Kaizer Chiefs head coach Cedric Kaze has called for perspective and
patience, insisting that the club’s recent struggles must be viewed within
the context of their long-term rebuilding project.
Speaking to the media on Thursday morning at Chiefs Village in Naturena,
Kaze addressed the team’s difficult run over the last three games ahead of
their Betway Premiership clash against Durban City on Sunday at FNB Stadium.
While acknowledging that errors are unacceptable for a club of Chiefs’
stature, he urged critics to be “realistic” about the progress made compared
to the previous decade.
“If I was judged on where the team used to be, I would have gotten a medal
now, because we won a trophy last season after 10 years,” Kaze stated.
“Sometimes you need to be realistic. We are a big club that is in
rebuilding. That is the fact we need to understand. If you don’t understand
that, we are going to make a lot of mistakes by thinking we have the right
to success just because of our name. But all these years we haven’t had
that, so how do we get to that? That’s the big question.”
The former Yanga SC coach warned against setting inflated expectations,
arguing that it creates an unrealistic standard for judgment. “When you
raise a lot of expectations, then even the reality becomes unrealistic,” he
explained. “But as I said, let’s finish the season and judge us at the end
for what we have done.”
Chiefs ended a decade-long trophy drought last season by clinching the
Nedbank Cup with a victory over rivals Orlando Pirates in the final.
