With their demanding schedule both on the domestic and continental front, it's been confirmed that Mamelodi Sundowns have added more hands on deck.
Co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi revealed that, as reported by the Siya crew last week, that David Notoane has been given a first team role.
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His responsibility, mostly, is to work with the players who've not made the match day squad or travelled with Downs for their CAF assignments.
Mngqithi shares the head coach responsibility with Rulani Mokwena, while Steve Komphela was also brought in at the start of the campaign as a "senior coach".
"We are fortunate in that space because we have a very big complement of the technical team. Even on the days when we are playing we still had coach David Notoane working with the players (who didn't make the match day squad)," Mngqithi told journalists.
"We have Marcus Mashilo, the assistant goalkeeper coach, we had Riedoh Berdien the conditioning coach, and we always have one of the physios available – if Sakhi (Ngwevela) is here with us then Godfrey (Sepuru) is remaining with them. Our other doctor, Dr Paul (Mapotho) was with them in the morning (of their Nedbank Cup tie against Polokwane City on Wednesday). We always have a full complement of a full technical team, which is what one must also commend because every time we travel, the team remains with people that are competent enough to give their best."
Downs seem to be continuing with having an army of coaches and analysts as they look to conquer in every competition they are involved in.
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They've not lost a match since October 18 last year and have pulled seven points clear at the top of their Champions League group table. Furthermore, Downs sit at the summit of the DStv Premiership standings with four games in hand.
"We don't give a lot of credit to those people, but the truth of the matter is that they work very hard. The players that have been coming in never came in out of shape. It was unfortunate we could not even give (Mauricio) Affonso a chance, but he is also coming alright with his conditioning," explained Mngqithi.
"Coach David and the other guys are working very hard to make sure that the team that is always left behind is always in good shape."
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