Collins Mbesuma, the former Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns striker says Absa Premiership strikers lack self-belief.
Former Absa Premiership top goal scorer and current Maccabi FC striker Collins Mbesuma has decried the lack of goals in the top flight saying the players employed to put the ball in the back of the net are absconding their responsibilities.
Mbesuma is a respected scorer in the Premiership and has done the job with a few teams including Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
According to transfermarkt.com, “Ntofontofo” scored 55 goals in his Premiership career. He was top scorer in 2004/05 and 2014/15.
“The strikers these days lack self-belief,” Mbesuma told Phakaaathi. “They don’t have hunger anymore. There is always pressure and you have to put it upon yourself by saying I am going to score. I am not a defender and I have to deliver.
“These days they hide and don’t stay in the box. You find them on the left or right wing delivering crosses… no you are a striker you should be in the box waiting for those crosses. You miss one or two but you keep at it until you score,” said the 34-year-old Zambian.
He said the only way to always be sharp for a striker is to practise every day from different angles and putting in extra hours – something he still does although he is a well-established converter.
“It’s all about training. There are no shortcuts or muti that can bring success in football. You have to practise finishing at all times. I am still working on it because I want to improve. That is why when I get a chance I punish. I practise it every day,” he added.
Tell them ,tell them some in the not so recent past even claimed that they will beat your record and you did it while very in disciplined player.what would have happened have you been serious.
Mbesuma actually is the 5th PSL Player to have scored more than 100 Goals. This 55 Goals is just for Chiefs and Highlanders only, he scored goals at Mpumalanga Black Acess, Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, Golden Arrows and at Moroka Swallows.
He is Legend if they had a Hall of Fame in PSL he wolud in there. I had never seen such finisher in recent years in the game in Zambia or Southern Africa. Boys like Alex Ngonga, Mulenga, Shonga can learn alot from this man if they sat down and had ground nuts with the “Big Man”.
Thanks Sibs for the correction…I was just about to ask what this 55 goals they are talking about is when Mbesuma has scored over a century of goals in the PSL.
Wonderful resume’, Mbesuma is a legend indeed in Zambian football and the PSL. Few people reach the end and rediscover themselves the way he did. He is indeed the new wine, the king David
Thank you Mbesuma for demonstrating that it’s never too late