The SuperSport United Sentinel
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Luther Ngcobo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market24 Aug 2026
Itumeleng Billiat hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what SuperSport United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luther Ngcobo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at SuperSport United
Gift Motupa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match22 Aug 2026
Bloemfontein Celtic take the points off SuperSport United
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Luther Dala
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market24 Aug 2026
KCB join the queue for Mandla Khune
Add another name to the list: KCB have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mandla Khune. The answer from SuperSport United has not changed — yet.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Kermit Khune stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.91 on the card, and the SuperSport United support went home talking about one name.
Squad24 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and SuperSport United are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Market Maritzburg United are about to pick up the phone
- Market Kermit Furman linked with a move away
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Morgan Phiri