SAFA suspends Shakes Mashaba

South African Football Association (SAFA) have suspended national coach, Shakes Mashaba, SAFA, announced that Shakwes Mashaba would not be travelling with the players to Mozambique as he had been suspended for what  has been called a "regrettable incident". Owen Da Gama, assistant coach, is serving a touch line ban but he will take charge of the team when they face Mozambique in an international friendly on Tuesday.

According to a timesLive report, Shakes Mashaba accused SAFA president, Danny Jordaan of not giving him enough support over the last few months.
\Jordaan and SAFA CEO, Dennis Mumble were left astonished and embraced of disrespect and promptlysuspended Mashaba.
 Mumble sent a statement to the SAFA executive committee members, saying that he had to initiate disciplinary steps against Mashaba after the "unpleasant event" Mumble said in the statement



"Following unpleasant events after the match of the mens' senior national team (Bafana Bafana) at Peter Mokaba stadium on Sartuday, I had to meet with head coach, Ephraim Mashaba to commence disciplinary steps against him" Mumble said in the statement.
"As the results of yersteday's events, I was forced to place the head coach on suspension with immediate effect pending a full disciplinary hearing.

What is wrong with Manchester United?

For the past three years, it looks like the theatre of dreams has been haunted.  Ever since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United have become a shadow of their former selves.

In the three seasons after Sir Alex's departure, the Red Devils have finished 7th, 4th and 5th respectively on the Premier League log. Currently, they are 6th on the log with 18 points after 11 games. That is their worst start under the post Sir Alex era. 

So what do the Red Devils lack this season? On paper, they have the strongest squad in the Premier League, maybe in the world. In Jose Mourinho, they have one of the greatest managers of all time. Depth is one of their key strengths. 

David de Gea has proved himself to be a worthy successor of Edwin Van der Sar ever since he joined in 2011. They have solid centre-backs like Chris Smalling, Phil Jones and new signing Eric Bailly. In Matteo Darmian and Luke Shaw, they have two reliable full-backs. 

Their midfield is their strongest department, with Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick, Morgan Scheinderlin and Bastian Schweinstieger (yes, him) all being worthy candidates for the defensive midfield spot while record signing Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are all great play-makers in their own right. The striking department now boasts of new signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial. 

This season, De Gea has been the only consistent performer. His defence has let him down a couple of times, most notably in their 4-0 loss to rivals Chelsea. Daley Blind looks unnatural in defence, Smalling hasn't picked up last season's form and Antonio Valencia's performances at right-back have been forgettable. 

Mourinho's biggest dilemma is his midfield, whereas there is a case of too many options. Fellaini has been disappointing in his role and has started ahead of Scheinderlin and Schweinstieger, who have yet to be given a chance to prove themselves. Pogba has shown glimpses of brilliance at times, but has yer to step up as Man Utd's playmaker. Mhkitaryan and Memphis Depay have fallen out of favour with Mourinho, who prefers Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard on the wings. Club captain Rooney has also been dropped a few times due to a string of dull performances, finding himself on the bench or dropped altogether for big games with Liverpool and Chelsea. 

Club legend Paul Scholes has called the club's form in the past three years "depressing". He believes the team lacks pace going forward, due to Mourinho prefering the attacking trio of Rooney, Mata and Ibrahimovic. Mourinho hasn't had a stable starting line-up this season, often rotating the squad especially in midfield. Unlike Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City, who have  near constant line-ups, Mourinho has never used the same line-up for two consecutive games and has yet to find that winning starting eleven.

It is still early in the season, but Mourinho's start has been worse than Moyes' and Van Gaal's, and he still has 27 games to go to make Manchester United great again.

Bafana Bafana ready for Sadio Mane

The South African Football Association have confirmed that Bafana Bafana arrived in Polokwane on Monday for their clash against African giants, Senegal.
" Bafana Bafana arrived in Polokwane on Monday to start preparations for the upcoming crucial world cup qualifier against Senegal on Sartuday, 12 November 2016 at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane," SAFA stated.

Many South African football fans are afraid of Liverpool and African star, Sadio Mane, although they still believe that they can get three points against African Giants. The 24 year old, is Liverpool hot property this season with six goals in eleven games and with the number of assists.


Sadio Mane, has played a number of games this season with Liverpool, proving to be the teams crucial member in their attack with his physique, pace, dribbling, technique and ability to score goals consistently. The African star is one of the contenders already for Barclays Premier League's player of the season judging on his current perfomances, although it wont be an easy journey for him with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Kevin De Bruyne, Edine Hazard, Adam Lallana and Rahim Sterling in the forms of their lives.

Bafana Bafana will kiss their dream goodbye to qualify for the 2018 world cup in Russia if they loose against Senegal and having already played one game against Burkina Faso, securing a point, they just need three points  to keep their existence in the group stages and boost their chances of qualifying.

Senegal are already on three points after beating Mozambique and they take this game very serious as they will still lead the group with 6 points if they win against South Africa on Saturday.