South Africa's all-time leading goalscorer Benni McCarthy has been left out of the Bafana Bafana squad for the World Cup finals.

This must be painful. Not to be part of the world Cup to be hosted in country.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6183356,00.html

Thats d difference btw a good coach-parrera and "some" coach-laggerback

south africa's coach is a f.ool abeg!!!
wut rubbish

every1 has a reason!!!!
his reason makes no sense to me. . . u dnt leave out ur all time leading goal scorer, when he is fit
thats bullsh.it

there is more to this that meets the eye

bulls\hit abeg!

person wey score for friendly na em no fit abi

South Africa does not have enough quality players for this kind of arrogance.

if Fabio Capello and the rest of England can wait on Gareth Barry, if Nigeria can wait on Obi Mikel, SA can have a place of Benny McCathy

wish South Africa luck though

Benni was left out because he was too overweight,and also we have a group of players who play as a team,no egos,no superstars and they're increadibly super fit.South Africa has been begging Benni to play for his nation for a long time and now it is a time to dump him and let him concentrate on his club and his family,he once refused a call up while in South Africa because his baby by his spanish wife could not be left with anyone,so he had to baby sit.
I feel sad for him but South Africa is way too big and too important to be licking anyones azz,Benni is just a soccer player.

I'm not happy with the selection of alot of these squads.

South Africa now only have three strikers??

Nonsense.

this is sheer arrogance on the part of the coach abeg!!!!
yes he was left out by the former coach. . . that i understand, but this one i dnt understand!
its just rubbish!

how can u go to a competition with just 3 strikers?
no other striker in SA is half as good as Benny

Blood_Shed:

I'm not happy with the selection of alot of these squads.

South Africa now only have three strikers??

Nonsense.

We've always have problems when it come to striking forces and I think Parreira will use our midfield to attack,Tshabalala,Modise,Pienaar will do the job from the midfield.




'Disappointed' Benni McCarthy will now support
'Disappointed' Benni will now support
Posted: 2010-06-01 11:56

Benni McCarthy says he will now throw his full weight behind supporting Bafana Bafana after he was omitted from the final 23-man squad for the World Cup.

McCarthy, along with Bryce Moon, Rowen Fernandez, Innocent Mdledle and Franklin Cale, missed the cut this morning.

And while the West Ham United striker is obviously disappointed, he is not overly surprised.

"The final squad is a tough call for any coach to make and I am sure it was not made without heartache," McCarthy says. "My fitness level came into question after weeks recovering from my knee injury, but the coach still believed in me, as did I and the rest of the team , and I am grateful for that.

"No-one's place in the final squad is a given. We all gave it our best and pushed ourselves to our limits to make the cut. In the end it comes down to a head count. I am proud to have been given the privilege to have been capped in the South African national squad; unfortunately this time it was not to be.

"All the players who made the national call-up should be proud; we did not fail, we just didn't make the final 23. We are still a part of the team, if not the squad.

"We have a strong team that everyone will be proud of and I am in no doubt we will make our mark with the ground swell of support the team has been receiving of late.

"If the carnival spirit of the Super 14 semi-final and Final is a measure of the united support we are to expect for Bafana, then I see us excelling. My role now is to join in that support."



KICK OFF

guy wetin u dey talk sef? ike was injured for 8months

Is Benny McCarty more overweight than tshabalala?

benny is only play patritism abeg! no be say him like the thing

tosinaded@:

benny is only play patritism abeg! no be say him like the thing

Funny enough I think South Africa will have the best performance by an African team. I've watched them play and there is a sort of telepathy and understanding between their players that I haven't seen in the other African teams. Those guys dey tap soccer abeg. . .I tip them to qualify from their so called group of death.

hehe south africa wil crumble like a pack of cards

tosinaded@:

hehe south africa wil crumble like a pack of cards

because they didn't pick your fatty bombom