I don’t believe that its too late under the current circumstances’ the team is facing,
There is still about 7 months to go before the 2010 Kick off and that is ample time for a new coach to be roped in...
It takes us back to the appointment of this clueless man, I believe the SAFA bigwigs were caught with their pants down after Mr. Carlos Alberto Parreirra resigned from the team, after a while SAFA got a scoop in Carlos, I mean the pedigree of that man speaks volumes a man who has o GOLD WORLD CUP MEDAL was a massive Scoop!
Then when he decided to leave us SAFA panicked and believed anything their big catch said, Carlos was their GOD’ HENCE they accepted his recommendation of Santana as his successor, even now that still puzzles me as to why Carlos recommended that man, or is it because he comes from his native country so he wanted his country man to make a quick buck?
And also since that Santana had no international coaching experience, was Carlos thinking that this would be a good time for his friend to build his CV, coz that would do Santana a world of good to coach a World Cup Host Nation!
I don’t want to dwell much on him my bottom line is he should leave… and FAST!
A local coach would be a good idea at this point moving forward to 2010, I mean a local coach obviously knows all the players both here and abroad, and a local coach would not struggle to send his instruction and messages across to the players, unlike MR Moegoe,
A LOCAL COACH HAS THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY AT HEART, NO DOUBLE AGENDAS
If it were up not me…I would put Honorable Mr. Gordon Igesund as head coach, and Put Clive Barker Jomo Sono and Pitso Mosimane as his technical advisors, NOT ASSESORS’.
Poor Gordon has mastered the art o coaching in this country like no other on the local scene, yet they continue to ignore him, Gordon’s CV crushes Santana’s TEN NIL… yet SAFA WENT FOR THIS HOGWASH MAN.
Gordon is a coach who uses the strengths’ of his players very well, he won the very first PSL championship with a small team Manning Rangers, Rangers players were not Skillful but played skop and donner, that was the players strengths, Rangers players were not dribblers, yet they won the Premier Soccer League (PSL) among giants such as Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns and Moroka Swallows, he also went to a cup final that season.
Then he went to Santos, another small team with average players, still with skop and donner, yet he beat giants to another PSL TROPHY, including a cup final medal.
Then Pirates, were he introduced, a dynamic approach with skillful players at his disposal, the Bucs won the PSL THAT eluded them for 7 years! Plus tow cup finals and 1 losers final, Remember when he flew to his daughter’s wedding after winning a cup final, those were exciting times for the Bucs faithful.
Then at Sundowns he won a PSL trophy plus 1 cup final gold medal, and going to all major cup finals, the Brazilians were playing shoe shine and Piano those were their strengths, remember those infamous 44 passes against Kaiser Chiefs when his team was down with ten men! Pure class…
Its no childs play winning 4 psl trophies with different teams, THAT arguably makes Gordon Igesund the best local coach at present…
Its never too late..
by TT
