Is Pirates a sinking ship?
The basis upon which coaches are judged in football is always results, but sometimes also silverware depending on the profile of the club.
After Orlando Pirates decided to throw the dice yet again with co-coaches Mandla Ncikazi and Fadlu Davids replacing Josef Zinnbauer, there will have been hope of an upward trajectory for the side, but it has yet to materialise.
The role taken by Ncikazi when he joined from Lamontville Golden Arrows at the start of the season was never clarified, except for the club to state that he was joining to become a member of the technical team.
It only gave weight to the fact that Zinnbauer’s days were numbered, and it came as no surprise when the German was gone before the first league game was played.
With a third of the season completed, only 14 points were achieved from the opening 10 games, which ranks amongst the slowest starts to a new season based for The Buccaneers and not any better than what Zinnbauer achieved at the start of his only full season.
There are a number of reasons for the
