After Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi admitted that they are behind in certain areas, Soccer Laduma highlights five of them.
What is Nabi's preferred system/formation?
Halfway through the season, Chiefs should already have a playing system they are used to as a back-three system was exposed by Stellenbosch, before Nabi made changes quickly in the first half.
"The moment they went back to regular settings they knew what to do, unlike when they had the five (defenders), there was a lot of confusion," Morgan Gould highlighted on SoccerBeat YouTube Channel.
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Restarts/counter-attacks
Amakhosi always find themselves chasing strikers after losing the ball from set-pieces, throw ins or from deep attacks.
"They find themselves far away in their half defending, where they could have just been alert before the restart happens, so they can position themselves in better spaces," Kermit Erasmus also observed on SoccerBeat YouTube Channel.
"So they don't have to defend so far back. Stellenbosch played through the lines easily, getting corners from nothing. It's a lapse in concentration, with a bit more aggression things will get better," Erasmus added.
No organization or unity at the back
"For a number of games they've conceded, you can't say the defence is a solid one, they are playing more individually, not synchronized as a group, meaning the whole back-four and the one holding in front of them, they don't cover one another perfectly," Tsepo Masilela said on the same show.
"They have potential but they are not really synchronized as a team, that's why when one commits an error, it's out there for everyone to see."
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Conversion
Chiefs are still looking for a striker that can convert chances, as they create but their conversion rate has been letting them down.
After Wandile Duba scored a brace as a number nine against Stellies, Erasmus believes he can be the solution.
"He's (Duba) got that calmness about him, if he can continue to do that he can score a lot of goals," Erasmus said on the same show.
Experience
According to Gould, Amakhosi still lack experience at the back, especially to help Inacio Miguel, who collects bookings frequently.
"You can play with your heart but between your heart and your mind there has to be a balance because far too often I found myself in the wrong side of things, that's where he (Miguel) is finding himself," Gould said.
"He gives 200 percent and sometimes the 200 percent is not needed, you need someone next to you to say, 'Hey relax, I've got your back. But he does not feel that comfort," Gould suggested.
