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5 days ago
- Sport
'Kaizer Chiefs players and coach should be held accountable'
Kaizer Chiefs legend Neil Tovey feels the players and coaching staff should be held accountable for the club's poor season. Despite winning the Nedbank Cup, Amakhosi finished ninth in the Betway Premiership. This is the second successive time that Chiefs finished outside the Top 8, meaning the Soweto giants won't feature in next season's MTN8 competition. Some Kaizer Chiefs fans felt the season was decent as they finally ended their trophy drought after 10 years however, the club legend says league results are important. 'Chiefs have been poor, to be honest. In football, you are judged by your league position,' Tovey said. 'Given the stature of Chiefs, they should be a top three team, yet here they are in 9th place. That's really disappointing. It's not good at all. Many can be held accountable for this, including the players and the coaching staff,'he added. 'Yes, they won a trophy for the first time in 10 years, which is unusual for Chiefs. Typically, they don't go more than one or two years without a trophy. 'However, winning a trophy doesn't equate to having a good season. You will ultimately be judged by your league position. Consistency is key,' said the Kaizer Chiefs legend. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
The Citizen
28-05-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
Tovey blasts Chiefs' ‘not good at all' season
'In football, you are judged by your league position,' Tovey told Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs defender Neil Tovey has criticised Amakhosi's season, even though they lifted their first trophy in ten years. ALSO READ: Pirates looking to end season on a high Chiefs' 0-0 draw with Polokwane City on Saturday in the Betway Premiership means they have failed to qualify for the MTN8 for the second season in a row. Chiefs 'have been poor' Amakhosi cannot finish higher than ninth in the table. But head coach Nasreddine Nabi defended his side in the wake of Saturday's result. Nabi's main point was that his side had improved, because they had won the Nedbank Cup. 'Chiefs have been poor, to be honest. In football, you are judged by your league position,' Tovey told however, with his comments actually coming before Saturday's result. 'Given the stature of Chiefs, they should be a top three team, yet here they are in 9th place. That's really disappointing. 'It's not good at all. Many can be held accountable for this, including the players and the coaching staff,' the legend added. 'Yes, they won a trophy for the first time in 10 years, which is unusual for Chiefs. Typically, they don't go more than one or two years without a trophy. 'However, winning a trophy doesn't equate to having a good season. You will ultimately be judged by your league position. Consistency is key.' Johnson echoes Tovey Former Kaizer Chiefs head coach Cavin Johnson, meanwhile, has echoed Tovey's sentiments. Johnson was sacked by Chiefs at the end of last season, with Nabi coming in to replace him. ALSO READ: Nabi drops hint over Chiefs future 'As far as Kaizer Chiefs are concerned, I do believe that with the signings they made this season and the fact that they brought a new technical team, they should have done better than what they have done… than what they achieved this season,' Johnson said at a recent La Liga event in Melrose Arch.
25-05-2025
- Sport
Kaizer Chiefs legend explains why Amakhosi failed
Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi will not appreciate Neil Tovey's comments. It's official. Amakhosi have not made the top 8 after finishing the season in ninth place with only eight wins out of 28 matches. Despite beating the likes of Stellenbosch FC, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates to win the Nedbank Cup, Tovey believes Kaizer Chiefs have had a poor season. 'While they won a trophy, the league standings are always the benchmark for evaluating our performance throughout the season,' Tovey told KickOff . Kaizer Chiefs team vs Stellenbosch FC in the Betway Premiership at the Athlone Stadium. Image: SuperSport Website . 'Kaizer Chiefs have been poor, to be honest. In football, you are judged by your league position. 'Given the stature of Chiefs, they should be a top three team, yet here they are in 9th place. That's really disappointing. 'It's not good at all. Many can be held accountable for this, including the players and the coaching staff. Yes, they won a trophy for the first time in 10 years, which is unusual for Kaizer Chiefs. Typically, they don't go more than one or two years without a trophy. 'However, winning a trophy doesn't equate to having a good season. You will ultimately be judged by your league position. Consistency is key,' Tovey concluded. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Closing M48 Severn Bridge to HGVs 'devastating' for hauliers
Hauliers say that a decision to ban heavy goods vehicles from the M48 Severn Bridge could be "devastating" for their ban will come into force for at least 18 months from 27 May after National Highways discovered the cables supporting the structure are deteriorating.A director of an Avonmouth-based haulage company warned the alternative route into Wales via the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge is not always reliable, and drivers could be forced to take lengthy detours around Highways said it has "no choice" but to impose weight limits in the interest of public safety, and that it was looking for a long-term solution to allow HGVs to return "in a controlled manner". It is currently proposing a "technological solution" that will manage the flow of HGVs over the bridge to prevent overloading it. Jamie Burton, director of M&J Transport, told BBC Radio Bristol the impact of the Prince of Wales Bridge shutting due to a a crash or poor weather "would be devastating" once HGVs can no longer use the Severn crossing."They've not put any plans or any thought into what's going to happen when it gets busy in the summer, or if there's any closures. The cost to the industry and the cost to us personally would be immense," he Tovey of Richard Tovey Transport pointed out that even when the Prince of Wales Bridge is open, it still adds a 14-mile detour onto journeys. She added some areas may find "large vehicles being rerouted through their communities"."It isn't just about the money, it's about infrastructure that isn't used to (HGVs)."Claire Young, Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate, said it could cost between £300m and £600m to augment the bridge so it can continue carrying its current load. "All this infrastructure was put in at the same time in the 60s, it's now ageing, we are seeing problems," she said."It has the potential to really impact the local economy. The government says its top priority is growth. If we are going to have that, we need the infrastructure to support it."Chris Pope, from National Highways, said the agency had no choice but to temporarily ban HGVs from the bridge."We want to keep the bridge running for people but the solution that we have found is that we've managed to keep it open for 90% of people," he said. "It is safe, it's all about loading and unfortunately we are in a position where about 85% of the loading that the main suspension cables are carrying is actually the bridge itself."Mr Pope added that National Highways was looking for a solution that will allow HGVs to return "in a controlled manner so we don't overload the bridge".
BBC News
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wicked: Behind the scenes at Sky Studios Elstree
Film and high-end TV production spend in the UK was £5.6bn last year - and the biggest film was Wicked, made at Sky Studios Elstree in managing director of the studios, Noel Tovey, says it has been "a bit of a rollercoaster" with back-to-back films made here since it opened in February 2023 - the latest facility in the rapid studio expansion around says the film industry has had challenges, among them Hollywood industrial action and budget cuts to streaming services, but there's been a "slow recovery through 2024".In terms of how the industry is benefiting the local area, Sky says payroll postcodes on recent productions demonstrate that about a quarter of the production crews live within a 10-mile radius of Sky Studios Elstree. Underneath the gleaming silver arch and around the freshly landscaped courtyard, inside Sky Studios Elstree there is industrious production bell signalling the start and end of takes rings out repeatedly. Crew members drift out of the sound stages, wearing overalls or hi-vis tabards. There has been constant film production here since the studios opened in February 2023, with the cameras rolling on Wicked before the building was even noise of the mini-forklift trucks and golf buggies moving busily around the site is completely silenced as the doors shut on the 25,000sq ft (2,320sq m) Sound Stage scene in Wicked for the song Dancing Through Life, with its spinning library and flying books, was filmed here. "Every costume and every film set, all the props, all the special effects rigs, everything was made here in the studio," Tovey tells BBC London."To see the finished result on the big screen, and for it to win awards, has been the icing on the cake."Wicked, which had the biggest opening for a musical adaptation of a stage show, won two Academy Awards at this year's Oscars, including for Best Production Design, accepted by Londoner, Nathan Crowley - plaudits that emphasise the quality of the crews working in film around London."A mile down the road is Elstree Studios; it's celebrating its 100th year this year and that just shows there are generations of crew that have grown up in this area," Tovey says. Tax breaks make the Home Counties an attractive place to make film and high-end TV but there are other elements that have to come together, Tovey says."Being in the right place is crucial - for the crew base, for the supply chain, for easy access to central London and transport links - but also to have the room to build a facility of this scale." Despite the optimistic message coming from Sky Studios Elstree, it has been a a punishing few years for the post-Covid spending spree in high-end TV stalled - shows made in the UK saw a £598m spend last year, 22% down on 2023, as streaming platforms cut back their budgets, while UK box office takings are still 22% below their 2019 US industrial action had some impact in the UK. Production on Wicked was halted 10 days before filming was complete. For freelancers that make up the majority of the workforce, there is significant job insecurity. But that doesn't stop young people in Borehamwood wanting to get into the Byrne is on a 12-month paid traineeship at Sky Studios Elstree. "I think for so many people it feels like something really cool that you'd love to do but you have no clue how you'd actually get there yourself," she Future Talent Programme is in its third year and of the 32 trainees taken on so far, a large proportion live locally - and 70% have gone on to work in the Mistry is an alumna. "I was lucky enough to be a runner on set [on Wicked] so I got to see Cynthia [Erivo] singing Defying Gravity whilst being harnessed in this contraption that was flipping her upside down and doing a loop-the-loop in the air on the broomstick," she Studios Elstree is hoping that the sequel, Wicked: For Good, which is due to be released in November, will contribute to the continuing recovery of the UK film industry.
