Komphela on facing the unknown
“They are dangerous. If you go in there without acknowledgement that these people want to get one over you, they will hurt you. We go there highly focused with a proper and positive mindset. But above all, we have to play our own game. It has shown in the previous 11 matches (where we are undefeated) that if we play our way we can get results. Why change now? Play your way, acknowledge the strength of the opponents but they do have weaknesses obviously.”
On his search for the elusive first trophy as a coach in a club where winning trophies is second nature:
“You want to forget that (you haven’t won a trophy as a coach). You focus on your work. You try to create a system that’s strong and that system will yield results because if you want to go out there and prove a point, for your own personal benefit, you are heading for disaster. In anything that we do ... don’t put yourself first. The system comes first. So it’s Chiefs first, Steve second.”