Football is back....soon

Good day!


Friday is approaching thick and fast which can only be a good thing. We've been deprived of the various "lekker" local football for over a week now. 


Maritzburg United away this very Friday will be interesting. Interesting because they coached by that toothless coach the one Enrst Middendorp. Now I have a particular dislike for the man because;

1. He coached the Other team, the one that wears yellow and black but calls it gold and black, and I hate them.
2. But my dislike for him is borne more out of what he did to Scara Ngobese. 

Scara Ngobese started with us the Beautifull Birds, before ending up with the Other team. Mr Middendorp saw it very fit to destroy a career of one of football's last true entertainers. You can talk about the end product all you like, the truth is Ted Dimitru won the league for the other team consecutively and no prices for guessing who his linchpin was. If you haven't figured it yet, it was Scara.

He did all his gimmicks, nutmegs and the shibobos on the field of played but at the end he was behind that killer pass or even giving the killer blow himself. And then came "Mazinyo", the rest as they say is a very sad history.

So for me Friday's game has an added meaning to it and I'd love for our boys to win it for:

• the three points we need to get up the table

• the memory of my fallen hero, Scara Ngobese

• but mostly as football religion prescribes, just so Middendorp can be miserable. And I will call on the football "HIGHER BEINGS" to make especially this point come true, and for Mr Middendorp to be followed by misery wherever he goes. 

In other news, the SABC / SAFA (Yes! I am still on about them), have "found a way forward" after the debacle of Sunday. And what that tells us is how far behind the SABC and SAFA are in being charge of football in this country. That "way forward" should have been standard staff up to now. 

What I personally hope for is that the TV rights contract with the SABC is NOT renewed when it expires. There are broadcasters our there that can do a much better job. And the "job" is not just broad casting games. If you take the Springboks and compare the brand power to Bafana Bafana, then you realise what I am on about.

 

We need a broadcaster who will market Bafana, and will have programming related to Bafana Bafana other than just games. The obvious candidate will be Supersport, but there are others out there, so SAFA do your job!

This is where I end it today. 

Cheers and see you soon.

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