Palacios gets Slimkat's vote
ORLANDO Pirates' first-choice goalkeeper, Moeneeb Josephs, is campaigning to have Augusto Palacios appointed head coach on a full-time basis.
STRICT: Bucs caretaker coach Augusto PalaciosCoach Augusto is a wonderful man to work with, he makes you look forward to attending the next training session. It's been a while since I really enjoyed myself at training.
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Palacios was appointed caretaker coach after the departure of Julio Leal in March following a string of poor results.
"Of course I want to see him (Palacios) continue as coach in the new season," said Josephs.
"Coach Augusto is a wonderful man to work with, he makes you look forward to attending the next training session. It's been a while since I really enjoyed myself at training. He is also a funny guy, he makes us laugh but he is strict.
"We are more comfortable working with him. The other advantage is that he has a wealth of experience as a coach."
Palacios said club chairman Irvin Khoza would need to deal with the appointment once the season was over. "Right now my focus is to help Pirates win the league," he said. "There is a possibility that we could even clinch it this Saturday."
If Moroka Swallows and Mamelodi Sundowns lose on Saturday, the title will remain with Bucs.
"We are well on track to equal the record set by the club last season of winning the treble," Palacios said. He also said he was happy with the squad he had been given.
"It's the best in South Africa.
"There is no other club that can challenge us, from goalkeeper department to the reserves.
"It's an honour for me to coach big-name players like Oupa Manyisa, Moeneeb Josephs, Benni McCarthy, the list goes on and on."
Palacios is chasing his first league title since coming to South Africa from Peru 23 years ago.
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TrippleXXX
Josephs where were u when Palacios was a first team coach and he failed to deliever???He is in a development for a good reason and the results are there but not for the senior team.
Anyway where is Boa Motte? ja ne
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tpaz
@TrippleXXX Boa Motte is useless, have you seen him play?Report Abuse
ProudSAcan
tpaz & TrippleXXX dont see what Boa Morte has to do with this article or contents thereof. Your comments are baseless and senseless.@Sowetan I read this twice and dont see Josephs campaigning, he is expressing his views just like Itumeleng Khune did.
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Shorts
I would concur with Josephs for the club to give him the permanent position. He knows our South Afrcan soccer and clubs. He has done tremendouly well taking the fact that he took over Pirates when it was now trying to sink.Report Abuse
TrippleXXX
@ProudSAcanI guess you're trapped in your own mind and i don't want to be part of it.
I will ask you the same question: What does Itumelng Khune has to do with this article?????
Answer snayi...
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Papage
Why players, especially Goal keepers are now telling the Club management who to employ, are they HR people now, at Zebras is Khune aka Local Coach and now Slim Kat for Njenje, please guys stay just work in the poles not admin. thanksReport Abuse
ProudSAcan
TrippleXXX@ProudSAcan
I guess you're trapped in your own mind and i don't want to be part of it.
I will ask you the same question: What does Itumelng Khune has to do with this article?????
Answer snayi...
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Just like any other person who cant engage in a proper manner you RESORT to name calling(Snayi???). Mmmhh.... very matured, INDEED. Anyway moving right along ,if you read what I wrote you will realize that Itumeleng Khune is used as an example to drive a point that any player will have opinion on the issue.
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Dieheart
Please please please win the league for us professor and you will always have a place in our hearts! By the time other teams wake-up from the dead we would have clinched the league. The treble is definitely within grasp!Proudly buccaneer!!!!
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ProudSAcan
PapageWhy players, especially Goal keepers are now telling the Club management who to employ, are they HR people now, at Zebras is Khune aka Local Coach and now Slim Kat for Njenje, please guys stay just work in the poles not admin. thanks
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I dont think they voiced their opinions out of the blue, believe that journalists plays a part in a sense that they ask such questions to our players who feel that they are obliged to respond. One thing that I like though is that they arent afraid to speak their minds, I think SA soccer needs to be transparent. I mean for example looking at transfer saga teams are afraid to tell which players they are going for and that opens a whole lots of speculations. I believe with transparency and open minded stakeholders in SA we will go far.
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TrippleXXX
@ProudSAcanSo early in the morning uyaspita...
Did u read my first two lines? snayi
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