Safa concerned with Bafana's downward spiral in Fifa rankings

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JonnyB: 2012-02-02 07:59

I hear that the Egyptian Premier League is going on thou their national team did not qualify for Afcon.


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Arafat SportsTalk : 2012-02-02 08:07

This is hilarious. These guys cnt even understand the rules, how can we trust them to run our football.

Wandile : 2012-02-02 08:10

Wow! BB started it's downward spiral after the 2002 World Cup and SAFA is only concerned in 2012!

Well South Africans have been concerned for about ten years and some of us are no longer concerned. Do as you please. BB is private Spaza Shop. Sell replica jerseys at exorbitant prices. Fight for FIFA World Cup money amongst yourselves. Keep Pitso as your coach.

DO AS YOU PLEASE!

Phunyuka Bang'phethe: 2012-02-02 08:15

This is SAFA we're talking about, full of empty promises, these guys are clueless, they've got no freak'n clue what they doing. The coach says it's not his job to understand the rules, i mean how do you set yourself goals and objectives if you don't know the rules of engagement, STUPID nxxx! The officials say NOT qualifying is a blessing in disguise, i bet they gonna start playing the likes of Lesotho and Swaziland to try and improve our ranking, all this top nations story is just a PR exercise, besides, none of the top nations want to play us!

Vini da legend : 2012-02-02 08:20

Hu cres bwt bb?wthr u play spain i dnt cre,u failed 2undrstnd rules dts gudenough 4m 2u wish u badluck&suport opositions taking on bb,

Swona Champ!: 2012-02-02 08:21

Senegal is that team that lost all its games in EG and Gabon, so robin want BB to play against loosers?
think the problem is the coach not the players or our league, look at Zambia with 8-1players from this league!

Phunyuka Bang'phethe: 2012-02-02 08:22

@ Wandile

what you're saying is hilarious and sad at the same time, BB doesn't belong to us, it belongs to those morons. Complaining doesn't help, they don't care and that's why i stopped going to BB games. They're only interested in us when they want us to come fill up the stadium, after that, they give us the middle finger

Phunyuka Bang'phethe: 2012-02-02 08:24

@ Wandile

what you're saying is hilarious and sad at the same time, BB doesn't belong to us, it belongs to those morons. Complaining doesn't help, they don't care and that's why i stopped going to BB games. They're only interested in us when they want us to come fill up the stadium, after that, they give us the middle finger

mzwandile: 2012-02-02 08:26

This man reminds me of Raymond Hack the Laywer himself, who was used by SAFA bosses as a scapegoat and had to lie everytime there is crises. Now this Robin guy is heading that directions. for the record, there is no plan here, secondly Nemathandane never learnt that friendly games do not help Bafana improve hence the embarrasments at confed, WC2010 and recent AFCON qualifiers. Pitso is busy "building" at international level while we have under 23 and amjita to build.At this level you suppose to intergrate not build....i will listen on the radio

Wandile : 2012-02-02 08:26

@Phunyuka Bang'phethe

Broer

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 08:26

guys we cant blame pitso on bafana downfall alone. i for one blame SAFA ingala. they must be a law that prohibit playas that play for teams that dnt take part in africa teams competition from playing in the national team. like the ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, playas must have a certain experience in aficas club competition before they can take part in the national team

bafana shold never be used as a learning curve for other playas. and this amabineplaas nids to be combated cause it has no purpose. remember the core of this team is over-aged. mukansi was finished but was the first choice

sekunjalo: 2012-02-02 08:35

why he didnt watch them on television ,wat is the use for him to go there cause we know he ll play draw against that botswana

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 08:44

who was the captain who took charge after pienaar put us on the top of the log?
what happened after these captain took charge?

the point is if we apply chimps leadership styles, were bound to fail. is the any cup at naturena at the moment? if the answear is no, then its cristical clear where is the spinal cord of this problem.

i dont take note of the national team anymore. thanks the players, management n the tactical team of chimps. thanks also nywawana for bribing the well paid pisto jus to play 35 minutes of the whole 90

mzwandile: 2012-02-02 08:48

sekunjalo: 2012-02-02 08:35 [ Report

I concure with your sentiments, if you did not qualify you dont derseve to be there Pitso. You should have been offered a Black and white Tedelex / omega tv with that outside Earial so that you adjust it every 15 minutes nxa!!

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 08:51

Safa CEO Robin Peterson says the country's football governing body is concerned with how Bafana Bafana is falling in the Fifa world rankings.
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this is what happens when we hire poeple on basis of equality n inclusivity. we all know that pisto dnt deseve to coach the national team n robin perterson is not the right man to hold the CEO position

its jus a mater of BLACK n WHITES sharing equal opotunities in this democratic country. a sober mind CEO will obviously know that the rankings will improve if they win games not draw games by sheer luck. a sober coach would have droped nyawana long time ago irrespective of that world cup one-goal wonder

Dodo: 2012-02-02 08:55

I think BB down spiral is due to soccer politics and poor management of upcoming stars. Also in Pitso you guys have a clown for a coach. He is probably the only coach who blames someone or something else for his loses except himself. Good coaches will always say we didnt play well or were beaten by a better team. With Pitso its always the pitch, CAF rules, clubs refusing with players, the referee, the media, the fans etc etc....OR my mandate is 2014!

That nonsense that he wants practice matches with countries only in the top 10 in CAF rankings is hilarious, obviously he did not watch the AFCON. Some of the teams out of the top 10 kick a.s.s, and another thing playing those teams can decieve you, they cannot put much effort in the game and lead you to think you are strong. Taking teams lower can be a better option as they will try to prove a point and give you a tough match.

Sweyts : 2012-02-02 08:57

Screw anything that has to do with Pitso, I for one am gatvol of this arrogant, self gratifying failure of a know-it-all coach-cum-youth league spokesperson. nx.

Godfrey, so.....ubuye ngomehluko noma kusemnyama ebusweni benkawu namanje?

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 08:57

Arafat SportsTalk : 2012-02-02 08:07

ur right...from the office to the play grounds were led by a bunch of moegoes. the coach is palooopa, continously selecting undeseving playas. the time is near where the hawks will start to investigate our national team...dont be surprised to see SHABAS name on the list of suspects

how can a captain jive that hard after he failed us...he was sure to have pocketd imali ye tjotjo...this SOCCER BETTING COMPANIES exploit chefs playas....check the article on ZIM PLAYAS for reference

boi2melo : 2012-02-02 08:57

Bafana bafana don't have a style of there own. Pitso must start playing SA soccer like clive in 1996. This taem sucks people don't fill it anymore.

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 09:02

SWEYTS

ngibuye nge mehluko mfowam wa go thanda izigada zigadelela inhloko that has no mendula blangada. even specialist docters at the mental institution of hoorkop were unable to find traces of brains in ur yellow skull,lol

refer to mushekwi the bulldozer gwekwerere article for more information

CONGO-BRAZAVILLE: 2012-02-02 09:02

most of the teams in the world were inactive during confed cup and world cup,even prior would cup most teams did use those friendly matches that were on fifa calender.so south africa had a chance, so why complain about inactivities as if other teams have an advantage.by the why this mission of playing friendly matches with big teams here in south africa and only small teams away we are seeing it,we are not children.

STANCOVIC: 2012-02-02 09:03

You only realise it now? We didn't qualify for 2 consecutive AFCONs, not to mention the Olympics (U23). The rankings are meaningless to me, we want our team to participate in big occassions. I think the bells have been ringing long before the Stuart Baxter era. Wake up please.

Mriyo (Trebble kings while marhurhurwanas pray for 1 cup): 2012-02-02 09:07

Fire that moron of a coach n problem solved

Eto\'o : 2012-02-02 09:12

Pay isangoma sakwa zulu imali yaso bafana bafana wl start 2 win

sangoma said BB wont go anywhere ningaka khokhi SAFA

eh eh 5skippers : 2012-02-02 09:16

sme pple wil neva cease 2amaze..here we r having a topic which is of sme national concern..&one person seize this oportunity to project hatred 2sme particular individuals who play for a team he is so obsessed about ,he can't construct a comment without spicing it with those particular playas , whether relevant 2da topic or not..makes me wonda if he ever reads topic b4 exposing sme grey matter deficiency syndrome in a public blog..eish bt havin read previous comments 4rm him..i'm not suprised...probably comments were made b4 he took his medication, if not already taken bt overdosed..u must like it for this team..u must smebody or what what?

Mathe a Tau: 2012-02-02 09:17

fire this national speaker aka as Pitso Mocowsimane and the problem solved. finish and klaar

KING?: 2012-02-02 09:20

The truth is, South Africans prefer talking than taking action.

As long as we have taste for questioning issues with the fear that nothing will be done, then we are also failing.

SAFA reflects our incompetence in the world yet we also laughing instead of talking accountability. Why do we fire coaches in our local teams, why do we fire local counselors or even meyors.

Why are we allowing people to fail us
answer: we love mediocrity and failing,so lets stop blaming Pitso because we have kept him very long in that position.

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 09:21

boi2melo : 2012-02-02 08:57

i disagree wth u fellow blogger. its no longer about skill alone, its a combination of skill n mental toughness n intelligence. football has revolved wth time n going back to clive barkers systems may take us ten steps backwards...rememba bucs under papic had skill but those youngstas were not yet mentally ready.

the days of sandoms shining cumboots n polifonic ringtones have long past. refer to bucs last five games against ndunusa my sweety fc,lol

brazilitto : 2012-02-02 09:21

Does Bafana get any ching ching for dis ranking like the cricket and tennis guys do. All we worried abt is the rankings. Blow dis dust.
Bring that "nkulunkulu wey'duphunga" to run dis association. Dis banana thing just drives me mad, increasing my chances of dying young.
Nxa

@sweyts.. Hayi dawane still kusemnyama la, now he don't want pirates players to represent SA from 2013 onwards. And dis tym it won't take 7 years for them to win the lig, we are looking at something like 75 years.

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 09:22

The first sign of overcoming the sickness is to accept you have a sickness- but Safa is clueless and is far from accepting it is a sickness that is affecting Bafana- so we still gonna hear a lot about playing competitive matches against Nigeria and cameroon. But no one in Safa is actually counting how many times Bafunny has played Nigeria or Cameroun, and when was the last time Bafunny played a stronger opponent of non-African descent away from home- the last I can remember is a series of disasters under Carlos Santana... so this Safa does not want to admit it is a problem itself. How can a problem get rid of a problem?

Licky: 2012-02-02 09:24

i honestly dont care about what happens with this bufunny team. i dont think i will bother to watch their games anymore. kanti when is the psl resuming? i want to watch my pirates not this circus..

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 09:30

nespray is a movie star look-alike coach "...they must be a law that prohibit playas that play for teams that dnt take part in africa teams competition from playing in the national team. like the ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, playas must have a certain experience in aficas club competition before they can take part in the national team"
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You are out of your mind!

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 09:35

MRIYO N MATHE A TAU

yes pisto job has long expired, after watching his team play were sure of stomach crambs. the management at SAFA also nids to make way for fresh new ideas...their vision has failed us. they are the one who put this incompetent coach into power. PSL is at its best under DR KHOZA, IF HE CAN DO IT IN OUR LIG, Y OVERLOOK HIM IN OUR ASSOCIATION

eh eh 5skippers : 2012-02-02 09:16

BECAUSE U DDNT MENTION ANY NAMES I WILL RESEVE MY COMMENT...UR PLAYING NEXT TO A HUNGRY LION...I ONCE RETIRED ALL PSL TROPHIES. I DNT THINK U WANT TO FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS

KidKudu7: 2012-02-02 09:35

Its simple Robin Peterson, just fire P

Licky: 2012-02-02 09:36

guys i hope we boycot watching this sh!t untill safa takes fans serious. we've been crying about pitso for long enough now

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 09:41

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 09:30

ur in ur mind. if chiefs can withdraw from playing in africa club competition they should also withdraw their playas from playing in the national team...the playas u face in club competition are the ones u face in national team, get my point

KidKudu7: 2012-02-02 09:45

It's simple Robin Peterson, just fire Pitso & Nematandani, then you'll see progress in Bafana Bafana, period.

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 09:45

brazilitto

from 2010 to the next 75 years n more, pirates shall carry on dominating. even moriri failed banana as a youngstar, JALI is trying his best but he cant do it alone...my point was that, all bucs playas must be called to the national team to assist JALI

the days of sandoms "shining cumboots n polifonic ringtones" have long past. refer to bucs last five games against ndunusa my LOVER fc,lol

Padingoes: 2012-02-02 09:47

SAFA is losing direction, they are operating without a compass or maybe without a navigator. When Nematandani and Co capmaigned for top positions in SAFA, they came up with what the so-called Football Tranformation Forum which we were told that it is the strategy of overhauling South African soccer to greater heights. They won and took over the helms at SAFA and to date there has never been the "Wow-moment". We've seen flops like we've never seen them before, all national teams failed to qualify and to crown it all, all SAFA executive members do not understand the rules of the business they are involved in.

Chasing rankings will not solve our problems and should be a priority. What we need is a formidable squad that can compete with the best and results will follow automatically. The strategy should be talking to the support that SAFA will put in place for the development, support and capacity building of all national coaches to enhance their individual performance.

Invest in the development of structures. All football academies must be registered with SAFA and there must be a criteria one must meet to be registered as development officer / football instructor. Subsidies from SAFA must be availed to registered academies who will all be accountable to SAFA. Ongoing Monitoring of these academies should be a priority, and where deviations are detected, interventions should immediately be availed. Academies must be run professionally, innovation must be within the policies of SAFA. Academies should not only be profit driven, but result driven with targets set out by SAFA.

Motlokoa  : 2012-02-02 09:49

Its a pity tht this moronic bafoons realise this now afta wwe told them not to give the job this the Big Headed Pinyo.

We dnt care about ur useless bafuny,we have been the laughing stock of the whole continent for far too long,,,,,,do watever u want with ur useless banafa n i will suport my Bhaka thru n thru n wil never set foot in a bafana match.

Nxa!!!!

bondocean: 2012-02-02 09:50

Pitso, I gave you a list of teams, over a year ago, that you should play in order to raise the ranking of BB over the next few years. How you are still in the job after failing to take the team to the African Nations Cup when you were in such a weak group is beyond me. But then, SAFA itself has little clue about where they are going either.

givo: 2012-02-02 09:52

A seniour national soccer team is being prepared to qualify for the continental showpiece by playing BAROKA FC. Reason being that BAROKA FC beat the hell out of their favourate chips. My Q is , IS BAFANA BEING MEASURED ON THE SAME LEVEL AS CHIPS?

Jam Jam: 2012-02-02 10:00

talking about Bafana Bafana friendly matches... I am missing the good old times when SAFA was hosting a "Simba Four Nations" tournament every year. That was a time when Bafana were getting a chance in a short space of time to strengthen the team effectively.

If such tournament can be re-introduced to happen during the FIFA calendar week, then that will absolutely be a better platform to prepare a team.

I hate to see SAFA taking months to prepare for only one friendly match.

KING?: 2012-02-02 10:02

Its not a question of who we want to play against, its matter of whether they are keen on playing against a side that will not educate them on anything. Teams ranked with the top 10 want to compete with each other unless for business and political relations reasons then countries will compromise.

Why are we stil attending Bafana games, why dont we burn the stadium to make our intentions clear.

KING?: 2012-02-02 10:05

The minister of sports made so much noise like a typical politician yet no one was held accountable.

Lets take this matter into our own hands.

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 10:15

king no champ, we should never burn stadium. theyve hurt us a big deal but we shuld rather not opt for revenge...our infrustructure will suffer a big deal here. we should rather join hands as a one nation. our patience will pay-off one day

TP : 2012-02-02 10:23

As they always say:This is a long roll of paper(2 ply)what Safa is saying.

ebenezer: 2012-02-02 10:25

In addition to the friendly matches, the coach should nurture and grow the a sense of pride and competition in playing for the national team even if it will be at the expense of their clubs. Bafana should also play a sizeable number of the friendlies in more difficult conditions in Africa without grumbling.

Steven  : 2012-02-02 10:27

Dis is just a sign of bad things 2 cum yo way SAFA if u persist in keeping yo arrogant Pitso, soon even ZIM, Botswana nd Madagascar wil b ranked above us mark my words.

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 10:29

So according to your useless logic only Pierats and Black Leopards players should make bafunny?

You still out of your wits dude!!

Hoi Mash: 2012-02-02 10:33

Start by Giving Broadcasting rights to Supersport, Start VISIBLE & EFFECTIVE development as early as 9 years by creating small leagues, adapt a Winning mentality (LOSS & DRAWS NOT acceptable) to the squad, coach and staff, Change the name BB

brazilitto : 2012-02-02 10:34

No downs player will give it all for banana, until the current leadership resigns.

Now that a Yellow promise

@king. Again u said something dat I was afraid to tell. I hav great respect for people like u Ndod'emnyama

Hoi Mash: 2012-02-02 10:38

Start by Giving Broadcasting rights to Supersport, Start VISIBLE & EFFECTIVE development as early as 9 years by creating small leagues, adapt a Winning mentality (LOSS & DRAWS NOT acceptable) to the squad, coach and staff, Change the name BB

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2012-02-02 10:45

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 10:29

my stupit logic have won egypt many african nations cups. if egypt can do it wth al ahly wat stops us from doing it wth bucs...leopards playas who deseve a short must be called.

Maristo: 2012-02-02 11:08

I am back from honeymoon...SAFA must have a policy of incentives for the whole lot (management, technical staff, and BB players) based on FIFA rankings...if they are lower in the rankings they get minor incentives...the same goes to development coaches..failure to produce players..no incentives...we cant blame the individual teams all the time...its SAFA'ds duty to develop players at the bottom of the radar

Maristo: 2012-02-02 11:08

I am back from honeymoon...SAFA must have a policy of incentives for the whole lot (management, technical staff, and BB players) based on FIFA rankings...if they are lower in the rankings they get minor incentives...the same goes to development coaches..failure to produce players..no incentives...we cant blame the individual teams all the time...its SAFA'ds duty to develop players at the bottom of the radar

eh eh 5skippers : 2012-02-02 11:38

ha ha ha...i'm glad one of my blog brothers has seen da light, either he has taken his prescribed medication or da one he had overdosed is gradualy wearing off...mind u "gradualy"..not there yet...sekusele kancane bru...i can stil read some blabbering in ya comments..one step 2da right direction..5steps to oblivion..bt hey keep on taking ya medication uzoba ryt...it's lyk that whn ya body is not yet used 2it...bt i wud strongly suggest u "reserve " ya comments if not sure wht is da topic about...reserved cmments wil not expose ya mediocrity...i rest ma case!

Masututsa: 2012-02-02 12:38

Tell us something new Pietersimane! I've heard soemthing like these before, some years back!

Mokete : 2012-02-02 12:39

They must all do the noble thing and resign, from the Chairman, CEO, all the way down to the technical team, the whole lot.

Dooba OPC: 2012-02-02 13:10

nespray is a movie star look-alike coach

Egypt has no democracy, we are not going reverse evolution with Pierats; merit, not royalty!