Grobler: No big secret to scoring goals

In eight full seasons with SuperSport United, Bradley Grobler (right) has usually had his hand up for the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot award but his progress was, most of the time, hampered by injury or he just could not keep up with the top marksmen.

Last season Grobler banged in 14 league goals in 27 games, his highest tally, falling two strikes short of joint leading goalscorers, Orlando Pirates’ Gabadinho Mhango and Peter Shalulile, who now turns out in the colours of Mamelodi Sundowns.

In this campaign, Grobler has already scored 11 goals in just 12 games and says there is no particular recipe that he uses to rattle the net as his contribution has helped Matsatsantsa A Pitori rack up the second-highest number of goals in the league – 20 – a single goal behind Cape Town City.

“I don’t think there is any secret (to scoring goals). The team has been a massive part of that and my strike partner, Thamsanqa Gabuza, has also been a big part of that. Without the team showing enough confidence in you, you are nothing. Me being fit and enjoying my football and having a team that’s working hard around me is all just coming together,” said Grobler.

While he has his eyes set on the top scorer’s prize, SuperSport have been making a bit of a statement in the DStv Premiership.

The Spartans are sitting third on the log, behind joint leaders Masandawana and Swallows FC, who have both so far collected 26 points. Matsatsantsa could have had the same number of points if they didn’t draw 1-1 with AmaZulu on Wednesday.

“Mentally, we haven’t had enough time to prepare. We have been playing Wednesdays and Saturdays and it gives us just a couple of days to recover. But we are professionals, we are used to it and at the moment we are on a good run,” said Grobler.