Indiscipline rears its ugly head again

The month of January was capped by another sterling performance by FC Broadhurst as they ran riot over a hapless Gaborone West based Proper Soccer FC, claiming victory with an intimidating 9-0 scoreline. The game also marked the return of Freedmore Sidume, Thando and young Vusa Mlava, writes Simba Nembaware.

Freedmore had a lovely day playing from left back while Thando was good at central defence and the icing on his cake of performance was him scoring his first goal of the season, albeit with a deflated ball. Thando would later go on goals at maintain a clean sheet as had been done by Mlava in the first half. The young Mlava left at the start of the second half with the coach's blessings presumably to do his homework.

But such performances were overshadowed by a moment of indiscipline which saw Thulani verbally assaulting Coach Bongs saying the coach was talking amasimba (Zulu slang for bullshit). Reports say what irked Thulani was the coach telling Simba to disregard Thutsi's call for him to release the ball to him but instead chip the ball forward for Ronny who was edging towards the opposition's 18 yard area.

This bruised Thulani's ego considering that prior to the match, Coach Bongs and Vusa Mlava had vehemently denied Thulani the opportunity to select the team. Coach Bongs was to pick a 4 -3-3 formation based team that translated to Thulani starting on the bench.

His reaction to the coach's sentiments was him vowing not to mark anymore and this caused a strain on Parkers and Moses who now found themselves having alot of work to do as Thulani was now literally a passenger on the field. And as the match ended, he walked off the pitch saying loud enough to everyone's attention that "kulabantu abasidlalisa amasimba" (there are people bullshitting us). It did not make sense to other players and the coach himself who had to ask who that person was and to his surprise he learnt that it was him.

Freed tried to quell the assuming rage of fire by pouring water on it, dismissing the coach's instructions as the usual casual talk associated with the team when its winning but Thulani would have nothing of it instead choosing to stick to his "amasimba" rhetoric. Thulani seemed unfazed with the presence of Pastor Ncube.

However sources at Coach Bong's Moditshane residence say the coach and the player have since made peace following a telephone conversation the duo had later during the day.

This is not the first time that a Broadhurst player has exhibited indiscipline. After being judged to be offside during a tension filled match against Gaborone Central last season, Benjamin who is an ordained deacon at Broadhurst S.D.A Church, kicked the ball out of the pitch; so far away that the referee had no option but to blow the whistle and end the game.