Top three finish would be a great accomplishment for Kaizer Chiefs, says Cedric Kaze

Kaze and co-coach Khalil Ben Youssef have face criticism from supporters this season, following their elimination from all local cup competitions and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Up until the last few weeks, Amahosi had been making steady strides up the league standings and were within touching distance of leaders Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns until a recent run of bad results.

Chiefs lost 2-1 to Stellenbosch, 3-0 to Orlando Pirates and most recently 1-0 to Richards Bay to drop to sixth place on the standings.

Amakhosi are now on 30 points from 18 games - 17 points adrift of the top two but with two games in hand.

Speaking ahead of facing Durban City at the FNB Stadium on Sunday, Kaze said a top-three finish would be a great accomplishment.

"If this team finishes in the top three at the end of the season, I can even leave and I'd say that I've accomplished what no one has accomplished in the last 10 years.

"[Middendorp] finished second with 23 goals from set pieces with a lot of long balls. If we [myself and Kaze] achieve the top three at the end of the season, we will leave and say that we did an incredible job," said the interim boss in the Sowetan.

"This team has been in constant progression since the beginning of the season, so are you going to start panicking or are you going to start running because of one month of bad performances? While you have had an incredible seven months? No! There are still 12 games to play and a lot of things to play for," Kaze added.

“There are people with different agendas, saying, ‘Oh, these coaches don't deserve to be there; the ship is too big for the captain that is leading it'. Today we are sixth on the log and the one who's third is three points ahead of us and we have two games in hand.

"I am not saying we're going to win both of those games, but we're going to try by all means.”