Pirates are eyeing the PSL title, says Thembinkosi Lorch
Coach focuses on next game against Golden Arrows while star player Thembinkosi Lorch says there is a chance of winning the league
Milutin Sredojevic kept up the same mantra but his star performer Thembinkosi Lorch diverted off the script as the pair discussed Orlando Pirates’ prospects for the rest of the season after Saturday’s 4-1 win over AmaZulu propelled them back up to second place in the league standings. The Pirates coach has studiously avoided making any predictions during his almost two season tenure at the club‚ ducking questions about his side’s championship-winning prospects with lengthy diatribes or‚ as was the case on Saturday night‚ the cliched “we are only focusing on the next game” quote. But Lorch‚ sitting next to him at the post-match press conference‚ displayed a more realistic outlook as he confessed Pirates’ players were indeed thinking about the possibility of taking the title. He also admitted he had his eye on the player of the season award. It was a refreshing diversion from a tired text that robs the public of a peak into the human side of the Pirates camp. Lorch was at the news con...
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