This is as intriguing a mix as any we have seen in the South African soccer mirage. Most alarming, Safa/Parreira still have to tell us what the plan is towards 2010, for their deafening silence suggests that there is no plan. In other words, we limp along.

This is as intriguing a mix as any we have seen in the South African soccer mirage. Most alarming, Safa/Parreira still have to tell us what the plan is towards 2010, for their deafening silence suggests that there is no plan. In other words, we limp along.

There is a perception held by many that Benni McCarthy is not loyal to the country. Why does he get selected for a friendly (to boost his caps?) and not for the crucial Afcon?

What is distressing is that Parreira has slipped unnoticed into the Safa mould, doing inexplicable things without a care for the fans. And why do we feel that some players are already assured of a place in Bafana for 2010, two years from the event?

Victor Maleeme

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