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Hello ... this is not Bafana United or SuperSport Bafana, jerr!
What a load of balderdash. No, make that an utter, complete bollocks.
There is no other way to describe what amounted to a pseudo performance from Stuart Baxter and his boys against Cape Verde on Friday night.
All the talk from the team about knowing what needed to be done in Praia was blown to smithereens. In terms of a class comparison, Bafana Bafana versus Cape Verde is akin to Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor: a mismatch of monumental proportions.
Baxter and his charges have gifted Cape Verde their first home win in two years. At some stage of the preparation for the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier, the hosts had 12 players in camp... yes, 12!
Goalkeeper Ronwen Williams is a nice lad. But you'd be hard-pressed to recall one match, just one, that he has excelled in goal for Bafana.
Dean Furman has had his moments when he has marshalled the midfield like a foreman. But, with all due respect, there is no way in hell that the SuperSport United captain can get a starting berth ahead of his Mamelodi Sundowns counterpart Hlompho Kekana.
Gerrara here.
Forget the clumsy penalty Furman gave away. He can't start ahead of Kekana for one reason and one reason only: You are playing on a field that has a wind blowing in one direction...
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