Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Njabulo Blom has been a shadow of the central core he as soon as was since transferring to St Louis City within the USA in 2022.
KAIZER CHIEFS COACH NASREDDINE NABI PROTECTS NJABULO BLOM
Out of 20 league video games, the 25-year-old from Soweto has began lower than 10 video games for Amakhosi. Last Wednesday was probably the most awkward second when he was taken off at halftime through the 1-0 win over Magesi FC on the FNB Stadium.
“I don’t want to judge the performance of one of my players here [in the media],” stated Nabi through FARPost. “We will take a look at completely different knowledge and movies about his efficiency to attempt to discover out why [he struggles].
“We [technical team] as well believe that he was not in his best condition tonight [against Magesi], and it was not as well his best performance, that we [can] agree on. But we will take a look at it using every tool that we have,” the Kaizer Chiefs mentor added.
NKOSIPHILE NGCOBO IN NEW ROLE
It’s been clear for all to see that the 25-year-old Ngcobo has struggled to seize and personal the quantity 10 place at Amakhosi. Coach Nabi has now began to strive him as a deep-lying playmaker within the quantity six or eight function.
“It’s true that Ngcobo played a different role than usual. We felt that in other moments, Magesi were defending too deep and we needed more technical quality to link up midfield and attack,” stated Nabi through FARPost.
“At some level, you should take a threat to get the outcomes you need, and that’s the chance we took. But we felt that we have been a bit unbalanced. We have been somewhat bit too offensive, however we wished to take the chance to get the outcomes.
The Kaizer Chiefs mentor concluded to say: “We believe that Ngcobo is a very technical player and very smart, but we want him to be a bit more physical in his game because when you play in the middle of the park, there’s not enough space, people get to you very quickly. We need him to get that quality in his game.”
CAN NGCOBO BECOME A KEY PLAYER FOR KAIZER CHIEFS?
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