Stuart Baxter has thought about the personal achievement of becoming only the second coach in SA to win every domestic trophy on offer‚ he said ahead of the Telkom Knockout final. SuperSport United coach Baxter would join Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane in the feat should his side beat Cape Town City in Saturday’s Telkom Knockout final at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane (kick-off, 6pm). Baxter won the league twice as coach of Kaizer Chiefs from 2012 to 2015‚ plus the Nedbank Cup and MTN8. He added a second Nedbank winner’s medal when SuperSport beat Orlando Pirates in the 2015-16 final in Polokwane in May. Asked about this final being‚ personally for the coach‚ about completing the set‚ Baxter joked: "Do they give sets out like that — for the mantelpiece? The little miniatures? But definitely [you do think about it]. As a pro‚ you want to win every tournament you enter. "When I was at AIK Stockholm‚ when we entered the Champions League‚ you’ve got to tell your players: ‘We’...
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