The most fascinating thing about Ian Gorowa is his philosophy of trying to instill what he calls a “winning habit” into the Warriors.
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A winning culture is something that is not synonymous with the national team. Being dubbed Africa’s “nearly men” for their close misses on major tournaments, the Warriors have remained whipping boys.
Gorowa’s predecessors would always boldly spell their ambitions to take the Warriors to the World Cup, but it would all be in vain.
Now, the big question is, how is Gorowa going to succeed in achieving that winning habit.
Indications so far are that Gorowa has pinned all his hopes on players based in South Africa whose history shows that they have contributed less to our success. Of course we have a handicap that most of our players are in South Africa and a few are in Europe.
But showing reliance on the Mzansi-based boys would inspire every young aspiring footballer in Zimbabwe to dream of ultimately playing for Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates instead of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
The stark reality in African football is that the success of our West and North African counterparts has been brought by European-based players.
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Without taking anything away from our local or South African- based players, we should make full use of our overseas-based guys.
A player like Costa Nhamoinesu is playing for a respected club in Europe and can easily fit into the Nigerian or Cameroonian team.
Nyasha Mushekwi looks like a West African in his built and is the biggest signing ever made by Belgian club KV Oostende.
Where do we get the temerity to ignore someone like Bradley Pritchard who is playing Championship football in England?
How about always benching Quincy Antipas?
We really got the nerves hey.
Egypt largely employs local-based players, but that is incomparable to us relying on players in South Africa because the Egyptian league is highly competitive with testimonies being continental dominance of their clubs Al Ahly, Zamalek and Ismailia.
Even the current Egyptian star Mohamed Salah is based in Switzerland.
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