The Platinum Stars Courier
The terraces26 Nov 2029
Anger at Platinum Stars spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad26 Nov 2029
A fracture rules Mfanuvela Mafuleka out for 53 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Platinum Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Gift Zwane in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Platinum Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thulani Mkhize is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match24 Nov 2029
Orlando Pirates snatch it back from Platinum Stars
A goal on 90 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Match24 Nov 2029
Honours even between Platinum Stars and Orlando Pirates
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Lebogang Manyama on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Lebogang Manyama after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Market26 Nov 2029
Luther Dolly is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Platinum Stars has been clear about where Luther Dolly stands, which is more than many ever get.
Looking ahead26 Nov 2029
Steven Mendes faces his old club
Kaizer Chiefs next, and one man in the Platinum Stars dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout Abass Lawal does not fit this one
- Squad The room hears from Khama Williams
- The dugout Abdoul Diallo has been promised minutes