Official Bafana Bafana Thread

Nahtino · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

And the player in your sig/avator .. ...

MAN SCARA in BB..DAMN that would be sumthing ...

speaking of which , I only started watching from the 30th min, what U recon was the formation .. cos seemed Mcbath was playing deep ..and he did a helva job

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drunken_master · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

i think it was a 4-5-1

Nzama------Morris------Mokoena-------Carnell

----------------Sibaya----------------------------

-------Pinaar--------------Nkosi--------------

--Buckley-----------------------------Tshabalala

------------------Mbele--------------------------

Nahtino · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

Buckley on the ryt ? Well, ok ...

but it worked with Charm BRTHER !!

Im still HAPPY over the result .. I havent seen BB play so positively in a long while

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nkosinipho · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:30 am Post subject:

Nahtino · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

REASONS Y BB will play Egypt in London next moth ..

1. The POUND-Rand Exchange rate is HUGE ..thus SAFA will get More cash from ppl who will watch there ..

2. Global TV rights, playing in the heart of the global world

3.MANDELA BRAND IS BIG and will attract attention

4. EGYPT ARE AFRICAN CHAMPS

5.BOTH COUNTRYS HAVE fairly large expat populations in london

6.Surpisingly higher attendance rate comapred to Jozi/Capetown/even dbn ...

DBN would be 3/4's full @ best at curent times ...

7. This is a fundraiser essentialy ..so MONEY MONEY MONEY

8. Practices to play away

9. central pint for players to meet and train ..and also a GLOBAL EXSPOSE

10. MARKETING THE BB BRAND and south africa more ... if we play in say the Emirates stadium .. thats HIGH profile ..Brazil and Arg played there recntly cos of similar reasons as us .. its MONEY MONEY MONEY folks ...

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Nahtino · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

DUDE, U'v blown me away again ...

are U a soccer journalist or sumthing ? SHEESH, 58/62 tapes !?!? DAMN !!

I agree with You on Makbeth, its not great that his passing abilitys arent that great , thats one of my critisms with him cos he lost the ball a hel lot and looked clumsy ..

but your right cos i think we'l need another bakckup for him in hi pos ..(he's got a yellowand is sure to get 1 more )

Spencer would be ideal

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VHAMBLIDINHO · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject:

that 4222 is the one that suits our players. we have a lot of good ball players who are not so good when it comes to marking (Pinaar and Nkosi are two good examples). so they need someone to baby sit them. the same way that Ermerson does it for Kaka and R10. and then we can have another dynamic midfielder (think of Ze Roberto) who can run from box-to-box for the whole game. the only option we have is someone like Tso. he has the determination, strength and energy to win those second balls in the midfield.

another option is to switch to a 4-3-3 (when we are having the ball) and 4-5-1 (when we are marking for the ball). the holding midfielder allows the guys in front of him to move forward with ease. the traditional 4-4-2 is for teams with strong and heavy structured players like Ivory Coast.

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nkosinipho · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject:

Nahtino · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

From Cheifs - Sundown game

Mbulelo OJ is looking SHARP again
Ndlela getting minutes ...
GErt looking intresting ..
Junior GRINDING but needs to be a sharper passer ..
FERNANDEZ IS THE SHYT, probly SA's BEST player ryt now .. Id rank him as Player of the year candidate ..

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Nahtino · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject:

BEnni's doing BIG things over in England .. the Soccer zone guys were showing his goals...

I say good for him.. and when he WANTS to and is COMMITEd to the cause, then we can consider him ...otherwise, I wont beg him to reconsider ...

Quiton is a non neccesatiy in my mind ..is he even playing @ Bolton ..(He's SO injury prone)

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Nahtino · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

Bafana will be paid for friendly

When Bafana Bafana face Egypt in the Nelson Mandela Challenge in London on November 15; the players will receive a fee. This has been confirmed by Safa CEO Raymond Hack.

Last year when South Africa hosted Senegal in Port Elizabeth in the same event, Bafana's players received no pay, which sparked an outcry mostly from the foreign-based players.

They felt that they risked getting injured in the friendly international just as they would in a major international and therefore wanted to arrange a fee.

Before Bafana Bafana beat Namibia in a friendly in August this year, the players and Safa had a successful meeting whereby they agreed on an appearance fee for friendly internationals as well as a fee for wins and draws in major competitions.

Kick Off has not been able to establish the exact amount for a friendly international, but it is certain the players will receive a fee for honouring Madiba next month in London.

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can U belive this !? They wernt going to get paid !?!What the hell is SAFA playing here , these guys are professionals , they earn a living from this ... and SAFA cant even b bothered to pay the guys their due ...yet Carlos will get a HUGE amount per month ..

I rmeber I sed this sum tym ago .. that if Carlos's pay can b sorted out pretty welll, then what of the players ....

This is going to continue , watch this space

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nkosinipho · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

When will we South Africa play our most talented players in the National Team?? Sad

What is Mkhonza, Gumbi doing in the national team?? Or please you tell me the Matt dude is talented more than Teko Modise and Scara?? No way.

I'm so furios, what wrong with selecting a 23man squad with every position having back ups?? This a team man not a spaza shop.
Isit hard to select players like this.

GK: Rowen, Marlin
RB: Ntuka, Nzama
CB: Mokoena (C), Morris, Mabizela, Booth/Fabian
LB: Thwala, Carnel/Masilela
DM: Sibaya/Spencer when fit, Tsutsulupa
CM: Lance Davids, Reinelwe Letsolonyane(Our DIDI)
AM: Pienaar, Gert,Matt, Siphiwe, Teko Modise
CF: Zuma, Bhele, Mphela and Sandile Ndlovu

This squad is balance enough you got 2RB experience and a possible successor. 2LB experiecne and possible successor.
4CB: The starters and their subsitute who are capable enough to replace them.

2DM: One as a starter and a back up
2CM: One those he will able to organise midifield with passing ability, and ability to tactle, this will allow ball winner like Sibaya not to make 40yard passes since this player will always there to get the ball from him and start the attack. A sub and a starter
Attacking midfielders: Although siphiwe is more of winger but, they all can attacking through the middle and wings. They are here to compete for 2-3 spots depending on a system i want to employ.

CF/ST: 2 of them can play as support strikers and 2 of them plays a target mans.

The squad like this can help a coach to develop tactics by using a game situation, by fielding two teams to play together in training. So tell me how you gonna archive that with 18Players?? in 18 of those players 4 occupy 1 position??

So you cant tell me that Mkhonza, Gumbi, Katza deserve to play for Bafana Bafana. Oh please ony in South Africa.

My point is since we are builiding the National team, we should try TALENTED PLAYERS who got the future in the National team, Not players who dont have a future in National Team. Bafana Bafana is not a place to push personal Agendas aka Soccer-Laduma.

Cant wait for Carlos Alberto to start and coach so that we cans see organisation in selection of the team.

Our selection should be based on the 4-2-3-1/4-3-3/4-2-1-3 not 4-4-2 formation with Pienaar and Gert at the center we will get raped by opposition like Ivory Coast and Egypt.

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DGT · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

so when is the new coach starting with his duties?

Nahtino · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

Immediatly

as of 1st January Wink

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drunken_master · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 7:08 am Post subject:

SAFA bungle Lewis’ Bafana departure plans

Stanton Lewis has received a rude awakening on his first call-up for Bafana Bafana – his ticket has not been paid for and the talented young striker is stranded in Amsterdam.

Lewis, promoted up from the Under-23 side to Bafana Bafana for this weekend’s Cosafa Castle Cup clashes in Swaziland, has been battling all weekend to get his flight arrangements out of the administrative staff at SAFA.

For the frustrated Ajax Amsterdam striker, details of his trip and a reference number for his ticket finally arrived at 16h30 today, allowing Lewis to set off for Schipol airport to take a plane to Frankfurt and then Johannesburg for his first outing with the senior national team.

But when he arrived at Amsterdam airport on Monday night, Lewis found his booking had been made but not paid for. After calling SAFA officials to try and sort out the situation, Lewis was told to wait for a return call from Johannesburg, which never came during which time his scheduled flight departed without him.

Lewis now hopes to get a flight out of Europe on Tuesday night but that will mean one less day to impress national team selectors, who will not have seen him play since his left Ajax Cape Town for the Dutch giants one year ago.

Lewis’ botched travel arrangements will come as further embarrassment to SAFA, who last year declared they were moving to become a “world class organisation” in order to try and match international standards ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals.

SAFA’s travel is done by FliAfrika, a Johannesburg-based agency with close links to Irvin Khoza and Molefi Oliphant but a long history of farcical mix-ups. They were dumped last year as travel agents for the 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee.

some people never change....after the match we will hear about players not getting paid all other kind of funny stuff.. Rolling Eyes

drunken_master · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:13 am Post subject:

Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has made two changes to the South African COSAFA team scheduled to play in Swaziland this weekend.

Striker Eleazar Rogers of Santos replaces the injured Lebohang Mokoena and Supersport United's Richard Rantjie comes in for Santos midfielder Erwin Isaacs.

Santos have informed the South African Football Association (SAFA) that Isaacs has been suspended for not reporting for official club duty.

Meanwhile, Parreira will meet his technical team later this afternoon to discuss the program leading to the weekend COSAFA matches.

Bafana leave for Swaziland on Thursday and will play their opening match at 1pm on Saturday against Malawi at the Somhlolo stadium.

DGT · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:39 am Post subject:

Benni McCarthy has been included in the 19-man squad to face Chad in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad on June 2 in Durban.

However, McCarthy, who has not played for Bafana since they lost 2-0 against Tunisia at the African Cup of Nations on January 26, 2006, has already disclosed to Kick Off that he will be returning to England next Thursday.

The Bafana striker has had a fantastic first season for his English Premiership side Blackburn Rovers scoring 18 goals in the League, finishing second on the Premiership leading scorers standings to Didier Drogba on 20 goals.

The team will meet and go into camp on Monday morning in Johannesburg and later in the day will fly to Durban to prepare for the Chad match. They will train at the Chatsworth and Princess Magogo Stadiums.

The full Bafana squad announced is:

Goalkeepers - Rowen Fernandez and Calvin Marlin

Defenders - Aaron Mokoena, Nasief Morris, Ricardo Katza, Cyril Nzama, Benson Mhlongo, Vuyo Mere and Bradley Carnell

Midfielders - Godfrey Sapula, Delron Buckley, Elrio van Heerden, MacBeth Sibaya, Surprise Moriri and Benedict Vilakazi

Strikers – Siyabonga Nomvete, Terror Fanteni, Sibusiso Zuma and Benni McCarthy

DGT · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:40 am Post subject:

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has indicated that there is a distinct possibility that some of the players in the youthful Cosafa Castle Cup team that left for Swaziland this afternoon could be drafted into the senior team that plays Chad in an Afcon qualifier next weekend.

Parreira named a rare 19-man squad for the Chad game and gave his reasoning afterwards.

“The door remains open to the players that are in the Cosafa squad. If I’m impressed by any of them, I will, depending of the situation, definitely draft them into the senior team,” says Parreira.

“We have a wonderful squad of players going for the Cosafa Cup whom we are grooming for the future. They are eager and this gives me reason to believe that some of them could make it into the team for the Chad game.”

drunken_master · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

Nahtino · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

Bafana doing ok... gtting the job done ..atleast we're through this round ... Im sure it wasnt prety .. COSAFA cup is a shyt cup in terms of organisation and relevance genrally ...

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