Baxter's rule sinks into uncertainty

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By Herrold Lamola

Bafana Bafana has failed to live up to their billing against the minnows lately, it's worth bearing all that in mind when assesing the South African national team ahead of the African Cup of Nations qualifier against yet another smaller nation- Seychelles- on Saturday.

Write off The Pirates at your own peril. It is a bit of a cliché to some but a reality when dealing with Bafana Bafana. It is an open secret that at Nasrec, survival is dependant on keeping out of trouble. Stuart Baxter's rule is sinking into uncertainty. He might have dodged the bullet after failing to qualify for the Fifa World Cup. His survival remains a mystery. He is the only coach that lived to tell a tale amid poor displays ditched by his men. None of his predecessors have survived the axing after failing so dismally.

With nations like Mauritania and Cape Verde having gave Bafana a hiding before, Seychelles, might be hoping to have their claws fully injected on the South African squad. Although Baxter has assembled a strong squad to take on Seychelles, the East African side, remains no walk overs for Bafana. There is no walk overs for a deteriorating Bafana.

The Brit has to know that, no matter how far he is on the wrong path, he can still make a u-turn. The turn he has to make is only by giving the 56 million South Africans a ticket to Cameroon. Back to back encounters against Seychelles will determine his fate.

South Africans need a first class ticket to Cameroon that has to be compounded by a first row seat at the Afcon finals. Anything less than these will be the end of the road for Baxter. We can't choose our families but certainly we can choose friends. Baxter  chose his friends to do the work for him and now he has to keep his family.

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