Orlando Pirates 3 – 2 Kaizer Chiefs: The Post-Mortem
Good morning and welcome to a sad Monday. I don’t usually do a ‘post mortem’, but I think Saturday’s game deserves one. Without wasting anytime, let me get down to it.
The Supporters
To the tens of thousands that filled FNB Stadium on Saturday and braved out the first half even when the weather seemed to change and got a bit nippy after the three goals; Kudos to you and the bravery you showed, the club needs a lot more supporters like yourselves. I won’t lie, sitting at the stadium on Saturday, especially after the three goals was a bit challenging, I contemplated taking the early drive back home, but would only do that if we’d conceded the 4th goal without a reply. It was a true test for the many fans that came to the stadium and I think they passed it very well. Well done to all that didn’t move an inch and showed full support to the team during that testing moment.
The Referee
I’ve never liked Mr Robert Sithole, I think he’s an old, sick and silly man who will go out of his way to oppress the Mighty Amakhosi. He is a shame to football and based on what I’ve seen in the past and on Saturday, I’m very certain he takes bribes. Either that or he just hates Kaizer Chiefs. His perfomance was horrible. He spoiled what could have been a 7 or 8 goal thriller. He denied us an opportunity to play football with his inconsistent and biased decisions. I know many will say I speak this way because we lost, but any football loving fan will tell you that Sithole denied the footballing nation a derby of the decade. He is a disgrace and what’s worse is that he will not even be punished for what he did on Saturday, because we all know why. I hope he chokes on the whistle the next time he goes out of his way to make us loose a game. This guy should never be allowed to officiate another PSL game, ever! But then again, that all depends on who signs his cheque.
Our Players
Playing for Kaizer Chiefs is an honour, every up and coming proffesional footballer will tell you that. Most of the current squad probably said the same thing when they first signed for the club. Because of this, you sort of expect every player that’s given the jersey to play his heart out. You expect them to fight for the pride that is in wearing that jersey. Unfortunately some of our players didnt have this on Saturday. I’m not sure if some were struggling because of the magnitude of the Soweto Derby, but certain players just didnt show up. The reason we conceded three early goals was not because Pierats were brilliant, no, it was our own doing. Our midfield was in complete disarray barring Shabba and Katsande who put out a fight to keep us in the game. Our fullbacks, particularly Jimmy Tau and Keegan Ritchie were pathetic to say the least. As I mentioned in my preview on Friday, I expected senior players to lead from the front, instead they just exposed the entire team. The second half was great, we played better footbal, with purpose, but unfortunately that was undone by the shambolic perfomance some of our players put out in the first half.
I made comment about Benard Parker out of frustration on twitter during the game, but I feel I have to retract what I said because if you think about it, Parker is not a striker, he never was a striker. He’s a utility player and he belongs in the middle of the park. This is how he rose to prominence while at Thanda Royal Zulu. Why he’s being made to play the lone striker role is totally beyond my understanding of football and this unfortunately is the reason why so many fans have come to doubt his abilities since returning to South Africa. For those who missed my tweet, this is what I said:
But Parker is not PSL material!
— Khosiblog (@khosiblog) March 17, 2012
And I retract, he’s a quality player and should probably be played in his position. The middle of the park.
The Game
As I’ve said, this could have been a cracker, possibly the best derby ever. Tactically we were found wanting early in the game and besides being let down by some of our players, I feel we could have paid a little more attention to Benni McCarthy and his runs. I’m not sure what the coach instructed the players to do, but if it didnt involve closing Benni’s runs quickly, then Vlad V has some explaining to do. The come-back was great, Shabba scored on his return from a long injury layoff and Majoro come off the bench again to prove once again that he’s got ‘ballz’ by scoring the second goal. I feel that we could have scored the third goal, but lady luck was on our side. But such is football sometimes.
The loss means that we drop to an unfamiliar position on the log, 5th. This also means we are now 7 points behind current log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns who have played one game more than us. It’s not all lost, but the dream is slowly fading away as other teams continue to fight for the title, but we have to keep fighting, we have to keep believing.
Amakhosi 4 Life!
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I don’t got a lot of words to share, except the fact that our coach is out of ideas, fields players in the wrong postions at the wrong time…we’ve beared more than we should. VV must pack his bags from Naturena.
After 3 years at the club, the coach is talking about his ‘young’ team learning from their mistakes! Sounds like another one of those really long learning curves then. Who can predict even half of the starting XI with any certainty anymore? VV is one of the brightest coaches at Chiefs in a while, but he seems to have lost his grip beyond saving over the last year or so. Nothing to say on the match, obviously.
I also feel that if the players are no longer responding to his ideas anymore, he should be let go for the goodness of the club
You are a bit strong on the referee – I only caught the second half – was he really such a disgrace?
I’ve been dissapointed with both Ritchie and Parker who I felt would do well for your guys. Maybe Parker does need to be played in a different position but Ritchie just has not made the step up from Swallows.
Mr Sithole was really that bad, you should watch a repeat of the game when you get a chance…
I hate this song VV MUST GO whenever we lose. M not saying i m happy that we lost but chiefs really gave a fight and i was very impressed with the performance of my team especially in the second 45 minutes, the guys really fought and i dont believe those that say jali and manyisa dominated the middle. I blame tau n sithole for the loss. Mr poor sithole must definitely had received a black plastic bag as some guy put it, the poor old gay couldn’t even finish the 6 minutes added injury time.mxm
Lol @ ‘poor old gay’ hehehhe
Ola Khosi!
Well how can I put it? What a cracker of a derby that was! I’ve never seen the Soweto giants play like that against each other in ages. I have to agree with you Tau was never in the game. Him and Richie let us down big time. I could understand if told Richie got cold feet in the 1st half. But Tau can give no excuse for his dismal showing. Our defence was out of sorts the whole 1st half, and Bennie took the advantage. I applaud VV for whatever he said in the dressing room at half time. It worked wonders. The boys came back fired up and Pirates were nowhere to be seen the whole 2nd 45 minutes, but we failed to combine well in the final third most times. I sat there and could just marvel at the way the boys controlled the game, but still all those efforts were outdone by the blunders made within the 1st 30 minutes.
Willard Katsande is fast becoming my favourite. The boy seems to understand the meaning of the jersey more than the rest of the guys.
A brilliant showing despite losing 3points. I just wish the standard of the 2nd half will be maintained, then teams will fall.
Love & Peace!
It was a fantastic game of Soccer. Every entertaining and enjoyable.
It is the first time this I didn’t sob after a bad results, simply because of the FIGHT. I really appriciated that those guys gave a Big fight after going 3 down within 30 minutes. Though it wasn’t enough, it was great to see the fighting spirit.
I think the lesson they should take from this defeat is their willingness to Fight during Adversity.
It’s the same fighting spirit they should have when they look at the Log Table.
Khosi4Life
We lost in da 1st half n I think vv is runing out of ideas on how 2 manage da team so I think he must just leave our team in peace n we must win on wednesday 2 stay in a title race
VV talk about not changing a winning team when asked about the exclusion of Tinashe “general” Nengomasha, whereas Shabba came back from injury back in the starting 11. I think VV should go cause he’s destroying his relationship with the senior players and that will cost the club dearly! Three full years but you still building? SMH
@khosiblogger, what is your take on the meeting apparently held with vv and manangement. Plz keep us informed
khosi 4 ever
Itjo!was my heart broken?I was sure against al odds we wr going 2 win & I usualy don’t like involving God in our worldly endevours BUT I culdnt help it but 2 say God always hav a reason 2 say no henc He is saving mor gud things 4 Amakhosi Amahle with time 2 cum.I’m sure we r taking 1 of this 2 cups remaining & I’m sure a doubl wil b a bonus.I’m hapy 4 majoros scoring boats,they r back.Rise Khosi Rise &leav the jelous hearbroken.weldun suporters our 4giving hearts r showing & we r raling behind our Glomour team again,gud atendance indeed!
I hope Chiefs will win the final of the Absa premirship.