{"id":60372,"date":"2018-02-08T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T06:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=60372"},"modified":"2018-02-08T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T06:22:45","slug":"new-recruits-impress-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/02\/08\/new-recruits-impress-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"New recruits impress coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coaches for Be Forward Wanderers, Nyasa Big Bullets and Masters Security FC have heaped praises on their new recruits ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/nomads-in-derby-delight\/\">beating Bullets 2-0 in a strength-testing match<\/a> in preparation for the Caf Champions League match against AS Vita on Sunday, Wanderers Head Coach, Yasin Osman, did not hide his excitement with the new recruits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready for the game against Vita but I am also happy with the performance of the new players. It is not easy to settle quickly in a new team but they are improving every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nomads signed Blessings Tembo, Nikiza Aimable, Dennis Chembezi, William Thole, Dan Kumwenda, Mischek Botoman and Peter Cholopi.<\/p>\n<p>All the new players, save for Botoman who is injured, have featured for Wanderers in strength-testing matches.<\/p>\n<p>Bullets assistant Coach, Elia Kananji, said it was great that the new players have adapted quickly to their system of play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the new players performed beyond our expectations during the games against Wanderers and Masters. I hope that they will be ready before the new season,\u201d said<\/p>\n<p>Kananji, whose side 2-0 on Sunday at Bingu National Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Bullets have signed Righteous Banda, Patrick Phiri and Precious Phiri from Civil Sporting Club, Premier Bet Wizards and Azam Tigers, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Sankhani Mkandawire has also re-joined the club, having terminated his contract with Mbeya City Council FC of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Masters Head Coach, Abasi Makawa, said their new players have added stability to his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still need some players before the season starts but, at the moment, I am happy with the players,\u201d said Makawa whose side has lost two out of three friendlies.<\/p>\n<p>Mas ters bols tered their squad with Rafik Mussa, Kondwani Lufeyo (from Wanderers), Zeliat Nkhoma, Suwedi Limbani (from Moyale Barracks) and Chimwemwe Kumkwawa from Mzuni FC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaches for Be Forward Wanderers, Nyasa Big Bullets and Masters Security FC have heaped praises on their new recruits ahead of next season. Speaking after beating Bullets 2-0 in a strength-testing match in preparation for the Caf Champions League match against AS Vita on Sunday, Wanderers Head Coach, Yasin Osman, did not hide his excitement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60377,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60372\/revisions\/60377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}