Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi has insisted he has not changed much at Masandawana and commended the work done by his predecessor Rulani Mokwena.
The reigning champions started with three wins from three league matches after beating Kaizer Chiefs at a sold-out FNB Stadium on Saturday.
After the match, Mngqithi was asked whether he feels justified about the changes he made after the departure of Mokwena, but he insisted he hasn’t changed much but rather added onto Mokwena’s work.
“I think it was ignorance from the beginning that we have changed anything because I think we added, we did not change anything,” he stated.
“Sometimes, in a society where people jump to conclusions before they even ask, you end up having situations where people think there is something that has happened and yet there is nothing.
“Because the truth was, we wanted to improve the speed of play because we were a team that was not strong on transitions, we were a team that was not strong on break attacks, we were a team that did not have maximum width and we had to improve those aspects because they are fundamentally important to the success of any football club.
“Because our society has a lot of people that jump into conclusions and they don’t even bother to ask so that they have answer, they immediately use their pen and paper to write whatever they like, I don’t even think I’m vindicated because I’ve never changed anything, I’ve added.
“I’ve been in this institution for many years, and I know what has gone right and what has gone wrong, and I know areas that need to be improved. And I also commend the good work that my predecessor did, because there was a lot of work that Rulani did which is good and it’s helping the same club.
“If I was stupid or ignorant or having a low self-esteem, then I would go in the direction of wanting to change and bringing my own things, but I never had that mind and it was baffling to hear people talking the way they talked.”
