QUALIFIER
Bafana coach Baxter wants ‘warriors’ for Nigeria
Stuart Baxter will put on his Bafana hat to select players for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria
New Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter is to name "warriors" in his first squad, with Itumeleng Khune and Dean Furman the backbone of his selection for June’s match against Nigeria. "I want to pick a team with a few warriors that will take us to Nigeria and get us a result‚" Baxter said. The Briton will put on his Bafana hat in the coming days as he contemplates selections ahead of the national team’s away 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria. "It’s important to get the right sort of squad. We want to keep an element of development. I don’t want to regress, but we have to look at players who are coming and ask, ‘Is this one we can throw in at the deep end in Nigeria?’ Or, ‘Should he be on the bench?’ or ‘should he just be in the squad?’ "The people who are going to have to play are the ones who have been there and done it. "I don’t mean we suddenly start bringing back the likes of Morgan Gould, but you know what I mean. "Players like Dean and Itu, with the experience ...
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