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WARNING: Bucs boss Irvin Khoza

 They will want to come back to us, beg and blame us when they are beggars on the streets 

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DISCIPLINE has given way to partying at Orlando Pirates. Despite a 2-1 win over Black Leopards in the Telkom KO at the weekend, coach Julio Leal is struggling to maintain order in the team.

Club insiders say the partying is part of the reason why the defending champions are experiencing tough times in the league.

Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza said of his partying players: "We can only pray for them."

A Pirates insider says some players have turned the players' residence in Buccleuch, Johannesburg, into a party haven.

The players' names are known to the Sowetan.

"The coach is too soft and he's struggling to call them to order. Everyone does their own thing and they are no longer the same since winning the treble last season," another informant told Sowetan.

"If they are partying, it's time for introspection on their part," Khoza said.

"They chose football as a career and if they don't have the intelligence to take care of themselves, then it's their problem. It's sad. They will want to come back to us, beg and blame us when they are beggars on the streets. You have to know the rules and the rule is to respect your profession.

"After winning a treble there will be a dip. And whenever there's a slump everyone is looking for a reason," Khoza added.

Pirates are eighth on the Absa Premiership log, with three wins in eight matches, scoring a mere six league goals in the process.

"Goals are not easy to come by - other teams have improved defensively," Khoza noted. "There's only one unique case where SuperSport (United) scored seven goals (in one match)."

The Bucs supremo added that he was confident in his technical team and hopeful they would turn the corner.

"I am not panicking and (am) giving the coach the space. Raising your voice does not necessarily enhance your coaching credentials. We have seen too many conductors on the touchlines like Paul Dolezar. Where are they now?"

Pirates's next league match is against returnees Jomo Cosmos at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

They face high flyers Moroka Swallows three days later.

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Thu May 23 00:13:08 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 25, 2011

McLoving

No wonder there's no consistency in the team..they are playing with hangover and the coach have lost control over them...
The players involved must be named and shamed.
We pay our hard earned money to go see them,so we expect good results not this nonsense they are playing.So this explains the slump in the perfomance.
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Oct 25, 2011

dadaman1

@ Kgomotso Mokoena,if they are partying who's money are they partying with?yours?
I see this is your way of trying to create interuptions in the Mighty Bucs Camp, well you need to try harder coz this wont work...
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The players' names are known to the Sowetan
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PURE LIES, I VISIT OM20 2 TIMES A WEEK AT Buccleugh AND NEVER SEEN THAT
JEALOUS DOWN,NXA
UP THE CHAMPS
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Oct 25, 2011

tpaz

fire the SOFT coach!
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Oct 25, 2011

Strike

Hey wena Mr. Journalist what is wrong with having a party once in a while? So according to wena these players "known" to Sowetan are meant to be training from sunday to sunday? Don't come here with half cooked stories to destabilize the happy Bucs camp and think we will fall for it.

Once and Always

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Oct 25, 2011

miss-motsepe

pie rats players ho party 247-365 r...jali,mhlongo(ovias),meyiwa,slimkat(more like stupid kat), tlou aka khoikhoi ambassodor and the fat fat one frm the sky mccarthy(hlasela mafutha)
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Oct 25, 2011

Lungu

Thats what you get if you have Benny on your team parties and strikes, so now you must wait for the strike for increasement leaded by Benny the pop.
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Oct 25, 2011

Mguyo

miss-motsepe
pie rats players ho party 247-365 r...jali,mhlongo(ovias),meyiwa,slimkat(more like stupid kat), tlou aka khoikhoi ambassodor and the fat fat one frm the sky mccarthy(hlasela mafutha)
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tsek wena we don't need such stupid comments here

UP THE BUCS
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Oct 25, 2011

sakhomba

come now boys get a grip. we want to do well in our African safari. and to the coach we are 1000% behind you.
kae kapa kae..bucaneer reya le wena,haai reya lewena, bakajuju reya le wena.(singing)
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Oct 25, 2011

ChamaGuy

DRINK BEER AND SAVE WATER GUYS, IT'S YOUR MONEY AND LIFE AFTER ALL.
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Oct 25, 2011

Shorts

No wonder the clubs has been playing like this, it is a really concern for all the GHOSTS. We cannot allow players to ruin their lives because of involving themselves in parties whether its true or not. We must not condone wrong things and say what is wrong in partying for one day; since this is in the open, drastic measures are to be taken on the players that are grooving they are killing other player's moral. it has been obvious since the beginning of the season that something is wrong within the camp and the sooner this is rectify, all the remaining glories that we had last year will crumble like a pack of cards. Please Dr. Khoza do something before its too late; if there are players that are not towing the line let them be punished and if the coach is a sissy let us remove him once and for all. Disciplne must be mantained in all organisations and as Pirates is one of the big clubs it should summon the culprits to the DC and resolve whatever problem is there. UP THE BUCS - ONCE A PIRATE ALWAYS A PIRATE - SIYOHLALA SIJABULILE - HAPPY PEOPLE FOREVER. SINGAPHELI UMOYA MABHAKANIYA - THE DOC. WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
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