Amazulu...Football is back

Happy Friday to you...

I was just thinking about Swallows...as I always do!!! We've got Amazulu on this weekend, and this is in Durban. I love Durban by the way, capital of city of India!!! I know its an old joke, just pretend its funny still.

I love Durban just because of the weather, you guys know my fascination with the weather. I've said before here that this blog is not for weather reports. Its just that each morning after waking up, I have to look outside the window and see what the weather has in store for me. I do this religiously, and on good weather days I am at my happiest. So Durban does offer a reasonably better weather especially during the winter were it doesn't get as cold as it does inland.

Anyway, Amazulu is coached by quite a useful guy. I quite fancy Manqoba Mnithi as a coach that will grow in the local game. I don't like the way he left Arrows, but to be fair to him Amazulu is a bigger challenge. His teams play good football so we will have a game on our "wings" there.

We've had a difficult start to the season, Sundowns away and Ajax at home (a game we should have had a point at least), now its Amazulu away. It will be difficult and the players know that our season has to turn around at some point. And where better than in Durban. We've lost both our games against Amazulu last season, we have to go there motivated to take something out of this weekend's game. I don't think we should go there for revenge, but if we can last season why not?

There's yet no injury update on the official site, so I am not sure if Lefa Tsutsulupa is ready for this game. Our midfield seemed to have improved against Ajax in the MTN 8 game in the Cape. That combination of Ngcaca and Nergazhe seemed like something could develop out of it. Nergazhe had improved from his first game, and I am all for giving people a chance. If he continues to improve like that, then that can only be good for us and himself.

We've really got to come back with something in Durban, those Zulu warriors just have the spears for decorative purposes these days. And those war cries, thats just for tourist. So we have to go there without any fear. That we lost both our games to them should not hold us back.
Our biggest huddle will really be mentally, so lets go there in the right frame of mind. Thats where the coaching staff comes in, work with the boys to get them mentally equipped and soon we'll be sailing very high.

Its Friday, the happiest day for many of us...we let loose from today. So go out there and celebrate.

Cheers and see you soon....