Banana Banana

Ok I am not normally cynical but I read a really weird comment that had been attributed to Benni McCarthy this morning. I would love to support our national side and really get behind them - but they say and do some really baffling things - so for tonight they are BANANA BANANA (and no that is not racist!)

Apparently Benni said it wasn't that bigger deal that we have been knocked out of the qualification African Nations Cup by Nigeria yesterday. His logic was that if had gone to the African Nations Cup and we had won it next year and then we had gone to the World Cup and been knocked out in the first round, our fans would have been disappointed....

uuuuhhhh Benni - we have a better than average chance of being knocked out of the first round. While Nigeria are getting game time against all the major African powerhouses (minus SA), our guys are going to be at home trying to find SOMEBODY to play a game against....

Are you nuts?!

You can't just stand back and say "oh well we didn't qualify for the African Nations Cup, but we're building to the World Cup"....

IT'S A BLOODY CATASTROPHE...

With our strongest players and a multi-million Rand coach, the African Nations Cup was something we could have and should have won. A bit of pride and prestige would have been shoved the South African way after all the grief we have given the players and coach.

Instead we shrug our shoulders and say that it is no big deal.

What better way to have built South African support going into the World Cup campaign, than being the champions of Africa?!

Unfortunately we committed ourselves to this bloody expensive coach and subsequently his mate - and we've got nothing to show for it except a country like Lesotho playing in our spot.

I really hope that the South African side comes right in the next few months. They need hard games against quality opposition and they need a settled side.
The coach can no longer be guessing which players he is planning to use. He's got them - now he has to make them do the business.

I'm sorry but you guys are BANANA BANANA until you can give the fans what they are looking for....

World with Benni

Well South African prodigal son Benni McCarthy has strolled back into the national football side and promptly lifted the side’s game without trying particularly hard. Benni was instrumental in the credible 2-2 draw with Australia in London on Tuesday.

For those who don’t know the story, Benni basically turned into something of a grumpy boy as people questioned his position on the whole club vs. country debate.

No Benni = a very average Bafana Bafana side.

McCarthy suddenly got back in the side and we’re competing with a top ranked side like Australia.

His 2 touches to setup the goal prove just how classy he is and just how easy it is for him to play at this level.

He has now committed himself to the national side for the duration of the campaign up to the 2010 World Cup, lets just hope he now stays fit for that time!