Chiefs’ hesitation turns promise into regression

KAIZER Chiefs’ eight-game winless run from open play is no fluke. It’s the result of hesitation, muddled thinking, and indecision at the very top of South Africa’s most decorated football club.

- SMISO MSOMI

When a team of Chiefs’ magnitude finds itself fourth on the Betway Premiership table, yet separated by just three points from 10th-placed Marumo Gallants, the issue is clearly structural, not situational.

Chiefs’ current crisis is not born on the pitch — it’s cultivated in the boardroom.

The club’s decision to sack head coach Nasreddine Nabi after his first league defeat of the season is the latest example of poor executive judgment.

If Chiefs truly doubted Nabi’s long-term suitability, then why give him a full preseason to rebuild, recruit and redefine the team’s style? Why wait until the campaign had already taken shape to pull the trigger?

This wasn’t a shock decision either. Rumours of Nabi’s potential exit had circulated as early as last season — even after he delivered the Nedbank Cup.