The SuperSport United Sentinel
Market16 Aug 2027
SuperSport United make Siyabonga Dladla the dearest name in their history
$670.0K. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Cemran Dansin says SuperSport United went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match14 Aug 2027
Nobody wants to play SuperSport United right now
4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at SuperSport United
Khama Modiba 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.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
$670.0K for Siyabonga Dladla, and SuperSport United supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Siyabonga Dladla from Orlando Pirates for $670.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Mohamed Rahim 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.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Teboho Williams
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match14 Aug 2027
SuperSport United find a way past Black Aces
Black Aces made SuperSport United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Andile Dala in the eights
A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Squad Teboho Williams gets it from the manager
- Market A long bet from SuperSport United on Ronwen Hlatshwayo
- Market Bongani Kekana linked with a move away