Fixture congestion worries BMC
Thato Kala | Tuesday December 3, 2013 15:31
The club manager Nelson Radijeng has said he is worried about injuries to players while the coach Daniel 'Chicco' Nare has said the congestion is against FIFA rules.
BMC face the second successive hectic period of three games in six days this week. The Lobatse side was supposed to play BDF XI in a Mascom Top Eight clash last night before taking on Mochudi Centre Chiefs tomorrow in a league match and then Flamengo Santos on Saturday.
Last week, BMC played three games against Wonder Sporting on Sunday, Township Rollers on Tuesday and Gaborone United on Saturday.
Radijeng said they have tried to engage the Premier League organisers on the issue, but their efforts did not bear fruit.
'It is very tricky for the players but what can we do? We tried to speak to the Premier League to see if they can assist but it appears there is no way they can assist,' he told Mmegi Sport.
He added that there are already signs of fatigue in the players when they played GU last Thursday.
He believes they lost the game because of player fatigue.
BMC have a backlog of fixtures after they started the campaign late due to an ownership wrangle.
Meanwhile, Radijeng said national team defender, Musa Ohilwe is likely to be signed by the Vietnam club where he went for trial recently. He said they met Ohilwe's agent, Moran Nthoiwa, over the weekend and they were told that there is an offer from Vietnam.
'We met him (Nthoiwa) on Saturday and spoke about a number of things. The team he (Ohilwe) went for trials with has made an offer but we are focusing on the game today (yesterday) and will only be able to weigh the offer tomorrow (today),' he said.
Radijeng said they made it clear to Nthoiwa that they are unhappy with the way Ohilwe left the country to go for trials.