Trailblazing Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena says he laughs at people who say his stints in charge of Orlando Pirates and Chippa United were failures.
There are still those who are not convinced, however. They say it is Downs' huge wallet that wins matches and still point to Mokwena's short tenures where he earned mixed results as head coach at Pirates and Chippa .
Speaking after Downs' goalless draw against Cape Town City at Loftus Stadium on Tuesday in their first league match since being crowned 2022-23 champions on Saturday, Mokwena said he can defend his results at Pirates but opts not to.“The game of football is such a strange game. The same way I’ve never defended myself — and believe you me, I can defend myself — for the results at Pirates, ” he said.
“People talk about [my stint at] Chippa being a failure, I laugh at those things; Pirates being a failure, I laugh at those things.But there’s a certain narrative that people want to drive. So I’ve got to allow people to drive that narrative. But if I allowed you to drive a narrative in the bad moments, I should allow you to drive the narrative in the good moments.”Mokwena joined Pirates in 2017 as assistant to Milutin Sredojevic and when the Serb left became caretaker for 14 matches — winning four, losing five and drawing five.
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