Nigeria lacked balls in every sense
SOME of us nearly wet ourselves with excitement when Benni McCarthy was announced as the new Cape Town City coach this week. Well folks, the reigning kings of the barbed one-liners — Pitso Mosimane, Gavin Hunt and Steve Komphela — finally have competition on the podium. Until a few months ago, the three motormouth coaches had no equals in South African football and their rapid-fire deliveries made them favourites among over-eager hacks.
Few can match the trio's skills behind a microphone and it’s no surprise that their interviews are always a gold mine for quote-seeking scribes. Enter McCarthy.
The man has never been afraid to speak his mind and post-match press briefings will never be the same again. Hell, we can almost picture journalists rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation of those precious moments after City have played Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs and BidVest Wits for the first time next season.
We don’t know about you but we can't wait.
THE Nigerian Football Federation had to borrow South Africa’s balls for Bafana Bafana's 2-0 win against the Super Eagles at Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo last Saturday. That statement alone opens a can of worms. Did Nigeria not have enough balls of their own for a tough game? They really had to borrow some of ours! We did not just beat them in their own back yard, but beat them with our own ball too! The Super Eagles lacked balls literally and figuratively. What a balls-up.
WORDS have a way of catching up with you. Ask Peter Butler. Two years ago the Englishman rubbished the Premier Soccer League, saying it’s not as good as the hype it gets.
Fast forward to now, Butler spoke about how delighted he is to coach in the PSL after Platinum Stars appointed him as head coach.
We would like to advise the good people in Phokeng to not give this yob a smartphone.
At best they should give him a brick, since he is football’s version of Helen Zille, with a penchant of putting his foot, or is it thumbs, in his mouth with his numerous Twitter rants. What a twat!
MCCARTHY’S arrival press conference wasn’t as dramatic as the one of the man he was replacing. Eric Tinkler arrived just as the media was leaving in protest at being disrespected after the coach was first unveiled at the TV station that owns his new club.
During that march we saw journalists that have careers as shop stewards should they get tired of this journalism thing.