Interim Kaizer Chiefs boss Cavin Johnson says that while he is displeased with the style of football Amakhosi are okaying at the moment, he is pleased with their results towards the end of the year.
Johnson, who took charge of the team after Molefi Ntseki was sacked earlier in the season has seen his team lose just once in their last six games – which coupled with four wins and a draw means they have claimed 13 points from a possible 18.
As the year ended with a 1-1 draw with Sekhukhune United Johnson took a moment to reflect on his journey with the club to date: “We brought a little bit more effort, a bit more technical and tactical ideas on how the team should play, and it’s worked.
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“The players have welcomed it, and they enjoy it.
“And it sometimes just happens that you are able to do that with a particular team, and sometimes I’ll use the same methodology with another team, and I’ll fail dismally,” he said.
“I think ending the year on the amount of points we have, bearing in mind where we have come from, that in itself is good for the team and for the players; they’ve really worked hard for the last two months.
“I think we’ve collected as much as we could. We said this was the ‘final’ today and we didn’t win the final.
“But finals are always played over two halves, and this was the first half [of the season] and we wait for the second half next year.
“So far yes, I am very happy with the amount of points collected. But I’m not happy with the way we are [not] displaying the type of football we can do at training.
“When you work with the players every day and sometimes see the execution on the pitch with the types of technical qualities they have, then you say to yourself that has to improve.
“From the coaches’ point of view, I think we can do better there. From an effort point of view, I think we are getting there even quicker than I thought we would.”
Saturday’s draw with Sekhukhune means that Chiefs enter the midseason break sitting in sixth place on the DStv Premiership table.
