Power Dynamos coach Danny Kabwe has heaped praise on teen striker Patson Daka stating that he is the ranks of Zambian greats ‘Ucar’ Chitalu and Kelvin Mutale.
Daka has emerged as Power’s top striker in the 2016 season after he got after getting a revival once Kabwe took over as coach at Arthur Davies Stadium.
“Terrific player; look at his speed, look at his jumps, look at his shots. I think we have a Malaza (Kelvin Mutale) or ‘Ucar’ Godfrey Chitalu in the making,” Kabwe told reporters earlier this month.
“All we need to do is just support him. Criticising a young player is not healthy.
“Look at him, he has a strong character, even after what he has gone through and is now standing up to be our local player top goal scorer in the country.
The 18 year old has has scored 12 goals this season and recently attended trials at Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.
Daka is currently with the U20 national team at the Cosafa tournament.
patson needs to be groomed well
Great news on this kid. He’s talented for sure, but I think a lot of coaches tried to rush him at the national team level
I agree. He was rushed.
When I first watched him play in one of the junior tournaments sponsored by mtn I right away phoned my brother Vinkubala to tell him that there is a gem in Zambia Watchout for him. I was very much impressed by his aerial strength. While the coach is seeing Malaza or Chitalu in him I saw David Bagkemp(sp).
All talk for nothing, young players like him(Kelechi Iheanacho, Iwobi) are playing big boy football in England and you want to tell me this kid is good, how about coaching the kid and setting his ambition to the likes of those West Africans that always aim high instead of praising this kid so he can grow a big heard right there in Zambia, please Malaza and Ucar where no ordinary players, don’t insult them like that. If Mbesuma was not drinking chibuku and doing all that nonsense when he was 21-25 years old and banging in hatricks, then maybe, just maybe we would be putting him in that conversation, not this Daka kid. Please narture him and teach him to be lethal on the goal then come back and run your mouth, we might want to hear that, until then, please spare us this nonsense. Thank you.
Either way I hope he continues to stay focused and not listen to all these baseless praises.Good luck, we all need him to be great.
The small stature of our footballers does not help us in terms of development. Our west african counterparts are physically well endowed while most of us Zambian’s are not physically developed by 18 years that in it self is a disadvantage. Even Moses Sichone came to look for players in Zambia he failed citing the small stature of our players as being a disadvantage except for exceptional players like Chisamba Lungu. All the players currently playing in Europe from Zambia are fairly physically well endowed but not to the level of the west africans.
Point,That’s very true.
Thats very true bro. players like SAte Sate, Mbola, Evans Kangwa are failing to make it in Europe mainly because of their size. If Drogba had the stature of Sate Sate he would have not gone anywhere. Sinkala Andrew was one of the most talented players this country has ever produced and was quickly snapped up by German giants bayern muniche but failed to make the grade because of size.
Let’s not bring the boy down playing in europe or England does not means that someone is a good player,kelenchi qualify the nigerian under17 to the world cup that’s why he is in england and alex iwob was born in england that’s why he play for arsenal so as for patson daka let’s just encourage the young lad to do better not to discourage him.patson don’t listern to these people who are bring you down continue working hard
I’m one of the few people on this blog who believe that you are a good player don’t listen to these arm chair critics who always call innocent people corrupt just concetrate working hard young man
Don’t listen to stupid people like TC Soccer man. …Stumpy and John. ….Patson is headed for big things….keep encouraging him back coach
“stupid people like TC Soccer man. …Stumpy and John.” Take a look in the mirror, I think you are more stupid than I am, fool, don’t get me started, I deserve to have an opinion/critic as much as all you fools that think you know it all.
I don’t think anyone disputes that this is a very talented player. Yes we have the odd shallow blogger who does not see the bigger picture and goes on a rant to call the player names but for the most part what most of the bloggers were saying was that the boy was being rushed into the senior national teams. He clearly was not ready but the ususal suspect was busy trying to make a quick buck by getting him fused into the senior teams so that he (the official at the time) could fix a deal that would fatten his own wallet.
Ok Malaza and Ucar are a stretch to far to make a comparison truth be told but the lad is very talented and now that he is club focused and in the junior side the results of his talent are finally bearing fruit.
Don’t rush him into the senior side even if he emerges top scorer at COSAFA. From here it should be the Olympic teams (U23) then the senior team.
Precisely, let him go through the motions of under 20, 23, COSAFA senior, CECAFA etc, otherwise talent he has.
For sure Daka was too rushed to the senior national team,reason is very simple. FAZ only care about the senior team forgeting that in junior teams is were all the learning skills of a footballer starts from bcoz u can not teach a player how to trap a ball at senior level no. that is why even wen a seed is germinating it always starts with a centre root for it to have a balance to stand.
kuloleshafye
Maradona, Iniesta, Xavi, Surarez, Messi,thats the best there is and the best there will ever be. It is notn always the size thing its technical ability – Speed, ball control, flair etc in equal measure – can overcome the size or stature advantage. We have to identify other key qualities in our own league starting from the academy system to the national team and then our players will be asked to play in Europe. No rocket science or pull him down syndrome can change that. Kuloleshakofye mwandi. And Patson will never be Ucar or Malaza, he will always be his own man and will define his destiny. Tell you what to start with our future talent dont even own their own footballs, very, very, very sad fact. People should donate more footballs to young stars. I am actually sharing a football with a few kids who come to my madala’sb team. I know our problem in in this country.
Bilic on Sturidge: “He’s one of the biggest talents, he’s a great player. The talent is there, the touch, the finishing, everything is great.
We do have the talent in zambia but the problem is, FAZ only care about senior national team, not knowing that at junior level is were talent can be natured accordingly. even for a seed to germinate it starts with a centre root for it to have a balance wen growing before starts holding its leaves. hope FAZ members they do go thru these messages
Opinion: Kazala Should Stop Behaving Like A “Rabid Dog”
Since assuming the position of FAZ vice-president, Richard Kazala has displayed some disturbing tendencies operating outside his mandate. Kazala has undermined his boss Andrew Kamanga on the premise he is the most popular of the two.
It was clear from the onset following the election of this executive committee in March this year that Kazala wanted to take centre stage in steering the ship. Acting on rumours, Kazala went atop to issue press statements without the approval of the executive committee barely a week in office. That set the tone there was to be a showdown.
Far from guessing, Kazala was obviously acting without thinking. He has harangued Kamanga even through to his suspension. It’s this mentality that made Kazala defy an audit directive, FAZ/FIFA statues and his president about executive committee members not discharging administrative functions.
As fate would have, that defiance led Kazala to dipping his fingers deep into funds that did not belong to his business. Suddenly, his fingers participated in the disappearance of K150, 000 which should go towards sustaining Zambian football.
And now Kazala wants to claim procedural impropriety in his suspension. Let’s face it, there are questions Kazala has not answered and in the absence of an explanation from him and his accomplice Blackwell Siwale, the duo is guilty of defrauding FAZ and its poor members.
i) Did Kazala and Siwale transact on behalf of FAZ?
ii) Is Kazala and Siwale authorized to do such business on behalf of FAZ without express permission from ExCo?
iii) How much did Kazala and Siwale collect?
iv) What did Kazala and Siwale declare?
v) Where is the difference? What is their version?
Both Kazala and Siwale must respond to these legitimate questions that led to their suspensions instead of jumping around with poorly crafted press statements that are only exposing their inconsistencies. Kamanga has put through, as instructed by the constitution, strong grounds to demonstrate Kazala and Siwale grossly misconducted themselves.
It does not help Kazala to be yapping in the media about Kamanga not following procedure. Kamanga, backed by article 28 of the FAZ constitution, acted in public interest to safeguard public funds. That is by any standard more paramount than what Kazala wants his supporters to believe. The funds Kalaza has chewed don’t belong to Kamanga either. He, too, has a duty to protect public coffers because the buck stops at him. It would have been highly irresponsible of Kamanga to watch Kazala wantonly abuse public funds in the manner they did in the old order.
This is why the legal opinion given by the FAZ legal committee throws its full weight behind Kamanga’s decision. And in case Kazala does not know, which is obvious, there is an exception to every rule. If Kazala’s defence is that he would not recognize the suspension because the FAZ president did not follow procedure, he is certainly pushing an already open door; a losing battle because there are what are known as extenuating circumstances when considering decision making.
Kamanga has both and implied and express duty to protect the integrity of FAZ. And acting on Kazala as prescribed in article 28 is one of them. Assuming article 28 did not exist, Kamanga could still have acted in similar ways because the circumstances justify such action. Conversely, Kazala does not have any ground to justify his theft because there was no basis to act on behalf of the secretariat which is fully staffed.
Read what Kazala says; “Mr Kamanga is the worst FAZ president, he has no regard for the executive committee who are supposed to be his supervisors.”
Firstly, Kazala is the worst vice-president to have served FAZ. By the way, how did he stoop so low? From a deputy sports minister to a kawayawaya committee member and now a ceremonial vice-president whose powers are only at the whims of the president. The idiot could not even gather courage to challenge the FAZ presidency and thinks Kamanga got it on a silver platter.
Kazala further claims that “the FIFA rule is that the president and general secretary should implement policies and draw authority from the executive.” Kamanga is quoting the FIFA statutes and FAZ constitution in his report, where is your authority Mr Kazalaski? Can you support your arguments not just ulebwata bwata kwati nimbwa ya mpele.
Kazala says, “these alleged suspensions are invalid, provisions of the constitution were not followed. I am still the FAZ vice-president.” Surely, whoever is advising Kazala is doing this man a huge disservice. The best Kazala would do is to engage into self-introspection, admit his infraction and make amends. Going on a warpath is not helping Kazala; it’s working against him.
It’s important for Kazala to realise that long gone is the time when they shared match appearance fees as if it were grounds nuts. Yes, he can buy a few souls here and there but not every councilllor is a merchandise ready to auction Zambian football.
Zambian football councilors are some of the most sophisticated decision makers. Their interest lies in Zambian game and not individuals. They have demonstrated this before and they are ready to show Kazala that those peanuts he is cheating them with are nothing but useless gifts.
Clearly, Kazala is misguided. Whatever white stuff he is sniffing, it is not ordinary chalk or lime. He must tone down on the grade of the white stuff going down his system. He may have a better perception of things although we all know that matters of the constitution are beyond his comprehension.
Don’t start on Kazala, his pathetic cadres on this site will attack you. You should not have an opinion remember that.
This Kazala sounds like a ridiculous clown
Anso ba ZAMFOOT ,where are my posts ?MWALAMBONA AMATAKO SODA