The Platinum Stars Courier
Boardroom1 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the Platinum Stars boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Nobody could get near Lebogang Jali
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Percy Hlatshwayo keeps Platinum Stars 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.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Khama Modiba, 33, rolls back the years — 7.91
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.91 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match30 Dec 2028
4 matches without a win for Platinum Stars
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Platinum Stars are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Andile Ngcobo 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jabu Mokone 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.
Match30 Dec 2028
Bidvest Wits take the points off Platinum Stars
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The manager's exit leaves Lebogang Jali exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Lebogang Jali is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
In brief
- Market No place for Hlompho Mkhize in the plan
- Boardroom Platinum Stars answer back