Itumeleng Khune urges Kaizer Chiefs to belief South African expertise going ahead.
The Glamour Boys proceed to grapple with a goalkeeping disaster, and membership legend Khune believes he is aware of precisely learn how to repair it. Chiefs, as soon as a powerhouse of South African soccer, have struggled to discover a dependable primary since Khune’s golden years got here to an in depth.
In a determined bid to plug the hole, Chiefs signed Rwandan goalkeeper Fiacre Ntwari. Nevertheless, after a shaky begin to the season, Bruce Bvuma changed him and with virtually one-third of the season now behind them, the state of affairs stays removed from secure.
The numbers paint a grim image, Chiefs have conceded a staggering 29 objectives in simply 24 league matches. Shockingly, they’ve let in additional objectives than SuperSport United, a staff languishing in fifteenth place on the Premiership desk.
Khune requires a SA goalkeeper coach to revive Chiefs’ glory
Talking in an interview on the TimesLIVE YouTube channel, Khune didn’t mince his phrases. He believes the reply lies not simply within the gamers, however within the teaching workers.
“What is occurring at Chiefs is heart-breaking for any Chiefs fan, as a result of this isn’t what we’re used to. Keep in mind, in the event you look again, Chiefs have all the time produced nice goalkeepers and also you knew there’s a primary and quantity two was not far off from primary,” Khune stated.
Khune confused that international affect within the goalkeeper division has stunted native improvement and harm the nationwide staff.
“However with the present technology, there’s an enormous hole, we lack goalkeeper coaches. Foreigners occupy the primary, what does it do for our nationwide staff? When Ronwen (Williams) isn’t match, we battle (solely) now Sipho Chaine is coming into the image,” he defined.
Khune emphasised that bringing in a South African goalkeeper coach may reignite the aggressive spirit that when outlined Chiefs’ keepers.
“You want a goalkeeper coach who’s South African, who will push you to virtually Ronwen’s stage, that’s what used to occur at Chiefs. There was a season Brian Baloyi and Rowen Fernandez have been rotating, competitors was tight. After them, our technology, myself, Good (Khuzwayo) and Reyaad Pieterse, we weren’t far off. The primary precedence was clear sheets. The present technology, I don’t know what’s occurring, in the event that they’re pushing one another,” Khune added.
Native teaching success tales present the way in which ahead
Khune’s level finds strong backing in current success tales. Orlando Pirates’ present quantity two, Sipho Chaine, has flourished below the steering of South African coach Tyron Damons. Equally, Wendell Robinson, who served Mamelodi Sundowns for over a decade till December final yr, performed a vital position in nurturing a number of the PSL’s best goalkeepers.
The proof is evident, when South African arms information the subsequent technology, the outcomes communicate for themselves.
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