FINDING THE NET
MNINAWA NTLOKO: Pampered players behind Amakhosi’s fall from grace
Steve Komphela has inadvertently revealed the reasons behind Kaizer Chiefs’ miserable form during his trophyless two-and-a-half year regime at Naturena: he mollycoddles his players. Analysts, fans and even Chiefs management have spent the past couple of years desperately trying to understand the reasons behind the team’s plunge into ignominy and why this once dominant side often appears as if some of the players met at the stadium for the first time on match day. And yet the answer was right before our eyes all along — Komphela overparents his players and they have probably never been on the receiving end of anything akin to Sir Alex Ferguson’s infamous "hairdryer treatment". The well-travelled mentor is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in South African football and he opened a small glimpse into his world the other day when he said his players fell to pieces when they read what the critics had to say about their performances on social media. The Chiefs coach told the med...
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