THEY SAID IT...

"He is a machine. He works very hard. Others are looking at him not playing at the moment and thinking maybe he has reached his sellby date, but we know what we are doing. We are trying to freshen him because we know at certain points in the league, he is going to be important for us and when that time comes, he must be fresh.”

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi on why captain Hlompho Kekana is not getting regular game time.

* “I have to say, for me personally, this is a title for my son Fabio. It is a difficult time for my whole family and I came back to Africa, so personally this for me is for my son. I hope we get him back. You know the private things are private, I hope you understand this, but I can say that Fabio is still in a coma, he's better than before in the fight for his life. We have to wait and see what happens. At the end of the day, I think we deserved to win and we earned this title. I'm happy for the supporters, the club, the squad, and thank you for the team, who made a very good job."

Joe Zinnbauer dedicates Pirates’ success in the MTN8 to his son, who had a car accident in Germany several months ago and remains hospitalised.

"Nurkovic has been fit for about two weeks now, but obviously there are other problems, so that must be sorted out. So, I mean, he could play but let's leave it for another day."

Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt provokes a social media storm as he suggests Chiefs’ top striker Serbian Samir Nurkovic doesn't want to play.