Chiefs face evolution, not excuses, in crucial season

KAIZER Chiefs enter the 2025/26 Betway Premiership season with the pressure of evolution rather than just restoration.

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The club has spent the last few years chasing stability and dignity, but the expectation now is to chase silverware — with no excuses. Nasreddine Nabi’s second campaign in charge must

go beyond the promise of progress. Chiefs fans are done clinging to signs of improvement - they want results. And with no MTNS participation after finishing 10th last season, the path to silverware is narrowed. But that may also provide an unintended advantage: time.

With fewer fixtures early on, the “next level” for Chiefs must be to build a consistent identity - a clear way of playing - and ruthlessly execute it.