I did say Gavin Hunt is going to have goalkeeping issues at the start of his career as Kaizer Chiefs coach. No, I am not psychic or a Sangoma (even though I am pretty good at picking winners with my bets, listen to my podcast Cheez on Sports on Fridays to make money with yours). This is an issues Chiefs had last season under then-coach Ernst Middendorp. Gavin Hunt feels his goalkeeping duo of Itumeleng Khune and Daniel Akpeyi have been a big reason for his team’s bad results this season. 

Yesterday Kaizer Chiefs drew 2-2 against Stellenbosch. In his post-game interview, Coach Gavin Hunt bemoaned the type of goals conceded.

All in all disappointed with the result, I thought we’ve got to do better than that and see these games out,

But they obviously got a foothold in the game after getting the early goal and then once we get an equaliser, we went down 2-1 again.

The second goal was a real schoolboy error. The same position again as well, really bad defending and it’s something that has cost us all season.

Like I said we were chasing the game and there has been two areas of the pitch that has cost us the whole season.

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The ‘two areas’ being the defence and the goalkeeping position. Gavin Hunt has seen both Itumeleng Khune and Daniel Akpeyi make mistakes that cost them games. 

Former South Africa number 1 Itumeleng Khune is low on confidence. He has picked up a violent case of Butter-Fingeritis. Daniel Akypeyi is Gavin Hunt’s preferred goalkeeper but his errors are even more comical. 

Gavin Hunt should pick a goalkeeper and stick with him through his mistakes. Goalkeepers are creatures of habit and this constant chopping of the two kills their confidence and rhythm. 

By Cheez