Under fire Kaizer Chiefs coach, Arthur Zwane, who calls himself a believer and a hard worker, says football has taught him to have a thick skin and a big heart.
Zwane led Chiefs to a fifth place finish in the DStv Premiership on his maiden season as a head coach.
It was, to say the least, a turbulent debut season for Zwane, which ended in total disaster, with the coach attacked by supporters after losing to SuperSport United.
To top it all off, Chiefs lost four of their last five league games, which meant they lost 12 matches in total in the league.
A believer Zwane might be, but it is hard to believe that Chiefs management will still believe in him to lead their revival process next season.
"I'm a believer, I'm a hard worker. If there's one thing that football taught me is never be in the game if you don't have a big heart. In football, you develop a thick skin. I'm not the first one that has been in this situation. I've seen coaches struggle in their first season then they come up different in the following season," said Zwane as quoted by SABC Sport. https://www.sabcsport.com/soccer/news/i-ve-developed-a-thick-skin-says-underfire-kaizer-chiefs-coach
Perhaps, what Zwane says next doesn't align with what Amakhosi are as an institution.
For an ambitious club like Chiefs, a coach doesn't necessarily get to have a 'learning season'.
Even Xavi of Barcelona fame had to go and learn somewhere else before he came back to lead his former club to league glory.
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"It was more like a learning season for me for the fact that me now being the head coach, making decisions. Obviously with the help of other technical team members but I've always been this supporting member of the team. Supporting other coaches that have been here before."
Is he going or staying? That is the question. But as things stand, to stay might come with more tears.
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