It
was last season, during that 1-0 defeat, in the hands of Thomas Sweswe; that I
started raising alarms about absence of proper planning, shortage of brains
from the bench and poor tactical acumen in the Mamemlodi Sundowns team! And ooh
boy I was booed and called all sorts of names! Emotional! Clueless! You name
them!
Mine
was; you don't lose a league match against prospective title contender,
especially when you play at home! Before that I questioned the use of Wayne
Sandilands as first choice goalkeeper and many fanatics jumped for my throat,
pointing out to me the number of times Sandilands has saved Sundowns and I was
patient in reminding them of how a clued up goalie should organise his defense!
Anyway,
that didn't help as Pitso Mosimane confused the fanatics worse by roping
Sandilands into Bafana Bafana as number 2 or 3 to Itumeleng Khune and those
fanatics were quick to remind me "we told you".
Again,
I objected to appointment of Teko Modise as captain! Yhooo, I opened the can of
worms there! His fans wanted me dead or alive! My question was, were do you see
leadership qualities in this fellow!?!
Well,
I was saying this because the fellow needs motivating himself! How could he
then be expected to rally the troops?
Anyway,
today, I seat here and watch Sundowns fans whatever they call themselves
hurting because of their crazy loyalty - doing proper analysis, proactively,
helped me see the crisis ravaging Chloorkop today, miles ahead of the pack and
therefore enabled me to get myself thickest of the shields!
To
those blind fanatics, I say deal face the consequences of your ignorance!
By Qwathi Ntswayibana
