TS Galaxy boss Tim Sukazi has confirmed that Bernard Parker will continue to coach the side in the Betway Premiership next season.
The former Kaizer Chiefs striker was promoted from the DDC side to the first team dugout towards the end of the last campaign after the club parted ways with former coach Adnan Beganovic.
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Parker was in charge of six matches across all competitions. He collected seven points in the league which included a big win over Mamelodi Sundowns that also had an impact in the side not being able to defend their league title. ‘Die Hond’ only lost the Nedbank Cup final to Durban City in Polokwane in early May.
Speaking on #PrimeSportsWithMahlatse, Sukazi said Parker has the credentials and has proven himself by also passing what the Rockets chairman labelled an acid test in Sundowns.
“Look, now I don’t need even to speak volume, I mean logic,” said Sukazi.
“We have to follow reason and logic. So here we are, a young coach, South African football legend, and he’s got all the qualities and the credentials. He’s got all what it takes, he’s proven himself, he has pulled us out of the doldrums. After we had lost nine out of 10 league games, he had to coach the remaining five, he hasn’t lost a match.
“The acid test for him was to play Mamelodi Sundowns. After the big talk, when we had beaten them and eliminated them in the Nedbank Cup, there was a talk about our field, Solomon Mahlangu being small and Teboho [Mokoena] was not playing, Ronwen [Williams] was not playing. And then I said, Cardoso let’s go to Mbombela, let’s go there, big field, bring Teboho, bring Ronwen, and we won.
“So really, it’s not just a question of Parker having won. I think it took his, I would say, football acumen to devise a strategy, so he’s showing good signs. So now it’s a question I could pose to the country and say, South Africa, does it not follow logic, and would it not make perfect sense for Parker to remain in a coaching position as we develop him.
“Of course, when the pressure picks up, we’ll have the opportunity and the option, maybe, of sort of shielding him and all that. So, it is upon us, but his momentum has to be continued at TS Galaxy.”
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