New Chippa United coach Sinethemba Badela is pleading for patience, implying he needs some time to turn Chilli Boys into a formidable force.
The Chippa job is Badela's first as a head coach in the Premiership, having spent last season assisting Rulani Mokwena at Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca.
Chippa get their season under way by hosting perennial league kings, Mamelodi Sundowns, at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday 3pm. We've got a new team ... it's a younger team, so we're looking to build, we're looking to grow everyday. We're also looking forward to being an exciting team to watch, Badela said during the launch of the new Betway Premiership season at the Galleria Conference Events Venue in Sandton on Tuesday.
The mandate is obviously first to improve the players and, once we get that right, the team improves, and when the team improves, the results will improve. It's a work in progress ... we are well aware where we are at the moment ... I mean, we're a team that's four weeks old and some of the players only came in the last two weeks, so we have to be patient and trust the process.
Even so, the Chilli Boys tactician acknowledged that winning games was the only thing that would buy him time at the club, that's synonymous with being impatient with coaches. In football, what keeps you in your job is results so, while we are building, we have to try to get results, Badela noted.