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Tadious Manyepo, Harare Bureau

DYNAMOS have given coach Herbert “Jompano” Maruwa and his backroom staff a two-match ultimatum from which the Glamour Boys should pick maximum points to avoid being fired.

DeMbare have picked four points in the last five matches out of a possible 15 and have dropped to eighth on the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table.

Although they are only five points behind log leaders Ngezi Platinum Stars, it is the manner in which the giants have performed over the past five weeks that has raised questions over the team’s capacity to fight for the honours.

The Dynamos Human Capital Committee which is chaired by executive vice chairman Vincent Chawonza yesterday agreed that Maruwa and his technical department should win both their upcoming two matches or leave their posts.

The Glamour Boys play against ZPC Kariba at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday before they play  against Black Rhinos at the same venue next week.

What is probably in Maruwa’s favour is that his team will be at at home for the two matches and playing in front of their supporters against teams that are not doing well.

The Dynamos Human Capital Committee meets after every five games to review the club’s performance and the future of the technical team was high on the agenda yesterday.

Dynamos executive chairman Moses Maunganidze told our sister paper the Herald, that the Human Capital Committee noted with concern the bad performance that the team has dished over the past five games.

The Glamour Boys last won a match on April 30 when they beat rivals CAPS United 2-0 in a well-attended derby at the National Sports Stadium.

Thereafter they had goalless draws against Herentals, Triangle, Cranborne Bullets and Highlanders before they lost 2-1 to Ngezi Platinum Stars last Sunday.

The 2-1 loss to Ngezi Platinum Stars at Baobab in a match they scored first in an opening half they largely dominated, summed up the lean month.

“The Human Capital Committee meets after every five games to review the performance of the team. 

“Today the committee went at length discussing the poor showing by the team in May. 

“We failed to win any match and obviously, the committee had to set some conditions as a way forward,” said Maunganidze.

He said it was resolved that the team should win the next two games without fail or the technical team will be restructured.

Maruwa and his backroom staff were informed of the decision.

According to the minutes, the Human Capital Committee noted:

 1.That the success ratio for the team in the last 5 games and season to date is below expectation in terms of accumulated points.

2.That the good workmanship being demonstrated by all arms of the club should ultimately translate into positive and expected results .

3.That the league is a marathon and as such the team should periodically check if it’s in tandem with set deliverables so that in good faith corrective measures may be taken timeously.

4. In the circumstances the team should collect , without fail , 6 points from our next 2 fixtures against ZPC Kariba FC and Black Rhinos FC . 

5. That should the team fail to collect the 6 points, due process will unfold leading to restructuring of the technical team. 

6. That the Club would continue to render all support necessary to the current technical team should it meet the set targets. 

“Meanwhile, the Club would like to assure the Dynamos Football Club family that the measures taken today are meant to bolster the 2023 campaign which should be consistent with the Club’s high performance targets. 

“We appeal to the fans and other stakeholders to remain calm as the team goes through the performance – based phase of our campaign for 2023.

“Our greatest inspiration comes from our fans and they remain at the centre of our success”.