Benni ”in the 18 area” McCarthy, the only South African
with a UEFA Champions League gold medal has returned home and is playing for
the Buccaneers-Orlando Pirates.
Now this is a player who has been travelling all around
Europe, playing in some of the best team teams in the world and has achieved so
much in his international period. He still stands as the top goal scorer for
the national team and is one of the South Africa’s best and most prosperous exports
in 12 years.
With his credentials he has the experience that 90% of
the Premier Soccer League players have not even sniffed, and is now playing in
S.A. where this league is still developing.
He is now playing for Orlando Pirates and to the rest of
the PSL teams, does he pose a threat? Well the answer is yes and maybe no?
Yes, because he has the experience that most players
don’t have and he has played against the best. I believe weather he is so
called “un-fit” he still has the ability to score goals, and I believe he will
because Pirates is the kind of team that need accurate goal scorers.
If you take some
time to look at some of the goals he has scored in the past, you would see that
he has done some damage against the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and
Arsenal. And what stops him from doing more damage to the likes of Kaiser Chiefs,
Sundown’s or even Super Sport United.
If its the question of being slow you’re
asking, then maybe you should think about the likes of AC Milans Filippo
Inzaghi, Roma’s Frencsco Totti or even our Golden Arrows Collins Mbesuma who
may not the most fastest players but
make a mark in putting the ball in the back on the net, so what’s stopping
Benni
If we had to say he is not a threat, what would be the
reasons justifying that? No he is not a threat because he might actually be a
weakness that teams might thrive on. I mean whether you where the greatest
soccer player or not, age tends to catch up with you.
Just because you scored goals when you where 20 doesn’t
mean you can if you’re 30. All I’m saying is teams may gain some momentum
knowing that Benni is on the field, and they might capitalize on that. Whether
he has the experience it’s all in his head, and may not be in his legs. And
everyone knows you need to your legs to play the game, does he really still
have it.
The truth is Benni is back, and he has proved himself on
his debut Match this passed weekend against Black Leopards by scoring. And
though you might think it was a “flook” it wasn’t, because Benni is a striker
and he has the strikers instinct, so it’s his job to score.
The questions still remains, will he keep it up for the
whole season? We’ll just have to wait and see.
By Oratile
Matlapeng
Yes we are talking on erecting Benny McCarthy Temple. First thing we are on a membership drive from all regions and later will have Mt. Benny McCarthy where his disciples will gather once a year. We believe in Benny McCarthy and that is why we signed him. We have believed him in the past, present and in future. Benny follows Jomo and Kaizer in that he is not coming home to retire or be a coach or representative of some sort. Benny is actually changing the fabric of the wanna be or those have been. He has made enough and now is paving way to show how it is done. Too many have made it across but with short spells. Hope all wanna be are learning something.
ReplyDeleteOkay lets Mobilise as many across teams love Benny. Benny's Jersey need to cost the highest in Africa.
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