VLADIMIR VERMOZOVIC IN THE FIRING LINE

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kaizer chiefs head coach Vladimir Vermozovic (VV) has had a  rather bumpy season at kaizer chiefs, with more draws than wins in the premmier league. there have being talks that he might be relieved of his duties at the end of  this season. As the teams managenent has not shown any interest in renewing his contract, which expires at the end of the season. the kaizer chiefs coach is under enormous preasure.seeing that the kaizer chiefs management have not approved an extension on his contract mtn football.com, management suggest that for him to get an extension on his contract, he has to hand kaizer chiefs their first league tilte since 2005 mtnfootball.com . From where I am standing the chances of him bringing the title to the  chiefs trophy cabinet are rare especially with th recent goal drought at kaizer chiefs.

VV AND STEVE KOMPHELA

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VV's days at kaizer chiefs are numbered. as city press reported that the team is now in talks with Steve Komphela, the current Free State Stars coach about coming on board as kaizer chiefs head coach at the end of the season. This puts the current kaizer chiefs coach under a lot of preasure, and draws the following conclusions to mind;

• Kaizer chiefs has given up on their current coach
• Vladimir should start looking for a new job
• kaizer chiefs has given up on winning the league title this season

komphela might not accept if chiefs was to make an offer seeing that he is also being considered as the next Bafana Bafana assistant coach. my main concern is if  Komphela were to become head coah at kaizer chiefs, will he manage because kaizer chiefs is a far bigger team than free state stars.

BENNI MCCARTHY:IN OR OUT

ORLANDO PIRATES GOLDEN BOY, BENNI MCCARTTHY

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The star-studed South African striker Benni McCarthy has being in great form lately for his team Orlando Pirates. This past weekend he displayed his capabilities when orlando pirates took on their all time rivals kaizer chiefs, he proved that he was a force to be reconned with when he scored two of the three goals that saw orlando pirates claim victory over kaizer chiefs. After such display of character and talent from Benni McCarthy, the question on my mind and on any football fans mind is: is it time to call Benni back into the national team? personally I think it is in the national teams best interest to give Benni another shot in the national team as he has shown a great deal of improvement at orlando pirates. I mean his track record speaks for itself:

• he scored the winning goal in the 2004 uefa champions league final and his team went on to win the final
• his won the portugues league at porto
• recieved the portuguese league golden boot
• played in the portugues super cup

also taking into consideration that he is the only south african player to achieve such things. but as good as he is, the national teams coach, Pitso Mosimane went on soweto live and said that the is absolutely no place for Benni in the national team. Yet from where I am standing there is still a worsening goal-scoring crisis in the national team.http://www.goal.com/ 
                                                   
                                                   BAFANA BAFANA HEAD COAH

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looking at the head coaches comment on wether Benni should be called on to the national team or not from a communications perspective, it might disadvantage the national teams image in various ways such as:

• people will think that the national team does not recognise talent and does not want to put into good use the talent and experience of gifted players 
• it might also bring up suspicions that the is favouritism,when players are called up to the national team
• the national team might loose support fron its fans, as they can see that Benni is needed yet the coach feels otherwise                                              

CLASH OF THE TITANS

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Once again the two power houses in the south African premier soccer league(PSL), Kaizer chiefs and Orlando pirates go head to head in a league encounter at the FNB stadium on 17 March 2012http://www.timeslive.com/.The is a lot of controversy sorrounding this encounter, other than the hype sourrounding who is going to be victorious this time, my main concern is wether the dramatic events which took place at the Ellis park stadium when these two teams played in 2001 that resulted in the death of 43 fans. although it is 11 years later, the saturday encounter is one of the biggest games in the PSL and like in 2001 the stadium will be crowded,my fear is will history repeat itself as it has a funny way of doing so.

I find my stuck with these questions:

• will the game end peacefully
• will the fans be able to behave in an orderlly manner
• will people walk out of the stadium on foot or carried on stretchers

 leading to this encounter there have been 145 matches played among these two teams, with 64 wins for chiefs and 34 for Pirates and 45 games been drawshttp://www.ghanamma.com/ .such statistics show how big both these teams are in south africa, and they are also teams which generate the most fan base out of all the teams in the PSL.

kaizer chiefs claims victory over orlando pirates with a 3-1 defeat at their last league enconter. will the results be the same tomorrow or will the buccaners turn it around

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Here are a few pointers tghat the PSL can take in assuring the safety and improving the the perceptions that people have about the soweto derby from a communications point of view, because after the 2001 ordeal there are still people who fear going to the stadium when the is a soweto derby.

• The PSL management should ensure that there is enough security at the game,in case of an emergency
• in improving peoples perceptions, derby players should go into communities and engage in coversations with fans assuring them that it is safe, because people take the word of a prominent figure seriously
• the match commissioner should inform fans beofre hand that the tickets are sold out to avoid any stampedes

The standard of football in South Africa; the downward spiral of the national team

       

Looking at South Africa’s football standards, one sees a drop on the professionalism and commitment which was displayed by the class of 1996, when the South African national team went on to be crowned champions of Africa, in the 1996 African cup of nations challenge. Since then the South African national team has never filled the trophy cabinet with any silver or gold. And it has being over 16 years now since the 1996 African cup of nations, what does such a gap in achievement say about the quality that south African football has to offer. The other problem about the south african national team s that, our national team could use a Lionell messi,to pull in the crowds, seeing that the standard of a nations football is also dependent on the support it gets from the people, and at the moment the South African national team really 

                                                                 is in need of a crowd puller.(www.africa-united.co.uk/)

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Another burning issue is that our national team loses a lot of talented players to international teams. The likes of; Quinton Fortune, Aaron Mokoena, Steven Pinaar, and Lucas Radebe, to name a few. Then a question of who to blame arises, either for the drop in the in standard of football or for the fact that so many South African players play their football in foreign nations and that most of them do not want to come play for the national team as they see it as a risk to their careers as they might attain injuries. Is it maybe because the South African football association is not doing enough to market the South African football brand in foreign countries? In order to make internationally based South African players to have an interest in playing for their nation, the communication team of the South African football association should put certain measures in place to improve the way other nations portray South African football.