He advances two major reasons, one that Ian Palmer resigned and secondly that the players like Makhanya, Mokoena, Meyiwa are not getting game time. When asked about Palmer’s departure, Krol said, “whatever made Palmer leave was his problem not Krol’s.” - A so called source (who may have been exposed as one former unpopular assistant coach now coaching a youth national team) said Palmer left because of management interference.
Now I have never heard of an assistant leaving because of interference when the head coach remains at his position without any complaints, as said by Krol, Palmer left because of his own issues, then Mr. Kortbroek advances a very tired argument which must be an indication of how out of touch or bored this man is.
He questions the Coach’s decisions on who to field. How many hours has Kortbroek or KKB as will proceed to call him spent at Pirates training sessions for him to even have a nerve to advocate for the fielding of the likes of Makhanya, Walaza and Mokena?
There are no players who have the divine right to start games at Pirates or any other teams. He goes on to refer to the likes of the late Leremi and Vilakazi, players who Krol has nothing to do with?
How many goals did Walaza score when he was the chief striker in the first six games of the season? He goes on to mention how these players were favoured by Kosta Papic and Bibey Mutombo. What did the coaches he mentioned achieve at Pirates with these players?
KBB must get an interview with Ian Palmer if he wants a scoop and stop his quest to create dissent at Pirates, for the first time in years; there are no major disciplinary problems at Pirates.
According to a fellow coach, Roger De Sa, “Pirates are getting back to their best under Krol. They are more disciplined, better structured and organized, the team has a chance to fight for the league honours, the team made it to a Cup final and players are speaking very highly of the coach,” but the bored KBB is trying to cook dissent.”
Story by MANDLA
