With one cup competition down and 8 games into the league reality is starting to hit home with most teams and changes are coming in thick and fast. Besides dealing with the current heatwave around the country some coaches are also starting to feel some more heat from their superiors and supporters of their teams.
Ernst Middendorp and Manqoba Mngqithi having being the first 2 culprits are probably in the latter stages of coming to terms with the axe they got earlier in the month. Now the big question is who is next...
As I'm writing this, Sunday Chidzambwa is the most concerned of all as Black Leopards are expected to make an announcement of changes in their technical team soon. If such thing were easily predictable by just looking at the log standings of a team Jomo Sono would be the next one to go but for reasons well-known to all what are the chances...
The current champs, Orlando Pirates are now number 8 putting their mentor Julio Leal under pressure but there seems to be more trouble in the Kaizer Chiefs camp after a rumored confrontation between coach Vladimir Vermesovic and now former captain Jimmy Tau. The team seemed to have shown a slight lack of commitment in their last encounter of the Telkom Knockout against Platinum stars which they ended up losing 2-1 and if things stay the same VV may not see his contract through.
On the other hand Johan Neeskens has a headache and a half as his star-studded Mamelodi Sundowns is slowly becoming as pointless as farting during a hurricane. Sundowns performance from the beginning of the season has been far from consistent, the team plays well for at least 45mins and the other 45 they don't comeback from the change room. With this kind of showing I suggest Neeskens to give Hristo Stoichkov a call so he can have an idea on what could be heading his way.
Ian Palmer had a very good start to the season and with one bad result of 7-0 from Supersport United. He must make a comeback very quickly before he finds himself in trouble. The man has shown huge trust in youth yet we all know that's exactly what caused Ajax CT the league last season. Boebie Solomons also got a faulty start which has since gotten better even though I cannot say he's out of the woods yet. Gavin Hunt, Gordon Igesund and Clinton Larsen have been impressive too while Steve Khompela, Owen Da Gama and Roger De SA have had a mini rollercoaster.
These movements aren't only expected within the PSL teams, watch closely on what's about to go down in the bottom 7 teams on the log in the NFD.
Vladislav Heric is now new Black Leopards Coach and Benedict Vilakazi has also signed with Lidoda duvha.
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