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<\/a><\/p>\nAbdallah Mubiru<\/p>\n
3 December 2011<\/p>\n
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Dar es Salaam \u2014 BOBBY Williamson has promised to wield the axe on a number of Cranes flops if there is no drastic improvement in the ongoing CECAFA Challenge Cup tournament.<\/p>\n
The Scot’s reaction followed his side’s sluggish display in the 1-0 defeat to Burundi last Thursday.<\/p>\n
“If you abuse this chance, you never know I may never consider you for future national duties.<\/p>\n
“My task right now is to assemble a serious team that will face Congo Brazzaville early next year for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier,” Williamson reminded his players during a team briefing yesterday.<\/p>\n
In the build-up to the regional tournament, Williamson’s focus was identifying a group of players that would replace a majority of Cranes’ first team ageing stars ahead of the 2013 Nation’s Cup preliminary play-off with Congo and 2014 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n
However, Thursday’s defeat to Burundi left him concerned.<\/p>\n
Williamson has had four days to revise his side’s game plan and hopes for a better display in their quarterfinal fixture against either hosts Tanzania or Zimbabwe on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Moses Oloya, Robert Ssentongo and defender Henry Kalungi, who have had partial contributions in the group matches will be accorded more playing time.<\/p>\n
Team captain Andrew Mwesigwa will return from suspension while Abbey Dhaira has shown marginal improvement since going down with malaria.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Rwanda thumped Djibouti 5-2 to finish top of Group ‘A’ while Ethiopia were eliminated from Group ‘C’ following a 1-1 draw with Malawi.<\/p>\n
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