Former Bafana Bafana striker George Dearnaley has revealed one big cause for concern at his former club, AmaZulu FC.
Dearnaley is seemingly bothered by the coaching merry-go-round at Usuthu, with the club searching for a new coach again.
The KZN-based outfit has chosen not to reward coach Ayanda Dlamini with the substantive head coach position despite the coach steering the club away from danger in the just-ended season.
Brandon Truter replaced Benni McCarthy but didn’t last long on the job as he resigned due to ‘personal reasons’.
Romain Folz took over the coaching responsibilities at AmaZulu FC. However, he was demoted to technical advisor after a string of disappointing results.
On Monday, 05 June, Usuthu boss Sandile Zungu announced that Folz resigned as the club’s Technical Advisor.
George Dearnaley ON AMAZULU’s COACHING CHANGES
“I am not convinced there are any shortcuts to success in football,” Dearnaley told FARPost. “So I urge the club to find a coach who can best manage the day-to-day training sessions that cover the technical and tactical aspects. The club also needs to find a manager who can manage the personalities and, egos in the dressing room.
“It is this combination within the technical team that will create a successful team on and off the field. PSL club owners in general often fire the head coach while keeping their own technical staff on-board.
“This means that even the technical staff have to go through a learning curve with regards to working together.
“It will take at least a month or longer for the players to get used to a new coaching staff and that’s why I urge AmaZulu to bring in an experienced manager before pre-season starts, who can work with Ayanda Dlamini and together they can get the team competing at the top end of the table next season.”
In addition Dearnaley said that he is worried about AmaZulu appointing coaches with little to no experience in football.
“This might not make sense to a lot of people, but just because a coach has a UEFA Pro Licence in coaching won’t help when you have to deal with local players,” added Dearnaley.
“If you don’t understand the local environment, the local culture, the issues that local players have to deal with when it comes to supporting their extended families, the day-to-day issues that South Africans, in general, have to deal with [you will struggle].”
Story by Joshua Hendricks
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