Another miserable afternoon of footballing experience was all that Bafana Bafana could elicit after they played to another disappointing 0-0 draw against Botswana in Botswana's backyard. If you ask me, this has absolutely nothing to do with the coaches. SAFA can hire and fire as much as they please, but in my opinion; the root of all this mess lies far beyond coaches' performances.
Perhaps it's about time we looked at the REAL reason why players perform the way they do. Could it be because of lack of source of motivation which in this case would be money? Have we ever asked ourselves why coaches are being paid more than players? It does not make sense to me for a coach to get more financial remuneration than players who ACTUALLY kick the ball around the field of play. Think of it this way, would a soccer match take place without a coach? Yes, because that is exactly what happened today against Botswana. Now, ask yourself a question whether a soccer match would take place without players or not.
As far as today's match is concerned: I wonder why most of us expected South Africa to win against Botswana in Botswana whilst they failed to win against Ethiopia in their own backyard. Well, how about this, SAFA could discontinue allowing South African players to go and play overseas and start paying them to play at home. Do we have quality overseas players looking to have a footballing career in SA? I'll leave that for you to think about.
What do I know anyways?
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