Looming Chan should make regional tournament crucial

When the tournament ends, coach Bobby can only be pleased if he emerges with a team strong enough to compete at Chan and make a go at the 2015 Afcon qualifiers.

Ssentogo has become an important squad player and this is the chance to push his case further whereas Umony has faded since scoring the lone goal to beat Kenya in the 2008 Cecafa final.

Bobby and the federation have a chicken and egg situation. Most times, winning means everything and in our case, success is only viewed in terms of trophies. If Cranes fail to win, it will be easy for the public to scream that the decisions to leave out Mwesigwa, Mawejje and others were totally wrong.

The bigger picture is lost in such discussions especially at a time when there is hardly anything to be positive about in Ugandan football as two leagues run co-currently.
These fights have drained the public sympathy and failure to win Cecafa for a 13th time will feel like a total letdown.

ikigongo@ug.nationmedia.com