Swallows caoch Brandon Truter finds himself looking over his shoulder this season as results continue to elude him and his team.Having finished a commendable sixth in his first premiership job last season, Swallows coach Brandon Truter started the new campaign with enthusiasm and ambitions to win honours, but he finds his team at the the lower end of the log and growing calls for his dismissal.
“The plan was to challenge for the title this season, challenge for honours and win a trophy in the second season, and that has always been my objective,” Truter said after Swallows conceded an early goal to Sphiwe Mahlangu in Mbombela on Sunday.Swallows’ only win, 1-0 against Royal AM, came on the opening day in August.
“Young Khupe, the first time on the right-back, you saw that he is not a right-back, and they got the goal,” said Truter."The mentality and the will to win were evident, but getting the ball into the back of the net was the problem again today [Sunday]. But this season, it seems, there are “underlying issues” from within the team environment that are holding the team back, as Truter lamented.