The Cranes on course for 2012 finals
Mar 21, 2010
THE Cranes take on Burundi this weekend in an African Nations Championship return leg whose importance many might be yet to realise.
I SAY SO - James Bakama
THE Cranes take on Burundi this weekend in an African Nations Championship return leg whose importance many might be yet to realise.
To some, the preliminary game easily passes for an ordinary match that we can afford to lose just like in the previous edition when we were knocked out by Tanzania.
But to the far sighted, this seemingly ordinary competition, which is limited to local players, could actually determine how far Uganda goes in the 2012 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Victory on Saturday will have the Cranes booking a date with Kenya’s Harambee Stars in what should give us a taste of what awaits us in Africa’s top football competition.
The Cranes are grouped with Kenya, Angola and Guinea Bissau in the Nations Cup qualifiers.
The good news is that coach Bobby Williamson is well aware of the consequences of the competition.
Most Ugandan coaches would have rested after securing an away draw in Bujumbura.
But the Scotsman, well aware that the side he is currently training at Namboole could replace his ageing team from the last qualifiers, is not about to rest on his laurels.
The Cranes resumed training after only a day’s rest. FUFA boss Lawrence Mulindwa, well aware of what is at stake, has ensured that everything is in place
Innovations in the camp include a nutrition expert Robert Ssebugwawo whose maiden briefing to the team stressed that qualitative and not quantitative meals will boost performance.
FUFA’s technical wing is also not sleeping. A conference was at the weekend held not only to review our failures in the last qualifiers.
Federation officials for an entire day brain stormed over various issues ranging from technical, finance and media in a bid to draw a strategic plan for the forthcoming qualifiers.
The decision to have all Cranes’s home matches at Namboole is also good.
It not only saves us all from the chaos of downtown Kampala, but also ensures that all games are played on an internationally accepted facility.
It’s five days to the Burundi match. Let’s all be at Namboole.
THE Cranes take on Burundi this weekend in an African Nations Championship return leg whose importance many might be yet to realise.
To some, the preliminary game easily passes for an ordinary match that we can afford to lose just like in the previous edition when we were knocked out by Tanzania.
But to the far sighted, this seemingly ordinary competition, which is limited to local players, could actually determine how far Uganda goes in the 2012 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Victory on Saturday will have the Cranes booking a date with Kenya’s Harambee Stars in what should give us a taste of what awaits us in Africa’s top football competition.
The Cranes are grouped with Kenya, Angola and Guinea Bissau in the Nations Cup qualifiers.
The good news is that coach Bobby Williamson is well aware of the consequences of the competition.
Most Ugandan coaches would have rested after securing an away draw in Bujumbura.
But the Scotsman, well aware that the side he is currently training at Namboole could replace his ageing team from the last qualifiers, is not about to rest on his laurels.
The Cranes resumed training after only a day’s rest. FUFA boss Lawrence Mulindwa, well aware of what is at stake, has ensured that everything is in place
Innovations in the camp include a nutrition expert Robert Ssebugwawo whose maiden briefing to the team stressed that qualitative and not quantitative meals will boost performance.
FUFA’s technical wing is also not sleeping. A conference was at the weekend held not only to review our failures in the last qualifiers.
Federation officials for an entire day brain stormed over various issues ranging from technical, finance and media in a bid to draw a strategic plan for the forthcoming qualifiers.
The decision to have all Cranes’s home matches at Namboole is also good.
It not only saves us all from the chaos of downtown Kampala, but also ensures that all games are played on an internationally accepted facility.
It’s five days to the Burundi match. Let’s all be at Namboole.