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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf SMS Of The Day * WHY doesn’t NBC listen when they are criticised? The little red chairs on Good Morning Namibia have done their part and are dirty especially at the arm rests. Please listen for once. You interview professionals and internationals on those Food For Thought * MINISTRY of Education, in order to address the shortages of teachers at primary schools why don’t you consider employing us who hold a diploma in lifelong learning and community education for teaching posts? We also did health education Bouquets And Brickbats * MY fellow Namibians, I am not a Swapo member but a third term for President Hifikepuye Pohamba will be a step closer towards attainment of Vision 2030. Believe me His Excellency has made crucial bold decisions, and I don’t regret
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| 2013-08-01
Mannetti wants commitment
Helge Schutz
MAXIMUM EFFORT... Da Costa Angula and Riaan Cloetein action during yesterday's training session.
Photograph by Helge Schutz
BRAVE Warriors coach Ricardo Mannetti is confident that his team will give a much better performance when they take on Mozambique in the return leg of their Chan competition first round encounter in Windhoek on Saturday.
Namibia lost the first leg 3-0 in Maputo last weekend and will now have to score four goals if they wish to progress further in the competition. “I think we are better prepared now - we had a very good talk with the boys and they are very confident about their commitment. For me the important thing is I want to see commitment. I don’t want to see a flashy style of play, and I don’t want to see individual brilliance. International football is about the team tactic, that comes first and if you as an individual don’t come to the party we will struggle,” he said.
“We are very positive and confident that this time around the different individuals within the team will come to the party in terms of their commitment. If we have the commitment to play and compete then we can talk about scoring goals and winning the match, and after that about qualifying for the next round,” he added.
Mannetti said that their preparations for last weekend’s match in Maputo were not up to standard. “We had a specific plan and tactics on how we wanted to play the away game, but it didn’t work at all because in my opinion we had a lot of distractions after the Cosafa match. We lost about five players from our starting lineup that had club obligations in South Africa and on the eve of the camp we also lost Sadney Urikhob and Pineas Jacob and I had to bring in a lot of reinforcements,” he said.
“To make matters even more complicated, three players had to go for trial commitments to South Africa and they did not spend the whole week with us. They only joined us in Johannesburg two days prior to the game and that made it a little bit difficult for the entire team to gel as quickly as possible,” he added.
Mannetti said the lack of commitment by the players was the main problem in their defeat in Maputo.
“The lack of commitment on the pitch was the main problem - the players did not come to the party in terms of putting in the effort to win balls, and in the one-on-one situations we were always second best, and because of that our tactics did not work. Mozambique always had the ball and we couldn’t get the ball off them because we were not committed enough,” he said. Mannetti said he used two strikers in Maputo, in Jerome Louis and Bradley Wermann, despite reports that only Louis was used as a striker.
“We went with two strikers. We have Bradley Wermann who plays as a striker, as well as Jerome Louis, and in our lineup we had a shadow striker in Neville Tjiueza. Even Mozambique played the same way we did, even at home. They had a top man and played with a second striker behind him and we used the same system. So it was more about how to execute it, and the execution from our side was not right,” he said.
But Mannetti did not want to divulge much about his tactics for Saturday’s match.
“I don’t want to talk too much about my tactics on Saturday for obvious reasons. It’s very important that we as a team know what the tactics are about and that we stick to it, but obviously it will be a different tactic to what we used in Mozambique. We will be more aggressive and more committed and that’s what will matter for me at the end of the day,” he said.
The Chan competition is only for home-based players with the result that Namibia’s foreign-based players are not eligible, but Willy Stephanus and Denzil Haoseb, who both recently signed for Bloemfontein Celtic, but have not been cleared yet, will still be available for Saturday’s match.
Larry Horaeb, who was on trial with Free State Stars is also in the squad, but strikers Edwin Korukuve of African Stars and Benson Shilongo of Tigers are not available. Korukuve has not recovered from a hamstring injury, while Shilongo, who is contracted to Blackburn Rovers in South Africa, is ineligible. Tickets for Saturday’s match, which starts at 17h00 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, are N$40 in advance at Computicket or Soccer House, or N$50 on match day at the stadium.
“We are very positive and confident that this time around the different individuals within the team will come to the party in terms of their commitment. If we have the commitment to play and compete then we can talk about scoring goals and winning the match, and after that about qualifying for the next round,” he added.
Mannetti said that their preparations for last weekend’s match in Maputo were not up to standard. “We had a specific plan and tactics on how we wanted to play the away game, but it didn’t work at all because in my opinion we had a lot of distractions after the Cosafa match. We lost about five players from our starting lineup that had club obligations in South Africa and on the eve of the camp we also lost Sadney Urikhob and Pineas Jacob and I had to bring in a lot of reinforcements,” he said.
“To make matters even more complicated, three players had to go for trial commitments to South Africa and they did not spend the whole week with us. They only joined us in Johannesburg two days prior to the game and that made it a little bit difficult for the entire team to gel as quickly as possible,” he added.
Mannetti said the lack of commitment by the players was the main problem in their defeat in Maputo.
“The lack of commitment on the pitch was the main problem - the players did not come to the party in terms of putting in the effort to win balls, and in the one-on-one situations we were always second best, and because of that our tactics did not work. Mozambique always had the ball and we couldn’t get the ball off them because we were not committed enough,” he said. Mannetti said he used two strikers in Maputo, in Jerome Louis and Bradley Wermann, despite reports that only Louis was used as a striker.
“We went with two strikers. We have Bradley Wermann who plays as a striker, as well as Jerome Louis, and in our lineup we had a shadow striker in Neville Tjiueza. Even Mozambique played the same way we did, even at home. They had a top man and played with a second striker behind him and we used the same system. So it was more about how to execute it, and the execution from our side was not right,” he said.
But Mannetti did not want to divulge much about his tactics for Saturday’s match.
“I don’t want to talk too much about my tactics on Saturday for obvious reasons. It’s very important that we as a team know what the tactics are about and that we stick to it, but obviously it will be a different tactic to what we used in Mozambique. We will be more aggressive and more committed and that’s what will matter for me at the end of the day,” he said.
The Chan competition is only for home-based players with the result that Namibia’s foreign-based players are not eligible, but Willy Stephanus and Denzil Haoseb, who both recently signed for Bloemfontein Celtic, but have not been cleared yet, will still be available for Saturday’s match.
Larry Horaeb, who was on trial with Free State Stars is also in the squad, but strikers Edwin Korukuve of African Stars and Benson Shilongo of Tigers are not available. Korukuve has not recovered from a hamstring injury, while Shilongo, who is contracted to Blackburn Rovers in South Africa, is ineligible. Tickets for Saturday’s match, which starts at 17h00 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, are N$40 in advance at Computicket or Soccer House, or N$50 on match day at the stadium.
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