Former Marumo Gallants coach Dylan Kerr has slammed Kaizer Chiefs striker Ranga Chivaviro for not taking the many chances he gets in the danger zone.
The 31-year-old has been lively in the last three Premier Soccer League games where he has scored two goals already. However, Kerr insists the forward should have had more is you consider the number of opportunities he got.
The former defender argues the work of the striker is to score, and if he can't do his job properly, then there is no point in keeping him on the pitch.
‘Chivaviro might as well sit in the stands with me!' – Kerr
“When a new coach comes in, a team always wants to start well, everyone wants to impress. But what I've seen from Ranga, he looks fitter, quicker, stronger, he looks leaner. He looks like he has had a good pre-season. He looks like he has had very good pre-season games,” he told SNL24.
“His consistency now [will be key]. He has scored two goals in the last three. He should have scored three goals against Marumo Gallants but didn't score. He could have had a couple against AmaZulu, but he got one. He got one against [Mamelodi] Sundowns, he could have scored two.
“Unless you give Ranga opportunities, he might as well sit in the stands with me. Any striker that is given ammunition to score goals will score more than they will miss. You've got to give him that ammunition, give him crosses into the box, make sure if he plays on the shoulder of the defender, you give him the ball in the right areas, so he can use his pace, his power. Because Ranga has got a good strike on him.”
Amakhosi have so far collected six points in the three league matches played this season.
