{"id":6593,"date":"2025-12-17T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:40:38","slug":"management-has-been-wanderers-downfall-kinah-phiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/6593\/national\/management-has-been-wanderers-downfall-kinah-phiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Management has been Wanderers&#8217; downfall &#8211; Kinah Phiri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Sibusiso Masilela<\/p>\n<p>Former Manzini Wanderers head coach Kinnah Phiri believes the management committee has been the major downfall for the hub giants.<\/p>\n<p>Phiri said this during his interview with Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Services (EBIS 1) weekend review show hosted by Donatus Zwane.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Weslians\u2019 are having a bad spell this season, which has seen them occupy the bottom of the table in the MTN Premier League log standings with five points after 11 matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team has been let down by the management committee over the years by failing to come up with a strategy to sustain the team. It&#8217;s time for the Wanderers family to rescue the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6598\" style=\"width: 1338px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6598\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wanderers-players-4-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1338\" height=\"941\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wanderers players<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phiri urged the team stakeholders to consider some of the team legends for Managerial positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team is blessed with capable individuals such as Michael \u2018Scara\u2019 Gama, William \u2018Cool Cat\u2019 Shongwe, who can run the team. I wish the team the best of luck in the campaign due to its rich history and heritage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The team recently roped in legendary defender Jerry \u2018Mbazo\u2019 Gamedze as Operations director following the exit of former Managing Director Mlamuli Mabuza.<\/p>\n<p>The Gcina Dlamini-led charges will take on defending champions Nsingizini Hotspurs in their next MTN Premier League encounter scheduled for Mavuso Sports Centre on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"6548\"  data-title=\"\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phiri had a stint with the crowd pullers in the 80\u2019s and later assumed the hot coach position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sibusiso Masilela Former Manzini Wanderers head coach Kinnah Phiri believes the management committee has been the major&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25,37,43],"tags":[46,79,70,39,73,58,53,68],"class_list":["post-6593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-national","category-soccer","category-sports","tag-africa","tag-betway-premiership","tag-caf","tag-entertainment","tag-eswatini","tag-national","tag-soccer","tag-sport","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Management has been Wanderers&#039; 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