Comments on: Wanted: A hitman for Bafana — desperately!

By: RL

RL — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:21:51 +0000

million dollars i hear you say … and i wonder if that’s the zim sought of which you speak?

the players lack the basic skills i.e. passing, crossing, ball control, shooting on target; we give away possession in the midfield as if we’re being paid in barrack dollars for every stray pass.

and why exactly is BB the only national sporting team that are not required to be representative of our nation’s talented people? perhaps therein lays the answer fellow countrymen.

all in all the stats speak for themselves, spares no feelings and holds no punches however the lads performed to the best of their collective ability but as we all know … sometimes you best just isn’t good enough …

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By: Zakhele

Zakhele — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Bafana’s 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses including Semifinal qualification equals sheer luck! I wonder why Gaxa always makes the team, he is highly mobile yes, but he just can’t hit the crosses, & can’t even consistently pass the ball(did anybody see Bafana’s game against New Zealand, the guy was our weakest link).

Santana likes to defend, yerrhh! Why is Elrio van Heerded kept on the bench - what does the guys have to do more? He is a better player than Teko (Elrio can pass the ball & can shoot on target, Teko just can’t do that at the top level).

USA defeated both the African Champions & the European Champions by being offensive. We defeated the weekest team in the tornarment, that was our only recordable achievement! We need a striker yes, but we also need to play an offensive game & subtitute out of form players like Gaxa & them.

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By: Dr Watson

Dr Watson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:38:28 +0000

I Congratulate Santana for making Bafana Bafana a World class team in such a short time. This team can go far in 2010. Parker requires vigorous training on shooting. He is the best replacement for Benni Mcarthy. Teko Modise was disappointing. Bafana need to learn to pass the BALL instantly and correctly. Hesitancy in passing the ball has cost us loosing the ball to opponents several times. Middle Fielders hold on to the Ball for a long time. PASS, PASS, PASS the Ball guys. Soccer is no longer just a game, there is science and maths involved and intelligent players like for USA can make it better. Lets develop soccer together with School curriculums to produce highly intelligent players. Thumbs up to Bafana

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By: MKT

MKT — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:06:30 +0000

Like i wrote somewhere else here, here is Joel Santana’s report card for the Confed Cup : Played 5 matches, won 1, drew 1 ,lost 3 ! That is 4 points out of a possible 15. And we were playing at home ! At international level u get fired for this results.

Dont forget we are not going to Angola next January for the AFCON 2010 tourney because of the self-same Santana!

Somebody please bring me Patrice Motsepe’s firing gun !

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By: Geepee

Geepee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:42:45 +0000

Could some-one please explain to the Coach about substitutions. Please NO substitutions at 91 minutes when you are behind!!! against Brazil. Macbeth Sibaya???? not one tackle, But lots of arm flapping!! Did the coach “know” about Mphekla’s “abilities”? Why not use him earlier?
Please next time get Chinese speaking Coach, please. please SAFA.

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By: Dennis Kalimbira

Dennis Kalimbira — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:23:22 +0000

Bafana really needs a composed striker not we see now,who seem not to know what to do in front of a goal.makoena should pull up his socks otherwise he100% deserve a band.in the ended confed.cup iam not impressed by officiation which favoured big teams.many of the whistle men seemed to good sense of judgement.for nice world cup lets have nice refs.

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By: Kholekile Tshunungwa

Kholekile Tshunungwa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:42 +0000

Up ! I co-sign everything you said, in the way you said it too. ‘Great, short and concise commentary !

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By: jason

jason — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:01 +0000

What is Benni’s beef against playing for his country? When he retires, is he expecting to participate(like coaching) in the Safa structures that he doesn’t care about right now?

Really, what’s his beef?

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By: Joe Misika

Joe Misika — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:38:30 +0000

Definitely someone needs to stand up & be counted upfront. The team was solid all over but you fail to mention Mokoena, he was full of mistakes. Penalty in the Spain game & then the free kick against Brazil. Great defenders dont make such kind of mistakes in consecutive games. Anyhow, great article & a good showing by Bafana Bafana

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