'Give Komphela a break,' says Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung

05 April 2016 - 02:19 By Tiyani wa ka Mabasa

Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung has argued that it is not right to judge coach Steve Komphela on his first season at the club. By their standards, Amakhosi have had such a bad season that Motaung has conceded even finishing "second would be great". Chiefs are set to finish the season empty-handed.Motaung, affectionately referred to as "Chincha Guluva", has dropped a strong hint that Komphela will retain his job for next season. Instead, he believes it's the squad that needs improving.  "Our supporters are spoilt and when you lose one or two games, you are not good enough," said Motaung on Monday.While the team is struggling, Motaung expects fans to show their support and, in turn, he'll keep a cool head to try to find solutions."You cannot tell me that Manchester United supporters today won't go to the stadium because they are not challenging for the league."I mean, every game you go to there the stadium is full. There are teams that are right at the bottom of the [English] Premiership and, when they play games, the stadiums are full," he said."It is a question of culture whether the supporters want to go to the stadium and support their teams or they want to go to the stadium to make demands like telling the coach who to play. Our culture is different in South Africa."Our supporters take it too far instead of giving the coach time. In fact, when the team is not doing well that's when you expect the supporters to be rallying behind the team ... If you are a chairman of a club, you must act like a leader."A leader must not be lost with the crowd otherwise the whole thing collapses," he argued.Motaung said this was not the time to press the panic button."No, there is no [pressing] the panic button. If you do that it shows you don't know what you are doing. There is no regret [hiring Komphela] ... We can start judging him from next season because he would have had enough time to tweak the team the way he wants it."We've got an ageing squad and we have players we have brought in, but obviously we have to replenish the side. We have to bring in new players next season."It won't be a wholesale change like we did before Stuart Baxter came. When Baxter came, we bought about eight new players."But I think we are going to tweak the squad and make sure we get it right," added Motaung...

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