Chiefs lack le adership

Having now sunk to their lowest point of their six-year trophy drought, Kaizer Chiefs now need to react to sort out the uncharacteristic mess that has become of them. With the next transfer window allowing them to make new signings after completing their transfer ban, Naturena will be a hive of activity. Who goes? Who stays? KICK OFF’s Lovemore Moyo scrutinises the situation.

Yet another season – the sixth in a row – will come to come to pass with Kaizer Chiefs having failed to lift any silverware after firing blanks and raising questions about what kind of solutions will be needed to change the club’s fortunes.

For all the hope that Ernst Middendorp created last term as they came within half-an-hour of lifting the league title, the evidence of what has been seen this season shows that they have deteriorated.

Was sacking Ernst Middendorp through such a period a sensible idea?

Couldn’t he have at least been allowed to complete this season considering that it was already known the club would not be able to make signings?

In terms of playing personnel, the question that should be answered at the end of the season is, ‘who stays and who goes?’ when their transfer ban elapses.

This means coach Gavin Hunt will have to do whatever it takes to influence the club management to bring in players that he wants for next season, with the need for a revamp in every department obvious.

Goalkeeping

How do they make changes in this department that has had Itumeleng Khune for most of the last 14 years?

Should Khune be sacrificed considering how much his contribution has dwindled having played less than a quarter of games that the club has played since Daniel Akpeyi arrived?

The measure of any successful club is in having a reliable first-choice keeper, but Chiefs don’t have that now, and it appears a coin has to be tossed to decide who plays between Khune and Akpeyi.

On the evidence of his recent performances, Khune is past his best years, while questions will forever be asked about whether Akpeyi should be considered good enough to stand as first choice.

At 25, Bruce Bvuma will feel the urge to be playing more than he is doing.

It is the same with Brylon Petersen,