He replaced countryman Joel Santana who quit the post on Monday
after a spate of poor results.
The president of the South African Football Association (Safa),
Kirsten Nematandani, confirmed the worst kept secret in South
Africa soccer when he officially announced that Parreira would
rejoin Bafana after a lengthy Safa National Executive meeting held
at the OR Tambo Airport.
Nematandani said that Parreira, who won the World Cup with
Brazil in the United States in 1994, was the only candidate.
"The reason for opting for Parreira so quickly is that we have a
massive time constraint with the World Cup just around the corner,"
Nematandani said.
"I will be honest and say that we knew other South African-born
coaches were keen to be appointed. But we simply did not have the
time to short list candidates.
"We (the NEC) decided after a lengthy debate that Parreira was
the right person to take us to the 2010 World Cup finals."
Parreira, however, will not be earning the massive R1.8-million
per month salary he enjoyed in his previous stint at the helm or
the R1.4-million Santana earned each month.
"We cannot disclose Parreira's salary but it will be a lot less
than what he earned when he was in charge the last time,"
Nematandani said.
And the Safa president promised that after the 2010 World Cup
Safa would appoint a South African coach to lead Bafana.
"It is only right that we appoint one of our own to lead Bafana
after the World Cup to take us forward," Nematandani said.
"It is time we start grooming our own coaches for Bafana. We
would have preferred a local coach now, but with time against us
and the fact that Parreira had started this job in February 2007
and had to leave us last April due to his wife's ill health, it was
only right we call him back to finish the job he started."
Parreira is the 17th appointment as Bafana head coach in 17
years since South Africa was re-admitted as a member of world
controlling body Fifa after years of isolation due to the former
South African regime's Apartheid policy.
Nematandani said Parreira's mandate was to produce the best team
he could and a side that would be able to compete against the best
in the world at the World Cup.
"We are confident we will have a successful World Cup under
Parreira," he said.
The Safa president also announced that a third assistant coach
would be added to assist Parreira. The likely coach is SuperSport
United's Gavin Hunt who is the stand out candidate.
Many felt that Hunt should have been appointed instead of
Parreira. The two current assistant coaches, Pitso Mosimane and
Jairo Leal, have been retained.
However, Hunt, Clive Barker and Jomo Sono will continue as
assessors for Bafana.
"We have been impressed by the input of the three assessors in
such a short space of time and we have mandated them to continue,"
Nematandani said.
The Safa boss would not confirm or deny whether Jomo Sono would
be appointed as the national team's technical director.
"Those are media reports and we have not discussed that issue,"
he said.
Parreira won the respect of the players when he was in charge
last time round and is expected to revive the low spirit in the
players' camp.
Although Safa want Parreira and his family to settle in
Johannesburg as soon as possible, they are hoping he arrives in
time to take charge of the squad ahead of the two friendly matches
against Japan at the Orlando Stadium on November 14 and against
Jamaica in Bloemfontein on November 17.
FACTBOX: Carlos Alberto Parreira
*EARLY LIFE:
Born on February 27, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, Parreira worked in soccer as a fitness trainer before taking his first coaching job with Brazilian club Fluminense in 1975 and winning the championship.
*INTERNATIONAL SCENE:
- Appointed national coach of Kuwait, Parreira leads them to their only World Cup finals in 1982 before taking charge of Brazil in an ill-fated spell which lasts just a year.
- After a championship-winning return to Fluminense in 1984, the Brazilian coaches the United Arab Emirates at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
- Following a nomadic domestic managerial spell including Spanish club Valencia, a title-winning season with Turkish side Fenerbahce, Sao Paulo and the New York MetroStars, Parreira is sacked during the 1998 World Cup finals after losing his first two games as Saudi Arabia coach.
- He returns to Brazil with Fluminense the following year and subsequently coaches Atletico Mineiro, Internacional and Corinthians.
*BRAZILIAN SUCCESS:
- Replaces Paulo Roberto Falcao as Brazil's national coach in 1991 and leads them to victory at the 1994 World Cup for the first time in 24 years, beating Italy on penalties. His career high is shortlived however -- following criticism for the team's alleged lacklustre style he resigns after the tournament.
- Nine years later he returns as Brazil coach for a third time to win the Copa America in 2004 and the Confederation Cup in 2005 before quitting a year later after a World Cup quarterfinal exit to France in Germany.
*SOUTH AFRICA:
- Takes charge of South Africa following the 2006 World Cup finals with Brazil but having qualified for the 2008 African Nations Cup finals in Ghana his experimental side fails to make it past the first round.
- Quits South Africa in 2008 after his wife is diagnosed with cancer before returning to Fluminense the following year for a brief and unsuccessful spell.
Factbox by Reuters
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Im sorry to say but SAFA is obsessed with the idea of having a HIGH PROFILE, HIGH SALARIED coach to give Bafansa success. Parreira was average the 1st stint and will be average again the 2nd time. Its about time we give Gordon Igesund a chance. A man who''s proven title-winning success with multiple clubs in SA and been well deserved since...
Maybe Parreira will prove me wrong. But I highly doubt it
by Mdu Sikhakhane October 23, 2009 17:46 GMT
Once bitten TRICE shy.
by Tatenda Chabata October 23, 2009 17:49 GMT
Good luck my friend but they are no players here in south africa
by Pieter October 23, 2009 17:51 GMT
SAFA is in real trouble now. I agree with Clive (Barker), if you compare any international coach to a local one that has coached Bafana then the local coaches come out tops everytime. Pareira was the first coach to fail to qualify us for the nations'' cup!
by Pieter October 23, 2009 17:52 GMT
Tatenda, you''re mistaken - we have some serious talent here.
by freddie Mabasa October 23, 2009 17:52 GMT
good decision. those who were crying for Jomo must consider the following:his club has been relegated,now languishing on the bottom of the log. never won any major trophy except the bob save years ago. Whilst coaching Amazulu, Clive has also been fighitng relegation battle.
let us not elevate our selfish needs at the expense of the national needs. We must remember that Jomo is the one who dismantled the squad built by Clive and placed his players in order to sell them abroad
by Pieter October 23, 2009 17:54 GMT
Guys, Gavin Hunt, was the automatic choice. Ingesund''s title-winning successes are so long ago, recently he''s been a total flop!
by Bhekumusa October 23, 2009 17:56 GMT
It is to my great dismay that SAFA is recycling Parreira into our system,we are not a salvage yard,I really dont think he will add any value,he has equally failed in his team in Brazil thus sacking....This is undermining the S.African talent pool of coaches that can command Bafana camp.It further undermines the long term planning of our football,...SAFA needs some whipping!
by Herbman October 23, 2009 18:02 GMT
Not even the best coaches in the world can do anything with our poor standard of players
by donald mathebula October 23, 2009 18:03 GMT
I think safa want to see the whole south africa toy toying on the streets,becouse they are wasting our tax for brazil.safa is working against SA citizens(why)
by ,Tshilidzi Thame,The new leadership of SAFA once again made the right decision, Good luck Mr Perreira in your 2nd stint with Bafana Bafana..., October 23, 2009 18:06 GMT
,Tshilidzi Thame,The new leadership of SAFA once again made the right decision, Good luck Mr Perreira in your 2nd stint with Bafana Bafana...,
by doctor October 23, 2009 18:06 GMT
SAFA IS SOMEBODY''S COMPANY NOT FOR SOUTH AFRICANS,SHAREHOLDERS DECIDE FOR THEIR COMPANY;sOUTH Africans must just focus for WORLD CUP entertainment on South African soil.No south African coach no squad improvement
by Blue October 23, 2009 18:08 GMT
Another blunder by SAFA unfortunately!!! There are only 2 local coaches who qualify to take over from the disgraced Santana, and that''s Gavin Hunt and Gordon Ingusend. One of them should''ve got the job. Forget about Jomo Sono - he is the man who started the ill-advised revolution for Bafana in early 2000''s which resulted in the demise of the national team, and the team never recovered from that. What makes it more disturbing is the fact that Sono only reaps the cream while the others do the dirty/donkey work like it happened to Clive, Queros, etc. IT IS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS!!!!
by Gary H October 23, 2009 18:08 GMT
I maintain that we need to look long term when appointing our coach...if one just looks at our rugby team the recipe for success was continuity, solidarity within the team environment and forward planning. The World cup was a goal many years before that success was achieved...this appointment appears to be a stop gap measure with only the world cup in mind. Realistically, I feel that this forthcoming tournament should be beginning of an upward cycle...we cannot expect results overnight...lets have a 5 year plan in place...will Parreira continue after the world cup? will he be around in 5 years? Would an up and coming South African Coach not have been a better bet? I just hope SAFA considered those questions carefully.... whatever the outcome, lets all enjoy this wonderful spectacle and celebrate our wonderful continent...
by Steven October 23, 2009 18:09 GMT
No coach can get Bafana to perform. The players are arrogant, lazy and really not that good compared to other soccer nations.
by Matthew October 23, 2009 18:17 GMT
The Bafana Bafana of today is the reflection of Jomo Sono. He destroyed the foundation laid down by Clive to advance his own interest by promoting his club players to the national team for marketing purpose so to sell them at a good price. MAFIA STYLE PERIOD!! Infact, i''m amazed as to why he is soo highly rated as a coach, what did he achieve as a manager of a team? It is all a hype when it comes to Jomo.......
by Phumelele Ndengezi October 23, 2009 18:20 GMT
Clive wasn''t for relegation,he went through rough patch after a break.
Local is the best,and this Parreira was even lucky to have won Brazil a world cup,only if the other Brazilians didn''t intefere to enforce change in selection.He never finishes his contract and run away.
Do you mean to tell me,in the whole of South Africa we do not have intelligent people who can run our affairs,hire CEO from abroad as well as coaches.
Democracy must have robbed us thinking and or reasoning.
by Mr T October 23, 2009 18:20 GMT
Eish! again why! what is wrong with our local coaches in SA.How much games did we won with Parreira, we just dont want to learn.... we will get punished everytime! I would go for Gavin Hunt he is the most successfull coach in South Africa. SAFA overlook our coaches, what must the man still show''s you what he can do. Hope that Parreira will look to our games in Capetown also, how can we only have 1 player from the cape which played in the last outing against iceland. The talent is here in capetown. I realy dont know why we always battled to win games, if we know the players is there!
by peekay nyakale October 23, 2009 18:21 GMT
SAFA is going nowhere with so called highly qualified top class what ever coaches. i think bafana need more than a coach to atleast pass 1st round of fifa world cup. these players themselves dont play good football, instance they embarass they coaching staff. i mean, if u are a chosen to represent a nation, and play like these players of ours, then coach number 16 of bafana come post world cup. look at the likes of ghana, ivory coast squad- physically im impressed, bafana should to the same. overall, i belive replacement of current players with under23 and 20 players would be better.
by sadiki October 23, 2009 18:35 GMT
join the fun once again pereira. keep on taking our money is fine. they are giving it to you as simple as that. and i m still shocked. please ask yourself "why you"what do you have that is so special.
by Tony October 23, 2009 18:36 GMT
SAFA has just appointed a new Chief in charge , because there was a failure in the previous leadership. It seems like the new leadership is cut from the same cloth and going no where. The sponsors should pull out just like the ASA sponsors did. SAFA organisation need a wake up call , too many fat cats in the system and the sport is the one that suffers the most. Parreira is back for what ? Is he here to collect the balance of his retirement bonus? We can all voice our opinions but this all falls on deaf ears. Local is lekker!!!!!
by kenneth October 23, 2009 18:38 GMT
lets be honest here in south africa we don''t have quality playes,safa can bring all the best coches in world that you may think off they won''t be any changes. our so called playes are playing street football that why they can''t even go to europ.
by victor mamonyela October 23, 2009 18:44 GMT
Well, I believe that if Bafana can be led to play good football(passing the ball around), and implement good football strategies they can make it through the group stages of the World Cup. Thats as much as I can guarantee...
by ndecza October 23, 2009 18:47 GMT
eish!!! why why south african proudly proudly, I guess SAFA has no faith in SA coaches, meaning they have no faith in all South Africans, if they could they were going to buy players from Brazil to come and play for us, SURE IF THEY COULD, I AM SURE RONALDINO WOULD BE A BAFANA PLAYER, SAFA YOU HAVE NO FAITH IN US. MY GOD WHEN WILL CHANGE COME IN THEIR MINDS.
by Donald Munarini October 23, 2009 18:49 GMT
This is a good decision by SAFA, Perreira has already an idea about the SA Squad. I Hope He will try to continue where he ended, and try to improve in his previous mistakes and it will be a bonus for SA squad if he was still following Bafana during this 18 month break. The only mistake that SAFA did was to let Him recommend his Successor for them, " Friends will always be friends no matter the excellency". Come on lets get behind Him and SAFA and be the best in 2010 World Cup.
by Phumelele Ndengezi October 23, 2009 18:52 GMT
Let them be careful about this,because they have hurt us.They will have to account for that...............And why him,Parreira is a total failure-I am certain about that and he knows how to make reasonable excuses.
by thabo motswiri October 23, 2009 18:54 GMT
why is safa doing this to south africans?
by Brian October 23, 2009 18:58 GMT
We must face the facts. 1. Not one South African is in the top 100 players in the World. 2. Until we produce players like Torres, Messi, Kaka, Ronaldhinio, Drogba, Raul, Ronaldo,we will get nowhere. 3. We cannot qualify for the African Cup of Nations, but we are hosting the World Cup. 4. Handouts get you nowhere! "Success will not lower its standards to us. We must raise our standard to success." 5. Money wasted on Stadiums, Coaches and the fatcats at SAFA. Be like the top nations use the money to develop the youth. The problem is, ( my opinion) until we have people in power who have the passion for the game and not self-enrichment,we will remain stagnant. 6. As for the Coach Parreira, let me ask you this. Take Jake White the WORLD CUP rugby coach, can he turn Paraguay into WORLD CHAMPS?
by Rastafari October 23, 2009 19:03 GMT
I n I is dissapointed again with SAFA, they have proven once again that they are useless and are not capable to lead this country to success. They could not appoint a SA coach why? Bca they wont pay him an international salary. Why waste money with all these useless foreign coaches whom know nothig about SA football. I am sure well remain loosers anwe wont score a single goal like in the CAF
by mthoko October 23, 2009 19:11 GMT
We have Shakes Mashaba the Bafana Couch with a super record, has everyone forgotten about him. What is Parreira going to do with these lazy players? what does he have to offer us? He failed to qualify for the Cup of nations. Does he have a new strategy now? SAFA has once again disapointed .
by Andrew mabale October 23, 2009 19:11 GMT
SAFA is a victim of own making, why didn''t we go fot the local coach the first time they employed perrera? We need change now and that change is SA born coach for Bafana
by kenneth mogowane October 23, 2009 19:16 GMT
we must acknowledge the fact that south african coaches are not willing to play part in bafana bafana in a sense that instead of playing patrotic role in supporting whoever is appointed as a head coach we turn to bring critisisms and obstruct his succesful ways such as influencing players, such as commets made by clive barker about method of communication in a field of play that to me is unnecessary at this time because the language of football is unversal. another reason why we may look like failures is we dont have strong development that is aimed at achieving continuty in south african football. yes we won the africa cup 96 but where is continuity.
by oupa mokena October 23, 2009 19:21 GMT
the brazilians are milking our country,we need local coaches .most of the inning nations are guided by local coaches .look at the under 20 Ghana,even our own under 20 team they displays an entertaining soccer.oh our national team are a disaster,we expect santana to be back in SA NEXT YEAR to continue where he left his mess like pereira is back
by King K October 23, 2009 19:49 GMT
Lets wait and see what Parreira can do the second time around...
by Bhunu October 23, 2009 19:52 GMT
Yara Yara Yara Ya!!!! It''s always the talks that lead us as a nations into the corner! One time we want this, the other time we want that... I would love to see a South African coach lead the way, but with the time constraints we couldn''t have appointed new coach. We needed someone who has been tested and Perreira has been tested. To me appointing Gaving Hunt is the same as appointing another Santana. The only difference is Hunt is South African. They both have been successful in their domestic leagues, but they haven''t been tested in the international level. So appointing Gavin would have been as much of a gamble as the one we took when appointed Santana. I fully support Gavin, but lets have him as an assistant and groom him to take over after the world cup.
by sizwe October 23, 2009 19:55 GMT
another day another dollar-abuyile azophanda amabrazilians. this money we waste on this coaches it cn serve in another things. hunt and gordon im sure can do better than them
by Jared McNeil October 23, 2009 19:58 GMT
I used to think foreign coaches were the way forward for us but I think we need to give our local coaches a go. We do have talent we just need the right man for the job who knows the players and believes in them. I strongly believe a local man should be in charge like Hunt or Igesund. We need to stop obsessing over playing like Brasil and start focusing on playing our own game which is what we know best. We need some one who is dedicated and in it for the long haul.
by Xolani, Chelmsford. UK October 23, 2009 20:21 GMT
To be honest with u, the disturbed & disappointed soccer loving SA''n public, I''m not surprised, its only after his failures that SAFA will resort to appointing one of our own.
It is a norm in Mzansi that the very people who are voted into positions of power, do not care to satisfy the very public that voted them into power, they do as they see fit and always come up with stupid, convenient statements to justify their blunders and what do we do....we do nothing and tow the line, I guess its high time that toy-toying is applied on sports matters as well and not in just political related matters.
Just imagine what would happen if the soccer fans would boycott all this crap, go against SAFA and get the Minister of Sports (albeit he''s a token as well on soccer matters) involved??? Sometimes we are guilty (as public) of accepting anything that is thrown our way by these fat-cats, these self-enriching, high salaried, power hungry fools. Its only in SA that leaders (any) do as they please, in other countries they wouldn''t last.
Gavin was the obvious choice, young, motivated and relishes success but I guess ''''...there was simple no time to shortlist him (& other locals)...'''', what a lot of bull $%it. Given that we will never win the WC and everyone knows that, we should have just opted for a local, after all they have proved to be much capable than these so called internationals.
Eitah.
by roxan October 23, 2009 20:25 GMT
It is not a problem of Coaches! South africa doesn''t have competent soccer player. That''s it!
by Aston DBS October 23, 2009 20:30 GMT
Winning multiple league championsips is nt a guarantee of success at an international level. Gavin Hunt hs failed to win the african championships trophy with the teams that he coached. Whats up with our ''abrupt'' patriotism? When Mashaba ws fired by safa 4 no credible reason,we kept quiet. Now suddenly local coaches are preferable
by Theo P October 23, 2009 20:44 GMT
What a disgrace SAFA...... ..................................Hunty, I feel for you my man..... ........................................................................Parreira, no I''m sorry, this nation does NOT want you.......
Must have been a JZ call
by xolani October 23, 2009 21:19 GMT
you are having a laugh safa,you are really killing our football,i would never buy any ticket to support safa i better go out there and watch england than supporting a bunch of selfish people who prefered foreigners to succeed instead of their own country men.
by Andy October 23, 2009 21:25 GMT
I understand the frustrations put forward here, but given the unusual (although maybe far too usual!!) situation, I do think this is the right way forward. He knows the players, admittingly not as well as one of the local coaches, and already has systems which have at time led to some very attractive football in place (Santana''s system were an extension of these and the confed cup showed the potential of it) There is no time for a new coach with a new system. Not enough games to sort it out, simple as that. It sucks, but thats the way it is. Hopefully he can get Benni back...I know, I know..but he''s the best we have and we need him (don''t say there are better, because they would be playing overseas if they were. In this day and age talent doesn''t slip through the cracks, there is far to much money involved.) I hope he gives some of the under 20 boys a look, especially Kermit as there is real talent there. Hopefully, this brazilian chap, whose name escapes me now, gets his papers in time and can help anchor the defense. I would rather have local talent too, but it''s the world cup! Put everything aside and make sure we get into the second round, it''s vital for the success of the tournament which is vital for the success of the country!!!! I refuse to believe we can''t make a good showing everyone gets together to do it. Blank slate time, forget grudges and nonsense. Start over, have a good cup, and then move forward with a local coach, a serious youth development movement, and develop good working relations with the overseas players that doesn''t tax there schedules with nonsense games but ensure they''ll be there for important ones. With this in place, with an improving level of competition in the PSL and more guys getting playing time overseas, there is no reason we can''t go to brazil in 2014 a top 35 team in the world, top 20 by 2018!
by wanga shabane October 23, 2009 21:44 GMT
Mr parreira i feel for you coz our players are arrogant and straight out lazy .... They are only there to push their own personal agendas ..... Just hope jomo is not selected as the third assistant coz in my eyes he doesnt even deserve to be the assesor .... Just look at the log table to get my point
by Wazza October 23, 2009 22:06 GMT
I can''t help noticing that people want a South African coach because foreign coaches don''t know African football.
It''s quite funny that two of the top teams in Africa: Ivory Coast and Ghana both have foreign coaches yet they are 10 times better than South Africa. People need to face the facts that the players are to blame, they are just not good enough. South Africa''s international record is poor and has been poor for many years.
I''m not knocking South African football but when the supports have blinkers on about the players being good enough and that a local coach will turn SA into world beaters then you have to ask questions.
There is no short term fix and as soon as they get a SA born coach no sooner will he be fired because they will continue to lose.
I hope we do well in the world cup but the players have to take a good hard look at themselves.
by Realist October 23, 2009 22:57 GMT
Why are we people keep saying that coaches need to know South African soccer. I dont see any diffrence in the game. The idea is to outplay, outsmart your oppenent by scoring more goals then the opponents. South African players have forgotten the fact that e have to score goals, and if so more than the opponents to win matches - There no diffrence no matter what anyone says about the objective of the game - However style does not affect or hamper the fact that a team needs to score more goals than the opponents.
Lets all be realistic here - We are very very far behind the european leagues and countries when it comes to the standard and high level at which they play soccer. At least Bafana can say they played in the world cup.
We just dont have the big namesd players and the talent. If we do - than howcome we have like Only 2 players in the english league that are regular starting eleven players - Answer that anyone.
by Peter October 23, 2009 23:14 GMT
When will people start realizing that the appointment of a coach will not fix the problem we have in South African Football. The problem we have is incompetent administrators who pursue self interest. This is where we need a clean out. We do not have the development framework and leadership in place to become the world soccer power we should be - we certainly have the talent. If one considers the amount of money that has been injected into the game over the years it begs the question is this money going into the development of the talent we have or is it going to the ''fat cat'' administrators. How come countries with so much less than us have overataken us on the world stage. It is about values and ethics I am afraid Bafana Bafana is an impossible job for any coach on this planet until we clean out the leadership and adminstration and start with a development strategy
by Maxie October 24, 2009 03:19 GMT
Can it get any worse than this? Are we at the end? The pain is overwhelming... will this change?
I long for the day of victory... the great feeling of celebration...
I think that day won''t come anymore...
by vishal October 24, 2009 04:04 GMT
Unfortunately...we got it wrong again.Local coaches should have been considered ahead of high profile paid one''s.Gavin Hunt should have been given the job,he has the understanding of our African game.What were they thinking !!!!! running out of time & then make a decision like that. GOOD LUCK SAFA you''re gonna need it.
by Craig Wight October 24, 2009 04:44 GMT
Am I the only one who looks at Parreira''s CV and it doesn''t look impressive - 1 World Cup victory and got sacked after that and besides that been sacked after every World Cup. SA performance at World Cup is going to be based on pure passion and I believe a SA coach could have inspired them here much more than a Brazilian drop out.
by Romeo RSKay October 24, 2009 04:59 GMT
When are we going to make history again. Hosting a big event, coached by our own local caoch like we did with the ACN 1996 when Clive Barker took us to NUmber in AFRICA and we were in the Top 20 in the world Rankings... Perreire failed us in ACN in Ghana we never won a single game, we never made it to the knock out stages. The way we play now I bet even Lesotho would beat us. What if Carlos''s wife gets sick again, wouild he leave us or will he stay & finish what he started, I wonder.........
by Paul October 24, 2009 05:34 GMT
It is very dissapointing. This is more of an insult to the South African nation. I think the right coaches for Bafana are Gavin Hunt and Goden Ingesund.
The reason being, Both couches knows all South African players from PLS to Mvela and International.We may not be having Good players, but the 2 above coaches knows where to look, even deep towards Serame Letswako''s squad. 4-7 players.
The new couch has no base about the South African Players. He still need to learn and find out who to filled, and time is really against us.
Another person from SAFA , Raymond Hack must just resign.Possibly our problems will be resolved.
As for Parreira, how long is he going to last? Next his wife will be critically sick just when the kick-off is 5-6 days ahead.
Local is lekker!! Viva Local Coaches Viva...
by Bra Aubs October 24, 2009 06:00 GMT
Lets join hands and welcome Parreira and support him and Bafana and hope that they deliver, decision has been made, crying over spilt milk ain''t gonna help. Lets stop äcting like palookas.
by Tony October 24, 2009 06:05 GMT
With all the unsavoury comments that has been drafted above - I could not have helped myself by listening to E-News this morning on the appointment of Parreira which will be until the end of WC 2010 and then a comment by SAFA that a local coach will be appointed after the WC 2010 , only because the public is calling for one of our own. Why couldn''t these SAFA idiots have appointed a local coach now?????
On the players front, yes , the current crop of players are full of themselves and arrogant - just to name one "BENNI MACARTHY". They have no respect and pride when they play for their country. These individuals are to blame as much as the people that run the soccer organisation in SA.
The school of ''96 was one that had the country behind them , and this went right accross the colour barrier, only because there was pride in what they did and the squad was a stable one which all players involved knew each other well enough to play well.
During the build up to the WC , in the last 3 and half years or so , I wonder how many players have already played for the national team ? Could anyone give me figure to the answer? Because I believe that this sport cannot go forward if the squad is not a settled one - irrespective whether they are local players or players that play for overseas clubs.
Unfortunatley ,this world will never be a perfect one - but Soccer SA should take a leaf of the SA Rugby chapter on continuity and what this does for the team spirit when one tries to build one.
by Asset October 24, 2009 06:52 GMT
Well, i doubt that SAFA had any option given the time constraits. Let''s just hope for the better. Its hardwork being a Bafana Bafana supporter it must be said.
by Gaz October 24, 2009 07:50 GMT
Lets not be so negative with the whole situation.
The point is that SAFA has made their decision and there is no turning back. As South Africans we should be supporting our players and coach.
There are so many derogatory oppinions posted here and it is obvious in some cases that the supporters are not at all behind the team! As South Africans we need to stand up for our team, they are a long way from winning a world cup obviously, but they need to start somewhere!
So lets just stop faffinf about and get playing some good soccer before the world cup, there is so much epotential in the side, it just needs to be harnessed.
by A UKZN champion player from Pinewood turnel October 24, 2009 07:54 GMT
I like appreciate what SAFA has done but what if BAFANABAFANA is not doing well with a world class man. Who are going to blame. Check bafana bafana history 17 years with 17coachs it is clear that South African want to win the world cup buy force. As a soccer player I am saying this and I am going to say it again tomorrow or after tomorrow. The problem is about the players and not the coach SAFA cometee must be educated people who know about soccer and not people who use thier position to prove the public that they are able to change the coach or appoint 100coaches to assist one coach. Just say it clearly that you want all these local coachs to learn from parriera and hence lead BAFANA BAFANA in the future.
by k.k- bots -j town October 24, 2009 08:11 GMT
good going, this is a good time for parreira to finish what he started. it''s of no use putting either Gordon or Hunt under pressure at this time. we all know they are good coaches, but if they fail to deliver during the world cup, we will turn around and call them failures- forgetting that they did not have enough time to prepare for the tournament.
by Charlot Ndlovu October 24, 2009 08:12 GMT
Gavin Hunt should had been given the job just look at how his underrated players at Supersport are doing. His time has been the side to beat for the past two seasons and now looks set to clinch the title for the third time. He is SA''s Furgeson
by makhubele Pfumelani Arthur,giyani[Blinkwater] October 24, 2009 08:32 GMT
Well,I personally think Parreira is the right person for the job because the only reason he left us in darkness last time was because his wife was seriously ill.He is the right person,he will bring our Benny back,our Nassif back,he understands our football,he is not bias and he does not own ateam in SA.
The big J was not going to make it because even his team is strgling,Clive could not make it because hi club is also strugling,but when it comes to mr win it all,the man himself "Gavin Hunt,he is the best,and I think he will appointed the assitant coach to go and add value in our technicall team.
welcome back to South Africa mr BRAZILIAN PARREIRA AND I WISH YOU A VERY SUCCESSFUL TIME HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF MZANSI.
by Manny October 24, 2009 09:03 GMT
Well I think we should give him another chance. Am afraid our main problem is not a coach, it lie on our players .I still believe they are not good enough.Please my country men understand what impact our overseas based players have on their own teams? And what impact our local teams have in Africa?! From my knowledge none ! And do we expect our National to have good results? Our players should change their mental behaviour and be Patriotic . Why Rugby and Cricket have success and not soccer?
by Lionel October 24, 2009 09:03 GMT
Can''t change safa''s (note lower case letters used as a sign to show no respect for them) decesion but in the next month they should shortlist the local coaches and select a candidate for 2014 an apoint him as 1st assistant to parera and let him get the expireience of been in the tournament and also have a mandatory minimum number of current under 20 players to join Bafana for the same exposure then we are starting to build something serious.
by JULIAN October 24, 2009 09:07 GMT
SAFA does''nt learn from their mistakes. Extremely disappointed
by Nqanawe October 24, 2009 09:12 GMT
SAFA is at it again!....is there any way that we can vent our dissatisfaction with the choice of a coach,we need advise on the action as the South Africans of avenues that can see Parreira being uninstalled in our team,or we should borrow from COSADTU and take to the streets!...march to SAFA house and present the memorandum.These ppl are running our soccer as if its their spaza shop....the new adminstration took no heed to what the public viewpoint was,even worse,`3 wise men fron the east`,aka `assessors` will clearly tell you that its time we groom our own talent in terms of Internstional gaming experience.Parreira will nt be here after world cup!I cant believe SAFA is begging failures like Parreira...SAFA are killing the spirit of supporters!Any advise on the action we can take?please!
by Reuben October 24, 2009 09:14 GMT
I think its better to drink beer than think we have a national team in football, why is Pitso and Leal still with bafana? when you appoint a coach and let them make their choice of players and not have the Pitso''s chose players for them you get results. I am a footbal fanatic and i have for so many years thought it will get better, its about time that when the coach leaves he leaves with his assistance....for the better.
by Mdou October 24, 2009 09:34 GMT
If Perreira is the best, so who can tell me how many World Cup successes did he achieved? coz it was that 1994 and he went to coach Saudi Arabia that was humilated by Germany 8 - 0 then he ran away.So what he is gonna achieve here and how many games did he won with us?
by sm October 24, 2009 09:46 GMT
i used to support bafana bafana before but now eish iam very doubtfull to support because of safa''s poor administration. is the same guy who left the team is back I don''t know what is going on...
by Kekana Boitumelo 'aka'Tsipa October 24, 2009 10:37 GMT
I really appreciate SAFA president option when dedicating Parreira as reformer coach who will us to world cup next year .I t doesn''t mean that South African coaches were poor , but the expiriece and time count in this time , because Parreira has a better expiriece ansd he really knows the Bafana Bafana squad as he was on the organization last year.Coaches like the likes of Gavin Hunt and others who were appointed as the head coaches for national team this week their elimination doesn''t mean that they are not perfect but lack of National team expirience counts more than ever.
by rising star October 24, 2009 10:38 GMT
nothing will change
by Tony October 24, 2009 10:46 GMT
This style of blogging is wonderful , people are certainly getting their points & frustrations out into the open - well done SUPERSPORT!!!!
Now , I just hope that "the powers that maybe" read and adhere to what has been written here - if there are any.
by Norman October 24, 2009 10:57 GMT
I hope the South African coach they are referring to be appointed after World Cup is GORDON IGESUND, a well - deserved coatch
by PHALE PHALE October 24, 2009 11:09 GMT
SAFA why din''t u hired a SA coach ,so that he will experiment in 2010 and in 2014 will have a SA coach who''s ready and qualified one to take us further.
its time we start to believe in our own people.
by ROYKIE October 24, 2009 11:12 GMT
I believe SAFA made the right decision in bringing Parreira back, however i do agree that we need a local coach but like someone said get gavin hunt as an assistant so we can mould him into the head coach role and get him to take over the reigns after the world cup and then keep consistency and also get a properly designed and planned youth development system because our standard of football is nowhere where it should be..and i feel lack of development has been the main cause of this
by marc October 24, 2009 11:34 GMT
i dont think the appointment of perreira is a bad one considering the time constraints.coaches like jomo sono and clive barker cant even manage their own teams so how on earth are they gonna manage a national side at world cup finals? One thing about South Africans is that we are very narrow-minded and we like criticizing and pointing fingers when we should be supportive and united.All the pessimistic vibe around the National Team and incoming Parreira is not gonna do anyone any good! the only thing left to do now is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best! gosh! and gavin hunt should take over the reigns post 2010! end of story!
by Wonderful October 24, 2009 12:01 GMT
SAFA you have blundered again. Have belief and confidence in your own coaches. Brazil will never appoint a coach from another countrry. Also learn to be patient with coaches. in 15 years SAFA has appointed 15 coaches with different styles. This has eventually disturbed the players.
by Rich October 24, 2009 12:31 GMT
Bafana are a hopeless team
by Michael P October 24, 2009 12:35 GMT
Yawn....what a bore......Let''s all look elsewere...Go England!!
by eugene October 24, 2009 12:45 GMT
It doesn''t matter which coach SAFA appoint. the fact of the matter is that bafana bafana has not played regular competitive soccer. The African cup of nation is just around the coner, and where will bafana be? at home watching. This will while other teams will be gearing themselves for the world cup during the AFCON, playing competitive soccer. At this (international) level there is no cheating , there is no easy way out, there is no shortcut to home. If you don''t respect, and honour the game, don''t expect the game to respect, and honour you. Bafana is not going to the AFCON. What can Parreira do, if we can''t play competitive soccer.Where is the right preparation for Bafana? Instead, Bafana is relying on playing friendly game to prepare for the World Cup. Playing friendly game is no way for any team to prepare for a big tournament such as the World Cup. Hunger for winning games come from playing in tournaments, not in freindly game. Come the World Cup, Bafana will be the only team that has qualified without playing any qualifying match or played in major tournament. Meanwhile the rest of the teams have qualified.
SAFA must get their house in order and stop playing games.
by Phumlani Tetyana October 24, 2009 14:38 GMT
I dont see how reinstating Perreira will help Bafana, the man failed to qualify us to the Afcon and his stay before running away was not so wonderful either. I think SAFA is killing our soccer and the most interesting part is, they(SAFA) tell local coaches to play south african players regularly over international players yet they choose international coaches over local coaches who know these players best.
by JABULANI MUDAU October 24, 2009 14:44 GMT
i know that people are pleading to SAFA to appoint a local coach,if a local coach has been succesful in team level it doesn''t mean he can manage the national team.those two expirience are different with a huge margin.take for e.g. Ted dumitru is good @ club level but he failed the national team,Russian coach Guus hiddink is gud with national team but failed with chelsea,gavin will go the same route.
by B. V. Ntengento October 24, 2009 14:47 GMT
I''m realy shocked about the decision taken by SAFA to opt Parreira once again, because Parreira has excueses that might result on leaving Bafana towards the world cup openning as he did before. Why SAFA would not go for G. Hunt because I think is the one who would adapt quickly as he knows the boys well.
by vishal October 24, 2009 15:03 GMT
I don''t think Parreira is going to make any difference!!!
by Nduduzo Mncwango October 24, 2009 15:52 GMT
I rly thnk safa should hv gave our born coaches a chance.PARREIRA left at first and he myt do it again ths tym.Instead of moving forward safa kips going backwards.I TRULLY RECOMMEND A SOUTH AFRICAN COACH,GAVIN HUNT TO B MOR SPECIFIC
by tendai October 24, 2009 16:02 GMT
even if you hire Alex Ferguson today you will not win anything. there is no talent in south africa
by Daniel P Malemane October 24, 2009 16:45 GMT
Pitso mosimane the only guy 2 tke over
by Dennis October 24, 2009 17:07 GMT
I am pleased with what SAFA is trying to achieve by appointing the new coach, but what l would like to ask is when will SAFA and us South Africans accept the releal situation of that we do not have enough depth in our players for instance our league chapions cannot even win against a team coming from a country with big economic problems like Zimbabwe, SAFA at the moment there is COSAFA tournament being played in Zim, why did you not send a strong team to compete such that the team can firstly manage to beat team within SDAC before we can start thinking about Africa as a continent then we might consider all teams in the World cup. In conclusion we do not have players like E''to, Drobga, look at Egpty, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast e.t.c these are African national teams that are far above average and on a good day they can beat any team without favour or fear.
by Pieter October 24, 2009 17:47 GMT
I don''t quite understand your comment about hiring Ferguson, Tendai - you say it like he''s a good coach or something. How many European champions'' leagues has he won in over 20 years at United? And all of you who don''t think we have enough talented players obviously know very little about SA football!
by emmanuel masenya October 24, 2009 18:39 GMT
I agree with Safa for reappointing Carlos because of his pedigree.The sound of people wanting Jomo makes me realise the level of understanding of our nation regarding football.We are lost and the sooner we realise that we do not have players that are as good as we think they are we will always blame the poor coaches.During Carloses first era I was beginning to see maturity in our players and the will to win,unfortunately due to family matters he had to leave us ,thanks god he is back a man can buy a ticket for the World cup because I can bet with my years salary we will reach the knock-out stages.I am not saying this clueless like the 90% of the citizens of our country I am saying this with the football experience that I gathered when I was a player.SAFA you did a good job that I expected you todo no matter the douting thomasses that never even kicked a ball in tyheir prime.Our country seems to be producing the Malema breads.
by RANDALL October 24, 2009 19:18 GMT
YOU CANNOT COMPARE BAFANA BAFANA WITH THE SPRINGBOKS ,BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOCAL COACH NOT A FOREIGNER AND ANOTHER THING OUR LOCAL PLAYERS DOESNT DESERVE TO BE THERE IN THE SQAUD BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WORLD CUP STD THEY ARE JUST THERE FOR THE MONEY AND NOT FOR THE COUNTRY ,BUT I WOULD LIKE EITHER HUNT ,IGESUND OR PITSO TO TAKE OVER AS NATIONAL COACH ESPECIALLY PITSO BECAUSE HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN ASS COACH FOR THE FOREIGNERS , I BELIEVE HE HAS LEARNED ALOT FROM ALL THE COACHES SO FAR .
