Kaizer Chiefs' induction of young players has come under question and, in effect, Nasreddine Nabi's philosophy, after showboating antics by Mfundo Vilakazi while the team was trailing against Young Africans.
Vilakazi doing skills to entertain the crowd at Toyota Stadium on Sunday while Chiefs were a goal down against Yanga in the pre-season Toyota Cup, a game they went on to embarrassingly lose 4-0, has become one of the main talking points.
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Although a mere friendly, after a pre-season in Turkey, the fans and the public at large were looking forward to seeing how new coach Nabi sets up his stall and what the main principles of his game model are.
So far, what has become evident about the Tunisian's philosophy is that he believes in the youth, after the likes of Vilakazi, Samkelo Zwane and debutant Nkosana Mbuthu started against the Tanzanian giants and also with the new signings being of a relatively young age.
However, after a nine-year silverware drought, starting all over again with youngsters has drawn criticism and raises questions on whether the Soweto giants have indeed prioritized changing the status quo.
Amakhosi legend Marks Maponyane condemned Vilakazi for his showboating and suggested that such antics always lead to embarrassment, as was seen with the score-line against Miguel Gamondi's charges.
"I criticized it when [Masibusane] Zongo was doing that, I was criticized to the core because that's not my kind of game. The ball is round and SABS has approved it, so you can't be rounding the ball when it's round already," Maponyane said on Radio 2000.
"Showboating that has no direction, for me, is always ending up with results that we saw. You've got to show your skills when there's a need, try to cut the opposition. But if you do it just to impress the crowd, then you end up looking back and saying: 'But nothing shines on my cabinet at home'.
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"You've got to make sure you win something. I mean, I would be embarrassed if I do that and I know it's nine years and I don't even have a trophy, let alone the player of the match. So, you've got to be very careful when you breed the players, young players in particular. You try to get them to rid off this behaviour," added 'Go Man Go'.
After Gamondi himself cast doubt over the use of youngsters by Chiefs, it remains to be seen if Nabi will change his approach ahead of the official opening of the new season, as he will ultimately be judged based on results.