The Black Aces Herald
Match9 Oct 2027
Nowhere to hide for Black Aces
0‑4 against Orlando Pirates, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market11 Oct 2027
Erick Mothiba 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 Black Aces can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Erick Mothiba keeps Black Aces in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Erick Mothiba 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Percy Khune 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Black Aces
Keaton Murray 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Doors closed at Black Aces
- Market The Morgan Manyama talk will not go away
- Player ratings Morgan Manyama runs at them all day
- Market Teboho Lorch leaves for nothing