Villa have it to lose
Jul 11, 2004
SC Villa’s 1-0 triumph over KCC FC on Saturday signaled the end of the Top Radio Super League first round but the curtains’ descent coincided with emerging inquests as to why certain clubs have not reached the projected heights.
By Fred Kaweesi and Joseph Opio
SC Villa 1 KCC 0
SC Villa’s 1-0 triumph over KCC FC on Saturday signaled the end of the Top Radio Super League first round but the curtains’ descent coincided with emerging inquests as to why certain clubs have not reached the projected heights.
Normally, a judgment is pronounced after the inquest is completed. But in football, all is black and white without shades of gray.
The time-honoured adage at this stage is that the league table does not lie. But does it tell the whole truth?
For the top and bottom clubs, it certainly does!
Leaders SC Villa, having had their continental ambitions dashed yet again, have concentrated all their energies on the league championship.
Their current aura of invincibility in the Top Radio Super League is understated by their being the only side with an unbeaten record.
Micho Sredojevic’s charges, bar a drawn affair against league banana skins, Ggaba United, have conquered all barriers erected in their path to a seventh consecutive league crown. Unlikely to be around to lift the trophy is SuperSport United-bound Timothy Batabaire who put on a man-of-the-match performance on Saturday.
KCC, on the other hand, started the season vibrantly, with Mike Mutebi pioneering a new brand of flowing football at Lugogo, fondly referred to as Kawoowo.
And while KCC’s memorable beginning to the season had many fans at Lugogo purring with delight, the end of the first round is bound to have a contrasting effect.
The Lugogo faithful might have excused KCC’s lacklustre goalless stalemate at Wankulukuku as a blip on the screen but Mutebi and his team will not find the fans in quite similar forgiving mood following their tame capitulation to Villa at Namboole.
However, if KCC’s end to the first round has been disastrous, then spare a thought for cross-city rivals, Express.
Player desertions and inconsistent results have rocked Wankulukuku and caused much finger pointing, though directed to no one in particular.
One glance at the bottom end of the table paints a bleak portrait! Relegation candidates, Moyo require a miracle of epic proportions if their fall into the first division is to be curtailed.
It’s the mid-table clubs, however, with their indistinct credentials, that will assume the role of kingmakers in this race.
SC Villa 1 KCC 0
SC Villa’s 1-0 triumph over KCC FC on Saturday signaled the end of the Top Radio Super League first round but the curtains’ descent coincided with emerging inquests as to why certain clubs have not reached the projected heights.
Normally, a judgment is pronounced after the inquest is completed. But in football, all is black and white without shades of gray.
The time-honoured adage at this stage is that the league table does not lie. But does it tell the whole truth?
For the top and bottom clubs, it certainly does!
Leaders SC Villa, having had their continental ambitions dashed yet again, have concentrated all their energies on the league championship.
Their current aura of invincibility in the Top Radio Super League is understated by their being the only side with an unbeaten record.
Micho Sredojevic’s charges, bar a drawn affair against league banana skins, Ggaba United, have conquered all barriers erected in their path to a seventh consecutive league crown. Unlikely to be around to lift the trophy is SuperSport United-bound Timothy Batabaire who put on a man-of-the-match performance on Saturday.
KCC, on the other hand, started the season vibrantly, with Mike Mutebi pioneering a new brand of flowing football at Lugogo, fondly referred to as Kawoowo.
And while KCC’s memorable beginning to the season had many fans at Lugogo purring with delight, the end of the first round is bound to have a contrasting effect.
The Lugogo faithful might have excused KCC’s lacklustre goalless stalemate at Wankulukuku as a blip on the screen but Mutebi and his team will not find the fans in quite similar forgiving mood following their tame capitulation to Villa at Namboole.
However, if KCC’s end to the first round has been disastrous, then spare a thought for cross-city rivals, Express.
Player desertions and inconsistent results have rocked Wankulukuku and caused much finger pointing, though directed to no one in particular.
One glance at the bottom end of the table paints a bleak portrait! Relegation candidates, Moyo require a miracle of epic proportions if their fall into the first division is to be curtailed.
It’s the mid-table clubs, however, with their indistinct credentials, that will assume the role of kingmakers in this race.