
Former Mamelodi Sundowns assistant coach Romain Folz believes he wasn’t given sufficient time to prove his worth at the club.
Folz, previously at AmaZulu, was dismissed along with head coach Manqoba Mngqithi following an inconsistent start to the 2024/25 season. Before Miguel Cardoso’s appointment, Sundowns had failed to win the MTN8 and Carling Knockout titles and had drawn their opening two CAF Champions League group stage matches.
While Steve Komphela and Kennedy Mweene were retained, Folz has expressed his belief that the coaching changes were implemented too hastily. He suggests that he and Mngqithi could have achieved better results with more time.
“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.