WANDERERS’ SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS

Famed Britain story-teller William Shakespeare’s Macbeth play quoted the besieged tyrant king vowing to fight on despite the fierce enemy closing in, than to play the Roman fool and die on his own sword.

 Macbeth, who had been a loyal warrior for the gullible but noble king Duncan of Scotland in the play, had usurped power through a coup under the influence of his over ambitious and power hungry wife, Lady Macbeth, in a tyrannical fashion.

However, the tides were turning against him, as the opposition led by former aide to the late King Duncan, Macduff, closed in on Macbeth.  In the face of adversity, the battle ruffled Macbeth, who uttered the now famous words referring to a scene from another of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Ceaser, when Brutus and Cassius killed themselves with their own swords in the moment of defeat.

How does the above relate to faltering Manzini Wanderers?
It does in a number of ways, as the club that appeared to be on the road to recovery has once again retrogressed due to internal squabbles. 
Since the death of hardworking director Henry ‘Shushu’ Mthethwa in 2006, the hub giants have struggled to even come closer to the heights they scaled during his time. Note that Wanderers last won a trophy in August 2005 during the Swazi Telecom Charity Cup.

‘Shushu’ was at the helm of the club and since then, they have lost four Charity Cup finals in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2016. They have also twice lost the SwaziBank Cup finals in 2009 and 2015.

In the 2010/11 season, they lost the MTN League title only on inferior goal difference to eventual champions Green Mamba to endure what has now become a documented 11-year trophy drought.  It is unbearable really to everyone associated with the club, but if truth be told, they are suffering from self-inflicted wounds.

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