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Orlando Pirates will sign players ahead of CAF Champions League

Bucs stock up for Champs League

Posted: 2011-10-17 12:26

Orlando Pirates coach Julio Leal is hoping to sign more players to boost his side ahead of the CAF Champions League.

With 34 players already registered with the PSL, the Soweto-based side are among the teams with the largest pools of players.

Bucs spokesperson Mickey Modisane tells KickOff.com that Leal has been strategically roping in more players with international experience ahead of the preliminary round of the continental competition, which begins soon after the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

So far, Leal has signed fellow Brazilian Getulio Vargas, Boubacor Talatou from Niger and Tokelo Rantie.

Vargas – who has featured for Portuguese side Victoria Setubal – has had stints in the Brazilian and Belgian top-flight, while Talatou has featured for Gabonese outfit Mangasport and is also a key member of the Niger national team.

Rantie, on the other hand, has played in Sweden for IFK Hasselholm and in Mozambique for Ferraviaro de Beira and Clube Desporto de Maxaquene.

"The players that we are bringing on board have considerable international experience and this will help us when we compete in the Champions League next year," Modisane says.

"The draw [for the Champions League] will be held before the end of the year, so we have already started preparing for the competition.

"There is a high possibility that the coach will request more players when the transfer window reopens in January. A large squad is good as it helps the club cope better with injuries," Modisane adds.

Leal hopes that future signings will complement the international experience of players such as Benni McCarthy, Isaac Chansa, Andile Jali and Moeneeb Josephs, to power the Bucs to the continental success they enjoyed in 1995, when they became the first team from Southern Africa to win the African Champions League.

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Mosia : 2011-10-17 12:49

He is so clueless its nt even funny anymore.

Champ Mriyo (Trebble kings of SA): 2011-10-17 12:51

We sign playas but Leal wont use them unless Mabena gets injured.Give Msoyoya a chance coach

Swona Champ!: 2011-10-17 12:51

very clueless, he must go!

Mash-do : 2011-10-17 12:56

Leal said he only want 28 players at da beggining of the season......but the toothless one has interfered and odered him to sign more donkies!....i can assure you that leal didnt have a say in the signing of these players except of cos in the case of viagra!....... Bugs will be knocked out in the first round like they did wen they get knocked by a small team from botswana 3 seasons ago!........

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Wena micky mouse shut the fuuuuuck up cos leal doesnt share yo sentiments!

deBuc: 2011-10-17 12:57

This oldest madala in the psl is ****E!n crazy. With 34 players & he still wants more is if he going to win Champs league?? Voetsek madala. voetsek!!!

Pelezinyo: 2011-10-17 12:57

Did sum1 say "he must go!"?? err. Moeilikheid

RiseKhosiRise

joe banana : 2011-10-17 12:57

tokelo rantie from Gabon?

Sammy : 2011-10-17 12:58

I am hopeless with this clueless coach.when he joined us he offloaded players claiming that large squad is difficult to work with now he want to sign players aaaag sies man Liliets ooooh sorry Leal i think your days are numbered nxxxxxxx

KidKudu7: 2011-10-17 13:00

We're already have the required squad wena Leal, please dont come with excuses apha.

All we need from you are right tactics to win us games, period.

Ayeye Gal: 2011-10-17 13:00

wats the use of signing players then kip them on the bench???he brought players from brazil to moroka swallows last season and still failed..anyway,practise makes it perfect.hehehehe..PIRATES GOT IT ALL WRONG IN LEAL THE LOSER!!!GO COACH IN BRAZIL LEAL,YOU DONTKNOW WAT U DOING HERE..U HAVE TALENTED PLAYERS BUT U DNT KNOW HOW TO USE THEM

Ncibane : 2011-10-17 13:01

Leal Must just leave Bucs while we still have smiles on our faces, otherwise he'll go with us booing him. He is clueless wotking under Krol's shadow. During Krol's time, we use to win unconvinsingly, but we were winning, with leal we drawing unconvincingly if we not loosing in the same fashion.

deBuc: 2011-10-17 13:01

If Pirates is 2 big for u, u mst fu!ck off. O ya nya manje!!!!

Mash-do : 2011-10-17 13:03

Please bugs suppoters be patient with this coach...remember it took krol three seasons to win a league...give him a chance he will come right...he will play the entertaining soccer he promised the toothless one wen he signed him... Also be patient with cows like mabena ,mayambela ,mbuyane and ndulula stop boooing them!...im begging u bugs suppoters!...stop insulting leal and calling him names.....mabena is a pie city player and he deserve chance..boooooing him can only kill him and u dont want him to die............

Mpimpi: 2011-10-17 13:06

I am behind Pirates but not the coach, I thought this guys would bring a different dimension and style of play but he seem to be taking Pirates where he took Swallows two/three seasons ago! I am beginning to feel that a different coach could have been better than Leal. I thought he deserved a chance but he is quickly blowing that! He wanted a small squad 27 or 28 and now he is sitting at 34 players and still want more! Please someone tell me this is a joke!!! My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mpimpi: 2011-10-17 13:06

I am behind Pirates but not the coach, I thought this guys would bring a different dimension and style of play but he seem to be taking Pirates where he took Swallows two/three seasons ago! I am beginning to feel that a different coach could have been better than Leal. I thought he deserved a chance but he is quickly blowing that! He wanted a small squad 27 or 28 and now he is sitting at 34 players and still want more! Please someone tell me this is a joke!!! My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ignatius91 : 2011-10-17 13:08

This is further proof that whoever wants Leal gone will hv 2 wait or better yet go n join those that hv won the lig already with 22 games left! THATS THE TRUTH!

Nywereza: 2011-10-17 13:09

There is nothing out of Leal and must go. Players with african cup experience e.g Otoroqou, Msowoya chucked out of the team and sings brazilian players and wasteful of money and time. Leal must go now as dismantling the team.

Mash-do : 2011-10-17 13:10

Leal is doing a very good job!...dont lose hope pie city fans ...rome wasnt build in one day.... He is the best coach pie city could get... Dr sokhela know wat he is doing dont question his decisions!...swona relax please this is no time to point fingers ....the league is a marathon u still in it to win ...a seven points gap is nothing... ........
Dont lose hope!.......leal will suprise u and trust me wen 'ka leboga kudukudu' recovers u will be unstopable like u always been

Zwilithini: 2011-10-17 13:13

40 South Africa GK Brighton Mhlongo
39 Brazil GK Getúlio Vargas
16 South Africa GK Moeneeb Josephs
1 South Africa GK Senzo Meyiwa
38 South Africa DF Ruben Cloete
36 South Africa DF Sibusiso Mxoyana
32 South Africa DF Lucas Thwala
31 South Africa DF Njabulo Ntusi
28 South Africa DF Rooi Mahamutsa
21 South Africa DF Siyabonga Sangweni
19 South Africa DF Vusi Mthimkhulu
14 South Africa DF Lucky Lekgwathi
4 South Africa DF Happy Jele
3 South Africa DF Lizo Mjempu
50 Niger MD Boubacar Talatou
42 South Africa MD Sibusiso Mnguni
35 Zambia MD Isaac Chansa
33 South Africa MD Cyril Mashego
25 Namibia MD Rudolf Bester
23 South Africa MD Tlou Segolela
20 South Africa MD Oupa Manyisa
17 South Africa MD Patrick Malokase
15 South Africa MD Andile Jali
12 South Africa MD Mark Mayambela
11 South Africa MD Sameehg Doutie
7 South Africa MD Daine Klate
6 South Africa MD Clifford Ngobeni
5 South Africa MD Dikgang Mabalane
2 South Africa MD Benson Mhlongo
37 South Africa ST Tokelo Rantie
29 Malawi ST Chiukepo Msowoya
26 South Africa ST Ndumiso Mabena
24 South Africa ST Siphelele Mthembu
18 South Africa ST Thulasizwe Mbuyane
17 South Africa ST Benni McCarthy
9 South Africa ST Bongani Ndulula

Sweyts: 2011-10-17 13:14

Most of the indegenous language-preferring players which unfortunately is the majority at Pirates, have always been mumbling about being spoken to in vernac......Leal's hiccup riddled english just makes it worse, abo Jali bathi ukhuluma is'French esinama potholes! lol.

I recommend nightschool in slow motion for the whole lot, or else Leal's stop and start samba will continue being misunderstood. mh.

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2011-10-17 13:16

mashdooo

dnt attack me wth past/sell by dates stories like u did on the other article. ur chimps unsung hero...leopards hired u cause they trusted ur muti, n xperienced traditional healer like u shuld never plan against those who are going to pay u

we all know that u n sbonelo muti won chimps the game....lastly i saw a zombie playing in baloyis body...in the world cup the zombie scored a goal 4 chababala

FISTOS: 2011-10-17 13:16

i thought VV according to sonono fc fans was gonna be the first
to lose his job,but when i read the comments above,im getting scared knowing the fans behaviour of that team,

mhlanga: 2011-10-17 13:17

Leal has overstayed his welcome at Pirates he seems clueless and out of breath. How can you start a game without a single striker? We had 6 midfielders Saturday!What a joke. We're now fast becoming a laughing stock. Why Leal don't use Msowoya? He let Otorogu go and yet Pirates uses wing play and there's nobody to finish the crosses. He must go b4 he hands over our cups which we fought so hard for!!

Win or Loose: 2011-10-17 13:17

i wonder where's Mr qhubule and mr sithole aka KING to come and assist here cause i heard someone said mevrou lilian must go

Dooba OPC: 2011-10-17 13:18

Can you decipher this riddle:

What do you call an angry buccaneer?

clue: something closest to most rats at this moment!!!

Mash-do : 2011-10-17 13:19

Leave leal alone!...leave mabena alone!...leave dr irvin sokhela alone ,leave fatty benie alone ,mbooyane alone ...

Jst do wat u suppose to do!...support the team ...go to the staium and cheer the players up...they need yo support more in this dark days........stop complaing and support the team!....u all claim that dr sokhela is the best chairman in the country so please respect his decisions!..he fired krol for a good reason ...he didnt jst fire him for no reason nje...do u think khoza the tothless one is dat dumb?....

Feelosopher (The Balotelli of Kick Off.com): 2011-10-17 13:22

Leal is the most ridiculous and comical coach I have ever seen...He thinks these Rats fans are stupid. He came with that attack-like-wat-wat philososhy yet nobody can figure out his plan and vision for these poor medicrity-celebrating Rats......

They chased a good coach away for the AMAZULU/SWALLOWS for this Crystal Meth ingesting junkie.

Uyacwila lomkhumbi....AboKing nabo Superbrand will only see that when they being are digested in the belly of Kraken. Guys wake up and smell the roses.

How can you hand the Black Pearl to Hector Barbossa(Leal) while Jack Sparrow(Krol) is at your disposal?

FISTOS: 2011-10-17 13:45

to be honest, i don't want to see an angry pierats fan,i can tell you that guy who act in one of the soapie called DING DONG is a pierats fan,
plus this team is for 5 skipas

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2011-10-17 13:45

operation 100% behind leal

plz coach dnt bring more playas 2 ur shores especially if it means we have 2 buy them from other teams...lets rather promote an attacking midfielder n a striker from our development. lets give mabena our full sapot like other playas cause scoring does not rest only on his shulders. this playa scored crucial goals which won us six points

yes coach were somewere at position 8 or 9 but things will fall into place soon.

we are guaranteed six points, a win against chimps n a win against sandoms. baba sbonelos muti will not last the whole season, n sis j purchased chinese devices for his undaground work n they are not working perfectly...the zombie that played in baloyi yesterday is not happy, it wants 2 be played in yeye

we all know that all bucs kit that they used against downs is stained in blood....i feel sorry for kwashiokor pelembe, jele squized him 2 death...come H1N1, chimps funeral services will gain from rich gay motsetserepa

coach were jogging 2 the title, if we get our full speed. the title will be defended wth ease

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2011-10-17 13:47

Sweyts: 2011-10-17 13:14

donate blood to kwashiokor before u talk about the galaxy, the poisonous snake of the yelo team

Charlie: 2011-10-17 13:59

You might have won us the MTN8 Mr Leal, but you still have to work very hard to prove that you deserve to be here, your past results count for nothing. If Krol lost his job afer winning the treble, who the hell do you think you are? We are sick and tired of this LEAL WAYNE

champ nespray is a movie star look-alike coach: 2011-10-17 14:02

fistos

if u want to see angry watch chips video in the mtn8 against the most sucesful team in the sourthen hemisphere. tell me if u see happy faces, or who are happy between the chimps n the champs.

i saw monkey yeye saving andile jalis short against amazulu
i saw madam j raising a flag against doutie on behalf of line men on saty
i saw a zombie playing in baloyis body on sunday

our only problem is off-the field mr coach, were external forces from the village of starvation plot our downfall. we must adress this issues as quickly as possible.

i dnt get this noise of beating leopards cause we also beat them. amazulu is the same team that parked a quantum against the doms from the sun. we are satified wth a point against a defensive team...we must start 2 play 3-4-1-2 to unlock this defensive bastad

bucs...until kaizer recovers from painfull chubabas n stop playing yebo millionairs wth free sms

Baross: 2011-10-17 14:03

Few things to consider: Krol has been with the team for 3 years, Leal few months, 1 cup already defended.
The team still had a lot of players under Krol, but he maintained his structure that he wanted, that most people did not like, do you still remember, Mayambela being a favourite of Krol? We liked him, the coach liked him and Leal liked him in the beginning, but today, Leal is blamed for the same player. Mabena scored 2 crucial goals in the current campaign, we are still in the top 8, where would Pirates be at this point in time without his contribution?

Leal needs sometime. I do not like some of his selection, just like even during Krol's days, but I had to eat a humble pie. I still believe in Leal and our chairman does as well. Let us rally behind the team, not the coach, not the players, but our team. That is what Pirates family is about. The negative comments I read about are not building our family and I only expect these kinds of comments from other supporters. Leal's mandate is different from Krol's, he needs to do well in Africa and for that he needs to have options. Krol won the treble under difficult circumstances, where most of the players were not available during the final laps of the campaigns. Do we need to go through the same difficulties again? We need to beef up our squad for the Champs League. Remember that Jali, Joseph, Jele, Tlou and Oupa are not Pirates players only, but the national team as well. Their injuries will affect the team's campaigns.

Winning will come, if you listened to all the players, you can tell that all of them are aware of what we are going through. And my understanding is that it is not only the coach who need to turn things around, but any of the selected players. Let us rally behind the team. So far we are only making our rivals happy and that is not great. Once & Always.

Champ "Superbrand": 2011-10-17 14:05

Hawu Madoda!!! this is a very hot seat!! the coach only played 8 games and cup games that he won and lift a trophy but everyone is already talking about firingthe coach. He is going nowhere. He must change his strategy though if he wants to leave a legacy of winning a treble and African champions league.

Champ "Superbrand": 2011-10-17 14:09

Coach Leal already has one cup in the bag. I am sure that we are going all the way to the final. In cup games there is extra time, I have not seen a team going to extra time with Pirates and actually win the game in a long time. We are going to win the Telkom. After that it will be one more to match last season treble

Champ Vince (Treble Specialist): 2011-10-17 14:11

e don't want any Zebras on this article as they are not worthy of talking about such projects. Ya when we talk ABSA and the likes they are more than welcome with their slurs as they are very passionate about cheap plastic cups and don't have bigger ambitions than that. We are going to Africa to capture our second star. I can already see it! We are going to Africa to play champagne football (something which Zebras have no understanding of); we are going to Africa to play the kind of football that Maradona describes as moving and filling one with emotion. Football 101 was mastered at the University of Orlando

Champ "Superbrand": 2011-10-17 14:12

With so many injuries and bookings, we need a big squad for African Championship. Last season we had many players and that came in handy due to injuries and suspension helping us to win the treble. Now we need even more players for the Championship.

tebotouch : 2011-10-17 14:25

say all u want but bucs is a galaxy of stars.... N only time the results will yield... I can only say 2 my fellow supporters lets support the team even during dark days....WHO ARE WE NOT 2 SUFFURE BLACKOUTS???

I love it for the pirates .
Once a happy person always a happy ghost.

KING?: 2011-10-17 14:32

Coach Leal is new at Pirates and has already won an MTN8, I mean defended the MTN8.

What do other coaches in PSL have except for Chiefs coach who has Macuffe.

Bucs family again stop panicking, Lets rather work together with the coach, just like we did with Master Tactician Ruud Kroll and we achieved a TREBLE, something we are hated for today.

Leal - we have observed that teams play Pirates with a defensive approach, field players who can run at them and force them to commit fouls and mistakes. Mayambela cannot never be a bad player in a day, This boy won the league for Kroll, i remember when we where 2 nil down to Wits, uMsaba ungamazi came in and just changed the entire game and we won 3-2. Mayambela is the best impact player in the PSL.

Bring back the Terminator, Doutie must earn his place, coming in as a sub. rotate players, bench Manyisa or Jali for Clifford, he is equally good.

At Training, try Benni with Drogba,Msowoya - Lets find a combination.

Nipsy: 2011-10-17 14:32

I said it before everyone associated with this team is stressed and confused. The only problem with Lilian is the language barrier nothing else, how can you expect Fanakalos to understand suck my dig language. This coach speaks like someone is sucking his dick, I swear he was not speaking like this when he was still coaching Swallows this is the disease he got from Sonono.

I heared him speaking to COWtrain before he got injured.

Lilian: Don't run like a headless chicken
COWtrain: Yeeeee, ore ke kitime coach? Ke tla tshabesha ka kudukudu coach.

Players are stressed about the language, the coach is stressed about COWlity in the team and the damage that Sonono caused to him, Sonono is stressed about not getting enough Sika le khekhe, Toothless wants to rob Mpandlane Manyisa one tooth as he likes the robbing game and fans are stressed about the challanges you face as a hobbo.

I hope this stress will come to an end so that they can have access to talk to us because we don't talk to teams fighting the top 8 and relegation.
.......................................
Lilian is showing his stress about COWlity.

Tronic: 2011-10-17 14:35

Cant wait for nxt year to c if the so-called galaxy wil conquure Africa shame that will happen in Khoz's wey dreams while sleeping with his girlfried Manto

Ntokzin: 2011-10-17 14:40

Tokelo Rantjie from Gabon? somebody is sleeping in his job,so explain the following Rudolf Bester (Namibia),Aboubacar Tolatou (Niger),Isaac Chansa (Zambia),Chipeko Msowoya (Malawi),Getulio Vargas (Brazil) then you Gabon Rantjie which make it 6 now...do u see a pattern here my friend,a Psl team cant have 6 foreigners in their books...Rantjie is a Sout African..

Dan ka-Mkhaliphi: 2011-10-17 14:40

Shame poor Lilian, he doesn't know that it is not about the number of cows you have registered, but more so about the quality, the planning and the understanding amongst cows that brings out the results.Bafana with a pool of players in excess of a 3,000 couldn't qualify for AFCON 2012, coz Pitso is another Leal.So how many cows(including bulls) does Leal need to avoid PSL relegation, as we ALL know they'll not proceed past the prelim rounds of the CAF Champions League.....never.

KING?: 2011-10-17 14:42

tebotouch: There is nor dark days when referees are doing every thing in their powers to bring us down. There is no game we have lost fair and square. This is not fair in the name of FIFA fair play.

We are going to do well in AFRICA.

tebotouch : 2011-10-17 14:48

my fellow bhakabhaka
i seen that bra, we should have won against amazulu if it waz not referee's...but cryng abwt referee smntyms is pre-mature , i think our players need 2 play 2 score, 4rm now , then later play 4 entertainmnt...
But sayn dat yeah referee's are being baised against us...bt dnt worry the mafia will sort them out like ace nqcobo

 : 2011-10-17 14:49

@king

East Rand: 2011-10-17 14:52

Mr. Leal, how are you going to manage 40 players if you battle with 34? When you can on the ship you told us about atacking philosophy even today we haven't seen what exaclty it is you want from the players.My feelings are running high mara I still believe you should be given a chance. The Colonel has neva dissapointed so maybe he sees something special about you which will only be revealed in the future... Pirates is The Alpha and the o'Mega

KING?: 2011-10-17 14:57

tebotouch: Did n't Lucky score, how do you explain the wrong offside decisions.

I agree with you, our players need to score: Its difficult to win a game when a referee is just against you.

CHOCKY!!BOY.: 2011-10-17 15:09

LEAL PLEASE,DON'T PLAY WITH THE GHOST'S EMMOTIONS YES!THIS GHOST HAS FEELINGS..IF U CAN'T MANAGE THE JOB AT HAND THEN I SUGGEST U GO BEFORE RE QABANA!!!PLEASE MOKGALABE!!!UP THE GHOST!!!

Feelosopher (The Balotelli of Kick Off.com): 2011-10-17 15:20

Its funny how naive these Rats are. A couple of weeks ago these fans wanted Leal out and he was useless but now that they see that they are stuck with him they are supporting his cluelessness and his wet dream endeavours.


Mark Mayambela was kaak but now they need his services since there is no other option. Now he is the next best thing after Messi. Yah ne, being desperate can really mess up with your brain.

When you are still sane you Rats should not support under-achievers. Leal is a tried and tested Swallows/Amazulu failure that found a Kraal team that was OK and messed it up. He promised to bring the Rats Simba which was obviously misinterpreted as Samba due to language barrier factors and improper pronounciation. If you do not believe me watch them play and look at his tactical errors and tell me if thats not amaSimba yini.

I promise you that if he looses the next game the same supporters who are brainwashed by this drug addict will moer him. He will leave the stadium soaked in blood and be forced to change his name to LILLET. Viva LILLET viva!!!!!!

MZIMBA: 2011-10-17 15:20

@King
When are you going to accept that KC is the most successful team in South Africa,. I have accepted that Pirates is the ONLY team that has won the CAF Champions in South Africa. I know that it is not easy but just accept and move on

Feelosopher (The Balotelli of Kick Off.com): 2011-10-17 15:25

KING?: 2011-10-17 14:57 [ Report ]



tebotouch: Did n't Lucky score, how do you explain the wrong offside decisions.

I agree with you, our players need to score: Its difficult to win a game when a referee is just against you.

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Why dont you score more goals then and count the other ones that were denied by the referee as additional ones. Nilokhu nafuna ukuwina ngama 1-0.

Nipsy: 2011-10-17 15:32

Feelosopher (Gqubule Is The Best)

LOL, he promised them Simba and the tought he said samba. hehehehehe these hobbos are lost.

KING?: 2011-10-17 15:38

Mtititi: Best team in SA in terms of what?

please post your evidents and stop pro-claiming

................I am waiting patiently so with my own evidence.

KING?: 2011-10-17 15:39

FISTOS: yes this team is 5 skippers

1 GOALS for someone claiming degrees..........lol

KING?: 2011-10-17 15:44

Feelosopher (Gqubule Is The Best): i am sorry guys, i have to laugh at this, heheheheheheheheheheheh this is classic ntwanas, i cant stop laughing.

"He promised to bring the Rats Simba which was obviously misinterpreted as Samba due to language barrier factors and improper pronounciation. If you do not believe me watch them play and look at his tactical errors and tell me if thats not amaSimba yini"

This is what brings me to Kick Off, humour at its best, just when your day is not going ok.

mno: 2011-10-17 16:02

played 8, won 3, drew 2, lost 3. Mr leal, if you win the next 4 games and maybe a draw you will have put us right back in contention. I am not going to panick at the moment as I think we are still very much in contention. Sundowns lead us by 7points at some stage last season and we still managed to win the league, so this is not any different.We can do it, we're expecting a more offensive starting 11 against Leapards over the weekend

Mtititi : 2011-10-17 17:26

@King
Check Chiefs and Pirates websites, Compare the number of titles the two teams have.

Giggs : 2011-10-17 18:07

hope
u 'll sign a new coach as well ne Mr Mudisane.

Champ Vince (Treble Specialist): 2011-10-17 18:17

KING dont waste your time with people like Mtititi! Around the world teams pride themselves in winning continental trophies NOT domestic ones! Aston Villa is more respected than Chelsea and ****nal as it has won UEFA and those two have not. I did say Zebras pride themselves and thus shame themselves in bragging about winning domestic trophies to a club that has represented the Southern Hemisphere! What a joke! Thats like bragging to Egypt that we have more COSAFA cups than they have AFCONS! Only a Chiefs fan!

Salathiso : 2011-10-17 18:45

Am surprised dat Mr Leal is stil signing players while Pirates have bunch of quality players. Why buy players and not use them? Bester deserves a statring xi place, so as Mhlongo and Mahamutsa.

papa amu : 2011-10-17 19:02

leal,stop signing players when you have not yet tested fifty percent of your current squad. Leal you have not brought anything to bucs except to bring torture & trauma. I dont see you taking us to AFRICA you are like your brothers in the national team. We will miss out while you make excuses

MZIMBA: 2011-10-18 06:52

@ChampVince:
The fact that KC has won more titles than Pirates makes the team most successful in South Africa and that will take years to change, Why are people always citing CAF Champions title whenever we compare the two teams, what i liked about your explanation is that you did not make any effort to deny that KC is the most successful team in South Africa. Get us used to it and stop being emotional about something you wont do anything about it.

Recession06: 2011-10-18 08:21

I was against the signing of Leal from the first day I heard the rumours. If Mr Khoza had listen to us suppoerters we will not be lying were we are in the log.

Champ Vince (Treble Specialist): 2011-10-18 09:05

@Mtititi I'm not naive I shall not deny that you have won 300 mainstay cups. My problem is why do you pride yourself so much in such achievements. FC Barcelona has won more Copa Del Rey cups than Real Madrid but they do not hold on to that fact for dear life because they have bigger ambitions than that. What truly counts is not how many Rothman's cups you've won as they will never place a star on your badge, what truly counts is conquering the continent and being called kings of Africa! You've never had that priveledge and that is what counts more than being called kings of South African knockout competitions. Bragging about that is quite simply an embarassment.

Bucs till I die and wake up for judgment day

DR MAMPURU: 2011-10-18 09:35

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT EVEN IF WE HAD THE BEST SQUAD INCLUDING THE LIKES OF CRISTIANO RONALDO, THIS COACH WOULD STILL LOSE US SOME GAMES. WHY PLAY MABENA WHEN ALL OF PIRATES SUPPORTERS SAY HE IS USELESS, NO COACH! THAT IS A FACT, RUDI USED TO PLAY JUJU FOR 90 MIN EVEN IF HE PERFOMED BAD BUT HE SCORED SOME CRUCIAL GOALS, BUT YOU PLAY MABENA WHO DOES NOT EVEN SCORE GOALS BUT YOU KEEP ON PLAYING HIM INFRONT OF BESTER AND OTHERS NO COACH, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. RATHER CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THIS FULL BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, I MEAN YOU SAW THAT MAYAMBELA DOES NOT BRING ANYTHING WHEN YOU PLAY HIM FIRST HALF THAT'S GOOD, BUT WHAT ABOUT MABENA> LOAN THE BOY FOR TWO YEARS, I PROMISE HE WILL COME BACK A BETTER PLAYER BUT AS FOR NOW HE IS NOT PIRATES MATERIAL! AS FOR THAT BOY RANTIE I SAW HIM FOR FEW MINUTES, HE IS NOT THAT BAD, IF RUDI WAS HERE I TELL YOU SOME PLAYERS WOULD NOT PLAY NOT BECAUSE HE HATES THEM BUT DUE TO POOR PERFOMANCE. LOAN MABENA THE BOARD HAS AGREED!

Jam Jam: 2011-10-18 13:11

@ DR MAMPURU
I disagree with your comment about Mabena.
Remember Pirates won 2-league matches with a score of 1-0. Mabena scored both of these important goals to give Bucs a valuable six points.
We can criticise Mabena, but not in that way

Champ Vince (Treble Specialist): 2011-10-18 13:26

@Jam Jam yes he scored those two goals but how many more identical chances has he missed? It just proves he was just lucky to score those

OliverNorth: 2011-10-18 15:34

The funniest part of all this crap is that Rudi Krol has more experience in coaching than Leal and Rudi Krol has coached allready in the African champions league..
Remember i said once brazilian coaches don't succed in coaching african teams......
I am very worried for my Orlando Pirates.......

Once and Always, Up The Bucs

ooisthuizen: 2011-10-18 17:16

The say the are called "GALAXY OF STARS"
Hoekom thy need more players?
Like ek se last tym,thy are "GALAXY OF COWARDS" and it startin to show...with jst few games played,the pressure is building on!!!

sidney: 2011-10-18 17:58

This moegoe Leal from Brazil is he mad or what? He want to sign players on top of the big squad he has,i think he wants to take us to mvela he seems o be confuse and clueless.Krol left him an oiled machine but he is busy making it rusty i think he must voetsek before he cost us.We dont need excuses madala ke wena.How canyou sgn players whilst there are players who have not have game time under you moron and dnt come up with cheap excuses now that you are failling.

sidney: 2011-10-18 17:59

This moegoe Leal from Brazil is he mad or what? He want to sign players on top of the big squad he has,i think he wants to take us to mvela he seems o be confuse and clueless.Krol left him an oiled machine but he is busy making it rusty i think he must voetsek before he cost us.We dont need excuses madala ke wena.How canyou sgn players whilst there are players who have not have game time under you moron and dnt come up with cheap excuses now that you are failling.

matsieng : 2011-10-18 23:37

after everything goes back to normal wat are u going to do with all this players. I think u are going to drain all de money from pirates. Shapa khosi shapaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Mokgele : 2011-10-19 00:01

B4 Leal adds the squad I hope he release the likes of Malokase,Mayambela,Mjempu,Mabalane,Ngubeni&Mabena thy are not adding any impact 2 da current team.I pray he shld sign Mmotong,Lucky Nguzana(Both frm Downs)&Mark Haskins