Lechesa may be first PSL manager to get the boot MyZA

Duncan Lechesa. Photo: Soccer Laduma

Polokwane City coach Duncan Lechesa looks set to become the first PSL manager to get the boot after his side suffered their third successive loss since gaining promotion to top-flight football, despite chairperson Johnny Mogaladi saying that the manager’s job is safe.

Losses to Maritzburg United, Bloemfontein Celtic and Platinum Stars have seen Rise and Shine fail to rise to the occasion and the PSL’s youngest coach has his work cut out as his team languishes at the bottom of the log.

But the acquisition of midfielder Kagiso Senamela from AmaZulu and the likelihood of snatching idling Tlou Molekwane from Bidvest Wits might give Lechesa something to smile about.

City play Golden Arrows in two weeks time, a game they must win to avoid being doomed from the season’s onset.

“Duncan is doing a great job and he is not going anywhere,” City boss Johnny Mogaladi said.

“We are in the lookout for players to reinforce and bring something special into the team. Against Stars, we lost Morgan Mdluli due to a sore neck and that affected the coach’s tactics.”

Meanwhile, Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter is not pressing the panic button yet, despite his second loss in a space of a week against a fired-up SuperSport United. – The New Age

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