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By Herrold Lamola With the ever dragging announcement of Shakes Mashaba's successor- My pondering question has always been...will these speculations not affect the clubs that the mentioned coaches are currently contracted to? The race to succeed Shakes Mashaba has been thrown wide open with Stuart Baxter's name now coming to the fore. He is now seems to be the main man to replace Mashaba at Nasrec. Supersport United mentor- Stuart Baxter- is heavily linked with a possible return to Nasrec and take the Bafana Bafana reins. The Brit will be taking charge of the South African senior national team for the second time should the on going negotiations materialise. Baxter's first spell with the national team was a 18-months stay between 2004 and 2005. Baxter feels one year and six months in charge of the national team was not enough. "I would have liked more time with the national team, to try and get people to understand what we need to move our game forward." Mr B

By Herrold Lamola Kermit Erasmus has the potential to be one of the country's greatest exports ever. Erasmus has shown glimpses of a future star and has what it takes to crack in to the so called 'superstars' club. In 2007, Kermit Erasmus was named by World Soccer Magazine as one of the best 50 young footballers to watch. The magazine was absolutely on point as most of the juniors they spotted as promising youngsters went on to become household names. You have to be under the age of 20 to be considered. Erasmus' name appeared alongside the likes of Gareth Bale, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Toni Kroos, Sergio Aguero, Juan Mata, Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria. A decade later all of the above mentioned are world class footballers. My question is: “What went wrong Romeo?” Erasmus is undoubtedly talented. “ Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work .” – Steven King Kermit has what it takes t