After leaving Lubumbashi Sport I decided to look for another job straight away. After a couple of failed interviews I landed the job of Medeama Sporting Club who were in the Ghanaian Premier Division. They were languishing near the bottom of the table of the goal was safety. Well until I accepted the job I didn't realise it would be just like managing Lubumbashi all over again. They had very little wage budget, the squad was very young and pretty rubbish and unless a miracle happened they would just be fighting relegation every year.
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My first game in charge was a victory in the national cup competition. This was followed by a win against the team who were bottom of the league. We were unlucky in our next game as we led twice but were pegged back both times. The next game was when the size of the task hit me and after being battered 9-0 I decided that having this all over again wasn't for me and I resigned.
The job hunt started again but with resigning from 2 clubs and my finances being pretty **** both times my job prospects weren't looking that great. I had a couple of interviews but nothing concrete until a team in the Cameroon 2nd division came calling.
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The team were called Lion Ngoma. They were just above the relegation zone but there main aim was to finish in the top half. Even though the finances weren't great at least it was a representation of every other cub in the league and I felt I could actually accomplish something here.
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My first game came on the 24/04 and I managed to win my first game in charge 1-0. This boosted morale and we went on a 7 game winning run that pushed up the table much to the delight of the fans. We lost the next game but winning the next 3 after that didn't dent the confidence. That's when the blip came and 1 win in 6 threatened to de rail our good season. Thankfully our run in was against teams fighting relegation and 4 wins in out last 5 made sure we finished the season on a high.
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After losing our 3r to last game of the season I thought our chances of promotion were over but 2 resounding wins and other results falling our way meant that next season we wold be plying our trade in the top tier of Cameroon football.
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We also had a very good cup run were we managed to get to the semi finals before we were beaten by the league leaders of the 1st division. The cup run didn't do us any favours though as most of the games were played at the end of the season so we found ourselves nearly playing every other day to keep up wth both schedules.
So my aim for next season now is to stay in the top division comfortably and boost my reputation as well as repairing the damage to my managing finances tab.
