I
will never hesitate to express my views that I believe can contribute to
improvement and better results - and that doesn't apply to Sundowns only. It is
a DISSERVICE to football if we do not
make efforts to identify and correct those problems that prevent the game to
continually improve its quality and attractiveness.
This
responsibility is even more important when our contributions carry some
educational value. Going back to Sundowns' issues, I think the statement made
by Mosimane that the club is in the phase of 'building the team' must be
corrected as it creates confusion among the supporters.
It
is impossible to 'build' a team when the average age of players is 28. There
are two options to produce a successful team, (1) by buying already good and
experienced players and hoping that they will 'click' (adapt to a certain
style) but with high risk and, (2) to develop young talent in the club
tradition and playing mentality - no risk.
The
second difficulty could be that the players acquired, although individually
they are good value, could differ in mentality and playing styles as they are
coming from clubs of different mentalities and systems.
In
the case of Sundowns the process of 'building' the team should have considered
young players such as BUHLE MKHWANAZI,
DOCTOR MAMPURU, JABULANI SHONGWE, KEAGAN DOLLY, SAMUEL JULIES, SIYABULELA SHAI
and few more.
At
the age of 21-23 a player can still be marginally improved but this would never
happen with players at the age of 28-30 or older. These aspects are more
important than whatever else may need attention at Sundowns.
