adminJOHANNESBURG. – Former Zimbabwe international, Innocent Chikoya, believes Benni McCarthy fits the criteria to take charge at Orlando Pirates.
Although the club has not announced there will be coaching changes, ahead of next season, there has been widespread speculation that the Buccaneers might make changes.
This is after the recent departure of co-coach Fadlu Davids.
Pirates’ performances in the league, where they finished sixth, have also left fans wondering if Mandla Ncikazi would be the ideal coach moving forward.
Chikoya is a former Pirates star.
“You know Pirates is a very big team and you need somebody who has the guts to stand the heat but right now if you look at it the favours are going to Benni McCarthy,” Chikoya told FARPost.
“As a local again, he has played overseas. He has achieved as a player and again he has achieved as a coach.
“You can see the first year at Cape Town City he did well. Second year things didn’t go well.
“First year at AmaZulu he did well, so I think if they can give him a chance I think he will do fairly well,” he said.
The 51-year-old also believes it would be wise for the club to keep Ncikazi in the team to work with a new technical team, if ever the changes were effected.
“I think he has been the platform for the team. I think he needs to stay so that when the new coaches come you have someone already who has been in the system, who knows the system of the team.
“So, I think they need to give him a chance again when the new coaches come or if they are going to get a new coach they need to give him a chance to build from where he left off because he is the man inside who has been there on the ground with the team.” – FARPost
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter