THE Kaizer Chiefs players, especially the strikers, MUST smell the armpits, with the motivation of the goals that could put them back in the race for the Betway Premiership title.
The Kings are in fourth place on the log with 30 points from 15 games, which is a better place compared to the same division last season when they were sixth with 21 points.
Last season he finished 15 league games scoring 17 goals and conceding 17.
This time he hit the net 15 times, scoring six goals.
This makes it clear that this season the score is increased more by the strength of the back wall than the sharpness of the strikers.
This team has the least number of goals scored among the top five on the log.
Flavio Silva is the leader with four goals in the league, followed by Mduduzi Shabalala with three, Glody Lilepo with two, and others with one goal per player.
Six games of the league, this team led by Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef together have played in a draw, showing that they would have gone far if they had created more opportunities and used them properly.
Although Silva came to make a difference to the Chiefs, other strikers who were signed with the intention of scoring goals for the team such as Etiosa Ighodaro, Khanyisa Mayo and Luke Baartman have not stood out due to various reasons including misses, injuries and not getting opportunities to play.
Strikers who were already present in this team such as Ashley Du Preez, Wandile Duba, and Tashreeq Morris, have not done much this season.
Just as in modern football, marking is not only the job of the stoppers, so scoring goals is not only for the forwards.
That stands out in teams like Orlando Pirates where they don’t have a top goalscorer but there are a lot of evasive midfielders.
And Chiefs will need other players from the midfield, even from the back, to score important goals.
Commenting on the problem of goals a few weeks ago, Ben Youssef said that they will continue to correct mistakes during training so that the players can do better when they face the goal.
“We must continue to work, contact our analysts and other experts to find other different tactics. We will not stop working because that is the only thing that can help us use our opportunities better,” said the coach.
As Amakhosi have been eliminated from the Nedbank Cup and the Caf Confederation Cup, they will focus entirely on the Betway Premiership where they are looking to become the country’s champions for the first time since 2015.
They will return to action on Tuesday, when they face Stellenbosch FC at the FNB Stadium.