Baroka FC owner Khurishi Mphahle reveals the club parted company with former coach Stanley Nkoane after falling out of favour with his first-team squad.
Bakgaga have failed to register a win from their opening five Motsepe Foundation Championship matches so far this season.
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The club has since appointed Dan Malesela as its new head coach on Monday.
"Five games without a win is too much, we give you five games, it's enough," Mphahlele tells KickOff.
"We give you five games, and you fail to win a single game. We can't wait until we reach 10 games before making a decision.
"He is gone, for him it's not a demotion, but dismissal. The slow start was due to a combination of factors. It's the squad, plus the technical team.
"One wanted to go this way, and the other one wanted to pull in the opposite direction. He lost the dressing room.
"Against Maritzburg United, there was a big argument between the players and the coach when it came to making substitutions. All this was happening in the middle of the game.
"The players were saying, no don't take this one out!
"And the coach was saying, no I'm taking this one out!
"That's when we realised, no there is a problem. I think he concentrated too much on the movement of the ball than on checking the overall performance of the team.
"He is always opinionated, he is too forward, and is always talking.
"Sometimes you need to sit down, watch and think."
Mphahlele insists the club are still targeting nothing less than a promotion to the DStv Premiership.
"Dan Dance Malesela is a winner, he knows we want a win. We want nothing but to win.
"He told me that the boys are good. But, we will wait for the first match for a proper assessment of the squad.
"Our target this season is straight promotion. Why must we go to the playoffs? We don't want the play-offs."
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