The Bafana Bafana Thread

Nigeria and then possibly Ivory Coast at home.

If SA get through this then it will be hard to call an AFCON win a complete fluke?
 
JuliusSeizure said:
If we can get past Nigeria, we can win the thing.

But overall, Nigeria is a stronger side. We need them to either have an off day or Bafana take it to penalties once again. We may have a psychological advantage if we take it to penalties against them because they would have expected to finish us off in normal time.
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They are way more ordinary than they would like to believe, there were a couple of way better teams than them, we can easily beat them like we beat Morocco. Even if they beat us it won't be an embarrassing scoreline.

I know one might say they have made it this far because they are good, but we have also made it this far and we were most certainly not good. If we go past Nigeria and meet Ivory Coast in the final they are probably going to beat us, if we make it past Nigeria we need Congo in the final.
 
ashley3 said:
Yep, maybe he's telepathic or something. He dived the right direction for every penalty.
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Imagine being the guy who took the fourth one after he had saved all three from one side, all he counted on was the pace, he knew Williams knew which side he was going.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
If we can get past Nigeria, we can win the thing.

But overall, Nigeria is a stronger side. We need them to either have an off day or Bafana take it to penalties once again. We may have a psychological advantage if we take it to penalties against them because they would have expected to finish us off in normal time.
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People tend to overhype Nigeria, they are good but not the best at this Afcon.

Unfortunately, and as said many times before, this South African side is definitely not the best to ever wear the Bafana jersey, but they grind out results when least expected. Maybe, that is what we need, a "weak" side that is not expected to go far but defied all odds to reach the semifinals.

Like I stated before, Hugo Broos is one crazy madala and I am not putting anything past him.
 
Dups! said:
People tend to overhype Nigeria, they are good but not the best at this Afcon.

Unfortunately, and as said many times before, this South African side is definitely not the best to ever wear the Bafana jersey, but they grind out results when least expected. Maybe, that is what we need, a "weak" side that is not expected to go far but defied all odds to reach the semifinals.

Like I stated before, Hugo Broos is one crazy madala and I am not putting anything past him.
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Yes, Broos has made a difference. Ronwen is suddenly everyones hero but remember Broos saw something in him from the start when okes mocked Ronwen.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
Yes, Broos has made a difference. Ronwen is suddenly everyones hero but remember Broos saw something in him from the start when okes mocked Ronwen.
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Honestly, I still think Ronwen is way down the pecking order when I consider the goalkeepers we've had in Bafana Bafana.

Tonight, he did exceptionally and that goes a long way in my eyes. He may yet become great but he hasn't reached that level in my eyes.
 
Dups! said:
People tend to overhype Nigeria, they are good but not the best at this Afcon.

Unfortunately, and as said many times before, this South African side is definitely not the best to ever wear the Bafana jersey, but they grind out results when least expected. Maybe, that is what we need, a "weak" side that is not expected to go far but defied all odds to reach the semifinals.

Like I stated before, Hugo Broos is one crazy madala and I am not putting anything past him.
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Agree,Broos has made a huge difference. The players mentality and their fortitute to put in a shift and grind results out is clear. They may not have all the talent but they fight for each other and the shirt. That's something that can't be said of previous Bafana teams.
 
Wall said:
/wonders if the same thing is said when the Springboks win
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Not impossible, just a "little" less likely - passing of Brown envelopes, is a practice in the local leagues, as reported by aquaintences who have been involved.
 
Dups! said:
Come on, Riet :laugh:

Chill, not after last night/ this morning. We are all recovering after the match, our nerves are shot still.
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We were making it difficult for ourselves giving the ball away cheaply in midfield and allowing them so much space to run.

Our defense in the box is great, but they should not try to test that all the time.

Good game. A win is a win.
 
rietrot said:
We were making it difficult for ourselves giving the ball away cheaply in midfield and allowing them so much space to run.

Our defense in the box is great, but they should not try to test that all the time.

Good game. A win is a win.
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Agree 100%.
That was woeful from Bafana.
 
Proof that sometimes a little bit of luck goes a long way, we got a favourable group and we took full advantage of it, and then one thing led to another.

Of course not saying we just relied on luck, the team has pulled their weight with good performances in some games. The difference between now and other campaigns is using your chances and a little bit of luck.

I wonder how many people recall that we were knocked out of the 2010 world cup with 4 points, in a group with Mexico, France and Uruguay, where we beat France and drew against Mexico. In this tournament Ivory Coast made it with 3 points and they are on their way to the semis.
 
TheChamp said:
I wonder how many people recall that we were knocked out of the 2010 world cup with 4 points, in a group with Mexico, France and Uruguay, where we beat France and drew against Mexico. In this tournament Ivory Coast made it with 3 points and they are on their way to the semis.
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Yeah, our performances in World Cups when we made it where not bad. They went out on goal difference in 2002 and 2010. The 2002 team IMO was good enough for a quarter-final run in that WC and we would have made the knockouts had Andre Arendse not made that goalkeeping howler against Spain.

1998, we only lost outright to France who went on to win the tournament. They were competitive against Saudi Arabia and Denmark and 98 was understandable as it was their first time in the WC.
 
TheChamp said:
Proof that sometimes a little bit of luck goes a long way, we got a favourable group and we took full advantage of it, and then one thing led to another.

Of course not saying we just relied on luck, the team has pulled their weight with good performances in some games. The difference between now and other campaigns is using your chances and a little bit of luck.
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Every team relies on luck to some extent. Croatia on paper are not the biggest team to be feared but they do well in the World Cups because they just have something about their mentality other teams lack which makes up for their lack of natural giftedness.

They did not get to the last four of the last two WC's through luck alone.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
Yeah, our performances in World Cups when we made it where not bad. They went out on goal difference in 2002 and 2010. The 2002 team IMO was good enough for a quarter-final run in that WC and we would have made the knockouts had Andre Arendse not made that goalkeeping howler against Spain.

1998, we only lost outright to France who went on to win the tournament. They were competitive against Saudi Arabia and Denmark and 98 was understandable as it was their first time in the WC.
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I am drawing inspiration from the fact that we are competitive, sure there is still a lot to be done but things can hopefully be better from here. Hope it's the last tournament for Xulu and we look for better defenders and hopefully Mothiba and Foster get back, I also wonder why the coach is so against a player like Dino Ndlovu in the absence of Foster and Mothiba, despite our four goals against Namibia we must be the bluntest team in the tournament.
 
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