Cape Town - Stuart Baxter is already working his special brand of coaching magic at SuperSport United. The former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs mentor had high praise for his new club after a 1-1 draw with Bloemfontein Celtic on Wednesday night, and he is now preparing the team for a tricky PSL encounter against the erratic Ajax Cape Town in Atteridgeville on Sunday (kick-off 3.30pm).
Baxter had a hugely successful three-year spell at Chiefs between 2012 and 2015, which included two PSL titles. He was respected for the manner in which he bravely changed the Soweto club’s style, bringing more discipline and shape to the team.
With the 62-year-old British coach awaiting his work permit, he was in the stands for last week’s 1-0 win over Free State Stars, but he took his place on the bench on Wednesday. It’s never easy going to Bloemfontein and expecting to get something positive against Celtic, but Baxter’s SuperSport emerged with a brave point, which was good enough for him.
“I think we can be happy with the point if you take the circumstances into consideration,” he said. “We were away from home and I haven’t done a lot of work with the squad, but I thought we were organised and the players did very well.
“I thought we had a few opportunities to even sneak a result against Celtic, but a draw was probably a fair result.”
Source iol.co.za
