Menzi Magubane
Ukuqagela sekuphelile. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili exoshwe yiBafana Bafana, uStuart Baxter ubuyile kwiKaizer Chiefs njengomqeqeshi omkhulu.
UBaxter ungene esikhundleni sikaGavin Hunt oxoshwe emasontweni amabili edlule.
UBaxter uzosizwa ngu-Arthur Zwane noDillon Sheppard, abebengabaqeqeshi besikhashana ngemuva kokuba yingxenye yabasebenzi bakaHunt abasemuva.
“Abaqeqeshi abebengaphambi kwami bebengebona abaqeqeshi ababi,” kusho uBaxter.
Uthe akazelanga ukuzoqaqa okwenziwe.
“Kumayelana nokuthola ibhalansi engcono nokwakha kabusha isiko leqembu,” esho.
Umsebenzi wokuqala kaBaxter kuzoba uhambo lwaMakhosi oluya e-Morocco ukuyodlala ne-Wydad Casablanca emdlalweni womlenze wokuqala we-semi final ye-CAF Champions League ngomhla ziyi-19 kuNhlangulana.
“Iwumphikisi onamandla kodwa sikhombisile emdlalweni wethu wasekhaya ngaphambilini ukuthi singamelana nabo,” esho.
“Kumele sithuthuke ngobuchule nangengqondo. Sidinga ukugaya umphumela lapho.”
UBaxter waba ngumqeqeshi wokugcina ukuwina noma yiluphi uhlobo lwezinto zesiliva zaMakhosi ngowezi-2015.
Selokhu ahamba iChiefs ibenabaqeqeshi abane (uSteve Komphela, uGiovanni Solinas, uErnst Middendorp kanye noHunt). Ngesizini edlule uMiddendorp usondele ekutheni anqobe i-Premiership kodwa wahlulwa yiMamelodi Sundowns ngosuku lokugcina lwesizini.
Ngenkathi uBaxter ephethe, iChiefs yanqoba izicoco ezimbili zeligi, ese-Nedbank Cup kanye nese-MTN8.
Abathembekile kwiChiefs bazobe benethemba lokuthi ukubuya kukaBaxter kuzokwenza ukuthi iqembu labo libuyela kulezo zinsuku zobukhosi.
Umthombo wesithombe: @kaizerchiefs