National Braai Day!!!

Hello hello hello.....

What a beautiful day we have today....It is the last day of the week everybody! Hurray!!!!! When was the last time we had an extended version of the normal days?

I believe tomorrow is National Braai day!!! How much awesomeness do you need if you can have a National Braai day? South Africa rocks! I know for some every Friday in Braai day, but for us mere mortals, tomorrow is  when we try to up our game.

There was some PSL action last night. With Sundowns wining in Cape Town against Santos. A well take goal by Mphela, who form is coming back. You can have a look at the rest of the results here. Nothing of note with yesterday's result, except maybe for the Students getting a lesson from new boys Vasco.

The Beautiful Birds weren't playing as you know. The PSL had decided to postpone all games involving teams in the MTN 8 semifinal. I am not sure I agree with their reason and fail to understand how that benefits these teams. We are still in the early stages of the season, teams are fresher now, so they could do with a bit of additional midweek games. If they can't cope with a midweek game and a Saturday cup game them maybe the should not compete in the PSL.

Nomvethe says on our official site:

"We all know what a great opportunity we have of playing in a major cup final and are determined to prove to certain people who are writing us off, how wrong they are. The Birds will reach the final this time,"  

I totally agree with him. But more importantly the team needs to prove to themselves and us the supporters that we've taken lesson from our last two games and will continue to work hard and improve. He continues to talk about the spirit shown in the AmaZulu game which was tremendous coming back from 2-0 down. It is great to witness that and I hope the team knows that some teams will now let us come back from two nil down.

Our defence is leaking unnecessary goals, really soft goal and that is the area that needs attention. Defensive work in not only for defenders these days, the whole team should defend from the front. Pressing high up the pitch will also relief a lot of pressure from our defenders. When we lose the ball, there's absolutely no need to throw arms in the air if the ref doesn't blow for what we perceive to be unfair play, knuckle down, hunt for that ball again. This is futher emphasised by our coach, he says:

"We will close Ajax down. If we close the spaces and disrupt their passing game we will succeed. Also we have to be tough and hit them hard in the one-on-one situations. We need to interrupt their passing game, in other words keep Ajax under pressure from the kick-off." 

Ajax won in Dobsonville after we came from 2-0 down, they want to play the game on the ground. I think it will require a lot of running from us to press them, put them under pressure and force them to commit errors or release the ball early. Anyhow, I think it will be a game to behold, so make sure you are at the stadium.

I will be travelling this weekend to rural South Africa. If by some miracle I get an internet connection, you will get my blog over the coming days. Otherwise you have to wait for Monday. Sad I won't be able to get to the game. Its my mate's wedding so can't miss that.

Those at the game sing loud for the boys.

Cheers and see you  soon...