Pirates' biggest chance to end Downs' dominance

Buccaneers are selling and buying quality players

- Kgomotso Mokoena

There couldn't have been a better chance for Orlando Pirates to end Mamelodi Sundowns' dominance.

In recent months, truth be told, even the success-spoilt Sundowns supporters must be envious of the revolution at the Buccaneers.

Not only are Bucs leading the Betway Premiership by two points, with a game in hand, they are selling and buying quality players in abundance. They are also capturing all the domestic trophies, like Zanu-PF veterans grabbing land. Besides being knocked out of the CAF Champions League, it seems like smooth sailing for the Sea Robbers this season.

They sold Mohau Nkota and Mbekezeli Mbokazi for close to R100-million; they are also on the verge of acquiring more millions for the twinkle-toed Relebohile Mofokeng. It is raining dollars, and Bucs' supremo Irvin "Iron Duke" Khoza's toothy grin must be a permanent feature at their headquarters because the noticeable gap, so to speak, between Pirates and Masandawana is becoming small.