Mammila effect working at Swallows?

Swallows FC Technical Advisor, Morgan Mammila, during his happy days at Chippa United. Image: Twitter

Swallows FC held league champions to a goalless draw on Sunday afternoon at Dobsonville Stadium.

The Sundowns draw follows a 1-0 win over AmaZulu FC in a game that was played on the 1st of April.

Before the AmaZulu win, and the Sundowns draw, Swallows had lost two games in a row, 4-1 against Orlando Pirates, and 1-0 against Lamontville Golden Arrows.

But here is the thing, both of the above losses came before former Chippa United coach, Morgan Mammila was announced as Swallows' Technical Advisor!

Mammila's best achievement as a coach so far, was becoming the first Chippa United coach to win four league games in a row in the Dstv Premiership after taking over the reigns from Daine Klate.

Although things went south after that, Mammila's record remains intact.

Mammila At Swallows....

When he joined the Birds, Mammila found them flirting with relegation.

They had just lost their head coach, Ernst Middendorp to a German club, with Musa Nyatama left at the helm, and had suffered two back-to-back losses.

Two matches after his arrival, Swallows have won one and drawn one, without a goal conceded.

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Could it be the Mammila effect already at work?

Their next two league games will reveal the answer. Swallows will play against Stellenbosch FC on 22 April, and Maritzburg United on Freedom Day.

If Swallows can win both those matches, they will be celebrating freedom from the claws of relegation.

But most importantly, Mammila would have achieved another perfect four, well... Almost perfect four, having drawn against Sundowns. 

We can't rely on a pensioner - Mammila on Broos.

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Swallows FC Technical Advisor, Morgan Mammila is known for not being afraid to shoot from the hip.

The former Chippa United was at it again, calling Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, a pensioner that cannot be relied on to lead the national team back to its former glory.

"How on earth can we rely on pensioners to do a better job than young smart coaches," Mammila said on social media as quoted by goal.com https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/mammila-lunges-into-pensioner-bafana-bafana-coach-broos-we-are-testing-poison-with-our-tongues/blt094fad8090360bc9

"We testing poison with our tongues as South Africans. I saw signs of failure in this coach and people thought I was crazy and clueless."

It is not the first time Mammila has taken a dig at Broos.

During the Qatar 2022 World Cup, while singing Morocco's praises after they made history by being the first African country to reach the World Cup semi-finals, Mammila said Bafana need a younger coach if they are to emulate Morocco, not a 70-year-old pensioner.

"We want to go back to the old Bafana Bafana. We are tired of excuses now. Only young and local national team coaches will do well in their country," he tweeted.

"We must not shy to copy what is working from [the] national team of Morocco and other African countries, who were in the World Cup. A 70-year-old pensioner must stay at home."

Like many South Africans, Mammila has been advocating for Al Ahli Saudi coach, Pitso Mosimane to be recalled to lead Bafana Bafana.

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Broos will be hoping for a win away in Liberia on Tuesday at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, which will see Bafana qualify for Afcon 2024 in Ivory Coast.

Failure to qualify will be yet another disaster for South African football, with Bafana having failed to make the last Afcon edition in Cameroon.