I
share the same sentiments with Ted Ted Dumitru (Article: http://bit.ly/1ftK0AE ) regarding Kaizer
Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter’s wrong method of coaching Amakhosi based on the
Tuesday’s game against Orlando Pirates.
Some tactical
blunders observed:
1.
Chiefs started like house on fire attacking Pirates in all angles and managed
to get an important goal in the first half. Chiefs suffocated the Pirates midfield
in the first half winning all the engine room battle but unfortunate in the
second half, Chiefs players employed defensive tactics of defending too deep
inviting Pirates into their kitchen which resulted in a goal by Pirates.
Had
Chiefs continued with the momentum of first half, they would have beaten
Pirates but unfortunate the tempo of their game decline protecting a draw than
going for killer punch which is the second goal.
2.
Siphiwe Tshabalala switched position to play as right winger out of his position
backfired as he was bottled by Patrick Phungwayo throughout the game. Tshabalala
was ineffective throughout the second half, but Baxter delayed to make tactical
changes.
3.
The replacement of Siyabonga Nkosi by Kingston Nkhatha was another blunder as
it killed Chiefs’ creativity in the engine room. The coach should have
introduced George Lebese who is more creative than Nkhatha who sometimes play
as defensive striker by always tackling defenders than creating scoring
opportunities.
4.
Baxter is continuing overlooking effective players such as Lehlohonolo Majoro
and Lucky Baloyi who are offensive minded than Nkhatha and Willard Katsande.
Don't
get me wrong, Baxter is a master tactician of the modern game with balance team,
but his irrational tactical decisions sometimes are working against the team.
Baxter must build trust to his players to avoid deployed rigid tactical
decisions.
By Owen Mundalamo
Twitter: @diskioff [www.twitter.com/diskioff]
