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Goalkeeper Jackson Mabokgwane says Orlando Pirates' rotation policy made it difficult for him to settle but admits he should've been more consistent.
The 32-year-old joined the Buccaneers from Cape Town City in July 2016 and had to compete with Brighton Mhlongo, Siyabonga Mpontshane, and Filipe Ovono, before Wayne Sandilands also joined the club the following season.
After struggling for regular starts as the Pirates goalkeeper, Mabokgwane decided not to renew his contract, and signed for Bloemfontein Celtic as a free agent at the end of the 2018/19 campaign.
"There was a lot of rotation, they were never really sure who was their first choice. Only this season they have decided that Sandilands is their number one but my whole three years at the club, we shared, there was just rotation going on the whole time," Far Post quoted Mabokgwane as having told iDiski TV.
"At the time when I was there, there was no clear number one and that affected me because I wanted to start and to be consistent and to grow but with the quality that is there you cannot really blame the rotation system that happens because if a team has too much quality and you don't play so well you will be dropped as somebody else is waiting and that's what happened.
"So I cannot really blame anyone because if it meant I was supposed to play 100% performances each and every game for me to play 30 games then that's what it was expected and if I didn't achieve that, I couldn't perform at a 100% every single match and then I was dropped, that's unfortunate and I had to accept.
"If you keep clean sheets and win Man of the Match awards every game, then they won't change you and unfortunately, I didn't do that. When my contract ended, we sat and agreed to part ways."
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