Apr 20, 2021 - 03:30 pm By Lovemore Moyo
Former Bafana Bafana defender Nasief Morris believes there shouldn’t be any obsession about whether the next senior national team coach is local or foreign because the challenges that will face him run deeper.
The Bafana job is vacant now after SAFA sacked Molefi Ntseki and there has been mention of Carlos Queiroz, Herve Renard and Pitso Mosimane as potential candidates to take over.
The appointment of the new man in charge is a matter of urgency as the qualifiers for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar begin in under two months in Group G, which features Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia.
Nasief Morris advises SAFA needs to have a plan before appointing new kickoff.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kickoff.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Apr 12, 2021 - 01:52 pm By Sipho Mlotha
Former Bafana Bafana and PSL coach Gordon Igesund has questioned whether the sacking of coaches is the answer to the national team s struggles.
Igesund, who managed the national team from July 1, 2012 until April 30, 2014, believes the problem won t be solved by simply scratching the surface.
Asked if SAFA was right to fire the coach, Igesund said he believes Ntseki was rushed into the position. Look, I think Ntseki is a very good guy, he s a good up-and-coming coach, but I think he shouldn t have been given the job in the first place, he was doing well with the under-23s, under-20s and the junior teams you know, Igesund tells
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