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Ndiraya Speaks On Massive Recruitment

“We took a look at where we are coming from, our performances last season; and it is against that background that we went on a recruitment path to try to beef up our team.

We did not perform to the levels which are expected from us by the Dynamos faithful which really prompted us to take the route that we have taken. I was very clear last season that we did not have enough quality in our team last season and that cost us valuable points, we had to act this preseason.

We have brought in quite a number of players in all the departments to try and strengthen the team and give the team the new face that it needs. I think we also need to understand that we had to run around but we were a bit late in terms of invading the market.

But of course I also said it in my previous interviews that we were competing against teams with financial muscle and these teams got into the market first to do business. However, we also had some alternatives, that is where we quickly rushed to.

I am elated that apart from the alternatives in other departments of the team, we also went for the players who we thought were good enough to play for our team this year. The process has not been finished yet, we are still to bring some more players to bolster our attack, but I think what is of interest is the balance which we sought to have.

We have recruited young players  if you remember at the start of the season we recruited a few youngsters from FC Platinum’s development side and we promoted a few youngsters from our Division 2 side and I must admit that our development side managed to produce quite a number of good players and credit should go to coach Norman Taruvinga who is heading that side’s technical department.

These youngsters are definitely going to give us some options this season. Amongst the youngsters we have Tinotenda Chiunye and I think we all know what the boy can do. He was at ZPC Kariba last year and he gave a lot of teams a myriad of problems whenever he played so we felt that if he comes to join us he can quickly make a name for himself and move forward with his career.

We have retained the Aces Academy duo of  Emmanuel  Jalai and Jarisson Selemani. We saw how these boys performed last season. They exuded so much potential and can only do better this season.

Tinotenda Muringai and Kudzanai Dhemere are also among the youngsters that we have retained at Dynamos. We have also brought in experienced players like Sylvester Appiah from ZPC Kariba ,Byron Madzokere from Yadah FC, Partson Jaure from Manica Diamonds ,so it is that balance we needed to achieve as we blend the rookies with experienced players in our central defence where we think we did well last season.

We are really satisfied and believe that we will have good competition in all departments this coming season. A number of players have come in to strengthen our midfield but it is the attack that we are looking at now before we close off our recruitment exercise.

This is what we have done this year and we are happy but obviously as a coach you are never satisfied you always want more quality but these boys have come to a big and difficult institution where good results are expected always.

This team building exercise we have come for will surely set the tone and foundation for the boys to put in big performances this season. Dynamos FC is always about having a big heart and this is what we are trying to inculcate into these players”

(Coach Tonderai Ndiraya spoke to the media at Lake Chivero where Dynamos FC were taking part in a team-building/bonding exercise)

Dembare executive imposing players on Ndiraya?

DYNAMOS could be headed for yet another disastrous season following reports the executive is imposing players on the technical team led by Tonderai Ndiraya.

The Glamour Boys had a near catastrophic term last year after the team chefs emotionally released players en masse without consulting then head coach Lloyd Chigowe.

Chigowe, who had been roped in to save the club from relegation late in the 2018 season, was left without any option but to resort to inexperienced novices including Tino Muringai, Jarrison Selemani, Emmanuel Jai, Tawanda Chisi and Nigel Katawa, who was coming straight from high school.

The move almost backfired terribly for DeMbare as they struggled for form in the early stages of the marathon as the Premiership proved too heavy a task for the greenhorns.

Naturally, Chigowe was made the sacrificial lamb and he was replaced by Ndiraya.

Ndiraya only managed to stabilise the shaky squad after bringing in some experienced players in the mid-season transfer window with the addition of Archford Gutu, Simba Nhivi, Godknows Murwira and Evans Katema.

Nevertheless, Dynamos finished a distant ninth in the league and Ndiraya had reiterated at the end of the season that he would be looking to beef up the squad ahead of the 2020 season.
The former Ngezi Platinum Stars gaffer is understood to have submitted his wish-list to the executive way back in October last year.

But the DeMbare executive has reportedly gone against the mentor’s wishes, instead signing players who Ndiraya never recommended.
The central defensive position was the team’s Achilles heel last term where Chisi, Munyaradzi Mawadza, Jimmy Tigere and Godfrey Mukambi were rotated and the Glamour Boys have since enlisted the services of former player Partson Jaure from Manica Diamonds.
Though Ndiraya is a big fan of Jaure, having previously worked with the Warriors defender at Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum, it is not clear whether he gave the player’s signing the thumbs-up.
While Ndiraya’s affinity for young blood is well documented, what he said at the end of the season pertaining the way he wants his troops to line up for the 2020 season seems to be at odds with opening the doors to more young players.

But the executive has since brought in Tanaka Chidhobha from Prince Edward Academy and another youngster Nkosi Mhlanga from Yadah.

Team manager Richard Chihoro yesterday said signing of players was done with the technical team’s blessings and there was nothing amiss inasfar as the signings done so far were concerned. Dynamos spokesperson Tinashe Farawo scoffed at suggestions the executive was acting against the coach’s will.

Ndiraya last week told the media that he was not aware of the signings being done by the team.

“We know how to act in a professional manner. Dynamos is not a rag-tag team but an institution with millions of people behind that badge. We know the ethos and essence of corporate governance and we can’t do business in such an uncivilised way. The coach gave us his wish-list long back, maybe three or four months ago and we are simply chasing after those players,” said Farawo.

“We will never try to embarrass ourselves and go against the coach’s will. He recommended certain players and they are the ones whom we are following up and taking on board. So suggestions that we are signing players whom he did not recommend are off the mark.”
Farawo also dismissed suggestions the team was going to off-load eight players including Katawa, Muringai and Mukambi, saying the coach is yet to submit the names of those he wanted released.