South Africa will play Poland on October 12 and Kenya four days later in internatinal friendlies, as Igesund's preparations for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations shift into top gear.
Igesund – who will name his squad today – says the absence of the likes of Siboniso Gaxa, Thulani Serero and Morgan Gould because of injury is a major blow to the Bafana technical team.
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"The injuries are a concern to me," Igesund tells KickOff.com.
"Serero, Morgan Gould and Siboniso Gaxa are likely to be on the sidelines for a longer period because they have serious injuries.
"Others such as Teko [Modise] and Reneilwe Letsholonyane also have niggling injuries so they are out of the picture for now.
"It is tricky but these are some of the things that you have deal with as a coach," Igesund says.
The coach is also worried that more players might be injured this weekend in League action.
"The squad will be announced today and we have a full programme of League fixtures this weekend. This means more players may be injured before our first match against Poland."




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'bangbiza ujack makwine ikhosi'
Now let da rats divide da national team....1 2 3 go.....shabba dc shabba dat
The bigger loss i think is that of serero bt pienaar is there so its not a train smash.
anyway what abt ngcongca? he is injured as well isnt he?
Let us make simple GI. Stop Nyawana at all, Pause Yuyu and rewind Hlokoloza and play Parker.
Regardless of his form, that boy is definitely not favoured by his ancestors(even he admitted that he has his own demons to deal with when downs signed him), hence all the turmoil at Izikhotane Fundowns right now,it was the same 1 plaguing the Marikana 'Spinal-Massacre' gorillas!
He left SSU, they won 3 consecutive league titles...
He left Broke-back Gorillas fc & they won back to back trophies...
As soon as he leaves Downs... U will see what I mean...
So until that boy consults his ancestors or a witchdoctor for cleansing, we don't want his bad omen near the national team!!
Those who think I'm wrong must show me the counter facts, to prove it... ;-)
We need quality & from Chiefs select the following:
Khune
Mashamaite
Mathoho
Shaba
Lebese
Majoro
Parker
Hlokoloza just for a favour otherwise he will be admitted at Bara for High blood pressure
Moeneeb He deserve to be der
Sandiland 's just a hole nor but Tunnel dis day rather gave Keet a chance even Senzo he stil much far better.
Sangweni the fanstatic captain he MUST lead Bafana
Matlaba promising young player he deserve to be der
Bevan Fransman to partner with Sangweni very good
Masenamela currently best left back in Mzansi
Ngconga
Mashamaite just to add number
Pienaar even though he see like he 's not interested to play for de country
Stagwa se ba reng ke Chabangu but he must well looked ke masepa mosemane yo
Granwald Scott quality player
Kagiso only if he 's fit or Yeye even Surman or Mokotjo only one of dem must named.
Nyawana i dn't want to see him near de camp George Lebese 's even much better but May Mahlangu must replace him
Jali if you can't beat him den join him quality hard worker he deserve to play either in Spain or in English
Parker oversea reject but since he 's stil on paraffin he can offer us something
Rantjie nothing more to say about him.
Majoro mmmmm nor leave dat shit he doesn't have balz anymore may be Kadi, Dino or you can stil bring Gabuza
Team:
................Khune.....................
Ngcongca...Matoho...Mashamaite.....Legothwane
..........Mahlangu....YEYE....Maluleka....Shabba.
......................Chabangu.....................
..................................Parker..............
Maybe now, u may call up those off-form midgets... Jali- Manyisa for Yeye & Serero, but also include Pienaar to play in the hole where Magic feet Serero would be...if he refuses then, we can have a look at Nespray look alike: Myeni, even though his still finding his feet a bit, one can see the boy has a lot of potential in the no 9 position& maybe having a great Coach like u, to also guide him, will bring out more of his abilities...
We need to rope in the youngsters more, so they can gel with each other, instead of calling up the likes of Bhele&Benni...who won't be around to help us in 2014; as much their experience would be of great benefit, its hampering the usage of players like Rantie!
Ghana took a chance in the last world cup & went out with their youngest ever squad of all the participating teams & only a handball from that dirty Uruguayan, Suarez; prevented them from reaching the semis!!
We keep crying about continuity in our national set up, yet we don't embrace it fully when it presents itself.
Mr. G. I...those dwarf primates do not deserve a Bafana call-up, I'd rather have Mongezi Bobe or recall Dumisa Ngobe there..
Except for Sangweni and Matlaba....no other Rat desrves a Bafana call-up
This is a man fabricating his own obituary - this is a dead man walking. He lacks the ambition to transform a team.
i wat to know - what are the expectations in the AFCON 2013 and is qualifying for Brasil his mandate.
Leave my Teko behind.............he never said you must be a Cow...................go grace at Naturena , your moer!!!!!!!!
In South Africa we have stars all over....Mr Igesund we planning for the future please include the following in your squad: RVP Mabena, Drogba Ndulula, Ozil Mayambela,Khethokwakhe Hazzard and Senzo Buffon