Look baf’wethu we didn't qualify for AFCON and practically we would never qualify for World Cup 2010. The only reason we'll play there is by the virtue of being the hosts! So even if Bafana beat Nigeria 10-0 now, it would mean nothing as it would only be friendly! The next competive games for South Africa would only be the CONFED CUP next year before 2010; between now and then we have no chance of redeeming our pride. Bear in mind that our pride is only 1996, 12 years later we are 12 times weaker! So indeed we have no pride (at least in soccer) what so ever, we've been in the never ending learning curve with no results. Check this, I maybe wrong correct me:
1996 - AFCON champs
1998 - loosing finalists
2000 - loosing semi-finalists
2002 - loosing quarter-finalists
2004 - group-stage knockout
2006 - group-stage knockout,
2008 - almost failed to qualify, no win.
2010 - failed to qualify
2012 - ????
2014 - ????????
Those of you who studied series and sequences at school, or those who studied statistics can predict the future. Look at the above trend, and you'll see that by 2014, Bafana would be gone. Those who studied nature conservation can predict that Bafana is a dangered-species; this should be declared a disaster!
by Scorpion
