Baxter: Poor defending cost us

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter says poor defending was to blame for their MTN8 quarter-final loss

Posted: 6 August 2012 Time: 09:56 am

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter says poor defending was to blame for their MTN8 quarter-final loss to Mamelodi Sundowns on Sunday.

Amakhosi suffered one of their heaviest defeats in recent times when they were beaten 4-1 by Downs at Loftus Versveld Stadium.

The Glamour Boys were already down 4-0 at half-time which was not only a disappointment to the Amakhosi faithful but also a big surprise to Baxter.

"Three of the goals conceded were from set pieces which surprised me. Sundowns delivered three very good balls into our box and we didn't deal with it," says Baxter.

"I think our inability to deal with those set pieces at that stage of the game, when we were a goal down were to blame, and I thought we lost our composure.

"We got stretched which meant that Sundowns could get balls into midfield and their good movement caused us problems and so we got stretched, which is the first time we got stretched since I came to the club, we lost control of the game although we got it back a little in the second half," he says.

The former Bafana Bafana coach said he was hoping to rectify the mistakes when they return back to training this week.

"Also our play on the transition was not as dangerous and as confident as it used to be. That's probably because we were pushing for a goal so you lose a little bit of patient.

"We have to do something about the set play ball collectively, the composure and the general quality of our play," he added.

Article by: Ernest Fakude

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KING?
posted: 10:04 am

It was actually poor planning that cost you, Only VV could get the best from those average players.

Gold relegated cosmos, Yeye relegated cosmos, Celtics have been fihgting relegation with that Mathoho. u cannot rely on such players.

Bafana bafana has been leaking goals. Plus u Braiid your CV as well.
KING?
posted: 10:04 am

In life u cannot achieve more with less.
Champ Bizzabo
posted: 10:05 am
But Chuck Norris you are an average coach leading an average team moes!

Tse ntshooo!
Champ-Marapo
posted: 10:05 am
No Mr Bhexter,....your Cooked CV costed you the game and will cost you your job.

Where were the Twin Towers.

Shut up and go back to Nurse Khumalo's drawing board coz this is just the beginning, teams are still going to whip your stinking tiny behind to come good.

Winner Takes all
Makhosi Takes Nothing
PSL awards a joke
posted: 10:07 am
Looking @ the space Lincon had on the right, i think Masango could have created us a good scoring opportunities. Pity his talent together with that of Baloyi & Katsande we not utilized to stabilized thing at the middle as early as possible. Bobsteak must get Isaacs as a matter of urgency esp n the right.
Champ-Marapo
posted: 10:07 am
Let me repeat this;

The difference between Shweshwe and Mulomo is that the other one is from Zimbabwe while the other one is from Sudan(Towel).
Looking at Issacs playing on Friday against Pirates you will realize that the difference between him and Morgan Goat is the time one takes with Jessica in the toilet.

So in short, Zebras never beefed their failing ordinary squad, they only replaced Cows with other cows. They lost a leader, a ball winner in Nengomadala and never replaced him.

To put chillies in the wound, they brought a CV Braaya as a coach.
Phumus
posted: 10:07 am
Chuck Norris you baked your CV maan tsek.
Champ-Marapo
posted: 10:08 am
24
04

Rhyming, isnt it?

Powerlines Score

Thank you Sundowns for showing that you can learn from the best. Cowlity teams like Zebras are libolofied in 20 minutes hahahahahah. Once again congradulations for helping us help the Macufe candidates get enough time to prepare for their Cup.

Champ-Marapo
posted: 10:11 am
"Also our play on the transition was not as dangerous and as confident as it used to be. That's probably because we were pushing for a goal so you lose a little bit of patient."
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Hahahahahaha everything here is written Nurse Khumalo all over it. Transition from defence to attack.....that's PROBABLY hahahah

Looking at this picture i see a confused, conniving, undermotivated bunch of cows and donkeys.
mno
posted: 10:12 am
When we told some people that this man is clueless, they thought we were jealous. Now what is this?
ndumtech
posted: 10:13 am
Baxter do yoself a favour, cut out the zonal defence during set pieces, if u look at goals Sundowns scored only Manqele's goal was well executed but the rest we mark spaces not the man and we gave time in our vox to set themselves to take shots coz we were standing still. Please Zonal defence wont work it cost us against Pirates now Sundowns 13 more teams are watching these
Bin Laden
posted: 10:17 am
"Sundowns could get balls into midfield and their good movement caused us problems and so we got stretched, which is the first time we got stretched since I came to the club, we lost control of the game" Stuart Baxter said.....

Sundowns is a team of its own, sorrounded by quality all over,,from the stands to the board room..DONE!
Bin Laden
posted: 10:17 am
"Sundowns could get balls into midfield and their good movement caused us problems and so we got stretched, which is the first time we got stretched since I came to the club, we lost control of the game" Stuart Baxter said.....

Sundowns is a team of its own, sorrounded by quality all over,,from the stands to the board room..DONE!
Real Champion Magaya (with 2 games to spare)
posted: 10:20 am
Coach, admit now...you had your tactics in the wrong parts of the field. I think Majoro was playing alone up-front, which is bad tactically in such high intensity games. By implication, you are releasing one of the opposition defenders to join in and attach as Masenamela had a field day. How do you field Zvasiya when you have signed a thorough-breed right back in Moleko. Again you saw what Zvasiya could offer, or could not offer. When defending with wrong tactics (zonal marking) you are bound to conceed as we did in that game. You have a solid team, coach, it is your tactics that cost us the game. the defenders were not picking men but spaces, and the reaction time was off the mark on all the occasions. You failed to correct that as early as you saw it in the first goal.

Angry!!!
KING?
posted: 10:22 am

My wise Champ Marapo warned Chiefs fans about playing without a natural middlefield destroyer and they insulted him.

My other wise Champ Mgugudi reminded them about wingers who could penetrate and unlock the defenders which is something they dont have and they insulted him.

My other Champs told them how overrated Khune is and they where also insulted.

Baxter baked his CV, He is a CV braaya
Makhosi Let's Support our Team in Moses Mabhida Stadium
posted: 10:23 am
Actually you can achieve more with less...it is called efficiency. so don't talk kak here wena KING? wakhona.
sphola07
posted: 10:23 am
@ PSL i thot he was gna put in masango for nkosi cz he would have use the space on the right
Chief Hlabarinto
posted: 10:25 am
Here is what let you down mr 28 Players without checking the balance of the team first;

Sundowns had Sangweni, Kekana
Pirates had Jali(Bibo on the bench)
Swallows has Tsutsulupa, Sibaya
Supersport has Maluleka, Gyimah...

so i will advice you to make up your mind and get us 2 top quality holding Midlefielders and stop this nonsense of Nkosi-Yeye combo because none of them is a ball winner...
sekhokho
posted: 10:25 am
luk at those cows wht were they expectin!
Murenzu Wa Lekhosi
posted: 10:26 am
we were outplayed, thats all
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