WHAT’S YOUR POINT, TONY? PITSO’S TOPS

TONY Silva was spilling the beans in the “love letter” he wrote following his departure from Mamelodi Sundowns.

The former Sundowns forward was throwing stones at coach Pitso Mosimane, who is steering the ship at Chloorkop.

Silva accused the coach of displaying favouritism, weakening other teams by signing their best players, and not listening to his technical staff.

In other words, he was blaming Mosimane for his own shortcomings, as Silva failed to live up to his billing at the Tshwane giants.

He came to South Africa with huge expectations, having plied his trade at leading clubs like Liverpool in England.

Silva was expected to dazzle the masses in Mzansi with his silky skills and his ability to find the back of the net, but never came anywhere close to his best.

He really struggled to make an instant impact and inspire Sundowns to greater heights, unlike Percy Tau.

The loquacious Mosimane has done it all and his record speaks volumes. He is a winner of note.

Whether you like it or not, Mosimane is the best coach in South Africa right now. He has turned Sundowns into a football Mecca.

Coaches are judged on the silverware they win for a club, while players are judged on their success on the field of play.

Mosimane has delivered three league titles for Sundowns in his six-year tenure with the club. That is remarkable.

Sundowns were a sleeping giant but Mosimane turned them into a dominant force. On top of the three league titles that he has amassed with the club, he also lifted the coveted CAF Champions League crown plus the CAF Super Cup, the Nedbank Cup and the Telkom Knockout title.

Has he achieved that on favouritism? Has he achieved that through his “tactic” of weakening other teams?

Mosimane nurtured such talents as Keagan Dolly, Bongani Zungu and Tau, who are all now plying their trade in top leagues in Europe.

Silva must just accept that he failed at Sundowns and move on with his life.

There’s no need for him to blame his failures on Mosimane.

Obviously there are other players that Sundowns have signed who failed to make the grade at the club, but that doesn’t mean that the coach is trying to undermine other clubs.

The market is competitive and if clubs wants to sign those top players, they must compete with Sundowns in marketplace.

I have a high regard for coach Manqoba Mngqithi. He is a man of integrity and if he was a passenger at Sundowns, as Silva claims in his open letter, he would have left a long time ago.

Mngqithi is a very ambitious individual. He values his opinions. The fact that Mosimane can go away for his courses in Africa and leave Mngqithi to take care of the team says a lot about their relationship.

I seriously don’t understand the point that Silva is trying to make.

Mosimane is a man of his word. He says things the way he sees them. In life, if you are like that, people tend to dislike you.

But whether people like you or not, it doesn’t matter. What matters is what you achieve in life.

Whether he likes it or not, Silva failed as a player at PSL champions Sundowns, while Mosimane has enjoyed a trophy-laden spell with club.