Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has reflected on the 2022/23 season and has mentioned something he has never seen in a campaign before.
Chiefs completed another disappointing season without a trophy for eight consecutive years and after the dust settled, the Amakhosi hierarchy are believed to be in the process of finding a new head coach ahead of the 2023/24 season.
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The Glamour Boys are currently in talks with former Yanga head coach Nasreddine Nabi as a potential successor to Zwane, although the Siya crew understands that talks have stalled owing to the club's indecision on 'Mangethe'.
With his future uncertain at the Naturena-based side, Zwane has provided reasons why they had finished a disappointing fifth in the DStv Premiership standings. The Amakhosi legend says they viewed their Nedbank Cup semi-final clash against rivals Orlando Pirates as an opportunity to turn their fortunes but ultimately, injuries were a major factor in their below par season.
"It's sometimes a win-win situation because you want to be on the side where you know that you get it right, we wanted to win that game and we knew that could have been the turning point for us," Zwane said on the latest episode of KCTV.
"To sum it all, I would say injuries were (the) enemy of progress this past season and unfortunately we could not control injuries. "I've never seen so many injuries in one season, we lost two players... our players collided with each other, it did not just make sense to me," he said.
Meanwhile, midfielder Keagan Dolly, who was also ruled out for the season in the closing stages of the campaign, echoed Zwane's sentiments and believes injuries were a major factor in them not being consistent.
"The season 2022/23 was a bit of a rollercoaster for us, there were obviously good moments and bad moments throughout the season," Dolly said on the same episode.
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"There were a lot of times where we lacked the experience of playing together but I think it's a season we can learn from and build on."I think it was expected because we had a lot of new guys in the team and I think we were obviously trying to find combinations and gel together as a team," he said.
"The impact of the injuries was big, it played a huge role in building our chemistry, because we would play two, three games with one team, we start to get used to everyone, the movements, understanding each other.
"Then someone gets a knock, we have to go back to try fix the problem and I think it happened throughout the season, where we couldn't get momentum," he added.
