Orlando Pirates star the favourite for big award
Orlando Pirates star the favourite for big award
Orlando Pirates youngster Relebohile Mofokeng is waiting for something special. The Young Player of the Season award is coming his way.
ORLANDO PIRATES STAR RELEBOHILE MOFOKENG FOR YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Stellenbosch FC’s Devin Titus was a hot favourite just a week ago but an new update has suddenly turned things around in favour of Orlando Pirates’ Mofokeng.
The Bishop Lavis-born Titus went ahead on goal contributions when he scored last week as Stellies beat Golden Arrows 3-0 at the Danie Craven Stadium. Titus marked 12 goals and three assists in 34 games.
Orlando Pirates’ Mofokeng trailed with four goals and six assists in 32 games, while SuperSport’s Shandre Campbell has delivered five goals and five assists in 27 games.
Stellies coach Steve Barker said no other young player can touch Titus for the award.
“The less said the better, in my opinion we do our business the way we do our business. Sometimes being under the radar is not a bad thing,” Stellenbosch coach Steve Barker said via iDiskiTimes.
“I just look at a player like Devin Titus, for example, I again have fear that if you look at goal contributions, assists, and goals scored he should win Young Player of the Season, if it was tomorrow by a country mile.
“Whether that happens I don’t know but I do feel it’s those types of instances where maybe not enough has been said about some of the achievements of what individual players are doing and what we’re doing as a team but we are not out there to let people see what we’re doing by telling them, we just go by our business the way we do.
“I do believe we will get the credit and reward that we deserve,” the Stellies mentor concluded.
NEW RULES FAVOUR MOFOKENG
Meanwhile, the Premier Soccer League has confirmed changes to the Young Player of the Season criteria, and they favour the Orlando Pirates attacker. The new update says the award can only be won by players under the age of 21, rather than 23.
“The player must be under the age of 21 years old on 1 January in the year that the DStv Premiership season commences“, meaning candidates must be U21 and younger. Those eligible for this year’s award must be born in 2002 or later,” the note from the PSL said, as quoted by iDiskiTimes.
What do you think of the new rules, and does Orlandi Pirates’ Mofokeng deserve the award? Should Devin Titus push for the Player of the Season award? Let us know in the comments section below.