ABSA Premiership Blogs Featured Football The Final Whistle What Makes A Champion December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Amakhosi, Bafana Bafana, Bernard Parker, Brilliant Khuzwayo, Dikwena, Eric Mathoho, FNB Stadium, Glamour Boys, Itumeleng Khune, Kaizer Chiefs, Mandla Masango, Maritzburg United, Moses Mabhida, naturena, Orlando Pirates, Platinum Stars, Real Madrid, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Shakes Mashaba, Siboniso Gaxa, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Stuart Baxter, Tefu Mashamaite, Telkom Knockout, Tsepo Masilela, Willard Katsande, Yeye If on has to count things that make good champions and compare it to what Kaizer Chiefs have done this Read more
ABSA Premiership Blogs Featured Football News The Final Whistle VV’s Departure Was Inevitable December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 @willeinstein Buccaneers, Clive Barker, Eric Tinkler, FNB Stadium, Gordon Igesund, Irvin Khoza, Maritzburg United, Orlando Pirates, Polokwane City, Sea Robbers, Senzo Meyiwa, Shakes Mashaba, Steve Komphela, Teboho Moloi, Vladimir Vermezovic, VV Vladimir Vermezovic had to go. Orlando Pirates’ problems are bigger than the Serb. So here we are – another one Read more
Blogs Featured Football News Telkom Knockout The Final Whistle A Tale Of Two Coaches November 28, 2014November 28, 2014 @willeinstein Alan Freese, Dikwena, Gordon Igesund, Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Matsatsantsa, Moroka Swallows, Orlando Pirates, Phokeng, Platinum Stars, SuperSport United, Telkom Knockout SuperSport United and Platinum stars are the two remaining teams in the Telkom Knockout tournament this year. The two are Read more
ABSA Premiership Blogs Featured Football News The Final Whistle Mamelodi Sundowns Need It More November 21, 2014November 21, 2014 @willeinstein Amakhosi, Bafana Bafana, Bidvest Wits, Brazilians, Chippa United, FNB Stadium, Itumeleng Khune, Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Nigeria, Pitso Mosimane, Polokwane City, Soweto, Staurt Baxter, Stuart Baxter, Teko Modise Out with international football, Absa Premiership football is back this weekend, and it’s back with an encounter between defending champions Read more
Blogs Featured Football News The Final Whistle Whose Fault Is It Anyway? August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 @willeinstein Absa, Argentina, Bafana Bafana, Craig Van Niekerk, Kaizer Chiefs, Loftus, Lucas Radebe, Mamelodi Sundowns, MTN8, Orlando Pirates, Platinum Stars, PSL, Rekaofela fan bus, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, safa, Springboks The state of South African football has a lot of things that need attention and one topic that should be giving Read more
Blogs Featured Football The Final Whistle New season, New players… Same Old Tactics. August 10, 2014August 10, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Alje Schut, Bayern Munich, Bethlehem, Daine Klate, Free State Stars, George Lebese, Germany, Issa Sarr, Kaizer Chiefs, Katlego Mashego, Loftus, Mamelodi Sundowns, Manchester City, Mario Booysen, Maritzburg United, Morgan Gould, Moroka Swallows, Mpho Makola, Orlando Pirates, Percy Tau, Pitso Mosimane, Ramahlwe Mphahlele, Steve Komphela, Stuart Baxter, Team of Choice, Teboho Langerman, Thabo Nthethe, Thandani Ntshumayelo, Themba Zwane, Vladimir Vermezovic, World Cup At the beginning of every new season, fans expect to see their teams perform better than they had done the Read more
Featured FIFA World Cup™ Football News Ghana’s Black Stars June 5, 2014June 6, 2014 @willeinstein Ghana will be making their third appearance at a FIFA World Cup™. Nicknamed the Black Stars, the West Africans first appeared at the Read more
Blogs Featured Football The Final Whistle Danny’s No Different June 2, 2014June 3, 2014 @willeinstein AFCON, Carlos Quieroz, Danny Jordaan, Fifa, FIFA World Cup™, Gordon Igesund, Kirsten Nematandani, Mandla Mazibuko, Pitso Mosimane, safa, South Africa, University of Western Cape, World Cup The election of Dr Danny Jordan as the president of the South African Football Association in September 2013 was , Read more
Featured FIFA World Cup™ Football News Chile’s La Roja May 31, 2014June 6, 2014 @willeinstein Chile will be making their ninth appearance at a FIFA World Cup™. Nicknamed La Roja, the South Americans first appeared at the Read more
Featured FIFA World Cup™ Football News Uruguay’s La Celeste May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 @willeinstein Uruguay will be making their twelfth appearance at a FIFA World Cup™. Nicknamed La Celeste, the South Americans first appeared at the 1930 Read more
Featured FIFA World Cup™ Football News Mexico’s El Tri May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 @willeinstein Mexico will be making their fifteenth appearance at a FIFA World Cup™. Nicknamed El Tri, the North Americans first appeared at the 1930 edition in Read more
Blogs Featured Football The Final Whistle Sundowns Stars Came To The Party May 17, 2014July 7, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Africa Cup of Nations, Alje Schut, Amakhosi, Bafana Bafana, Bidvest Wits, Bloemfontein Celtic, Bongani zungu, Brazilians, CAF Champions League, Dean Furman, Dove Wome, Downs, Elias Pelembe, Esrom Nyandoro, Hlompho Kekana, Kaizer Chiefs, Kennedy Mweene, Khama Billiat, Lebogang Mokoena, Lehlohonolo Majoro, Mamelodi Sundowns, Masandawana, May Mahlangu, Moroka Swallows, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Nedbank Cup, Orlando Pirates, Pitso Mosimane, Polokwane City, Ramahlwe Mphahle, Sundowns, Surprise Moriri, Teko Modise This week the euphoria was all about Mamelodi Sundowns clinching the Absa premiership for the first time since 2007. While Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle SA Coaches Are Good Enough April 15, 2014July 7, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Amazayoni, Bafana Bafana, Bidvest, Cavin Johnson, Chloorkop, Clever Boys, Clive Barker, Gavin Hunt, Mamelodi Sundowns, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Nedbank Cup, Orlando Pirates, Pitso Mosimane, safa, South Africa, SuperSport United, Vladimir Vermezovic, Wits I must admit that writing this piece just after Pitso Mosimane’s Mamelodi Sundowns lost to Vladimir Vermezovic’s Orlando Pirates in Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Does Khenyeza Get Enough Recognition? March 29, 2014July 7, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Ajax Cape Town, Bernard Parker, Kaizer Chiefs, Kermit Erasmus, Mabhuti Khenyeza, Mario Ballotelli, Mpumalanga Black Aces, PSL What makes a great striker? The goals or the team he plays for? His conduct maybe? Or is it the Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Does Baxter Have Enough Ammunition? March 12, 2014July 29, 2014 @willeinstein Absa Premiership, Amakhosi, Bafana Bafana, CAF Champions League, Eric Mathoho, Itumeleng Khune, Jimmy Jambo, Josta Dladla, Kaizer Chiefs, Katlego Mphela, Keagan Ritchie, Lorenzo Gordinho, Nedbank Cup, Orlando Pirates, Simphiwe Mtsweni, Stuart Baxter, Tefu Mashamaite, Tsepo Masilela Whether Kaizer Chiefs have the ambition, drive or heart to go all the way and win the three competitions they Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Let The Magic Stay With Us December 14, 2013July 29, 2014 @willeinstein There are quite a lot of things that many people would like fallen world icon Nelson Mandela to leave behind. Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle A Game With No Underdogs… December 5, 2013July 29, 2014 @willeinstein How does one choose the underdogs in a match between a team that came out as runners up in the Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Derby Final On The Cards? Maybe Not? November 22, 2013July 29, 2014 @willeinstein If the one thing that South African football fans enjoy more than anything in this country it must be watching Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Are Pirates Failures or Victors? November 15, 2013July 29, 2014 @willeinstein How did we get here? How did South African football become about celebrating second-best? Since when is coming second ‘a Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Not Another ‘So Close But Yet So Far’ Story Please November 8, 2013July 29, 2014 @willeinstein For most South African fans, especially Orlando Pirates supporters, getting one foot into the promise land only to lose out Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Booed Players Must Perform, Not Retaliate October 31, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein On Saturday 26 October I tweeted, “How did Nkatha end up in the PSL let alone Chiefs?” The tweet obviously Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Is Motsepe Getting What He Pays For? October 24, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein To most, if not all South African football fans, the thought of Mamelodi Sundown ending yet another season without any Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Will Middendorp Last At Celtic? October 17, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein After a week of speculation, Bloemfontein Celtic finally announced German Ernst Midderndorp as their new coach after the resignation of Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Whose Head Will Roll Next? October 10, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein Three weeks back I wrote an article titled ‘One gone. How many more to go’, which, of course, came after Read more
Blogs Football MTN8 The Final Whistle Vuyo And Co – Take A Bow, Boys! October 4, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein I really would like to say that I was shocked when Platinum Stars beat Orlando Pirates to win the MTN8 Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle What’s a child without culture? September 24, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein I find sports, soccer in particular, very similar to life. Think about it, just like in life, every country has Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle One Gone. How Many More To Go? September 19, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein On Monday the 16th of September, ABSA Premiership rookies Polokwane City showed coach Duncan Lechesa the door after a poor start Read more
ABSA Premiership Blogs Football The Final Whistle Can Matsatsantsa Stay On Top? September 12, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein “Even though we won 3-1 tonight, I feel there’s a lot that we can fix in the team going forward.” Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle 2014 Dreams By A Thread For Bafana September 5, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein The journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil continues for African countries this weekend, but the question in almost Read more
Blogs Football The Final Whistle Downs’ Signing Spree, Good Or Bad? August 29, 2013July 28, 2014 @willeinstein When every transfer window opens, there is always a lot of speculation regarding players and coaches’ movement. However, the speculation Read more