Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter says he is willing to lose his job for saying it‚ but South African football needs to weed its garden and requires an effective overhaul to escape a Groundhog Day of failure. Baxter promised an emphasis on youth this week in Bafana selections for 2018‚ but said football should get its house in order or any national coach is destined to fail. "I believe that in the games coming up‚ we’ve got to … try and tidy up the garden‚" he said in outlining his vision for 2018. "When I say garden‚ I use that because there are plenty of weeds. And I don’t mean just on the football field. I mean at Safa House‚ … with our relationship with the media‚ …the clubs [and] … the players," Baxter said. "If you take a poll of the players who have played for Bafana over the past 10 years‚ our marks out of 10 are not going to be too good.
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