Ngcobo feels pain of inconsistent season for Chiefs

Amakhosi, who are in the Nedbank Cup final, where they will face bitter foes Orlando Pirates at Moses Mabhida Stadium on May 12, have lost to lowly teams like Richards Bay and Golden Arrows among others this season, while beating high-flying teams like Sekhukhune United and Stellenbosch among others, putting the side’s mentality into question. 

“You can say that mentally we’ve struggled to treat the games equally but we go to each and every game wanting to win, same mentality but sometimes we unfortunately lose those games [against lowly teams] and win the ones perceived to be more difficult,” Ngcobo said.

Amid Amakhosi’s league struggles, some have questioned the team’s quality as far as the playing personnel is concerned. Coach Nasreddine Nabi has also had his credentials questioned. Even so, Ngcobo has backed Nabi, emphasising that they also have a competent squad.

“This current squad is more than capable of challenging for top honours and I think that was evident at the start of the season, where we were unbelievable, scoring goals left, right and centre and teams knew that it was difficult to beat us. However, we have since been struggling to maintain consistency; that’s our biggest problem,” Ngcobo stated.

“We’re a team and we are in this together. We will continue to fight together as a team. We have faith in our technical team, there’s no doubt about that.”

Fixtures

Saturday: Chiefs v Marumo, FNB (3pm); Polokwane v SuperSport, Old Peter Mokaba (3pm); Arrows v AmaZulu, Mpumalanga (3pm)

Sunday: Galaxy v Sekhukhune (3.30pm)

Wednesday (all 7.30pm): Stellenbosch v Chippa, Danie Craven; Sundowns v Bay, Loftus; Pirates v Sekhukhune

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