Wednesday, 28 June 2023

The Glamour boys aren't going to be glamorous anytime soon

The Glamour boys aren't going to be glamorous anytime soon.

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Naturena , a place that was used to a tradition whereby a trophy would knock on it's a doors every season. Naturena had not welcomed any silverware for  8 years consecutively now.
They have released a huge number of players, signed a few players( most were not good enough)
They gave Steve khompela 3 seasons from 2015 to win something after the truimph by his predecessor Stuart Baxter. He spent a full 3 seasons without winning a trophy.

Amakhosi appointed Ernst Middendorp,  an experienced german coach who was the closest to winning the league only to lose it in the last day with 40 minutes remaining on the clock.
He was sacked after the season.Gavin Hunt came to Amakhosi without having the opportunity to renovate the furniture since the 'Glamour boys' were banned from signing players due to their miscellaneous behaviour by management.
 He was sacked even though he managed to reach the CAF champions league final, something every Kaizer chiefs fan would love to win.Stuart Baxter was brought back as a clear indication that they are clueless because he was sacked before the end of the season to be replaced by an inexperienced Arthur Zwane ,who thought PSL was like the reserve league .

Molefi Ntseki's appointment as the head coach brings no excitement or optimism to the average supporter because what can someone that has never coached a club in his life and coached only 9 Bafana Bafana games, with a 41% win rate bring to the table that Gavin Hunt , Middendorp and Baxter couldn't bring.

Kaizer chiefs must be honest with their fans and tell them that they have no progressive plans for the club. There are no trophies coming anytime soon.

Ronaldinho: Smile with your heart, The world will smile with you

Ronaldinho: Smile with your heart, The world will smile with you 
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The largest African Diaspora, Brasil has the most World cup trophies than anyone else and has produced great talent.
Pelè “Brazil”, Ronaldo “Fenomeno”, Robinho and Neymar are some of the exceptional players that were born and played for the Seleção.
The streets will never forget the one footballer that played with a smile on his face and as a result, made the rest of the world smile with him.
It was not all about winning for this particular individual but playing beautifully was a standard practice for him.
Whether he was hungover from a night of partying or not. “Joga Bonita(play beautifully) was always on the menu.
Ronaldinho Guacho is one player we all wish never retired because he was a pioneer of the game who always brought a positive joyful vibe.
He played professional footballer with the same ease and energy that one can only replicate on the street or amateur level.
Sergio Ramos, Arguably one of the greatest defensive players of his generation looked like an Amateur everytime Real Madrid faced Barcelona.
Speaking of Real Madrid, Ronaldinho is the only rival player to receive a standing ovation at the Santiago Bernabeu. Take a bow, King Ronaldinho.
Fortune Ngobeni.


Thursday, 15 June 2023

HARD LUCK AGÜERO

HARD LUCK AGÜERO

Sergio “Kun” Agüero is arguably one of the greatest footballers of his generation. He has done it in England, Spain(Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid) and on the international stage.
The very few supporters that belong to the blue side of Manchester and the rest of world will never forget his last second goal that clinched the first ever title for the Cityzens in 2011.
No other non-English footballer has scored more goals than Kun Aguero and he is fifth on the all-time Premier league goalscorer list.
He was part of the olympic Gold medal winning Argentina squad and he is considered to be a member of the golden generation of the likes of Di Maria and Leo Messi(GOAT).
He is however very unlucky considering the fact that he suffered a career ending predicament in the form of heart disease that otherwise has prevented him from playing for Barcelona long enough to make a difference.
Agüero is Argentina’s 3rd all time goalscorer only behind Leo Messi and the great Diego Maradona.He was forced to retire in early 2021, A few months after his retirement, Argentina won the Copa America which he had came close to winning many times.
Kun was part of the 2014 Argentina squad that lost the World Cup final to Germany in Brazil. In 2022 Argentina won the world cup and he could have easily been part of that team. They had to register him as an assistant coach to get the winners medal.
In his last year with Manchester City and as a professional footballer. City lost the champions league final against rivals Chelsea. Many pundits believe it would have been a different story had he started the game.
Manchester city have just beaten Inter Milan to win their first UEFA champions league title. Aguero was an important man in building the foundation to winning this trophies.
He Is a man that has been to the World cup, Copa America and Champions league final without winning any of these trophies in his career. Talent was on his side but luck wasn’t

Amakhosi must give Dan a chance to Dance

Dan Malesela: twitter
Kaizer Chiefs has been given many labels in their history. They have been called the Glamour boys , the Soweto Giants or even the cup kings.
Today, It is close to impossible to recognize or identify the club with any of these labels.
My young brother, a 9 year old Kaizer chiefs supporter would dispute any one that calls kaizer chiefs the Glamour boys or the cup kings because since he was born he has never seen the Amakhosi faithfuls win a trophy. Their football display or playing styles in the past years is not what one necessary would consider to be ‘glamorous’.
Managers have come and gone but no one has been able to win something with the team that has won everything. A team that has won the most amount of trophies in the history of South African football(93).
There are those that came close( like Ernst Middendorp and Gavin Hunt) but not close enough to bring back silverware to Naturena.
Dan ‘Dance’ Malesela a former Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns footballer that used to dance on the pitch and now he teaches the new generation how to tango.
Dan ‘danced’ his way to winning TS Galaxy their only top flight trophy in the Nedbank against the ‘infamous’ cup kings Kaizer chiefs.
He came close to repeating the same feat with Marumo Gallants but lost the final against arguably one of the best football clubs in Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns. (1-0)
TS and Marumo Gallants were not just finalists in the Nedbank cup, they played possession football that looked good on the eye yet it was efficient( enough to take them to finals).
The respective teams had the confidence and patience to keep the ball for as long as they can while looking for spaces to open the oppositions defence in order to convert.
Dan Malesela has proven that he does not need expensive players to win silverware. Bobby Motaung and co hate spending money but they loving winning trophies. This makes Dan ‘Dance’ Malesela and Amakhosi a match made in heaven.

THE STREETS WILL NEVER FORGET: BLACK JESUS

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