An appeal has been made to Kaizer Chiefs supporters to remain patient and in support of the team during these difficult times.
A section of Chiefs supporters were seen throwing objects at the club's head coach Molefi Ntseki following the team's 1-0 to TS Galaxy in Mbombela and he needed police guard to get him out of the match venue safely.
The loss meant that Amakhosi remain winless in the DStv Premiership in the 2023/24 season, having picked up just one point out of a possible nine and are 13th on the standings.
Some of the supporters have not been pleased with Ntseki due to the team's disappointing start even though the former Bafana Bafana mentor did lead the side past the quarter-finals of the MTN8 to set up the eagerly awaited semi-final with Mamelodi Sundowns.
Prominent Chiefs supporter Saddam Maake has appealed to the fans to remain in support of the team as the club is preparing for the next fixture against AmaZulu at the FNB Stadium on August 26.
The Good
"The supporters feel that they need to have a say in some of the issues because they spend money on the club's merchandise and are buying match tickets and are spending on transport and so on. But in football, there is a win, draw and loss and therefore I would like to encourage the supporters to always remember when attending matches. It is still too early into the new season and there is no need to press the panic buttons now. Yes, we haven't won in three games played in the league but the team is in the semi-finals of the MTN8 under the same coach that some of the supporters don't want," said Maake.
The Bad
"What happened at Mombela yesterday isn't good for football because even the players can end up being scared of expressing themselves in the way they should because of the supporters. They may never be sure if what happened to the coach cannot happen to them as well. We have new players and young players in the team and they can be affected by incidents like that which happened in Mbombela. I would like to see the supporters' branches uniting to discuss such issues so as to educate the supporters. The perpetrators can be identified and punished because what the supporters are doing is too much," he said.
The Ugly
"For me, whatever grievances that the supporters might have should be directed to the management and not the coach. The coach hasn't done anything wrong. If you can go back to watch that game, you can see how many goal scoring chances were missed by the players. That can't be the coach's fault when players miss so many opportunities. The goal which we conceded was just so unfortunate and it shouldn't be blamed on the goalkeeper because he saved many others that could have gone in. Even in the previous game against Cape Town City, the goalkeeper was outstanding. I think the supporters were quick to judge the coach. I understand that it's been too long since the club last won a trophy, but the supporters needed to be patient with the coach and the club," Maake added.
"Chiefs supporters need anger management courses"
"During the days of the likes of Louis Tshakaone and Putco Mafani as the club's PROs, they would come to branches during times like these to address the issues. We would have fruitful meetings with them to solve these kinds off issues. Nowadays there are no proper channels to be followed to address these issues and everyone can just come out of nowhere to complain. What I have noticed is that Chiefs supporters need anger management courses. Chiefs supporters have anger issues and the only way to deal with that is through taking them to anger management courses," concluded Maake.
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