Who is taking it?

The Absa premiership title ends tomorrow! And there are three teams who are standing in the run to win it. Out of 16 PSL teams only three are now 90 minutes away from holding the Absa 2010\2011 premiership cup.

Kaizer Chiefs, who had a great run this season? They played their best most of the games but failed to perform on games that were very vital. They once were heading to the top of the PSL log and they drew 3 matches in a row. This was a huge disappointment for the team and the fans as they saw their dream becoming very blur. Now they have to play the last league match hoping that both the 1^st & 2^nd league position holders will lose or draw so that they can have the PSL title in their hands.

Well it’s just a little to late!

Orlando Pirates had an amazing 2010/2011 season. Football analyst’s believes that the buccaneers had the some of the best players in the league. Orlando Pirates coach- Ruud Krol had a feast of players to choose from and with no hesitation he did it well through out the whole season. Once he had his head nearly being chopped off but because of his passion and understanding for the game he managed to get over the pressure and he defeated all his critics. All the hard work he put in the team off the pitch really paid on the pitch. But the team let him down in a game they could have easily won. They could’ve been siting in 1^st place. And for their last encounter all they had to do was wait for the final whistle after 90 minutes. But it’s now gone and they have to win and hope the 1^st league position holders lose

So close, but yet so far!

Who thought the youngest team in the Absa Premiership would be sitting in 1^st place. All I can say about these boys is, what a team-What a game(s). Ajax Cape Town really gave all soccer lovers 29 great matches. Even though they lost and drew some matches the 18 games that they won really were unbelievable. The fast movement of the ball, the quick game play, the dribbles and the team play was all entertaining and phenomenal football. The team is today sitting on top spot and have to win to claim their prize. I believe it’s already theirs. I mean the original Absa Premiership trophy will be in Cape Town and it will be a home match against a team that is sitting in 12^th place.

Well done to the coach and the team for making life easier for themselves and making life hard for everyone else.

You deserve that trophy.

The chosen one...

He is the demolishers, the speedster, the defense destroyer, the magician, the general, and the master… He is the South African Messi, The goal-scoring hero. Who would it be either than Thualni Serero…

The Mapetla born star, started playing soccer in Soweto, until he got spotted to go to the Cape Town based team – Ajax. He began there at 13 playing in the development level, fighting his way up the football ladder to make it to 1^st team. And today he is not only in the Urban Warriors 1^st team, but he is a crucial player in the team, and he is only 20.

This star has picked up his game so much that he has gained national attention, as he is now part of the South African squad. This boy has scored crucial goals in the 2010/2011 league so far and he has also given defenders nightmare with his dazzling moves on the pitch.

He seems to always be in the right place, he seems to know where the ball is going to be, he is just a phenomenal player who definitely has a bright future ahead of him. This is a type of player we can expect seeing in the biggest leagues of the world, like the La Liga or Barclay’s premier league.

After Thulan Seroro went to Ajax Amsterdam, for tri outs, he came back not succeeding, but he did not lose hope. He also mentioned that, it is quite tough and physical overseas and that the players take practice very seriously.

After noticing how standards are high over sees, he vowed to himself that he is going to work even harder on the pitch and off it. And today we have proof that he has put an immense amount of hard work in himself.

He is what newspapers are talking about, he is what football fans are talking about. He is what national and international teams are wanting on their squads next season. He was what the national team needs.

He is Thulani Serero…

Big up boy, keep it up. This Article was just dedicated to you…

Well-done.

Talent doesn't discriminate so why should we?

We have a great democratic country, and that
makes our nation a true and diverse country.
But lets really be honest, on the soccer field, have we really been diverse or are we just making soccer a black sport.

Now I am a soccer player my self, and I know when I see a good soccer player, regardless of the colour, it doesn’t matter. If you have the skill then you are good enough to play.

But because of our unfortunate past should we keep on punishing the white or colored soccer players who are doing well.
We’ve come a long way with our soccer and to keep it growing and maintaining the standard. My concern is that there are too many white players that are being side lined probably because of their color for guys who are constantly on the pitch with minimum work rate and less discipline.

Bradley Grobler, a young and well working striker who just needs to be given a chance whether nationally or in the premier league, he is good enough to play but his sitting on the bench won’t do anyone justice. So he has just scored two goals in last weeks game, so what are we going to now put him on the bench and give an underprivileged black striker a chance to do the same thing.

David Somma, was noticed two weeks ago by South Africans, and by SAFA. Only when he scores 6 goals in 7 matches he is a South African soccer player. Maybe if he was black people would have spotted him along time ago. But he has played in Italy, USA and his playing in England for while now. Regardless of the league, being in the Football league championship (First division) I think he would have made a difference in our squad a couple of months ago during the world cup.

When I talk about Dillon Sheppard, I really feel like crying. This was one of South Africa’s most accurate and consistent left wingers, before the Daine Klates, Lerato Chabangu’s and the Siphiwe Tshabalala’s, he had everything he needed to be on the South Africa’s starting line up in the CAF nations cup and World Cup, but I really fear that if he was sidelined because of color, then how do we really spot talent.

I know he had a bad injury that hampered his career but the fact is he is that good enough of a player.
Matthew Pattison. First of all his work rate on the football pitch is unbelievable, he does very well to retrieve the ball and does well to create goal scoring chances on the pitch.
Many of you probably thought he is a Sundown’s development player, but do you know him From Newcastle FC, or even Norwich where he reined as a player. For the World Cup preparation he was given 15 minutes on the pitch against Mpumalanga, only 15 minutes, how are you going judge a player for in minutes. I think he should have been in the National team a long time ago and he Is a extraordinary player and I trust that he will be a favorite in eyes the South African fans.

There are a lot of players I can mention, Matthew Booth who just showed his face during the world Cup(A player who received player of the year awards in Russia as a defender).Mark Van Heerden, Darren Keet, Mark Arber, Stephan Armstrong, Cheyne Fowler ,Jonathan Greenfield. Who are really doing well for their teams.i just hope we are not waiting for another white talented soccer player to score 6 goals in 7 matches then we say he is South African and we should put him in the national team.

And don’t forget, we won the African nations cup with Neil Tovey, Eric Tinkler, Rodger De Sa,Mark Fish…

Guys who where white and doing well for our nation. And regarding what race you are, when you are playing for South Africa you really don’t want to be put in the squad because of a the color of you skin ,but the maturity of your skill.

I just hope we are not waiting for another white talented soccer player to score 6 goals in 7 matches then we say he is South African and we should put him in the national team.

This is my opinion; please feel free to comment….

Dumb, Dismal and Dull Decisions.

Soccer players sometimes seem to loose the plot. I mean the choices they make are often decisions that you can see they have not really put much thought into. You should realize that I am talking from an off the pitch perspective, because if we talk about the decisions they make on the field, that’s a whole new article by itself.

Maybe you haven’t got to understand what I am talking about, so let’s get into it. Daine Klate, an accurate, basic and effective product from the Super Sport United, decided to drop a league title winning team, who is in the CAF Champions league, a club that has less stars but the best team build up, a team that is coached by the one of the best coaches South Africa has. He left a team that fills up his soccer resume and went for a team that hasn’t opened the club cabinet for the past couple of years. How does a player do that? I mean don’t you want to increase your honors.

At Orlando Pirates there is unnecessary pressure, as they’re aren’t winning any silverware and they have way too many players in the position that Klate plays. So starting may be a problem, keeping his place in the starting 11 is another issue and Pirates play a different type of football compared to Super Sport United.

Another casualty suffering from wrong decision making illness is Thembinkosi “Terror” Fonteni. A phenomenal striker, who was doing well for South Africa and his team Maccabi Haifa. He managed to secure himself 44 appearances and 17 goals whist still in Israel. He then decides to come home, the year before the world cup so that he can “secure” himself a place in the 2010 South Africa world Cup Squad. What a decision. How do you come back from an international team that gives you game time, and your scoring goals, to a team like Pirates with so many “stars” and then hope to do well and end up in the SA squad. This was a dismal decision as Terror Fanteni only appeared 12 times in a Pirates jersey and only managed to get the ball at the back of the net once.

There are other dismal decisions we can talk about, like the Teko issue of saying “no” to a Newcastle United offer, in the 2008/2009 season or Jabu “Pule” Mahlangu, coming back home from helping a 1^st division team secure a place in the Swedish Premier League and the he leaves.

Like I always say, there are debatable issues about this article, but the fact is some of these decisions that these guys make are really are stupid and it shows no thought was put into making it. Till next week enjoy.

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...

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