Komphela to soldier on despite woes

EMBATTLED Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela says he is not going anywhere.

Komphela has faced a barrage of criticism from irate Chiefs fans since the start of the season but the besieged coach says he has no intention of throwing in the towel.

“Winners never quit and quitters never win‚” he said yesterday.

“You don’t go around saying ‘eish‚ I am not making a breakthrough’.

“Maybe I have a different perspective of life but the thought of quitting never crossed my mind.”

A section of the Chiefs fans have continued to voice their displeasure with Komphela’s regime for weeks now and some have gone as far as verbally abusing the coach and even pelting him with missiles.

He has exited numerous stadiums in the company of security personel‚ but the Chiefs mentor is adamant that he is not going anywhere.

“I am looking more at the project here at Chiefs‚ the excitement of the challenge is that you want to break through. I don’t want to take myself out of what a human being is and I don’t want to say I am abnormal. “I don’t get to think like that. “Maybe I am wired differently‚ which is why I am in this position.

“Every coach is abnormal‚ which is why you will have coaches going through fire and the rest of the world asking can’t he see the fire‚” Komphela said‚ as the club prepared for the Macufe Cup against Bloemfontein Celtic on Sunday.

He said he understands the Chiefs fans’ frustration with the club’s poor run of results and he’s well aware that they are tired of hearing excuses when the team fails to perform.

“There are two things in football‚ results and reasons‚” he said. “I am sure that people are tired of reasons because even ourselves we are tired.

“We are sick and tired of saying that we conceded a goal from a setpiece‚ we conceded from lack of pressure around the box‚ we surrendered a lead that should not have been.

“There has been too many reasons‚ for too long and people don’t need that.”

Chiefs are sixth on the standings and they have only won nine points from a possible 21 in seven outings. — DDC