Are foreign players ” making” local football?

Isn’t it amazing, how foreign players seem to stand out in our local Premier Soccer league clubs. I mean in most of the teams in SA there are one or two foreign players who always make it on the starting line up. And they always seem to work the hardest and score the goals.

Shouldn’t we actually be giving these guys a hard time, as they’re not really used to South African soccer. Or aren’t we supposed to be playing our best as most of them come from very bad soccer backgrounds and they’re just trying to make a living and conquer their underprivileged past.


I mean, if you look at the situation from the development side, many of the upcoming young players from the current teams, loose hope in playing for their 1st team. All because of the foreign players, who seem to stand out and perform on the pitch?


The PSL tried to reduce the amount of foreign players to 5 players per club, but the issue has not been sorted. Many young players show the potential of doing well, but without any game time their careers are at stake.


Maybe for these clubs it’s just business as usual or as they’re doing what we call “cheap labour”. They buy a foreign player for very low amount, he performs, and then they sell him for a high and ridiculous amount. So is it really all about winning or making money at the end?

That’s another article for another day.

There are a whole lot of debatable issues in this article. Maybe the foreign players put in more work ethic in the game than our South African players.
Maybe the young players need to step up
and forget about their pay cheque’s .
Maybe these foreign players actually give the PSL a good name. But the fact is they’re doing well and their giving the fans their moneys worth.

Whats happening with Teko

Teko Modise, the 2005-2006 Mvela Gloden League player of the season, 2008-2009 PSL Footballer of the year and the Cosafa Cup Player of the Tournament in 2007, is looking terrible this season.

Teko Modise has been a life saver for the both national team and Orlando Pirates by creating unbelievable chances for strikers and giving the fans their money’s worth at the same time. We South Africans love the” Shibobos” the “Tsamayas”, the “Magic rights” and seeing a player who works hard on the pitch to create chances and still entertain us has been great and it has been Teko-the General.

Today, what more can we say about the General. He is getting booed game after game and his confidence on the pitch has really gone down. Before Teko was part and parcel of Orlando Pirates and we always knew that Teko will be in the starting as no one could take his position.

Today, he comes on as a substitute and is competing for position on the wings, with the speedy Segolela and the basic and accurate Klate; Before Teko used to the engine of Orlando Pirates.

Many may wonder what has gone wrong, whether it’s the money that seems to heavy in his pockets or is it the Range Rover, Audi TT, BMW 6 series and the recent Aston Martin that he has been driving around the streets? After all this is a man worth R8 Million.

No one knows how they can help Teko and if they can. My advice for Teko is to forget the cars the money and the next place he should put his tattoo .He should just focus being the great soccer player that he used to be. He is turning 28 in December and time is running out…

My new blog

This is all about the biggest sport in the world...Soccer...I have a whole lot of things in my mind and would like to share it with the world...

I am a proud South African and the blogging mostly going to be about South African soccer, the players the coaches, the teams the fans the money that goes in and how we ordinary people view our players and teams.

This blog is also to broadcast the fans voice as they are the real soccer annalists , the real commentators and at times the real coaches, they just don't have have control.

This blog is for all soccer lovers, and it is going to be critical as we expect more from our players...

Every 2 weeks enjoy the post and the tweets about whats happening the real stories behind the soccer ball and goal post and the player...

Enjoy...

Omatlapeng