Five South Africans At Simba SC Including Three Former Mamelodi Sundowns Employees! Steve Barker reinforces Tanzanian giants’ technical team as 19-goal goal Nigerian striker returns to SA club

Former Simba head coach Dylan Kerr has explained what Barker needs at the club in order to succeed.

“The biggest thing he needs to do is to beat Yanga. That’s all Simba coaches have to do to ease the pressure on themselves,” Kerr told FARPost.

“It’s the same when you are at Yanga [Young Africans]; all you need to do is beat Simba. There are 18 teams in the league, but the three biggest teams are Yanga, Simba, and Azam SC. Simba and Yanga are like Chiefs and Pirates. When Simba plays away, it will be full of Simba fans.  

“Everybody in Tanzania backs Simba, and if you can get the backing of those supporters, you will be a hero. If he does, then on his first game when they play them, he will be a hero forever. It means so much to the supporters. But I wish him all the best, and I hope it really goes well. He’s chosen to leave a very good club with amazing facilities, and let’s hope he continues with his journey to Tanzania.”

Simba are winless in six games against Yanga, and that is the immediate priority Barker is expected to end. Since they were formed in the mid-1930s, Simba and Yanga have defined the Tanzanian football alternating dominance between themselves despite the emergence of an ambitious, well-financed Azam FC.