethusiam and confidence that usually charaterises African teams seems to be conspicuously absent. If fact you have just reminded me that there is Algeria who seems to be the darkest horse from the African continent. I had completely forgotten that they are there representing the African continent. If i could have it my own way i would have loved South Africa to win it for Mandela whilst he is still alive (wishing him good health) just like i would have loved the Chipolopolo to win the AFCON whilst uncle Dennis Liwewe is still alive so that we could present the cup to him as a gift for the sacrifice he has given to mother Zambia.
Watching the streets of Jo’Burg yesterday reminds me of Bafanabafana vs Chipolopolo in 1997 under the late George Mungwa (MHSRIP). We had completely taken over the proceedings in central Jo’Burg and reduced the hosts to mere spectators only to be beated 3-0 at the then FNB Stadium. I got so confused i missed my flight home but luckily i managed to get space on the plane that was carrying William Harrington, B Y Mwila, then Minister of Defence.
Overall, fellow bloggers i think our discussion on Zamfoot have been very good albeit thee have been differences from time to time (and this is as it should be) . Suffice to mention that of late, this site has become a source of stories for some of our national Dailies. I have personally written to FAZ to call for the National Indaba for all stakeholders immediately after the World Cup so that we can collectively come up with a four year strategic plan that will culminate in Zambia’s qualification to the 2014 Brazil World cup and tacking away the Afcon IN 2012.
Jojo, i like your recollection of events-very accurate. Just to add on what you have said, Kalu inherited the majority of the players from Peter Kaumba’s under 23 and this is indisputable.
@logic
The players we took were the best u23s we had,in case you have forgotten the players that played that day i can gadly list them for you
All those who are saying kalaba kalaba are forgetting that thats the same period he had displinary problems,he was being sent off left right and centre,his head was not right..
Can FAZ please appoint Kaumba as National coach, since he is the best
@Jojo,
http://www.kickoff.com/news/452/zambian-coach-explains-mulenga-axing.php
I rest my case
@logic Amen
But Jojo before you rest your case, you own citation you have referred to says and i quote,’“It was resolved at a Football Association of Zambia technical committee meeting that the two players should play for the senior team only.” To me this does not look like a decision made by Kaumba but rather the FAZ Technical Committee. Mind you the coach is just one member of the Technical Committee. In any case, the only people who do not make mistakes are those who do nothing and perhaps the people falling into this category are the dead. However, i would personally not blame the dead for doing nothing because it is not their wish to do nothing.
@justice kafusha
Nobody is saying he is the best.we just want people to appreciate what he did..
Ba ROK that was logic not me
It says the FAZ technical comitee made the decision so i also dont know why they are saying it’s kaumba
@Jojo what did he do? Give us the data
Jojo whichever way one wants to look at it, Kaumba is a better choice than M’siska. We have a gap in terms of information of what he has done in coaching circles and the only other time i linked him to coaching was when he was called to join the tnational echnical bench when he was transiting to Belgium. Tell us what he has done and achived at the level he has been appointed.
Any Zambian coach who has failured has a reponsebility. When one is asked to coach any of national teams and knows they can not manage it is better for one to say no sir I can not manage this job. Why accept a job that you know you can not manage? This beats me. I will try my best needs to be replaced with “I will do the job to the satisfaction of the Zambian soccers fans. We as soccer fans have aims and objectives. By the way where is Man Ceasor? Mwaiche where are you???
Sorry Jojo you came into my cross fire. I actually meant logic.
I will expose my ignorance here, Zamfoot how do i quote and/or reply directly to one’s text? I have experienced failure since the re-designing of the site.
Ba Justice, its like our questions crossed each other. We have told you the under 23 talent that Kaumba nurtured so don’t ask ask what he did but you have to tell us what Muchofe has done because some of us do not have a record of his coaching prowess. Please share with us the information you seem to be holding close to your chest.
failed
@ROK you are running away from my question. What has Kaumba done as coach? Where has Kaumba played professional football, apart from Ivory Coast? Kaumba got his chance but did not succeed. Brother I do not hate ba Peter but the fact is he failed as coach both at International and club level. Just what did he do? Tell me
Cheers
Ba justice.i think we have already explained what peter did as u23 coach,i might be wrong but i think peter won a trophy at kitwe united and they finished in the top eight in their first season back in the premier league,yes he did not play proffesional football apart from the ivory coast but who did back then??was’nt he named one of the best players at 1982 nations cup?did’nt he win zambian footballer of the year.sportsman of the year and top scorer award in that same year??
I think you just have something against kaumba.hes had a brilliant career both as a player and as a coach..
we need an expatriat coach not wat u fellaz r sayin.zambian coachez luck experienc.
Jojo, you keep talking about what Kaumba did at under 23 level. I’m curious as to what that is exactly..in very clear terms He failed to get us to Beijing with the talent you say he ‘nurtured’. I would be willing to give more credit to Lwandamina for what he did with the under 20 in Canada before giving Kaumba a benefit of a doubt. Mind you most of these guys were already established at under 20 level so Kaumba simply got some already polished products yet he failed to achieve anything. Peter Kaumba was a great player but as a coach he is a failure.
By the way Jojo, Kaumba as coach is part ad parcel of the player selection. Look at the reason he gave in the first part of the article. If he had an issue with it, he would have simply said player selection was not his decision and in that case we would be looking for someone else to apportion that failure to.
Peter Kaumba did a lot for Zambian football especially with the under 23 during his tenure. The core of the national team all came thru the under 23 via the tutelage of Peter Kaumba, and he almost qualified us to two Olympic games, with the closest being the loss in Ghana. Yes he did now in or qualify us but you have to respect him for his effort. Some here have belittled him but thats just a manifestation of their mindset and not of the man.
Logic listen,yes we failed to qualify for beijing,nobody is disputing that,but being a coach of a junior national team is not only about qualifying for tournaments,its also about providing a wider base from which national team players can be picked and peter did that job with distinction..am surprised that you are not even talking about our performances at the all africa games where we got some very good results..you should learn to appreciate,nowonder HR left us..
On another point,it’s not true that kaumba got polished products from the u20,i can only remember a few who had already made a name at u20 level,like chansa,kombe,songwe,mayuka,kalaba and william..the majority of players he used to pick were relatively uknown which shows that he also had an eye for spotting talent..
And i hope you are not trying to compare chicken and kaumba,
@Logic, I agree with you on most of what you have said about Kaumba.
Jojo, lets not forget that Kaumba had two attempts at the All Africa Games and twice he failed with the U23, the latest being the Algeria games. Kaumba had a talented team of players who played so many games together and at least cold even have brought us the All Africa games trophy.
I followed that team closely and those of you who did would agree that there was more than enough talent in the team. So its not based on one game where he took a knife to the battle field instead of a gun like my colleague has put it but it was his consistent failure to bring home anything.
He did his part, but it wasn’t good enough.
Jojo, obviously you and me are not on the same side of the fence on this Kaumba issue so I suggest we agree to disagree. You think he did good, I say he did nothing worth writing home about. I give credit where it’s due, unfortunately in my books Kaumba does not measure up to the mark of being considered a good coach, just like the chap HR you mentioned but thats a story for another day. Enjoy the WC tomorrow my friend
Well regardless of what we think, we cannot take way Kaumba’s contributions to Zambian football. The man has done his part, and I think he should be a consideration for at least the assistant coaches role at the senior level. His experience and his eye for talent, could definately be of great benefit to Zambia. On another note; I wish M’siska the best of luck with the U-23, and I think FAZ are doing well to put M’siska to the test… and if he succeeds then the world should watch out. I for one will be rooting for him, though it would be nice to know what his CV looks like.
I just feel that our local coaches are crucified for some wrong reasons,i think we have abundant talent in zambia,that is a fact,but how many players are mentally ready to take big challenges when it matters most?i strongly believe that we have a lot of talent but at the moment i dont think we can compare our mental strength with other nations
Logic has just defied LOGIC! LMFAO!!!
I really don’t think Msiska is ready for any national team assignment. The man is over 50 years old and has never coached a senior team, he has only been coaching tuma junior teams of which I understand he was just an assistant. This to me just shows the guy has no ambition or passion for wining or coaching at the highest level. At 50 years old and spending 20 years in Europe he should have at least coached a third division or reserve team thats if he really loved coaching.
I want to know what coaching qualifications this Msiska has, if he does not have at least UEFA B qualification then he should never be let anywhere near any national team. The guy has no proper coaching experience or qualification and yet he has been given the second important coaching job in the country. WTF
Justice and logic whilst calling Kaumba a failure, we should really bear in mind that the majority of our local coaches have never been accorded a chance to do formal training apart from 1 or 2 weeks workshops here and there. Most of them are using their experience gained from their playing days. As logic has said we just have to accept to differ because i would not want to ignore even the academies through which a player passed through and no wonder FIFA recognises this through what is called Solidarity Mechanism and training meaning when a player is 18 or above and signs a professional contract, all the teams through which that player went are entitled to a per centage payment. To me, this is a recognition of various contributors. Similarly, for a player to be in the senior national team, it means someone contributed somehow because you don’t just jump from nowhere and start playing in the national team. Grooming a player to national status is a long process and Justice and Logic should guard against the danger of just looking at the final results or contributors overlooking those who contributed in their refinement. I rest my case on this.
Meanwhile my heartfelt condolences to Madiba who lost a great grand child after last night’s kick off concert.
@ROK the yardstick in this case is there. Ba late Zoom managed to qualify us to the Olympics and that is what counts. Kaumba has failed even at local clubs, I wonder if he is still coaching. He was a good player but coaching is not his trade. I hope he has found something else to do
The fact is Kaumba was coach because of Mulonga, North West connection, how do you fail to qualify for two tournaments and remail as coach? I agree with Justice, he is not a good coach at all. In fact he has been coaching U23 for a long time. Is Msiska over 50, like someone is saying? No ways, he must be in his 40’s I you saying, he went to Europe at 30?