The Bafana Bafana thread

Heita_Hola said:
I think I have a solution for Bafana Bafana.
I'm sure there are lots of people of Dutch descent here in the country.
Since the Dutch are blikseming everyone on Euro 2008, I think it's time we went to Free State, Northwest, and other provinces to get good quality players :D
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No if we did that and they all of a sudden started winning games and actually being a world cup contender.

Im sure the government would then say there needs to be a quota system...
 
SuPaStA said:
No if we did that and they all of a sudden started winning games and actually being a world cup contender.

Im sure the government would then say there needs to be a quota system...
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LOL. I didn't think of that.
I guess my suggestion won't work then. damn it! :D
 
Kule said:
Only reason i can think of is, that their stars werent playing. Or they fielded a second string team.

Do you think if any european team must play against the majority African teams do you think on average they will lose?
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these games are for world cup quali and african cup of nations, so i doubt they would risk missing a world cup and the african cup of nations
 
killadoob said:
these games are for world cup quali and african cup of nations, so i doubt they would risk missing a world cup and the african cup of nations
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They believe they can beat these countries. Thats why they can rest players. Maybe someone should tell them, that african countries suffer away from home.

Dont know when last i saw Eto playing for his country.
 
Heres my take on the match..

Bafana Bafana were held to a goal less draw against Sierra Leone and this could have disastrous to the country's hope of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations.

Yet again Bafana were disappointing in front of goal with Terror Fanteni being largely ineffectual in front of goal which lead to Santana substituting the Macabi Haifa striker on the 60th minute for Katlego Mashego.





Bafana started the match well but were struggling against the physical presence of the Sierra Leone players. Most of the opening attack play were down the flanks withe Bryce Moon and Tshepo Masilele getting into good positions and putting in some decent crosses.

In the 15th minute Masilele found space down the left and had the chance to lay the ball on a plate for Fanteni but the defender failed to pick out Fanteni. Moments later the ball fell to Kagiso Dikgacoi after the Sierra Leone keeper failed to gather a throw in but the Golden arrows midfielder blazed his shot high and wide. Bafana were now dominating possession but just could not find a way through Sierra Leone's defense. Fanteni did not have a good game and went on to miss two more chances before the first half ended.



The team started the second half with more intent and soon after the re start Teko Modise had his superb shot saved by goalkeeper Christian Caulker. Katlego Mashego tested Caulker again with a shot from just inside the box which the Leone keeper saved again.

Santana brought on Lerato Chabangu for defensive midfielder McBeth Sibaya as Bafana went looking for that elusive goal.The Sierra Leone defense managed to repel attack after attack from Bafana and went on to record a memorable result against the much fancied South African Team.



Santana was disappointed but remained optimistic saying: “They didn’t want to play and they fell all the time, and in soccer not always the best can win. Now we need to get six points, we need to win the last games. It’s not over … but sadly soccer’s like that. You have to understand that we are still preparing for 2010.”



Will South Africa qualify for the African Cup of Nations?...It's looking increasingly unlikely to me.
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http://www.safootballfans.co.za/the...108-south-africa-held-to-a-dissapointing-draw
 
preparing for 2010 roflmao

if this is preparing we are going to be the worst host nation in the history of soccer :)

shame i feel sorry for him, he just has no talent to work with
 
in football you dont always need talent killa...look at the greek team that won the euro 2004. santana will need time and support if he is to succeed.
 
they did have some decent players and they defended well, they also have that striker who plays for bolton and he had a great tournament, i would not say the greek's had no talent in 2004

we have very little talent, our league is very poor which is making our national squad poor

if you see in our league alot of the good players are not actually South african

i watched the match today and wow it was not pretty

i also watched them when they lost, they are not moving forward thats for sure
 
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killadoob said:
they did have some decent players and they defended well, they also have that striker who plays for bolton and he had a great tournament, i would not say the greek's had no talent in 2004

we have very little talent, our league is very poor which is making our national squad poor

if you see in our league alot of the good players are not actually South african

i watched the match today and wow it was not pretty

i also watched them when they lost, they are not moving forward thats for sure
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Can you recall any of those decent Greek players?By name?:)

Point i was trying to make is that You can achieve things in football with average players, hell South Korea made it to a world cup semi final for crying out loud.

I know what we need and his name is Guus Hiddink
 
gianokopalis was the oke from bolton

other than that i cant because they all sound the freakin same

hiddink would not be able to help us :), we need talent
 
until a clean out happens at the safa level, our football will continue to be poor
 
milomak said:
until a clean out happens at the safa level, our football will continue to be poor
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Can't see that happening.

Read kicoff magazine's editor's article and he pointed out something really concerning. The new multi billion rand SAFA house that they built for 2010 has NO PLAYER FACILITIES:confused:
SAFA needs to get their act together asap
 
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