THE Warriors of Zimbabwe are this week coming together for two World Cup Qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria with Marvelous Nakamba the captain of the side.
We are happy that Nakamba is the leader of the side although there is growing belief that Marshall Munetsi should have been the captain of the Zimbabwean ship.
Munetsi is battling with injury and Nakamba is available and if the form he showed in the 1-1 draw against Liverpool is anything to go by, then Nakamba is the man.
On the premise of the showing against Liverpool, Nakamba is, according to national coach Baltemar Brito, the obvious choice to lead the Warriors of Zimbabwe.
The question is: Is Nakamba the right choice for captaincy or he was chosen on the basis that he plays for a team in the EPL, which to our assessment is like Cranborne Bullets in Zimbabwe.
Does Nakamba have the leadership qualities of the likes of Peter Ndlovu and Knowledge Musona when he looks shy and out of sorts in the EPL.
Since his days at Vitesse and later on at Aston Villa, Nakamba has always been a shy character who feels other players are bigger than him, and there is no way he, and even at that age, can lead a national team.
He has to prove that he is the right man to lead Zimbabwe after the exploits of Peter Ndlovu and Knowledge Musona who led the Warriors to Afcon finals and Ephraim Chawanda of the Dream Team days.
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What is good about Nakamba is that he has risen from being a small boy in the dusty streets of Hwange to become one of our heroes in the PSL
What some of us are strongly worried about is his mental strength to lead a national team to battle against the likes of the Super of Nigeria when he himself lacks confidence in his own ability.
Already an Aston Villa reject and now a Luton strong midfield anchor, he has failed to live up to what most Zimbabweans expected.
After all, Zimbabwe as a nation needs fresh inspiration rather than recycling the old players who have failed over and over again including the Nakambas.
As we leave for Kigali for the double header against Rwanda and Nigeria, we have to take note of the fact that we have little chances of making it to the next round.
Simply because we have a coach, captain and an administration that has no clue of the direction which we should take.
In conclusion, we repeat that again our World Cup campaign is in smoke before the dream has even started.
After all, it’s not about Nakamba, we should not dream too much. If we get one point, we will be lucky.
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