The BIG debate: Should Kaizer Chiefs sign Papi Zothwane?
Greetings, peaceful and loving Amakhosi.
Welcome to the day before the transfer window deadline. From today on, watch out for news reports linking us to various players who are club-less, it’s perfectly normal, so don’t be alarmed if you hear that we are after the signatures of Jabu Mahlangu or Bennedict Vilakazi or even Thabiso ‘Skappie’ Malatsi for that matter. Basically what happens during this time is that newspapers start looking at who gets offloaded and who’s looking for a club and they start being ‘creative’ by linking those names to various clubs. It sucks I know, but newspapers need to sell newspapers.
Talking about last minute transfers, Kickoff.com reported yesterday that Papi Zothwane had been offloaded by Sundowns and was deemed surplus to requirements. Their new coach Johan Neeskens simply said he doesn’t fit into his plans for the season. He’s 30 and injury prone, so would you fault Neeskens for offloading him?
Anyway the reason I’m talking about him today is because as soon as the report came out yesterday, he was immediately linked to Chiefs. Yes really, quite a number of Amakhosi fans think he’s the player Bobby should sign to strengthen our midfield. Of course my reaction to this was like: Really? At 30? Is he better than what we have?
Numbers don’t lie
Now I don’t want you to get me wrong, I like Papi Zothwane, I liked him a lot when he was at Golden Arrows and I think the national team coaches (Parreira in particular) also liked him when they called him up to represent Bafana. He did really well until the day he was booed off in the 3 – 1 loss to Zambia in the September of 2007. That affected his self-esteem and with injuries playing their part, he never made it back to the National team setup. He was never the same player.
Fast forward, 2009 he joins Sundowns from Golden Arrows, a transfer Chiefs had longed for but because of unforeseen issues, sadly missed out on. But he didn’t have the best of time at Sundowns did he? Well let me break it down to you:
Since arriving at Sundowns, here’s how it all went for him:
Matches started: 17
From the bench: 12
Total Appearances: A whooping 29
That is 29 appearances in the whole two seasons at Sundowns, and in the process he scored a whooping 8 goals. But like I said, injuries played their part in his unsuccessful career at Downs.
Form is temporary, class is permanent?
Well, yes class is permanent, but when you are 30 years old, form plays a bigger role in your career; look at Josta Dladla, what’s carrying him now is simply ‘good form’. So what I’m saying is that because of his age, Papi needs to be playing week in week out to be really effective and display the class he has, because he is a gem to watch.
I know many are sympathetic to his situation because of his bad luck with injuries, but should a club like Kaizer Chiefs be looking to sign a player like him when it has ambitions of winning the league? Should we be running after a name or quality? Let’s hear your views, let the debate begin.
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I am one of Zothwane’s fans, I like his style of play and he would have had a better career if his move to chiefs had materialised but now he’s no longer the player he was and cannot add any value to our team. Chiefs should however consider making at least one more signing before close of transfer window. I thought Isaacs deal was almost done but it looks unlikely.
Papi needs a team that he will get game time in. A team like Wits or Supersport united will be right for him to get back to his best.
Papi is good player but I don’t think he will be a good investment for club.Age is a main factor.if we have money to use to buy,personaly Morgan Gould or Hlompho Kekana will be good buy for team.Age is good and we can sell them abroad in future
Well it will good buy/ but at his age and not being fit chiefs must just live him.. He got skills to change the game but ..injuries very risky buy!
Guy papi is quality player nd if we cn buy him,isaacs,mogan gould we cn win da league coz we dnt hv many playerz
I thnk papi he’s a good player.but I thnk bobby rather buy players n stop playing around!!
I don’t think we need him, I’m still not satisfied with our squad though, maybe a young striker or Billiat… Something is missing
Its that Erwin Isaacs isnt it?
Erwin plays like Parker/ Motaung, I want someone who can stay in the box and score goals…
I get you but don’t you believe that we need a back up for JD, I mean as you’ve just pointed, when you are on the wrong side of 30, form becomes an important factor in your career and JD is not gonna be on form forever. Our coach have shown lack of trust in our youth, yes I know he’s currently playing Baloyi but that’s only because Yeye is out injured and Yende has continued to disappoint. We have George Lebese, who in my opinion is better than Masango, we have Lucky Khune, both of the are good prospects but they barely play!
What are we gonna do when JD lose this awesome form he’s in? We gonna ask questions again about an attacking midfielder who can do the difference for Chiefs?
I agree, but I think we need to sign a younger midfielder as backup, one who’s got or year or two PSL experience, the issue with Papi is that he often gets injured, so what happens when both Papi and JD are injured?
We have Lucky Baloyi and Katsande both are very young. I dont understand the backup issue you talking about.
I agree, so now we need to weight a 20 odd years old Katsande to a injury prone 30 year old Zothwane… hmmm interesting.
What I am saying WE DON’T NEED PAPI, Chiefs Midfielder and GK dept is sorted. I think we need a Striker and A MORGAN GOULD.
We have Yende who’s style play is a bit similar to that of papi,so I don think we need him.rizeKhosirize!
JD is not the type of player who’s always injured and Papi will play a bit more than he’s doing at Sundowns and this will help in squad rotation. We’ll avoid him getting injured with rotating him with JD! I’m not really sure about Baloyi in Yeye’s position, I would have preferred Ntsomaelo or Granwald Scott, *hint, hint*
Unfortunately Papi chose Sunflower instead of being a Khosi 4 Life. I don’t want him at Chiefs, he is injury prone now. I don’t think Chiefs would buy a 30 yr old that is currently rehabilitating an injury. Remember Emile Baron, Papi is a similar case. He should be talking with Mato Madlala about a return and where there’s little pressure on him.
Very good point about him going where he wont be pressured… Back home or Black Leopards
Maybe if he looks at AmaZulu, he might find them generous cause he worked with Manqoba. Abafana Bes’thende will suite him best. We can’t have Yeye/Papi/Baloyi/Katsande/JD/Yende/Nengomshe all vying for 2 berths, when will the team attack? Cause all these players are younger than him barring JD, at least JD is not injury prone.
Agreed 100%
Guys VV stated clearly that we will not sign what is not better than us. Papi is good yes, but i compare him with Emile Baron, they dont finish a season playing, moreover we have Baloi and Katsande who are both young,So Papi must look at Swallows were there oldies end their carreer
Hahahaha Swallows fans will not be too pleased with you, thats if you meet any lol!
Dont worry Khosi, i only know 2 supportes for swallows and they are both over 60yrs lol
Hahahahahahha, I’m dead for the day lol!
with no front or side teeth and a 1973 Swallows top/cap.
Ay they need to work on their marketing strategy, make their brand more appealing to the younger generation
Papi is good player, it’s jst dt he ws unlucky 2 sign wth sundowns bcoz sometimes the sundowns doctors cn lie abt da injury jst when Zuma(Ree) was there, so Papi cn stl be on his best @ Chiefs. Let’s go 4 him plz Bobby.
Maybe I dont know what luck means, he chose Sunflower over Chiefs. Where does luck fit in there? Making a choice doesnt require luck it requires your brains and common sense. If you choose Sunflower you will be taking a HUGE RISK about your career. Soccer is not like business, yes in the office it is business. You need to play or else you are out, that is straight forward. So Papi chose to put his career at major risk than looking at getting game time at Chiefs.
if we were talking about Hlompho Kekana or Ntsumayelo maybeeee, and just maybe, Papi a no no for me,Swallows or akayo vula ichisa nyama finish and klaar
Let da pie_rats dream on abt defeatn Mpofana on satday bt thy must make sure thy dnt start snoring whn their Rats lose
yes chiefs should dafinatly sign nt for the power of status or showing off we need dis guy stability an comitmnt is wt dis guy all abwt we dnt nid fancy playes Papi is our man we nid him LOCAL IS LEKKER
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