It appears Walter Nyamilandu and his cohorts at The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) have settled for football legend Ernest Mtawali as their sacrificial coach for the Flames and Burundian Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan who is coach for local giants Big Bullets will be his assistant.
Being a national Team head coach of any country is an honorable thing, but not for the Malawi Flames a team that has seen many good coaches fail for lack of direction from the top. Walter Nyamilandu has guided Malawi Football to one of its worst period and yet he stays the top man without any blame. The Minister of Sports should force his dismissal. Walter Nyamilandu appears to not answer to anyone in the country.
The new coaches will be replacing Young Chimodzi and jack Chamangwana who were sacked on 14 June 2015, following the Flames humbling 2-1 loss to Zimbabwe in a 2017 AFCON qualifier. Also in Group L are Swaziland and Guinea.
Mtawali and Ramadhan have been successful from a short list of four coaches who included Eddingtone Ng’onamo and Gilbert Chirwa.
They were interviewed on Thursday, according to FAM General Secretary, Suzgo Nyirenda.
Mtawali does not have a record as an elite coach yet, but if Walter Nyamilandu was not in the picture, the former midfield maestro has potential to be successful.
The Malawi Flames get their first assignments in the World Cup qualifiers against neighbor Tanzania