Many Areas Of
Concern:
Defense – Senzo Meyiwa's
inability to deal with crosses has hampered the team’s progress but the main problem
has been the fullbacks which allow those crosses to be whooped in. The central
pain of Lucky Lekgwathi and Rooi Mahamutsa has not been bad, but many at times
they get away with murder thanks to the poor finishing of opposition.
Mahamutsa
is a headworker but he's very clumsy. The return of Siyabonga Sangweni will see
him being eliminated to the bench for Lekgwathi to play with Siya in the heart
of defense. The fullbacks are also a suspect Thabo Matlaba and Happy Jele
haven't been doing great defensively and offensively they haven't been that
effective so they need to up their game. Patrick Phungwayo played well against AC
Leopards; it will be very unfair to drop him just because Matlaba is back while
Jele has no real competition of the right back... this should have been fixed
during the past transfer window.
Midfield – Lehlogonolo Masalesa deputised
well for Andile Jali but was badly exposed against Leopards. Oupa Manyisa has
become an ordinary player and he needs inspiration and Jali always provides him
with that. Daine Klate's body type has worked against him in recent games but
the boy's a fighter n it shows he went through good development structures
unfortunately this can't be said about Sifiso Myeni who is yet to make his
mark. He has produced some promising performances but has really lived up to
expectations. He needs to relax n have confidence n play like how he knows n
the coach must speak to him about this.
Attack – Since opening his
account Lennox Bacela has been carrying the pressure on his broad shoulders all
he needs is support from his teammates. His pace n agility upfront is making
our attack effective but we need to bring him more to the game n support him on
time not late like how it’s been happening recently. On the bench we have Limited
Options upfront. Ndumiso Mabena is not reliable n JuJu hasn't been getting
enough game time but he's an impact player problem is u can't take out Bacela
for him. Locally we have Gabuza n Erasmus which gives us more attacking
options.
#Allin,
#Allwe have the ammunition to defy the odds and defeat Al Ahly when we host
them at Orlando Stadium and we also have the ammunition to dispose Kaizer
Chiefs on the 24th to proceed to the final of MTN8, but there's no
therefore in football. We have to make things happen if we want our archenemies
to take us seriously – the honors are on us to leave them heartbroken
Mabhakaniya.
CAF Champions League
Teams: Orlando Pirates vs Al
Ahly
Date: 22 September 2013
Venue: Orlando Stadium
MTN8 Semi-Final
Teams: Orlando Pirates vs
Kaizer Chiefs
Date: 24 September 2013
Venue: Orlando Stadium
Tse Ntsho... Since
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