Nasreddine Nabi skating on thin ice as Kaizer Chiefs woes continue with top-four hopes slowly fading & relegation candidates edge closer to Soweto giants

The Soweto giants continue to flatter only to deceive, and it’s a recurring theme this season — promise without end product.

Chiefs are staring at yet another forgettable campaign this season, thanks to their inconsistent showings since the campaign started. 

They are eager to curb the losses that have been piling up of late in the league, with the team drawing close to Arthur Zwane’s record of defeats.

Much has been said about the need to overhaul the squad and get the players the coach wants, and that is a fair assessment given Nabi has had to make do with a squad that he found at the club.

Slowly but surely, the Tunisian is building a team that will play according to his identity and produce the results that he desires.

Players like Glody Lilepo, Gaston Sirino, and Tashreeq Morris were requested by the coach, and more such players are expected to walk through the door at Naturena.

,If things don’t change, Nabi will soon find himself having to deal with the club’s impatient supporters, who more often than not often have extremely high expectations.

It won’t be the first time that a Chiefs coach falls under this kind of pressure, with Nabi’s predecessors Molefi Ntseki and Arthur Zwane, among others, paying a heavy price.

Zwane and Ntseki both were on the receiving end of some ugly incidents that saw them pelted with objects after poor results and Nabi will be eager to avoid such.

Amakhosi have, for a long time, been carrying dead weight with players who appear to be below the level required at a club the size of Chiefs.

In recent seasons, players have come and gone at Chiefs without making much of a difference at the club, leaving fans wondering why some of those players were signed.

It’s no secret that the Chiefs jersey is heavier than usual, and not any player can just walk in and be able to carry the weight of the expectations.

Players like Yusuf Maart, Ranga Chivaviro, and Bruce Bvuma have so far failed to live up to expectations and carry the eight that come with the gold and black jersey.

Nabi is desperate to end Chiefs’ lengthy trophy drought and the most realistic chance of winning any kind of silverware is in the Nedbank Cup.

Chiefs are well and truly out of the race for the PSL title and they have not been able to win any other trophy they were involved in.

However, Amakhosi have made it to the semi-finals of the Ke Yona Cup, where they are set to face serial winners Mamelodi Sundowns.

That is where Chiefs’ latest problems lie, as they will need to get the better of a team that has dominated them in recent seasons.

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