Nyatama appreciates Komphela’s message at Swallows

Moroka Swallows FC interim-coach Musa Nyatama says he appreciates the message from former coach Steve Komphela, who requested the gamers to respect the brand new technical crew after he left the membership.

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Nyatama was working hand in hand with Komphela for the final seven months, however the troubles at the membership noticed the latter leaving his publish as the top coach of the Birds.

While he appreciates Komphela’s message, Nyatama says he simply needs to concentrate on doing good for the membership and never dwell on what transpired within the final three months.

Swallows’ gamers went on strike over unpaid salaries and the facet subsequently failed to show up for DStv Premiership matches in opposition to Mamelodi Sundowns and Golden Arrows at the tip of the yr. This resulted in 3-0 wins being awarded to Sundowns and Arrows, whereas Swallows have been hit with a big effective.

The membership then sacked a number of gamers after an inner disciplinary listening to and Komphela adopted quickly after.

“I have to thank coach Steve and appreciate his words that the players should respect the technical team that is there. But, respect is something that we get and appreciate from the players,” stated Nyatama.

“I think moving forward it will make it easy for us as the technical team to help Swallows since you said we are swimming in problems. But that is not something that we want to dwell on, we want to help them go forward and get positive results.”

Edged out

Nyatama, who’s on his second stint as an interim-coach of Swallows, began the yr with a loss after they have been edged out 1-0 by Polokwane City within the DStv Premiership final weekend.

The crew is now getting ready to tackle Platinum City Rovers within the final 32 of the Nedbank Cup at Isak Steyl Stadium on Saturday, and the Birds mentor needs to see his facet profitable the match and constructing confidence inside his gamers.

“It won’t be an easy game. We all know that playing teams in the lower division is always difficult because they always want to prove a point. But I think the guys are ready and we are coming from a loss, so we want to build our confidence,” he added.

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“It is a very difficult task for us with the new players coming in. But they are gelling and they are trying their best to get into the philosophy of how Swallows plays. It will take time but as a team we are ready to take on Platinum City Rovers.”