Former Mamelodi Sundowns assistant coach Romain Folz feels he did not get enough time to show what he can do at the club.
The former AmaZulu coach was fired alongside head coach Manqoba Mngqithi after an inconsistent start to the 2024/25 campaign.
Prior to Miguel Cardoso's arrival, Masandawana had failed to deliver the MTN8, Carling Knockout, and had an unconvincing start to the group stage of the Caf Champions League matches where they posted back-to-back draws.
Steve Komphela and Kennedy Mweene were the only first-team coaches who were retained. Folz has now explained why he feels the changes were done in haste, and that they could have been given more time to deliver.
Justification ‘won't change anything'
“I will go in a way in saying honestly it's not a matter of making sense or not making sense, it's a matter of when you work at Sundowns, a national team, or whatever, you are an employee,” he told SoccerBeat.
“So whatever the decision is taken you might agree with it or disagree with it, it might make or not make sense to you, but you have to accept it. Not accepting it, being in confrontation, or being in denial about it is not going to help anymore.
“When I look back at being first in the league, being still involved in the Champions League where we had not lost any match, there are always things you can do better, obviously the final in the Carling Cup we were not happy about, better things could have been done there.
“Ultimately, the club takes its decision then you reflect afterwards on the work that you have done and try to point out what you have done right and what you have done wrong and try to improve going into the next experience. That is how I proceeded and I don't wish to give myself time to think whether it was justified or not because it will not change anything,” Folz concluded.
