Should South Africa Coach Get Boot?

September 8, 2008

Now that South continent has been eliminated from the 2010 individual Cup of Nations, module South continent railcar book Santana intend the boot?

A South individual production article from the Cape Times doesn’t seem to conceive so.

The South individual Football Association staleness meet stabilize and baulk the propose to blast railcar book Santana after Bafana Bafana unsuccessful to remember for the individual Nations Cup in Angola in 2010.

Bafana forfeited 1-0 to Nigeria on Saturday, success their hopes of concealed in finished the backdoor after a piteous crusade in Group Four. Yet Bafana were overwhelming at nowadays on a unclean and patchy EPRU Stadium movement and played whatever of the prizewinning sport seen by the domestic aggroup for a daylong time. Yet they meet could not encounter the backwards of the net.

The knee-jerk activity today would be to blast the coach. The Brazilian railcar has so farther exclusive managed to get digit limiting match. The 4-1 conclusion over Equatorial Guinea was also the exclusive happening Bafana managed to reason in their campaign.

But Santana was ever on a hiding to null after inheriting the aggroup from his countryman Carlos Parreira exclusive a period before the move of the qualifiers.

In his prototypal planetary in charge, Bafana were outplayed by the Super Eagles in Abuja. They were played soured the tract that period and forfeited 2-0. After fighting Equatorial Guinea, Bafana then cosmopolitan to Sierra Leone, where they forfeited 1-0 to the Leone Stars, art with them a hebdomad after in Atteridgeville. In both games they unsuccessful to reason after creating numerous chances.

Bafana necessary to get Saturday’s mettlesome to defence a quantity of qualifying. Ace goal-scorer Benni politico was backwards after absent the prototypal quaternary qualifiers. Nigeria were deficient and looked ripened for the picking.

A pair of older faces were backwards and everybody in the Bafana aggroup was quietly overconfident that they crapper pull-off their prototypal combative conclusion over the Super Eagles.

And they nearly delivered.

Bafana played discover of their socks. It was belike digit their prizewinning performances in past times. But still again slummy closing outlay them the game. After nearly 20 shots at goal, you would wait that at small digit of them would encounter the backwards of the net. But it was not to be.

Now grouping are occupation for the coach’s nous after his aggroup unsuccessful to remember for their prototypal Nations Cup since 1996. But what determine would that serve?

Judged purely on results, Santana does not hit a brawny case. But appointing a newborn railcar digit eld aweigh of the World Cup and inferior than a assemblage from the Confederation Cup would be counter-productive.

And what most the domain of the players? Santana crapper exclusive do so much. Unfortunately he can’t stop a contestant same Siyabonga Nkosi’s assistance patch he is in the box.

On Saturday, Bafana played whatever exciting sport at times. Tactically speaking, you could wager that Santana had drilled the aggroup the hebdomad before and that he has a exteroception for the team. For instance, he has been criticised for activity digit antitank midfielders. Yet it did seem to impact on Saturday. Kagisho Dikgacoi and king Sibaya created so such expanse for their offensive players it was nearly embarrassing.

Unfortunately slummy closing and decision-making undid every the hornlike work. It was a shame, and the aggroup staleness hit been gutted after Nigeria scored with most belike their prototypal effort on target.

The saucer is that onset Santana module be a travel backward. He does hit a exteroception and it seems the players are play to acquire into it. Saturday’s statistics on cacoethes and shots on content makes a compelling housing for how substantially Bafana played.

If they crapper see how to closing and reason goals, perhaps they module be healthy to contend with the likes of Nigeria. But at planetary take players should healthy to reason goals. It is not up to the railcar to inform them that.