Bosso Kills Off Caps United In ZAOGA Charity Shield Match.

Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo inched closer to a ZAOGA 50th Anniversary Charity Shield when they beat Caps United of Harare, booking a ticket to the final on the 31st of October 2010. They beat the Harare giants 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out.

The Shield with a prize money of $35 000 and $15 000 for the winners and losing finalists respectively, will do Bosso a lot of good as they try to beef up their financial coffers. They need to pay the players and coaching staff, as well as the swelling debts that are shooting through the roof.  

Themba Ndlela was full of praise for both the team and his technical department for pulling off such a crucial result. The match had to be decided from spot kicks after a 1-1 regulation time scoreline. Bosso will face either reigning league champions, Gunners or Dynamos in the final.

Bosso Kills Off Caps United In ZAOGA Charity Shield Match.

Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo inched closer to a ZAOGA 50th Anniversary Charity Shield when they beat Caps United of Harare, booking a ticket to the final on the 31st of October 2010. They beat the Harare giants 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out.

The Shield with a prize money of $35 000 and $15 000 for the winners and losing finalists respectively, will do Bosso a lot of good as they try to beef up their financial coffers. They need to pay the players and coaching staff, as well as the swelling debts that are shooting through the roof.  

Themba Ndlela was full of praise for both the team and his technical department for pulling off such a crucial result. The match had to be decided from spot kicks after a 1-1 regulation time scoreline. Bosso will face either reigning league champions, Gunners or Dynamos in the final.

Bosso Kills Off Caps United In ZAOGA Charity Shield Match.

Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo inched closer to a ZAOGA 50th Anniversary Charity Shield when they beat Caps United of Harare, booking a ticket to the final on the 31st of October 2010. They beat the Harare giants 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out.

The Shield with a prize money of $35 000 and $15 000 for the winners and losing finalists respectively, will do Bosso a lot of good as they try to beef up their financial coffers. They need to pay the players and coaching staff, as well as the swelling debts that are shooting through the roof.  

Themba Ndlela was full of praise for both the team and his technical department for pulling off such a crucial result. The match had to be decided from spot kicks after a 1-1 regulation time scoreline. Bosso will face either reigning league champions, Gunners or Dynamos in the final.

Bosso Kills Off Caps United In ZAOGA Charity Shield Match.

Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo inched closer to a ZAOGA 50th Anniversary Charity Shield when they beat Caps United of Harare, booking a ticket to the final on the 31st of October 2010. They beat the Harare giants 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out.

The Shield with a prize money of $35 000 and $15 000 for the winners and losing finalists respectively, will do Bosso a lot of good as they try to beef up their financial coffers. They need to pay the players and coaching staff, as well as the swelling debts that are shooting through the roof.  

Themba Ndlela was full of praise for both the team and his technical department for pulling off such a crucial result. The match had to be decided from spot kicks after a 1-1 regulation time scoreline. Bosso will face either reigning league champions, Gunners or Dynamos in the final.

Why Are There No Black Managers In The Top Leagues?

WARMING:I am not pulling any punches here. If you have issues with race or lingo stop reading this. We live in very hypocritical times of our lives with unrealistic disorders to pacify each other, stroking our egos to justify the shortcomings caused by the evils we indulge in. There are words regarded too strong, rights enjoyed by the sinful, behaviour acceptable regardless of the opinions of others, norms cool only to the perpetrator, dress codes with minimum material or shifted waistlines and outrageous lifestyles that caused fire to rain in biblical times being promoted as rights. Parents can now be genderless.  

The world's top players are black, and not just because of the exploits of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o or Michael Essien. There has been a good number of blacks in the past, from Pele to Eusebio. This is not to say there has not been outstanding white counterparts as you may as well know of Hungarian Puskas of the Pele era. A few of the other whites of those days were over-rated though.

Within living memory range, John Barnes, Stan Colymore, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Paul Parker, George Weah, Roger Milla, Abedi Pele, Frank Rikjaard and Rudd Gullit were some of the best blacks in the business. They played during the era of Michel Platini, Diego Maradona, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, David Ginola and Peter Schmichael. Without looking at the numbers, the scale of balance is even.

This will obviously be supported by the fact that from 1974 when Zaire was beaten 9-0 at a FIFA World Cup to a point Cameroon were cheated from a semi-final berth against England in Italia '90 and freshly, Ghana being Suarezed off the semi-final in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa and blacks have been more acceptable much less than their ability but as a way of pulling off cheap political mileage by FIFA, clubs and individuals.

Pele is famous for having predicted an African team winning the FIFA World Cup before the turn of the century. Pele, the World's best player ever and a true legend was basing his naive opinions on merit alone. He looked at football as a game and at black players as masters of football. While that fact is proven, the reality is that Africans are actually the slaves and not masters when it comes to the beautiful game. Africa will never be allowed to win the World Cup unless there is a huge point to score by the organisors. There will not be a FIFA World Player Of The Year. Theirry Henry should have been one at one point. FIFA can ask the captains to recite or read the 'FIFA Fair Play code against racism', but frankly, how many times have we seen that happen followed by monkey chants the following week when black players take to the pitch? These are actually a result of the superiority of the black players.

You will remember how France dominated the game in the 1998 -2000 era. That was a window that showed the world what Africa can do, given the right resources and fair chance. I am not saying France is Africa, but we will not be naive enough and bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't know the African element in that squad. The whites did not like it and from there on, there was deliberate efforts to throw spanner in the works up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. France totally collapsed and the white world was happy.

It will be hard to ask for fair playing ground and harder because if you ask, who will have to grant it. As blacks, we may need a few things to take our levels up. It is easier and simpler in athletics, where if you are Jessie Owens, you can sprint across a finish line and then Hitler can decide not to shake your hand, but all people saw the sprint. If you are Mohammed Ali, it may be harder as you will need a referee who may not be black, then you will be motivated to plummet your opponent to a pulp. Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt and the William sisters all had to grind their results in contrasting fashions. In individual sports, there is not much suppression and manipulation of results is not easy.

Actually, my point is, with the all the black talent in football, how come there is not even one black coach or Manager of note in top flight football in the UK, Serie A, La Liga or Bundesliga? Paul Ince has been trying to match his white counterparts, namely Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, Roy Keane, Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pierce, just to name a few, without breaking into the Premiership. We can talk of Rikjaard and Gullit from La Liga and the Premiership respectively, but look at the ratio. Is the race issue so bad that professional football players will not hearken to black mentors, and is it the reason why African football associations are so colonised they will not trust their own black coaches to coaches national teams, even if they are paid less and produce better results?

In an ordinary day, I would feel this article is offensive to white or non black people, and this is exactly the mentality that has made many people and nations failures. In the quest to be polite, they lost the plot and sank. Frankly, black people are their own first huddle, especially Africans. The 'white is cool' mentality has not taken us anywhere but down. I guess if someone screws you and do so that you keep smiling, there is no reason to ask them to stop. Worse with us, we screw ourselves, and hard.

Why Are There No Black Managers In The Top Leagues?

WARMING:I am not pulling any punches here. If you have issues with race or lingo stop reading this. We live in very hypocritical times of our lives with unrealistic disorders to pacify each other, stroking our egos to justify the shortcomings caused by the evils we indulge in. There are words regarded too strong, rights enjoyed by the sinful, behaviour acceptable regardless of the opinions of others, norms cool only to the perpetrator, dress codes with minimum material or shifted waistlines and outrageous lifestyles that caused fire to rain in biblical times being promoted as rights. Parents can now be genderless.  

The world's top players are black, and not just because of the exploits of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o or Michael Essien. There has been a good number of blacks in the past, from Pele to Eusebio. This is not to say there has not been outstanding white counterparts as you may as well know of Hungarian Puskas of the Pele era. A few of the other whites of those days were over-rated though.

Within living memory range, John Barnes, Stan Colymore, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Paul Parker, George Weah, Roger Milla, Abedi Pele, Frank Rikjaard and Rudd Gullit were some of the best blacks in the business. They played during the era of Michel Platini, Diego Maradona, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, David Ginola and Peter Schmichael. Without looking at the numbers, the scale of balance is even.

This will obviously be supported by the fact that from 1974 when Zaire was beaten 9-0 at a FIFA World Cup to a point Cameroon were cheated from a semi-final berth against England in Italia '90 and freshly, Ghana being Suarezed off the semi-final in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa and blacks have been more acceptable much less than their ability but as a way of pulling off cheap political mileage by FIFA, clubs and individuals.

Pele is famous for having predicted an African team winning the FIFA World Cup before the turn of the century. Pele, the World's best player ever and a true legend was basing his naive opinions on merit alone. He looked at football as a game and at black players as masters of football. While that fact is proven, the reality is that Africans are actually the slaves and not masters when it comes to the beautiful game. Africa will never be allowed to win the World Cup unless there is a huge point to score by the organisors. There will not be a FIFA World Player Of The Year. Theirry Henry should have been one at one point. FIFA can ask the captains to recite or read the 'FIFA Fair Play code against racism', but frankly, how many times have we seen that happen followed by monkey chants the following week when black players take to the pitch? These are actually a result of the superiority of the black players.

You will remember how France dominated the game in the 1998 -2000 era. That was a window that showed the world what Africa can do, given the right resources and fair chance. I am not saying France is Africa, but we will not be naive enough and bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't know the African element in that squad. The whites did not like it and from there on, there was deliberate efforts to throw spanner in the works up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. France totally collapsed and the white world was happy.

It will be hard to ask for fair playing ground and harder because if you ask, who will have to grant it. As blacks, we may need a few things to take our levels up. It is easier and simpler in athletics, where if you are Jessie Owens, you can sprint across a finish line and then Hitler can decide not to shake your hand, but all people saw the sprint. If you are Mohammed Ali, it may be harder as you will need a referee who may not be black, then you will be motivated to plummet your opponent to a pulp. Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt and the William sisters all had to grind their results in contrasting fashions. In individual sports, there is not much suppression and manipulation of results is not easy.

Actually, my point is, with the all the black talent in football, how come there is not even one black coach or Manager of note in top flight football in the UK, Serie A, La Liga or Bundesliga? Paul Ince has been trying to match his white counterparts, namely Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, Roy Keane, Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pierce, just to name a few, without breaking into the Premiership. We can talk of Rikjaard and Gullit from La Liga and the Premiership respectively, but look at the ratio. Is the race issue so bad that professional football players will not hearken to black mentors, and is it the reason why African football associations are so colonised they will not trust their own black coaches to coaches national teams, even if they are paid less and produce better results?

In an ordinary day, I would feel this article is offensive to white or non black people, and this is exactly the mentality that has made many people and nations failures. In the quest to be polite, they lost the plot and sank. Frankly, black people are their own first huddle, especially Africans. The 'white is cool' mentality has not taken us anywhere but down. I guess if someone screws you and do so that you keep smiling, there is no reason to ask them to stop. Worse with us, we screw ourselves, and hard.

Why Are There No Black Managers In The Top Leagues?

WARMING:I am not pulling any punches here. If you have issues with race or lingo stop reading this. We live in very hypocritical times of our lives with unrealistic disorders to pacify each other, stroking our egos to justify the shortcomings caused by the evils we indulge in. There are words regarded too strong, rights enjoyed by the sinful, behaviour acceptable regardless of the opinions of others, norms cool only to the perpetrator, dress codes with minimum material or shifted waistlines and outrageous lifestyles that caused fire to rain in biblical times being promoted as rights. Parents can now be genderless.  

The world's top players are black, and not just because of the exploits of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o or Michael Essien. There has been a good number of blacks in the past, from Pele to Eusebio. This is not to say there has not been outstanding white counterparts as you may as well know of Hungarian Puskas of the Pele era. A few of the other whites of those days were over-rated though.

Within living memory range, John Barnes, Stan Colymore, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Paul Parker, George Weah, Roger Milla, Abedi Pele, Frank Rikjaard and Rudd Gullit were some of the best blacks in the business. They played during the era of Michel Platini, Diego Maradona, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, David Ginola and Peter Schmichael. Without looking at the numbers, the scale of balance is even.

This will obviously be supported by the fact that from 1974 when Zaire was beaten 9-0 at a FIFA World Cup to a point Cameroon were cheated from a semi-final berth against England in Italia '90 and freshly, Ghana being Suarezed off the semi-final in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa and blacks have been more acceptable much less than their ability but as a way of pulling off cheap political mileage by FIFA, clubs and individuals.

Pele is famous for having predicted an African team winning the FIFA World Cup before the turn of the century. Pele, the World's best player ever and a true legend was basing his naive opinions on merit alone. He looked at football as a game and at black players as masters of football. While that fact is proven, the reality is that Africans are actually the slaves and not masters when it comes to the beautiful game. Africa will never be allowed to win the World Cup unless there is a huge point to score by the organisors. There will not be a FIFA World Player Of The Year. Theirry Henry should have been one at one point. FIFA can ask the captains to recite or read the 'FIFA Fair Play code against racism', but frankly, how many times have we seen that happen followed by monkey chants the following week when black players take to the pitch? These are actually a result of the superiority of the black players.

You will remember how France dominated the game in the 1998 -2000 era. That was a window that showed the world what Africa can do, given the right resources and fair chance. I am not saying France is Africa, but we will not be naive enough and bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't know the African element in that squad. The whites did not like it and from there on, there was deliberate efforts to throw spanner in the works up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. France totally collapsed and the white world was happy.

It will be hard to ask for fair playing ground and harder because if you ask, who will have to grant it. As blacks, we may need a few things to take our levels up. It is easier and simpler in athletics, where if you are Jessie Owens, you can sprint across a finish line and then Hitler can decide not to shake your hand, but all people saw the sprint. If you are Mohammed Ali, it may be harder as you will need a referee who may not be black, then you will be motivated to plummet your opponent to a pulp. Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt and the William sisters all had to grind their results in contrasting fashions. In individual sports, there is not much suppression and manipulation of results is not easy.

Actually, my point is, with the all the black talent in football, how come there is not even one black coach or Manager of note in top flight football in the UK, Serie A, La Liga or Bundesliga? Paul Ince has been trying to match his white counterparts, namely Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, Roy Keane, Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pierce, just to name a few, without breaking into the Premiership. We can talk of Rikjaard and Gullit from La Liga and the Premiership respectively, but look at the ratio. Is the race issue so bad that professional football players will not hearken to black mentors, and is it the reason why African football associations are so colonised they will not trust their own black coaches to coaches national teams, even if they are paid less and produce better results?

In an ordinary day, I would feel this article is offensive to white or non black people, and this is exactly the mentality that has made many people and nations failures. In the quest to be polite, they lost the plot and sank. Frankly, black people are their own first huddle, especially Africans. The 'white is cool' mentality has not taken us anywhere but down. I guess if someone screws you and do so that you keep smiling, there is no reason to ask them to stop. Worse with us, we screw ourselves, and hard.

Why Are There No Black Managers In The Top Leagues?

WARMING:I am not pulling any punches here. If you have issues with race or lingo stop reading this. We live in very hypocritical times of our lives with unrealistic disorders to pacify each other, stroking our egos to justify the shortcomings caused by the evils we indulge in. There are words regarded too strong, rights enjoyed by the sinful, behaviour acceptable regardless of the opinions of others, norms cool only to the perpetrator, dress codes with minimum material or shifted waistlines and outrageous lifestyles that caused fire to rain in biblical times being promoted as rights. Parents can now be genderless.  

The world's top players are black, and not just because of the exploits of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o or Michael Essien. There has been a good number of blacks in the past, from Pele to Eusebio. This is not to say there has not been outstanding white counterparts as you may as well know of Hungarian Puskas of the Pele era. A few of the other whites of those days were over-rated though.

Within living memory range, John Barnes, Stan Colymore, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Paul Parker, George Weah, Roger Milla, Abedi Pele, Frank Rikjaard and Rudd Gullit were some of the best blacks in the business. They played during the era of Michel Platini, Diego Maradona, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, David Ginola and Peter Schmichael. Without looking at the numbers, the scale of balance is even.

This will obviously be supported by the fact that from 1974 when Zaire was beaten 9-0 at a FIFA World Cup to a point Cameroon were cheated from a semi-final berth against England in Italia '90 and freshly, Ghana being Suarezed off the semi-final in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa and blacks have been more acceptable much less than their ability but as a way of pulling off cheap political mileage by FIFA, clubs and individuals.

Pele is famous for having predicted an African team winning the FIFA World Cup before the turn of the century. Pele, the World's best player ever and a true legend was basing his naive opinions on merit alone. He looked at football as a game and at black players as masters of football. While that fact is proven, the reality is that Africans are actually the slaves and not masters when it comes to the beautiful game. Africa will never be allowed to win the World Cup unless there is a huge point to score by the organisors. There will not be a FIFA World Player Of The Year. Theirry Henry should have been one at one point. FIFA can ask the captains to recite or read the 'FIFA Fair Play code against racism', but frankly, how many times have we seen that happen followed by monkey chants the following week when black players take to the pitch? These are actually a result of the superiority of the black players.

You will remember how France dominated the game in the 1998 -2000 era. That was a window that showed the world what Africa can do, given the right resources and fair chance. I am not saying France is Africa, but we will not be naive enough and bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't know the African element in that squad. The whites did not like it and from there on, there was deliberate efforts to throw spanner in the works up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. France totally collapsed and the white world was happy.

It will be hard to ask for fair playing ground and harder because if you ask, who will have to grant it. As blacks, we may need a few things to take our levels up. It is easier and simpler in athletics, where if you are Jessie Owens, you can sprint across a finish line and then Hitler can decide not to shake your hand, but all people saw the sprint. If you are Mohammed Ali, it may be harder as you will need a referee who may not be black, then you will be motivated to plummet your opponent to a pulp. Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt and the William sisters all had to grind their results in contrasting fashions. In individual sports, there is not much suppression and manipulation of results is not easy.

Actually, my point is, with the all the black talent in football, how come there is not even one black coach or Manager of note in top flight football in the UK, Serie A, La Liga or Bundesliga? Paul Ince has been trying to match his white counterparts, namely Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, Roy Keane, Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pierce, just to name a few, without breaking into the Premiership. We can talk of Rikjaard and Gullit from La Liga and the Premiership respectively, but look at the ratio. Is the race issue so bad that professional football players will not hearken to black mentors, and is it the reason why African football associations are so colonised they will not trust their own black coaches to coaches national teams, even if they are paid less and produce better results?

In an ordinary day, I would feel this article is offensive to white or non black people, and this is exactly the mentality that has made many people and nations failures. In the quest to be polite, they lost the plot and sank. Frankly, black people are their own first huddle, especially Africans. The 'white is cool' mentality has not taken us anywhere but down. I guess if someone screws you and do so that you keep smiling, there is no reason to ask them to stop. Worse with us, we screw ourselves, and hard.

Aston Villa Almost Steal Points From Stoke City.

Stoke City beat Aston Villa by a 2-1 margin. They started the match well, with a lot of discipline and organisation in defence. The midfield department was very committed to winning balls but seemed addicted to the futile route one football. This broke down at the progression of the match.

Aston Villa finally settled towards the closing stages of the first half, keeping possession well and scoring an amazing diving header from Dunn Collins from a lovely cross from the right. Ashley Young could have converted a simple header just before the half-time whistle from the cross flighted from the left wing.

Stoke City were however their worst enemies, winning the ball and giving it away with the same urgency. This is definitely their weakest point and is the source of their careless tackle as a result of extreme frustration. They spend all day labouring for ball and they fail keep it for 3 seconds, after which they began to toil again. 

It took them 79 minutes to string more than 3 passes together actually touching the ball 13 times and that move resulted in the equaliser from a header from the dreadlocked Jones. Both goalkeepers had outstanding saves while better finishing could have seen more goals.

I personally think that Stoke have a defeatist attitude that kills their potentially good attacks. They are not keen to be patient and build up from the back and trust each other. Their kick and run style keep all players chasing the ball and occasionally, they would string a maximum of 3 passes.

While they stole points with virtually the last kick of the match from Robert Huth, they were always on the back foot. Tactically, they are organised in defence, but their movement forward is not organised at all. They will break a lot of legs this season if they do not slow down things and take control of their own attacks.

 Villa lived to rue the chances that may settled this thing in the first half. Will former Liverpool boss, Gerard Houllier turn Villa around?

Aston Villa Almost Steal Points From Stoke City.

Stoke City beat Aston Villa by a 2-1 margin. They started the match well, with a lot of discipline and organisation in defence. The midfield department was very committed to winning balls but seemed addicted to the futile route one football. This broke down at the progression of the match.

Aston Villa finally settled towards the closing stages of the first half, keeping possession well and scoring an amazing diving header from Dunn Collins from a lovely cross from the right. Ashley Young could have converted a simple header just before the half-time whistle from the cross flighted from the left wing.

Stoke City were however their worst enemies, winning the ball and giving it away with the same urgency. This is definitely their weakest point and is the source of their careless tackle as a result of extreme frustration. They spend all day labouring for ball and they fail keep it for 3 seconds, after which they began to toil again. 

It took them 79 minutes to string more than 3 passes together actually touching the ball 13 times and that move resulted in the equaliser from a header from the dreadlocked Jones. Both goalkeepers had outstanding saves while better finishing could have seen more goals.

I personally think that Stoke have a defeatist attitude that kills their potentially good attacks. They are not keen to be patient and build up from the back and trust each other. Their kick and run style keep all players chasing the ball and occasionally, they would string a maximum of 3 passes.

While they stole points with virtually the last kick of the match from Robert Huth, they were always on the back foot. Tactically, they are organised in defence, but their movement forward is not organised at all. They will break a lot of legs this season if they do not slow down things and take control of their own attacks.

 Villa lived to rue the chances that may settled this thing in the first half. Will former Liverpool boss, Gerard Houllier turn Villa around?

Aston Villa Almost Steal Points From Stoke City.

Stoke City beat Aston Villa by a 2-1 margin. They started the match well, with a lot of discipline and organisation in defence. The midfield department was very committed to winning balls but seemed addicted to the futile route one football. This broke down at the progression of the match.

Aston Villa finally settled towards the closing stages of the first half, keeping possession well and scoring an amazing diving header from Dunn Collins from a lovely cross from the right. Ashley Young could have converted a simple header just before the half-time whistle from the cross flighted from the left wing.

Stoke City were however their worst enemies, winning the ball and giving it away with the same urgency. This is definitely their weakest point and is the source of their careless tackle as a result of extreme frustration. They spend all day labouring for ball and they fail keep it for 3 seconds, after which they began to toil again. 

It took them 79 minutes to string more than 3 passes together actually touching the ball 13 times and that move resulted in the equaliser from a header from the dreadlocked Jones. Both goalkeepers had outstanding saves while better finishing could have seen more goals.

I personally think that Stoke have a defeatist attitude that kills their potentially good attacks. They are not keen to be patient and build up from the back and trust each other. Their kick and run style keep all players chasing the ball and occasionally, they would string a maximum of 3 passes.

While they stole points with virtually the last kick of the match from Robert Huth, they were always on the back foot. Tactically, they are organised in defence, but their movement forward is not organised at all. They will break a lot of legs this season if they do not slow down things and take control of their own attacks.

 Villa lived to rue the chances that may settled this thing in the first half. Will former Liverpool boss, Gerard Houllier turn Villa around?

Aston Villa Almost Steal Points From Stoke City.

Stoke City beat Aston Villa by a 2-1 margin. They started the match well, with a lot of discipline and organisation in defence. The midfield department was very committed to winning balls but seemed addicted to the futile route one football. This broke down at the progression of the match.

Aston Villa finally settled towards the closing stages of the first half, keeping possession well and scoring an amazing diving header from Dunn Collins from a lovely cross from the right. Ashley Young could have converted a simple header just before the half-time whistle from the cross flighted from the left wing.

Stoke City were however their worst enemies, winning the ball and giving it away with the same urgency. This is definitely their weakest point and is the source of their careless tackle as a result of extreme frustration. They spend all day labouring for ball and they fail keep it for 3 seconds, after which they began to toil again. 

It took them 79 minutes to string more than 3 passes together actually touching the ball 13 times and that move resulted in the equaliser from a header from the dreadlocked Jones. Both goalkeepers had outstanding saves while better finishing could have seen more goals.

I personally think that Stoke have a defeatist attitude that kills their potentially good attacks. They are not keen to be patient and build up from the back and trust each other. Their kick and run style keep all players chasing the ball and occasionally, they would string a maximum of 3 passes.

While they stole points with virtually the last kick of the match from Robert Huth, they were always on the back foot. Tactically, they are organised in defence, but their movement forward is not organised at all. They will break a lot of legs this season if they do not slow down things and take control of their own attacks.

 Villa lived to rue the chances that may settled this thing in the first half. Will former Liverpool boss, Gerard Houllier turn Villa around?

Why Did Arsenal Not Signing Robinho?

One player Arsenal would have done with, is Brazilian Manchester City and Santos player, Robinho. Silvio Berlusconi snapped Brazil star after AC Milan also signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They have Pato, Ronaldinho and Filippo Inzaghi. He hinted Marco Borriello has to leave, and may he may head Juventas. Robinho must decide where he has to be and stay put. This may be the beginning of his end. It will be such a shame for him not to realise his full potential. To me, he has shown us half of his abilities.  

Klaas Huntelaar has singed for German side Schalke 04 from AC Milan and was rumoured to have been heading to the English Premiership, while Liverpool Javier Mascherano made his worst career choice when he joined Barcelona. While The Reds showed a gap in his absence, he was better off with Benitez at Inter instead. With the talent at Barcelona, people still of Pep Guardiola as a good coach. That may be right, but sometimes that becomes over-rated, especially when you start counting the victories and honours the club wins. Back to Mascherano, he has to uproot Xavi or Busquets for a twin anchor role, a tall order indeed.

Barcelona seem to be taking off from where they left last season, winning 3-0, with new boy David Villa scoring. The FIFA World Cup is over, as you may realise after Messi's hat-trick last week in the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid fired blanks to the disgust of the Special One, who would have liked to enter La Liga in style. As if that wasn't enough, Portuguese Ronaldo got what looks like a long-term injury. This will give Jose Mourinho reason to dig deeper into his tactics bag to pull it away from perennial top achievers, Barca. 

Of course, it is fair to salute a Super Cup win by Athletico Madrid over Italian giants Inter Milan. Athletico took the Cup courtesy of a 2-0 victory. They went on t open a league account with a 4-0 drubbing of Sorting Gijon, in a match the FIFA World Cup hero shined. Diego Forlan was priceless scoring twice in Madrid.

Despite the obvious technical downside at Anfield, manager Roy Hodgson seems more interested in a striker. This is a little confusing, given that Ryan Babel is a firebrand striker always coming off the bench to produce the goods. He may be an ideal impact player, but manager after manager give him a cold shoulder, only throwing him with 2 or 3 minutes of play remaining.

David Ngog is one player ready to be thrown at the deep end, but somehow is invisible to the coach. I think managers must make players, especially those with potential. Anyway, Hodgson will be signing Konchesky from Fulham soon.

There has been the interesting form of Theo Walcott. This is very notable regardless of the 2 match window since Robin van Persie seems to be nursing an injury that may take him several weeks to heal. The downside is that Theo would draw all the attention for van Persie to score goals to the potential he has always shown. I think he still has a long way to go to convince me he belongs where Arsenal fans place him. 

Mikel Silvestre is turning into a nomadic player, moving to Werder Bremen after spending just over a season at Arsenal when he moved from Manchester United. He had been clubless for a while. It is not clear what he lacks, having spent such a long time at a club of Man U stature, he should have been a hot cake too good to spend a season without kicking a ball.

Meanwhile, you will remember that Tottenham Hotspurs were bidding for Brazilian Luis Fabiano. The 'hand ball-tapping' forceful striker was Redknapp's heart's desire for his Champions' League assault. Sevilla have since put an electric fence around 29-year-old Fabiano, extending his contract after refusing some $30 million offers.

West Brom Albion scored with the signing of Paul Scharner, given he was a free agent and his versatility. He is gifted to play effectively in various position at the back and middle.

Aston Villa deny claim that Spurs are hunting Ashley Young. Harry Redknapp likes artists of Young's calibre, given he has Aaron Lennon, who plays the same role. The pair would be a handful for any defence with each on either wing and the centre being operated by either Peter Crouch or Jermaine Defoe or both. Wow. I still think that Spurs is the only team that will decide where the championship ends up this season. Have your say.

Why Did Arsenal Not Signing Robinho?

One player Arsenal would have done with, is Brazilian Manchester City and Santos player, Robinho. Silvio Berlusconi snapped Brazil star after AC Milan also signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They have Pato, Ronaldinho and Filippo Inzaghi. He hinted Marco Borriello has to leave, and may he may head Juventas. Robinho must decide where he has to be and stay put. This may be the beginning of his end. It will be such a shame for him not to realise his full potential. To me, he has shown us half of his abilities.  

Klaas Huntelaar has singed for German side Schalke 04 from AC Milan and was rumoured to have been heading to the English Premiership, while Liverpool Javier Mascherano made his worst career choice when he joined Barcelona. While The Reds showed a gap in his absence, he was better off with Benitez at Inter instead. With the talent at Barcelona, people still of Pep Guardiola as a good coach. That may be right, but sometimes that becomes over-rated, especially when you start counting the victories and honours the club wins. Back to Mascherano, he has to uproot Xavi or Busquets for a twin anchor role, a tall order indeed.

Barcelona seem to be taking off from where they left last season, winning 3-0, with new boy David Villa scoring. The FIFA World Cup is over, as you may realise after Messi's hat-trick last week in the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid fired blanks to the disgust of the Special One, who would have liked to enter La Liga in style. As if that wasn't enough, Portuguese Ronaldo got what looks like a long-term injury. This will give Jose Mourinho reason to dig deeper into his tactics bag to pull it away from perennial top achievers, Barca. 

Of course, it is fair to salute a Super Cup win by Athletico Madrid over Italian giants Inter Milan. Athletico took the Cup courtesy of a 2-0 victory. They went on t open a league account with a 4-0 drubbing of Sorting Gijon, in a match the FIFA World Cup hero shined. Diego Forlan was priceless scoring twice in Madrid.

Despite the obvious technical downside at Anfield, manager Roy Hodgson seems more interested in a striker. This is a little confusing, given that Ryan Babel is a firebrand striker always coming off the bench to produce the goods. He may be an ideal impact player, but manager after manager give him a cold shoulder, only throwing him with 2 or 3 minutes of play remaining.

David Ngog is one player ready to be thrown at the deep end, but somehow is invisible to the coach. I think managers must make players, especially those with potential. Anyway, Hodgson will be signing Konchesky from Fulham soon.

There has been the interesting form of Theo Walcott. This is very notable regardless of the 2 match window since Robin van Persie seems to be nursing an injury that may take him several weeks to heal. The downside is that Theo would draw all the attention for van Persie to score goals to the potential he has always shown. I think he still has a long way to go to convince me he belongs where Arsenal fans place him. 

Mikel Silvestre is turning into a nomadic player, moving to Werder Bremen after spending just over a season at Arsenal when he moved from Manchester United. He had been clubless for a while. It is not clear what he lacks, having spent such a long time at a club of Man U stature, he should have been a hot cake too good to spend a season without kicking a ball.

Meanwhile, you will remember that Tottenham Hotspurs were bidding for Brazilian Luis Fabiano. The 'hand ball-tapping' forceful striker was Redknapp's heart's desire for his Champions' League assault. Sevilla have since put an electric fence around 29-year-old Fabiano, extending his contract after refusing some $30 million offers.

West Brom Albion scored with the signing of Paul Scharner, given he was a free agent and his versatility. He is gifted to play effectively in various position at the back and middle.

Aston Villa deny claim that Spurs are hunting Ashley Young. Harry Redknapp likes artists of Young's calibre, given he has Aaron Lennon, who plays the same role. The pair would be a handful for any defence with each on either wing and the centre being operated by either Peter Crouch or Jermaine Defoe or both. Wow. I still think that Spurs is the only team that will decide where the championship ends up this season. Have your say.

Why Did Arsenal Not Signing Robinho?

One player Arsenal would have done with, is Brazilian Manchester City and Santos player, Robinho. Silvio Berlusconi snapped Brazil star after AC Milan also signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They have Pato, Ronaldinho and Filippo Inzaghi. He hinted Marco Borriello has to leave, and may he may head Juventas. Robinho must decide where he has to be and stay put. This may be the beginning of his end. It will be such a shame for him not to realise his full potential. To me, he has shown us half of his abilities.  

Klaas Huntelaar has singed for German side Schalke 04 from AC Milan and was rumoured to have been heading to the English Premiership, while Liverpool Javier Mascherano made his worst career choice when he joined Barcelona. While The Reds showed a gap in his absence, he was better off with Benitez at Inter instead. With the talent at Barcelona, people still of Pep Guardiola as a good coach. That may be right, but sometimes that becomes over-rated, especially when you start counting the victories and honours the club wins. Back to Mascherano, he has to uproot Xavi or Busquets for a twin anchor role, a tall order indeed.

Barcelona seem to be taking off from where they left last season, winning 3-0, with new boy David Villa scoring. The FIFA World Cup is over, as you may realise after Messi's hat-trick last week in the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid fired blanks to the disgust of the Special One, who would have liked to enter La Liga in style. As if that wasn't enough, Portuguese Ronaldo got what looks like a long-term injury. This will give Jose Mourinho reason to dig deeper into his tactics bag to pull it away from perennial top achievers, Barca. 

Of course, it is fair to salute a Super Cup win by Athletico Madrid over Italian giants Inter Milan. Athletico took the Cup courtesy of a 2-0 victory. They went on t open a league account with a 4-0 drubbing of Sorting Gijon, in a match the FIFA World Cup hero shined. Diego Forlan was priceless scoring twice in Madrid.

Despite the obvious technical downside at Anfield, manager Roy Hodgson seems more interested in a striker. This is a little confusing, given that Ryan Babel is a firebrand striker always coming off the bench to produce the goods. He may be an ideal impact player, but manager after manager give him a cold shoulder, only throwing him with 2 or 3 minutes of play remaining.

David Ngog is one player ready to be thrown at the deep end, but somehow is invisible to the coach. I think managers must make players, especially those with potential. Anyway, Hodgson will be signing Konchesky from Fulham soon.

There has been the interesting form of Theo Walcott. This is very notable regardless of the 2 match window since Robin van Persie seems to be nursing an injury that may take him several weeks to heal. The downside is that Theo would draw all the attention for van Persie to score goals to the potential he has always shown. I think he still has a long way to go to convince me he belongs where Arsenal fans place him. 

Mikel Silvestre is turning into a nomadic player, moving to Werder Bremen after spending just over a season at Arsenal when he moved from Manchester United. He had been clubless for a while. It is not clear what he lacks, having spent such a long time at a club of Man U stature, he should have been a hot cake too good to spend a season without kicking a ball.

Meanwhile, you will remember that Tottenham Hotspurs were bidding for Brazilian Luis Fabiano. The 'hand ball-tapping' forceful striker was Redknapp's heart's desire for his Champions' League assault. Sevilla have since put an electric fence around 29-year-old Fabiano, extending his contract after refusing some $30 million offers.

West Brom Albion scored with the signing of Paul Scharner, given he was a free agent and his versatility. He is gifted to play effectively in various position at the back and middle.

Aston Villa deny claim that Spurs are hunting Ashley Young. Harry Redknapp likes artists of Young's calibre, given he has Aaron Lennon, who plays the same role. The pair would be a handful for any defence with each on either wing and the centre being operated by either Peter Crouch or Jermaine Defoe or both. Wow. I still think that Spurs is the only team that will decide where the championship ends up this season. Have your say.

Unsung Heroes - Sam Ncube

A few very important and  interesting things you  did not know about the special man, have been added to this incredible account of an outstanding man.

 

In the last edition to thank one man of honour and hard work, who I described as a man who oozed football, I expressed how honoured it is to know and work with Sam Ncube. 

 

Sam Ncube was not the owner, as many people believed, of East Rovers FC of Pumula. He was however the founder member of the club in 1980 and played for East Rovers FC for over 10 years.  Ncube was the coach from 1992 until 2006.

 

Sam became the sole sponsor of the club and for a long time. He was also Patron of the Zimbabwe Soccer Coaches Association (Bulawayo Province) as well for 5 years.

 

The humility and warm heart of this gentlemen makes you very proud because of his frank and honesty when he deals with people even in disagreements. His passion for football and business amazed many people. During casual meetings in football offices and streets, he volunteered to attend a coaching course I was conducting, which he completed with flying colours. Actually, Ncube holds FIFA and FA Coaching Certificates.

 

Sam Ncube is also the founder member of the Peter Ndlovu Youth Tournament. He served as the Treasurer for 12 years. He had to juggle with, that among other things, the position of Secretary of the Junior League Football, the position he held between 1992 and 1999. 

 

As Patron of Coaches Association, Sam was so supportive and willing to help, offering his offices for the Coaches Association weekly meetings. Ncube was a very vocal advocate for junior football in all programs that the coaches had, naturally because of his involvement with junior football. He always talked development and was instrumental in maintaining the junior football structures. He wanted proper running of leagues and discipline to be maintained at all times.

 

Bekezela Ndiweni, after completing his schooling, joined this East Rovers in Pumula East, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He worked with Sam Ncube, the owner of Bulawayo Tyre Services. This man is a cut above many. There is no boy/man from East Rovers in particular and many from Pumula in general who was not taken care of by Ncube. Even those who are rich now have their blessings through this man.

 

Among the most popular people who worked with Sam is Oscar 'Waruna' Ncube, a former Highlanders FC speedy dribbling wizard. Oscar and friends were groomed to be business people of note by this man. He is a business man of note, leading a number of bodies fighting for the plight of their rights.

 

At the peak of that team, there was a ladies soccer team, volleyball team played for by Lovemore Thabani Dube (Chronicle Sports Editor). He also sponsored some athletes and some motor racing. There a guy who used to be a motor racing driver. He was called Eddie and he was disabled.

 

I will never forget such commitment of a soft-spoken humble man who was spot-light shy. He remains the Life President of East Rovers, with a less football role.

Unsung Heroes - Sam Ncube

A few very important and  interesting things you  did not know about the special man, have been added to this incredible account of an outstanding man.

 

In the last edition to thank one man of honour and hard work, who I described as a man who oozed football, I expressed how honoured it is to know and work with Sam Ncube. 

 

Sam Ncube was not the owner, as many people believed, of East Rovers FC of Pumula. He was however the founder member of the club in 1980 and played for East Rovers FC for over 10 years.  Ncube was the coach from 1992 until 2006.

 

Sam became the sole sponsor of the club and for a long time. He was also Patron of the Zimbabwe Soccer Coaches Association (Bulawayo Province) as well for 5 years.

 

The humility and warm heart of this gentlemen makes you very proud because of his frank and honesty when he deals with people even in disagreements. His passion for football and business amazed many people. During casual meetings in football offices and streets, he volunteered to attend a coaching course I was conducting, which he completed with flying colours. Actually, Ncube holds FIFA and FA Coaching Certificates.

 

Sam Ncube is also the founder member of the Peter Ndlovu Youth Tournament. He served as the Treasurer for 12 years. He had to juggle with, that among other things, the position of Secretary of the Junior League Football, the position he held between 1992 and 1999. 

 

As Patron of Coaches Association, Sam was so supportive and willing to help, offering his offices for the Coaches Association weekly meetings. Ncube was a very vocal advocate for junior football in all programs that the coaches had, naturally because of his involvement with junior football. He always talked development and was instrumental in maintaining the junior football structures. He wanted proper running of leagues and discipline to be maintained at all times.

 

Bekezela Ndiweni, after completing his schooling, joined this East Rovers in Pumula East, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He worked with Sam Ncube, the owner of Bulawayo Tyre Services. This man is a cut above many. There is no boy/man from East Rovers in particular and many from Pumula in general who was not taken care of by Ncube. Even those who are rich now have their blessings through this man.

 

Among the most popular people who worked with Sam is Oscar 'Waruna' Ncube, a former Highlanders FC speedy dribbling wizard. Oscar and friends were groomed to be business people of note by this man. He is a business man of note, leading a number of bodies fighting for the plight of their rights.

 

At the peak of that team, there was a ladies soccer team, volleyball team played for by Lovemore Thabani Dube (Chronicle Sports Editor). He also sponsored some athletes and some motor racing. There a guy who used to be a motor racing driver. He was called Eddie and he was disabled.

 

I will never forget such commitment of a soft-spoken humble man who was spot-light shy. He remains the Life President of East Rovers, with a less football role.

Unsung Heroes - Sam Ncube

A few very important and  interesting things you  did not know about the special man, have been added to this incredible account of an outstanding man.

 

In the last edition to thank one man of honour and hard work, who I described as a man who oozed football, I expressed how honoured it is to know and work with Sam Ncube. 

 

Sam Ncube was not the owner, as many people believed, of East Rovers FC of Pumula. He was however the founder member of the club in 1980 and played for East Rovers FC for over 10 years.  Ncube was the coach from 1992 until 2006.

 

Sam became the sole sponsor of the club and for a long time. He was also Patron of the Zimbabwe Soccer Coaches Association (Bulawayo Province) as well for 5 years.

 

The humility and warm heart of this gentlemen makes you very proud because of his frank and honesty when he deals with people even in disagreements. His passion for football and business amazed many people. During casual meetings in football offices and streets, he volunteered to attend a coaching course I was conducting, which he completed with flying colours. Actually, Ncube holds FIFA and FA Coaching Certificates.

 

Sam Ncube is also the founder member of the Peter Ndlovu Youth Tournament. He served as the Treasurer for 12 years. He had to juggle with, that among other things, the position of Secretary of the Junior League Football, the position he held between 1992 and 1999. 

 

As Patron of Coaches Association, Sam was so supportive and willing to help, offering his offices for the Coaches Association weekly meetings. Ncube was a very vocal advocate for junior football in all programs that the coaches had, naturally because of his involvement with junior football. He always talked development and was instrumental in maintaining the junior football structures. He wanted proper running of leagues and discipline to be maintained at all times.

 

Bekezela Ndiweni, after completing his schooling, joined this East Rovers in Pumula East, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He worked with Sam Ncube, the owner of Bulawayo Tyre Services. This man is a cut above many. There is no boy/man from East Rovers in particular and many from Pumula in general who was not taken care of by Ncube. Even those who are rich now have their blessings through this man.

 

Among the most popular people who worked with Sam is Oscar 'Waruna' Ncube, a former Highlanders FC speedy dribbling wizard. Oscar and friends were groomed to be business people of note by this man. He is a business man of note, leading a number of bodies fighting for the plight of their rights.

 

At the peak of that team, there was a ladies soccer team, volleyball team played for by Lovemore Thabani Dube (Chronicle Sports Editor). He also sponsored some athletes and some motor racing. There a guy who used to be a motor racing driver. He was called Eddie and he was disabled.

 

I will never forget such commitment of a soft-spoken humble man who was spot-light shy. He remains the Life President of East Rovers, with a less football role.