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Craig not keen to fly low

Much of the focus after Moroka Swallows were relegated on Sunday afternoon turned to beleaguered chairman Leon Prins.

Prins made the five-hour trip to Thohoyandou Stadium hoping the Dube Birds would still be hanging on when they returned to Johannesburg.

However, it was left to Craig Rosslee, a man who arrived at the club with six Absa Premiership matches remaining to save Swallows from the drop, to answer all the difficult questions.

What now? Will you stay? Will Prins sell the club? Rosslee did not have all the answers. The one thing he seemed certain of was the fact that he was not to blame for one of SA's oldest teams being relegated.

"To be honest, or rather straightforward, I don't know what the plans from management are," Rosslee said. "I hadn't discussed anything to say what would happen if we stayed up or got relegated. Obviously, if we stayed up I would have loved to stay, but that is not the case.

"At the end of the day, coaching is my passion, but the NFD is a difficult task."

While Rosslee was hinting that he might not be willing to continue learning the tricks of the trade in a lower division, Prins walked up and down the change rooms, his mind clearly pre-occupied following a narrow 1-0 defeat to Black Leopards.

Prins refused to break his silence.

 

Added Rosslee: "It's very traumatic and sad for the players ... but if anything, they should have had the experience in the team to see this thing through.

"You look at Juventus, who are in the [Uefa] Champions League and have seven guys over the age of 35 in their side. I had to use a guy like [Siyabonga] Nomvethe, who, at the age of 37, ran around and showed the desire to succeed."

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