Following the resignation of TS Galaxy head coach Sead Ramovic, the biggest reason why The Rockets had a poor start has been revealed.

After finishing a club record sixth in the standings last season, it came as a surprise that Galaxy could not get results in the early stages of 2024/25.

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There were suggestions that perhaps Ramovic was motivated by his feud with former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena and that he lacked the necessary oomph to get his team going without the 37-year-old in the new campaign. 

There is also the obvious factor of the club losing their top players every season, after they sold goalkeeper Fiacre Ntwari to Kaizer Chiefs, Pogiso Sanoka to SuperSport United and Lehlohonolo Mojela to Stellenbosch FC.

However, little was suspected of the impact that Ramovic coming close to joining Raja Casablanca had on the team, after reports started linking him with the likes of Amakhosi in the off-season.

According to Galaxy Chairman Tim Sukazi, the fact they had already lined up a replacement for the former Wolfsburg goalkeeper and his deal with Raja fell through in the advanced stages, had an impact on the players, a shock to the system they could not recover from.

"I wouldn't necessarily pinpoint to him per se and apportion blame, but indeed, it would affect the whole team, it would destabilize the team. Mind you, we were in the pre-season in a critical phase when this whole Moroccan thing came up," Sukazi said on Metro FM Sports.

"There were media reports everywhere, it was crazy, and players were reading about this, the management, supporters. O course, the coach was about to leave, I had a new coach ready to board the plane and come through. Eventually, that move didn't happen and everything had to return to a state of normality, which becomes humanly impossible.

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"So, that had its own impact, in my humble opinion. But not necessarily him. He is a stable guy, he worked the same way, he applied himself the same way, but to recover the entire team in the field of play and outside the field of play, it would take a lot and it's a situation we exactly find ourselves in," Sukazi admitted.

Galaxy are the only team yet to win in the Betway Premiership, with two points at the bottom of the log after six games.