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THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Oct. 21 | Jomo and JJ Ramatlhakwana Jomo is back from trials with Bay United. He wasn’t like in a whole new world because two of his countrymen coach David Bright and Modiri Marumo are there. He told me that Bright was happy with him of course. What I...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Oct. 14 | GU IS STRONG Take nothing away from Gaborone United they are a very strong side. We managed to rescue a point in the dying minutes and I scored with the only chance of the second half. Earlier on our former goal minder Noah Maposa had made two...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Oct. 7 | AFCON QUALIFIERS It is do or die this coming weekend for a lot of African teams still hoping to qualify for AFCON 2012 in Guinea and Gabon. The way teams are going to qualify is not as tricky as people think. The thing is there are certain countries...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Sep. 30 | BACK TO CAMP ZEBRAS We would be going back to the Zebras camp on October 2; so there would be no holiday for us. You never know what the coach thinks so we are all eager to know if we are still on the team. It would actually be a FIFA week so there is...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Sep. 19 | Kgatleng Legends Extravaganza Kgosi Kgafela There will be a historical football showpiece this weekend on Sunday. The football expo titled Kgatleng Legends Extravaganza will pit some of the Kgatleng yester year players together. All the good players from...
Long trip
Sep. 12 | Fish It was a long tiring journey to Togo. We took five hours to Ethiopia where we spent a night and a further five hours to reach Togo. The flights were incident free so I can’t complain about anything. The food was good and I have to make it clear...
GUNNED DOWN
Aug. 26 | HEAVY ARTILLERY: BDF XI gunned down Chiefs We were seriously gunned down on Saturday. The soldiers played their hearts out and totally dominated the match. They were very good; determined to ensure that they got all the three points. We made school boy...
Zamalek offer
Aug. 12 | Zamalek I’m aware of the media speculations concerning my purported move to Egyptian giants Zamalek. I have just arrived in the country from an intensive training session in Pretoria and still have to meet with my employers to discuss any possible moves. ...
BRAZIL 2014
Aug. 5 | Zebras VS Bafan Bafana We have all seen the draw and discussed it while in South Africa. We know that people think it is a simple draw but in football there is no small team unless you have played and beaten them before. We are in the dark as to what...
COMING IN FROM THE COLD!
Jul. 29 | Pretoria sign As you all know by now that we are in Pretoria, South Africa. We are currently at the high performance centre. This venue is such a good place with everything in it. The training grounds and all the gym machines are there. The instructors...
KEEPER DEBACLE
Jul. 15 | Noah Maposa We have a serious problem because we have been informed that our first choice goalkeeper Noah Maposa has crossed floors to rivals, Gaborone United. What we know as players is that the team tried to persuade him to reverse his decision but...
HITTING THE GYM
Jul. 8 | At the gym Don’t be surprised when you some toned muscles from most of Chiefs players this coming season. We have hit the gym running. It is just wonderful to be with boys at training; there is no time for sleep. We start the day at 0830 and go later...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN!
Jun. 24 | GNT No Mochudi double act So the playoffs are over and Great North Tigers have taken up the remaining slot. Pity ‘cos I amongst others was looking forward to a derby between Mochudi Buffaloes and us. I know it’s not quite in the same league as...
HANDS UP WHO’S GOING TO ZIM
Jun. 18 | Gumbo I hear a lot of people are talking about our coach at Centre Chiefs moving to Zimbabwe – well it’s news to me. We haven’t been told anything official about his resignation. If he has indeed gone it is odd that he said nothing to the team....
Maun has the vibe
May. 20 | Rumour has it that Maun is a very nice place to live. I don’t know much about that, but it is certainly a football hot bed. The locals love football more than most, which was something I witnessed when we played up there with the Zebras. Even in the...
The joel In the crown
Apr. 29 | STUBBORN NICO Nico We made heavy weather of our game against Nico. It was our first fixture after the disappointment of the cup exit to Gunners, and we were out to redeem ourselves. Nico scared us when they got the opening goal, and in fact they were...
GUNNED DOWN
Apr. 22 | Photo from internet If this was war we have definitely lost a major battle. The terminal end to our Coca-Cola cup campaign was a huge blow to our hopes of picking up any silverware this season. After the game it was all tears in the Chiefs dressing room....
Hero’s welcome
Apr. 8 | Zebras fans It’s great to be back in business after missing out on my column last week – great too to be back after our exploits in Chad and Morocco. But greatest of all the greats was the tremendous welcome we received on our arrival home. Strange...
Football’s Mr Mouth.. Love him, hate him, you can’t ignore him
Mar. 25 | DEFEATED: BDF XI WE BURY SORRY SOLDIERS The controversial Coke Cup Quarter-final against BDF X1 is now history, and as far as I am concerned forgotten. Whatever has been said about the game, the bottom line is that we are still alive in the competition,...
