It’s true when they say that football is a game of opinions.
And it’s also true that opinions are like a poep, everyone poeps but they think each other’s stink; better yet most of it stinks!
How did we manage to turn a beautiful Banyana Banyana story into a grandstanding circus with our opinions of what and how things should be done?
You saw the pictures, our own Sports Minister, Tokozile Xasa, showed up wearing a Proteas cricket kit that has a visible sponsor logo from a rival to Safa's sponsors!
It’s embarrassing ouens, because this will be the picture that we are going to see for many years to come.
We can’t undo it, it’s done, it’s all there for all to see for generations to come.
There were so many other own goals scored by our dear leaders, but that’s what they do and I can’t spend more words on it than I have to.
I’d like to point a straight finger at my colleagues in the journalism game because I believe they did a disservice to our beautiful Banayan Banyana in the build-up and during the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations tournament.
Every achievement by Banyana was being compared to Bafana Bafana.
Twitter was riddled with misinformation after Banyana beat Nigeria.
These guys copied each other and didn’t credit each other when they tweeted, but then when they were corrected they admitted that they copied from the other.
You guys are a bunch jokers my darling!
And that’s where it starts for me, there are so many fly-by-night writers out there that are getting away with just rewriting online articles and benefiting from being published by credible websites.
It’s really sad because the public is the victim of all this rubbish they spread.
I’m using harsh language because these guys were not there reporting about Banyana’s preparations for Cosafa Cup on home soil.
Now that everyone is talking about Banyana, they want to jump on the bandwagon!
Back in the days, magazines and newspapers used to publish player profiles and many other interesting facts about squads before tournaments.
What happened to all those kind of features in your magazines and newspapers?
We only read stories about the usual suspects in the Banyana squad - the captain, the star performer and the head coach.
And obviously, when there was bad news like when a player left camp early, everyone had a feast and found out later that there was a prior agreement to release the player.
Even then, I read an article blaming Safa for not assisting the very same player when she had to go for trials.
I asked myself what Safa has to do with players going to trials?
Isn’t that the job of the players' representatives? The player was scouted and noticed in Banyana colours, so are we going sit here and disregard Safa’s role in the player getting the opportunity? Which brings me to the next point.
Woman’s football needs something to happen, but in true South African fashion, we are pointing fingers at who should do what and how.
What are you doing? My good friend Simphiwe Clans, who has been involved with women’s football since the year 2002.
This is a guy who was himself a student while coaching the Cape Tech (now CPUT Cape Town) ladies team.
Many of those girls couldn’t kick a ball straight, but he soldiered on and has since played a part in many ladies in the Western Cape getting opportunities at various national-team levels, one of the players is now playing Champions League football in Europe.
Simphiwe is close to the women’s game and has probably given us one of the best solutions yet to solve the payment issue for Banyana.
The ladies will host Sweden and Holland in January right here innie Kaap.
How about we each pay R50 for a ticket to watch each game, and that money goes straight to the players and coaches?
Do the maths: R50 x 55 000 capacity equals R5.5m after two matches. Divide that by 30 and you get approximately R183 333 for each player and member of the coaching staff.
How about that?