murchr wrote:Alba wrote:Classic case of misplaced priorities. Kenya is always withdrawing from youth tourneys due to lack of funds.
Thats why I laugh when I hear people say ati UK was a rugby player. And his sports minister Wario cannot advise him any better since he too is clueless about what it takes to build a succesful national team.
Who should dictate what Uhuru Kenyatta the man should prioritize with his money? Why should Wario advise him on what his dime should do? Come one man, tone your bile and get your facts right before you spill your verbal diarrhea.
Can you read ? No one said dictate. I said Wario should advise him. Or rather an astute sports minister should advise him
Uhuru claims he is doing this to promote football and raise the standards of the national team. He is dead wrong on that. You don't raise standards by sending the team to watch games.If anything that has the opposite effect. Thats why the reaction from social media among those who know football has been negative. If Uhuru is doing this to popularize himself among Harambee stars fans then he has failed miserably.Thats why he needs advice.
For one thing he is taking players away in the middle of the Kenya premier league when players should be training. I am sure even national coach Amrouche is not pleased with this.
- The players have been asking for friendlies which are crucial to test their tactics. Yet they are always told there is no money. If Kenya does not play friendlies soon, they will be embarassed by lesotho.
- The youth teams are always being withdrawn from tournaments. How can Kenya progress if you do not develop the youth.
- Fields are disappearing to land grabbers. Vijana mitaani have nowhere to sharpen their skills.
- The women's league has folded due to lack of finances.
- There are no youth development structures in Kenya which is why Kenya is useless at football.
If Uhuru wanted to endear himself to football fans he should have addressed some of these issues. Now he has exposed himself as a person who knows nothing about sports. And so has Wario.
Some of you are just too sycophantic to see logic. Or you simply know nothing about football.
Fans will not be elated to see players go to Brazil as spectators. But they would have been happy to see Uhuru come to the rescue of the national U17 team which was due to play S. Sudan but was withdrawn for lack of finances.