Chiefs Legend Heaps Club’s Woes on Players

Kaizer Chiefs legend, Joseph “Banks” Setlhodi, claims that the current squad is to blame for their poor performances.

Last Friday, 10 October, it was confirmed that head coach Nasreddine Nabi had departed from the club with immediate effect after he failed to improve Amakhosi’s fortunes.

In Nabi’s place, his assistants Khalil Ben Youssef and Cedric Kaze will remain as co-coaches for the rest of the 2025/26 season.

However, in an interview with a local soccer outlet (published on Sunday, 12 October), Setlhodi questioned the quality of the players themselves.

“Before you talk about coaches, let’s talk about the players,” the 77-year-old former goalkeeper said. “You can bring 20 coaches to Chiefs, from the best in the world, [and] the results won’t change.”

He continued: “Chiefs lack good footballers. That is the problem. The coach does not win the game; it is the players that win the game. The coach only directs.”

Setlhodi also criticised Amakhosi’s leadership, saying:

“If you are blind and leading a nation, that nation will fail because you see nothing. I don’t think Kaizer Chiefs have good leaders to address what is happening. Everybody can see where the problem is at Chiefs. They don’t fix the problems. The question is, why?”

Image Credit: Source