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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>The much-anticipated Sihlangu and other national teams Indaba will be held after the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The revelation was made by Eswatini Football Association (EFA) President Peter \u2018Samora\u2019 Simelane, when asked to shed light on when the summit would be hosted, amid the poor run of form Sihlangu is in. The Dominic Kunene-led troops suffered defeats in the two games they have played, losing 1-0 and 2-0 to Libya and Cape Verde respectively.<\/b><\/p>\n

The president announced, during the ordinary general assembly, that they would take a giant leap to end the disastrous performance of the national teams on the big stages. He announced plans to convene a summit of their members to discuss and establish national teams\u2019 development strategies. Members of the EFA are the four regional football bodies, the Premier League of Eswatini (PLE), referees, coaches and women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n

Simelane when contacted yesterday revealed that all attention would be shifted towards the summit after the World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been delayed by the World Cup qualifiers. The summit is in the pipeline, we will do it. We are just looking for a suitable time and it is a must-hold event,\u201d Simelane said. He, however, said they were yet to decide on the format of the Indaba, views from every citizen of the country and football stakeholders would be welcome who want the improvement of the squads. \u2018Samora\u2019 also disclosed that among other agendas, once the international assignments had subsided, they would review Head Coach Kunene\u2019s contract. The review was deferred last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the issue of the coach\u2019s contract we are yet to meet as an executive and receive his reports,\u201d he said. Some football experts and supporters have voiced out their expectations from the summit and have some tall orders for EFA which among them was allow the supporters to have a voice in the appointment of Sihlangu coaches.<\/p>\n

Among those, who welcomed the initiative was the Eswatini National Supporters Committee (ENCA) Chairperson Menzi \u2018Madlakadlaka\u2019 Dladla, who said they would appreciate the opportunity to voice out their concerns as supporters of the national teams. \u201cWe would appreciate such an opportunity to voice out some of our concerns, we have suffered enough and it seems our cries fall on deaf ears. It is not about supporting per se, but supporting a dead body at times is not proper,\u201d Dladla said.<\/p>\n

Challenges<\/b><\/p>\n

He said some of their burning challenges were the issues of the technical bench, which according to him, should incorporate junior national teams coaches. \u201cThere is a reason why there are Under-17s, 20s and 23s. These coaches must be the assistants of the senior team\u2019s head coach. This will ensure that there is a single and unified philosophy of Sihlangu and transitioning of the players from these teams will be guaranteed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said this would curb incidents where players were selected into the national team willy-nilly without being seen if they would deliver.<\/p>\n

\u201cthe issue of home ground could not be emphasized enough as the national team players will never reach their potential as they do not enjoy mass support from local fans and home ground advantage,\u201d he said. On the other hand, Social and Recreational Games Eswatini (SARGE) President Nathi Dlamini said national teams needed a proper turnaround strategy and revealed that there was still hope with the performance of Sihlangu. \u201cThe first thing to do is to identify coaches who have hunger and have delivered exceptionally previously, locally and beyond the border, for the technical bench. We must adopt the format of Sibaya and let the shortlisted coaches campaign publicly during the summit on their promises,\u201d Dlamini said.<\/p>\n

Philosophy<\/b><\/p>\n

He said some coaches do not have a coaching philosophy, which needed public vetting before being entrusted with national duties.<\/p>\n

He further said the Sports Bill must pass through parliament, as it has taken more time or else, if it fails, it must be made mandatory for companies to fund teams from club level. \u201cThis will inspire the teams as players will not only strive to play locally, but beyond the border, which will increase the pool of international players,\u201d the SARGE president said.<\/p>\n

Apart from the poor start to the qualifiers for Sihlangu, the national women\u2019s Under-20s bowed out of next year\u2019s FIFA Junior Women\u2019s World Cup with an 8-1 trouncing on aggregate by Ghana. Meanwhile, the senior women\u2019s national team Sitsebe was knocked out of the 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Qualifiers by Burkina Faso in September.<\/p>\n

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