Kaizer Chiefs are facing criticism for their inability to keep clean sheets, despite signing new defenders. Their reliance on young defender Rushwin Dortley is concerning, as his form may not be sustainable.
Kaizer Chiefs are struggling to keep opponents out The signs were good at the start of the campaign, with Chiefs picking up wins over Marumo Gallants and AmaZulu. The warning signs were there, however, with no clean sheets in either of those games. Criticism of Chiefs in the past few seasons has been around their inability to score goals, but clean sheets are important. After nine games of the current Betway Premiership season, the Glamour Boys have ZERO shutouts.
That, despite a new-look defence with expensive signings like goalkeeper Fiacre Ntwari, and central defenders made an offer in the region of €2m (R40 million) for Ashley Du Preez. However, Chiefs couldn’t entertain offers for the former Stellies man before they signed suitable attacking replacements. This looks to be a foolish mistake from the board. Du Preez is the joint-most expensive signing in Chiefs’ history. The €600k (R11.2 million) is equal to the sum paid for Morgan Gould (inflation-adjusted) back in the 2012-2012 campaign.Du Preez was in fine form for Kaizer Chiefs last term but that patch has fallen off. Image: iDiski Times22-year-old Rushwin Dortley has been individually superb, becoming an ever-present for Chiefs and fast-tracking his way into the Bafana setup as a regular starter. The former Cape Town Spurs man has settled right into his pressurised surroundings. Calm and cultured on the ball and impressively aggressive in the air, Dortley has what it takes to become one of the best defenders in the country. The problem with their reliance on Dortley is that he’s yet to have a slump in form, and that’s an inevitability for a player of his relative lack of experience. When it happens, who do they turn to? He’s appeared in all NINE Betway Prem clashes this term. Should Nabi be managing this situation better? His stubbornness in team selections might have painted him into a corne
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