Chiefs’ inconsistency their biggest battle

KAIZER Chiefs’ biggest battle isn’t with their opponents on the pitch - it’s with themselves. Until the club fixes their internal disarray, moments of progress like Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup win will remain fleeting.

- MIHLALI BALEKA

Amakhosi returned to winning ways on Sunday at a packed Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto, after beating AS Simba 3-1 to progress to the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup. But be that as it may, not all is well at the club.

They remain coachless after deciding to part ways with head coach Nasreddine Nabi owing to issues of mistrust and coaching licences, replacing him with his former assistant coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef until the end of the season.

The retention of Kaze and Ben Youssef was questionable. If Chiefs no longer wanted Nabi, they should have let him go along with the rest of his technical team, especially considering that it was the head coach who brought in his backroom staff.

Sure, Kaze and Youssef are qualified coaches in their own right with adequate credentials, but they don't fit the role or character of the coach that Chiefs need. The team need someone with a strong track record and a big personality befitting the club’s calibre.