COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT

BETTER, MIKE

I will have to agree with Michael Ngobeni when he says our players are badly advised, especially when it comes to money. Players like Jele should be serving as scouts or team managers of Pirates junior teams, but because the salary is little compared to what players earn, they opted to look even though their playing career was over. There are small teams in the DStv Premiership who can promise you a big salary but only pay three to six months of a one-year contract because you are not delivering on the field due to age. Tebogo George Senye, Ikhutseng, Warrenton

What a brilliant interview with Mr Michael Ngobeni last week. You deserve a Bell’s. I enjoyed your honesty when answering questions. You call it like it is. No fear, no favour. You also mentioned one thing that I keep telling people, that Chiefs pay bigger salaries than Sundowns. It’s just that people have it in their heads that Sundowns pay more just because they are owned by the Motsepe family. You also touched on the issue of players refusing salary cuts. I did mention it once on this platform that Spar can’t pay you what you were earning at Transnet. Players are way too ill-advised by so-called agents who only care about lining their pockets. Pity I can’t give Seema his flowers because he was so diplomatic in his answer when asked if he applied for the job at Polokwane City. A simple yes or no was needed, but he had to give a meaningless answer that still left a question hanging. As for Doctor Khumalo, the man is forever praising himself. He keeps talking about how a coach said, “Only you can turn things around for us.” No, Mntungwa, this is not the way to go about it. You keep going on and on about how good you were. No one disputes that, but you are forever praising yourself, yet you couldn’t play in one of the big leagues in the world. My parting shot is please, Soccer Laduma team, try to rotate columnists. It’s not as if having a particular person makes the paper sell more. We buy Soccer Laduma because we love it. Morongwa Zwee Mokgohloa, Ga-Mokgohloa