Should Steve, Stuart have a cup of coffee?
JOHANNESBURG: Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela believes that Stuart Baxter will weather the storm that hit him after Bafana Bafana’s World Cup qualification ambition took a nosedive following backto-back defeats to Cape Verde.
Bafana need a miracle to book a ticket to Russia as they sit on one point after three games, rooted at the bottom of Group D. Even the fans seem to have lost faith in the national team with poor ticket sales for their World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso at FNB Stadium tomorrow.
“I wish them (Bafana) the very best, more so Stuart,” Komphela said. “He is going through exactly what I am going through. Maybe the two of us should have a cup of coffee. That would go down very well. I wish him the very best. I know what he is going through. But he is seasoned enough. Stuart is seasoned enough.
“He will carry this, not only carry this but he will carry it with dignity. When it’s all done and dusted, he will look back with no regrets because one of the worst mistakes of our lives is that when we go through turmoil, we lose our dignity. At the end of the storm, you look back, and there is stuff that you did and said that you can’t repair.”
Komphela has been dignified in how he has handles the pressure he endures at Amakhosi.
He will look to get some reprieve on Sunday in a friendly with Bloemfontein Celtic in the Macufe Cup at Free State Stadium.