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The 1996 Afcon winning mentor doesn’t have much faith in the current coaching team, but he hopes South Africa will redeem itself against Zambia.
Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker has questioned the criteria used by the South African Football Association (Safa) to appoint coaches.
This follows Bafana’s 1-1 draw against Namibia on Thursday, where after the game, SA fans asked how Molefi Ntseki was chosen ahead of the rest of the high-profile coaches in the country.
Barker said that while Ntseki worked as an assistant to Stuart Baxter and has international experience, he is clearly feeling the pressure for the results Bafana has achieved under his leadership.
The veteran mentor believes the Bafana Bafana should definitely dust themselves off and beat Zambia, and hopes that Ntseki will win back the likes of Andile Jali and Percy Tau so the country doesn’t lose faith in him.
“I don’t understand the format Safa uses to appoint the new coach. Yes, he worked with Stuart but it is clear that [Ntseki] he’s under pressure even after four games. There is too much pressure in that hot seat, and I know how the coach feels right now, especially since we didn’t win. So he has to win against Zambia, “Barker said. objective.
“The coach will definitely bring his Jali, Percy Tau and others. So he has to beat Zambia,” he said.
Looking back to where Bafana Bafana got it wrong against the Brave Warriors, Barker said that while he didn’t watch the entire game, he could see that the team couldn’t build up from behind.
He strongly feels that Ntseki took a chance by relying on inexperienced players when the country expected Bafana Bafana to easily defeat Namibia.
“I didn’t see the whole game [against Namibia] but I think it was disappointing, “he continued.
“Everyone expected the Bafana to get off to a good start, but it didn’t happen. I was expecting the accumulations to start from behind, but I can’t say they had a bad game, but in my opinion it was disappointing to see, but maybe it’s because he bet with many inexperienced players.
“That certainly had an effect on how the team wanted to play and I think it was a big gamble from Ntseki not to include the experienced guys in the starting lineup because the country wanted nothing less than a win, especially since it was Namibia.” “Barker concluded.
