Bernard Parker used his man of the match acceptance interview on TV to ask Kaizer Chiefs supporters not to abuse the players. He followed it up with another passionate appeal on Twitter. Parker’s comments were unsolicited after Chiefs had scrapped through the first round of the Telkom Knockout over Black Leopards at Soccer City on Sunday‚ and there were no obvious signs of any bullying of the players by the home fans. But both Parker and fellow veteran Siphiwe Tshabalala were subjected to abuse earlier in the season when Chiefs made a poor start to the campaign. While it might have been a factor in Tshabalala’s move to Turkey‚ the abuse has obviously gnawed away at Parker over the last months and he wasted no time using the platform of SuperSport TV to appeal to the fans to stop abusing players. He repeated it on Chiefs’ official Twitter feed‚ saying to camera: "Thank you to everybody associated with his badge‚" while tugging at his shirt. "Guys‚ please be with us every time we are ...
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