Mabasa must take that as a blessing

The loan move is a second chance for him to go and play since he hasn't been getting game time at Orlando Pirates.

- Thulasizwe Mbuyane, former Orlando Pirates striker

On Mabasa's loan move

It's only fair for the player to go where there is an opportunity. It's sad at the same time because he was doing very well at Pirates. Then again, as a player, you also want to play week in and week out. When you don't play, you get frustrated. So, if he gets an opportunity, it's a good move for him and his career.

He can represent himself well at Stellenbosch FC, provided coach Gavin Hunt gives him the chance to shine. And then everything that people were thinking, that he wouldn't make it, will change.

I mean the people's perspective will change once he starts playing well again. I think, for his football and his chances of going back to the national team, it's a good opportunity to go and play at Stellenbosch FC - they need someone like him.

On Mabasa's confidence

He was not playing and that was not because he was not wanted at Pirates, so he should take it positively and say, "I've been given an opportunity to go and play." To be fair to him, the Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou said he prefers players who press from the top in terms of strikers and Mabasa wasn't doing that for him. That's not his style, his style is to be a target man who can score goals for you because he's always in the box. I think it's important for us to understand the coach's decision. He said, "I want my players to play this way. Yes, this one is also here but his style is not suitable for my style as a coach." Coach Gavin is also a clever coach who can use Mabasa's strengths to the fullest so that he can perform to his best ability.