THE woes of the pride of the north, Real Tamale United (RTU), are likely to deepen if efforts are not made to revamp its management, the club’s Old Players Association (ROPA) has warned.
According to the association, the club has been struggling to escape relegation for the past few years and this season has seen the worst of its performances in the league.
“So far, the team has won one match, drawn two and lost seven. It has scored four goals and conceded 10. It is currently glued at the bottom of the league table,” the Chairman of ROPA, Mr Abdallah Kassim stated at a press conference in Tamale.
He expressed the association’s disappointment with the dismal performance of the club and warned of darker days ahead if calls for the restructuring of the club’s management were ignored.
“ROPA has had cause to complain about the way the club is being run in the last three years. We had, hitherto, diagnosed the club’s problems and offered solutions, but our intervention either fell on deaf ears or was treated with contempt,” Mr Kassim stated.
“The association had suggested that the club be overhauled because the board, as it is presently constituted, was not suitable for the governance of the club”, he added.
“If you have a board whose membership has been reduced to three who take decisions based on their personal interests, you cannot have a winning team.
“The club has no visible operational organisational structure and the board has no clearly spelt out roles and responsibilities. Financial prudence and accountability are zero,” the chairman lamented.
He said in addition to all these, the technical team was divided and recruitment of players was based on individual interests and not on comprehensive analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the team.
“We think it has come to a point where decisive action has to be taken to salvage the club from slipping further into the doldrums,” Mr Kassim noted, adding that there was an urgent need for the board and management committee to be reconstituted.
He also recommended the need to reconsider the appointment offered head coach Tellat Uzum and give him a period to deliver good results or face dismissal.
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