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ON BOARD: Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has been appointed Kaizer Chiefs coach. Chiefs have been without a coach after they fired Vladimir Vermezovic early last month. PHOTO: Lee Warren

 Mistakes always happen when people talk 

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Baxter, a former Bafana coach, was handed the Kaizer Chiefs coaching job last week and will begin work in the new season.

But reports emerged at the weekend that there were unexplained "successes" in the coach's curriculum vitae since his departure from the Bafana job.

Motaung yesterday defended his man, to whom he has awarded a two-year contract with an option to renew. The Chiefs chairman explained away the new coach's assertion that he had won a title with: "in his mind, perhaps winning promotion in Japan is (like) winning the title".

Baxter said in his CV that he had won the championship in Japan in 2006 and had also taken Swedish club Helsingborgs to the last 16 of the Europa League.

But the coach had in fact helped Vissel Kobe to promotion into the Japanese Premier Division by way of a play-off and made it to the last 32 - not 16 - of the Europa League with the Swedish club.

"Mistakes always happen when people talk," said Motaung. "Sometimes you might say something out of turn and I think that is what happened with the coach. When these things happen they might be blown out of proportion."

Chiefs fans had already reacted with anger on social networks to Baxter's appointment. Then news that he could have embellished his CV heightened their dissatisfaction.

"I'm not surprised that there's negativity around hiring a new coach. There will always be mixed feelings about employing a new coach, even if we hired (Jose) Mourinho tomorrow, people will ask what does Mourinho know about football in South Africa," said Motaung.

He said Baxter's mandate for the next two seasons was to win the Absa Premiership, which has eluded Chiefs for the past seven years.

"I have checked his credentials and I believe he has the ability to put a team together that can win the league," Motaung said.

The Amakhosi boss said it was not a mistake to hire Baxter, who was not first choice for the job.

It emerged yesterday that Steve Komphela had been in contention for the post until he accepted the job as Bafana assistant coach.

"We looked at a local coach but I can safely say he overcommitted... and that ruled him out from this job," said Motaung.

"There was a possibility of him becoming our coach, but with his situation, it became impossible."

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Thu May 23 08:06:57 SAST 2013 ::

May 15, 2012

asaowe

Poor KAIZER Motaung shown arrogancy, nd stupidity what kind of any employer he is, CV faked man got a job, just bcos he doesn't want hs team to be coach by local nxa.
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May 15, 2012

Rattex-cannot-be-blocked

asaowe
Poor KAIZER Motaung shown arrogancy, nd stupidity what kind of any employer he is, CV faked man got a job, just bcos he doesn't want hs team to be coach by local nxa.
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Shut your smelly mouth and worry about who your toothless chairman will hire as your next coach, so he can fire him halfway through the season
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May 15, 2012

Papage

This coach is a comic, Kaiser is making blunders after blunder, is it the old age maybe? he need to look at his advisers, I think they are not advising him well. I see this once powerfull team destroyed. Anyway it is a Family business after all why care.
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May 15, 2012

Westkanjalo

lol riiiiiise ZEBRAS riiiiiiiiiiiiise ... lol after pirates 2nd time, chiefs will be the 2nd team 2 win a treble emzantsi lol wit baxter as a coach, majoro,parker,ngcobo,kaizer jnr as strikers wahahahahaha makhosi ningozo bheda la, FOOTBALL 101 WAS MASTERED @ DA UNIVERSITY OF ORLANDO...WE WILL GET DAT 2ND STAR B4 U EVEN WIN ANODA LEAGUE TITLE...UP DA BUCS TILL BOBBY JNR MANAGES COSMOS
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May 15, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Re jiwe fela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KHOSI 4 LIFE........
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May 15, 2012

Papage

He is a fraud, how do you falsefy your cv and think nobody will know about it, he think South Africans are stupid.
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May 15, 2012

Mhungumbye

MorenaWaPolelo
Re jiwe fela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa then what !!!!!! o tla tlalosa nnete!!
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May 15, 2012

Nyame1

give him a chance guys, remember what happen with pirates supporters,they tried to chase away Rudi krol but at the end of the season they wre calling themself happy people


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May 15, 2012

kutsukuyi

From Bad to worse. Bra Kaizer is hiring a fraud and he sees no problem with that. Is he that desparate for an international coach?
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May 15, 2012

TSONGA14

Worry about your team and leave our coach alone,SAFA failed him with BAFANA BAFAN,with da support of the players we can do it,we dont need a decade to win trophies we have been doing it except this season of course. atleast our playrs are not earnig peanuts
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