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Igesund calls for patience with Bafana Bafana coach Ntseki

Former South Africa national team coach Gordon Igesund has pleaded for more time on Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki to do his work, saying the biggest undoing of the country is a lack of patience.

Igesund, a former Bafana coach between 2012 and 2014, feels that a national team project needs at least four years under one coach for a realistic chance of major silverware.

Since Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)-winning manager Clive Barker lost his job in 1997, no Bafana coach has reached three straight years in his position.

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Igesund himself was removed from his Bafana role despite winning three 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers and losing one game after taking over the qualification bid midway when the team was yet to record victory.