Thursday 12 April 2012

The most successful coach,Clive "The Dog" Barker

Midfield Kingpin Doctor 16v Khumalo
Since South Africas' readmission to the footballing world in 1992, South Africa has had 14 different coaches, 7 from overseas and 7 from South Africa. so far the score is 1-1, five  South African coaches have managed to coach Bafana Bafana for more than a year compared to the three on the overseas coaches side. Now the score is 2-1. Two South African coaches have managed to lead Bafana to the final of The Africa cup of nations with one being able to help us lift the cup, a feat an overseas coach has never achieved. 3-1 is the score line. Two SA coaches where able to guide us to playing in the world cup as well as lead us to a single victory in both appearances compared to just one from the overseas coaches, albeit we qualified by virtue of being hosts, but we did beat France for the first time so I'll give one point to overseas. Now the score is 4-2. And finally the coach who holds the record for the most outstanding record goes to SA coach Clive Barker, who is responsible for the 1996 triumph, first ever world cup qualification, and he helped us to an outstanding performance against the world champions at the time, Brazil, in a match where we led them 2-0 until midfield kingpin Doctor "16v" Khumalo, who was giving the Brazilians a torrid in defence , was substituted which gave the Brazilians a chance for a comeback to win the match 3-2. So the final score for the SA coaches vs. overseas coaches showdown is 5-2. Although the final score may seem a little biased because I myself am a South African, the information is 100% accurate. A victory for SA coaches is just pure evidence that SA coaches understand our players better, our football philosophy and have what it takes to get the best out of our players. Now what is required is to appoint the right coach for the job instead of appointing some random South African who is clueless. Only time will tell.

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