Why Mduduzi Shabalala Won’t Play Often In The Chiefs’ First Team Next Season?

The Kaizer Chiefs DStv Diski Challenge team coach Vela Khumalo has revealed why the newly promoted Amakhosi player Mduduzi Shabalala won’t play often in the first team. The 18-year-old starlet who’s the captain of Chiefs DDC team is doing Matric this year and will be given some time to focus on his studies.

Chiefs first team is training in the morning when Shabalala is at school while the DDC team trains in the afternoon when he’s back.

“We will keep Mduduzi for now. He will go in and out in the first team. He will play the 15 minutes there and come back, because he is still at school.” Kaizer Chiefs reserve coach Vela Khumalo said.

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“The program that he has is not the same as the one in the first team. The first team at times train in the morning and we train in the afternoon.

“He is studying Grade 12, so he will be in and out of the first team. It’s not only Mduduzi. About 90 percent of the players are in Grade 12.

“I am also at a school. I’m always working at school. So balancing it is not a problem. You always give them time for what they need to do and then ythem ou give time to do the training sessions. That’s how we do it.”

WHY CHIEFS AND PIRATES WON’T BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE DOWNS – MUHSIN ERTUGRAL

Former Chiefs and Pirates coach Muhsin Ertugral says the Sowetan giants aren’t going to be able to overcome Downs’ dominance. Here’s why.

“One of the things we undermine in football is continuity. Mamelodi Sundowns have had continuity for five years now after winning the league in succession,” Ertugral told IOL.

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“The teams that are following them (Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Cape Town City and Roy AM) are buying eight, nine or 10 players, and even more.

“And it doesn’t work like that. It will never work. It is like fine-tuning an orchestra. Everyone can play unplugged.

“But you won’t listen to that. You’ll listen to an orchestra in fine-tuning. And this is years, and years, of being together.

“From the most successful teams in the world, you’ll see there’s only two or three transfers that are made and not more. And then, there’s longevity of continuity and processing of the squad. So, again, I don’t think that Sundowns will be challenged in this season.”