Erick Lorch

Central Midfielder - Free Agent
27 Aug 2028
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54 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market9 Aug 2027

Platinum Stars make Reeve Frosler the dearest name in their history

$1.6M. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.

The terraces9 Aug 2027

The mood at Platinum Stars has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Hlompho Grobler

38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Platinum Stars lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market9 Aug 2027

Keagan Hlatshwayo 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 Platinum Stars can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Keagan Hlatshwayo frozen out at Platinum Stars

This is not rotation. Keagan Hlatshwayo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Platinum Stars is pretending otherwise.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Erick Lorch: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Platinum Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom9 Aug 2027

3 academy players handed senior numbers at Platinum Stars

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

The terraces9 Aug 2027

The town asked, and Platinum Stars paid $1.6M

Reeve Frosler was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $1.6M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Bloemfontein Celtic tell Platinum Stars: Fiacre Ntwari is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

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52 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market26 Jul 2027

The unthinkable, invoiced: Teboho Billiat sold

Bidvest Wits arrived with $1.7M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Hlompho Grobler

53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Platinum Stars lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match26 Jul 2027

Platinum Stars sink to position 15

19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

The terraces26 Jul 2027

A $1.7M sale, and a town that did not want it

Teboho Billiat has gone, the accounts have $1.7M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

The paperwork begins on Aubrey Modiba

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Platinum Stars have done the hard part with Mamelodi Sundowns, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Market26 Jul 2027

Erick Lorch puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Platinum Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Platinum Stars

Kermit Kekana and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces26 Jul 2027

$22.0K for Junaid Seedat, and Platinum Stars 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: Junaid Seedat from Mamelodi Sundowns for $22.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Ajax Cape Town tell Platinum Stars: Aden Dreyer is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

14 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Nov 2026

74 days out for Dumisani Zuma after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Platinum Stars will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

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.

Market2 Nov 2026

Keagan Hlatshwayo asks to leave Platinum Stars

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Keagan Hlatshwayo keeps Platinum Stars in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match31 Oct 2026

Platinum Stars end the wait against University of Pretoria

It had gone 9 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Platinum Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kermit Kekana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match31 Oct 2026

Platinum Stars see off University of Pretoria

Three points for Platinum Stars, 2‑1 the final word against University of Pretoria in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

Platinum Stars supporters have found a favourite in Lucas Gaona

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Lucas Gaona has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Daylon Claasen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief