PITSO Mosimane has begged for understanding from Mamelodi Sundowns supporters and more time to complete the multimillionaire club's renaissance.

I had a laughing – then coughing – fit when fellow scribe and soccer analyst Tso joked that Mamelodi Sundowns were “Dikhothane tsa Pitori”.

It is a long and drawn-out subject, almost as old as sporting culture itself.

I was dismayed last weekend when at the end of a Premier Soccer League match I attended, between Lamontville Golden Arrows and Maritzburg United , I caught a player smoking a cigarette in the parking lot as if it was the most normal thing in the worl.

No one likes a sore loser, Oscar  Pistorius knows this now.

IT IS time to swallow a dry, lumpy, spiky object and admit that Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer hasn't provided the “fresh start” many were hoping for.

As Sonny Bill Williams celebrated his try by jumping into the crowd in his last Super Rugby game during the Chiefs' demolition of the Sharks in the final, it got me thinking: What legacy has he left behind, especially in the mind of the South African.

Super Rugby finals have, over the years, delivered scintillating spectacles. But one man uses the fixture for a place on the legend's table and wins the trophy for his team.

It seems that the only time Orlando Pirates winger Mark Mayambela is guaranteed a place in the starting XI is during the Black Label Cup final* against Kaizer Chiefs , when scores of fans get to force-sms the skilful maestro into the lineup.

If newly signed Cheetahs centre Johann Sadie continues to believe his own hype, he will forever live in that precarious and ever contracting space between potential and greatness.