KHUNE HEADACHE
HUNT: NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH A ‘CARELESS‘ KEEPER BEFORE A prisoner of hope, the Chiefs coach is determined to soldier on with the players he has.
Kaizer Chiefs captain Itumeleng Khune is proving to be a headache for his coach Gavin Hunt. The Chiefs mentor admitted that he doesn’t recall ever having to deal with a goalkeeper who carelessly gives away the ball like Khune did on Tuesday for the second game in succession.
The former Bafana Bafana captain has looked out of form all season and gave away the ball to Black Leopards’ Ovidy Karuru last week before continuing in his generous mood on Tuesday at the Lucas Moripe Stadium, where he passed the ball straight to a SuperSport United player, giving Kaitano Tembo’s men an early lead through Bradley Grobler.
Amakhosi went on to lose the DStv Premiership encounter 2-1.
“Well... obviously we’re all frustrated because every week we give away a head start (to the other team) and then we try to come back from that, it is something that I don’t think I am used to. It is what it is and we have to stick together and try to soldier on. We created enough chances to win the game but we can’t be giving away goals like we did,” said Hunt, whose team have now won just one of their first seven DStv Premiership matches.
The Amakhosi coach, however, seems to be a prisoner of hope and has asked the Chiefs faithful to not forget their “for better or worse” vow when they pledged their support to the gold and black brand.
“The supporters should stick with the team in the good times and the bad times and obviously this is a bad time. We all know the situation and if you understand and know football, we have to believe in the players, we have to get the players to up their game. They had a huge fall last season, they were way in front and they had a huge drop off. We have the players we have and will soldier on.”