Date: 13/11/2024.
Kaizer Chiefs has came a long way to be where it is at the moment. Chiefs was known for winning trophies, which isn't happening for the past decade and that's a concern for the fans and club management. All they want to see is Amakhosi back to glory days and competing silverware rather than just adding numbers in the Betway Premiership. Although there was changes in their technical team by bringing in the services of Nasreddine Nabi, but he hasn't quiet got the team to tick. However, some players have been able to shine under his leadership, but it's not a constant thing.
The mood and eager to do better at Naturena has improved which is something special that Nabi and his technical team has brought to the side this far. Despite struggling with getting positive results, as they were last trashed 4-0 by Mamelodi Sundowns in the Carling Knockout quarter-finals, but the youngsters have been showered with compliments for their efforts. Now, the renowned football agent Mike Makaab has stated what's going wrong at Chiefs which will have to be changed if they want to clinch trophies. "Look, I have always been an advocate of playing young players, because the only way young players develop is if they, in my opinion, are thrown into the deep end... but there is a time and place to throw them in,” Makaab said on Gagasi FM's Extra Time.
Makaab felt that Nabi's match day squad or starting eleven is filled with youngsters and they're put in compromise positions. Although, the likes of Mfundo Vilakazi, Samkelo Zwane and Mduduzi Shabalala have been doing well for Amakhosi, but they've been thrown in the deep end. This isn't something that the technical team should accept, because youngsters needs experienced players to guide them throughoit the match. "It’s very difficult to bring in a group of youngsters when the team is still struggling to find its rhythm, to find consistency," Makaab said on Gagasi FM's Extra Time.