Mshini’s December purple patch

When Amakhosi returned to action after their fixture postponements in December, they were missing a lot of players against Sekhukhune United. Ngcobo was then handed a start in the team’s 3-4-2-1 shape as a right-sided number 10. He opened the scoring by displaying the very best of what he can offer. He showed between the lines for a pass, received it, turned well and fired off a long-range shot which gave Chiefs the lead. Late in the match, he showed vision and selflessness in the box to square for Nange to make it 2-0.

His impact in the 1-0 defeat to Royal AM was not as big as he had just one shot, a good chance inside the box that was blocked. He was back on the bench against Maritzburg United after that but entered the action, ran onto Khama Billiat’s pass, cut inside his man and curled into the far corner. He unfortunately missed the subsequent Cape

Town City match, before Baxter handed him zero minutes against Baroka FC, none against rivals Orlando Pirates and none against Chippa United.

He started against SuperSport United last weekend due to Keagan Dolly being out suspended. It was Mshini’s first PSL start in almost four months, albeit a large part of that was down to the break in January for the Africa Cup of Nations plus another FIFA break. He had an okay match, playing three nice balls for Billiat’s runs, even if two were offside. The duo are clearly on the same wavelength and look to link up whenever they can. Overall, he didn’t really show himself capable of playing to Dolly’s level just yet and you can bet that Baxter will put Mshini back amongst the substitutes for the next match.