On Wednesday Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Dillon Sheppard spoke to media
ahead of their Nedbank Cup last 16 clash against Motsepe Foundation
Championship side Casric Stars, expressing his views on why only one
Amakhosi player has been named in the Bafana Bafana preliminary squad.
Chiefs’ rivals Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates have a few players in
the squad, with the DStv Premiership champions dominating the squad with
nine players and Pirates being represented by four players.
Sheppard said it is their responsibility to improve the players at
Naturena to ensure they raise hands for national team selection. He stated
that they must support the coach’s selection and work hard to improve
their players so they can be selected.
“We are all here for the nation and it’s up to the coach to select the
players he feels are going to do the nation proud. We are here to support
him. As a coach, we’d love to see our players in the national team, but
the coach has to make a selection and we’ve got to support the selection
and we have to work hard to improve our players so that they can be up
there for selection,” Sheppard said.
Bafana Bafana are due to play Liberia in back-to-back qualifiers for the
2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
