Stuart Baxter has told the South African Football Association (Safa) to get its "house in order"‚ saying he found out only on Tuesday morning who Bafana Bafana’s opponents will be for March’s Fifa international date. Baxter said he had been hoping to travel to the King’s Cup in Thailand where Bafana would have met the hosts and Slovakia and the UAE. Instead, the coach has had to settle for games against Zambia and Zimbabwe‚ whom Bafana have met on countless occasions. This will limit what Baxter can learn from the friendlies on March 19 and 27. "I’ve been massively upset this morning because we’ve only just finalised our fixture for this window‚" Baxter said at a meeting to brief journalists on his vision for Bafana in 2018. "We were going to go to Thailand. And after a long and winding road I’ve only just found out where we’re going." One element of a "radical transformation" in approach Baxter outlined for Bafana was a far higher emphasis on introducing young players. He said that...
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