The past couple years have really been a blessing as far as the new media is concerned. According to the book new media by Terry Flew, the new media has evolved as the book takes us through how the new media or internet was founded up until it becomes the www that we use this day.
Previously we would not have a lot of people from certain place not having access to the internet but now with the rise in the use of the internet, there are people in some parts of the world who use internet and were no able to use the internet or people who were once located in the same area in the past couldn’t have access or had little access to the internet.
The World Wide Web has made it really easy to use the internet as it is referred to, in this book, as “bringing together computing and information technologies, communication networks and media content”. That is to say that the use of the www is not only for fun reasons but also for serious issues such as communication which in the past few years has been most probably the biggest job of the internet through facebook, twitter, my space. And a host of other social networks.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Friday, 13 April 2012
Vermezovic's sacking not the answer to all problems
By Nemarimila Morgan
Today the euphoria is about Vladimir Vermezovic’s sacking as Kaizer Chiefs coach. We all agree on one thing, it was long overdue. However it remains to be seen whether his departure will solve the club‘s long standing problems.
Kaizer Chiefs have recently struggled to get the quality material. We should also agree that his departure has nothing to do with the results, but rather the sour relationships, both with the players and the management as a whole. Considering the lack of depth in the chiefs’ camp, VV, as the Serbian is commonly known, did not do very badly on the field of play. It’s clear that dressing room politics, his relationship with the media and many other factors compounded to his downfall
Back to my point then, slowly but surely, Kaizer Chiefs tradition of purchasing the best players from the rest is dying. The Kaizer Chiefs I started following when I was very young has definitely changed. Since Patrice Motsepe took over at Sundowns some nine years ago, he has made the number one spot his as far as being a fearless spender on quality players and best coaches is concerned. This number one spot used to be occupied by Chiefs. I remember the days when Chiefs will buy any player they want whenever they want, whether his current team likes it or not. Things have changed. The current Chiefs will wait for a player to be out of contract in order to get him for free.
Talking about Chiefs compromising quality my memory is taking me back to where it most probably started. Remember the season Peter Ndlovu came to play in the PSL? It was not clear which team he would play for, but the race was hot between Chiefs and Sundowns and the latter procured his services at the end. Rubbing salt to the wound, it was around the same time when Brian Baloyi, who was at the peak of his career at the time, was snatched by the same team. I have to admit that the first season with Motsepe as a Sundowns president (between 2003 and 2005) was a nightmare to me as a Chiefs fan. I got used to it when my team failed to fill the gap which was left by Collins Mbesuma when he left for Portsmouth. (Agyemang and Djiehoua could not replace him)
A series of incidents of buying poor quality players explains why the current Chiefs lack depth. Chiefs’ management no longer care about having the lion share from the transfer season. They are fortunate that the players the bought from Zimbabwe have delivered understandably well, but with that said one can wonder if the new coach will be given the financial muscle to bring in whoever he wants to.
It also remains to be seen if chiefs will go for a local or foreign coach next season, but considering what the chairman once said about local coaches and Kaizer chiefs, that seem very unlikely.
Today the euphoria is about Vladimir Vermezovic’s sacking as Kaizer Chiefs coach. We all agree on one thing, it was long overdue. However it remains to be seen whether his departure will solve the club‘s long standing problems.
Kaizer Chiefs have recently struggled to get the quality material. We should also agree that his departure has nothing to do with the results, but rather the sour relationships, both with the players and the management as a whole. Considering the lack of depth in the chiefs’ camp, VV, as the Serbian is commonly known, did not do very badly on the field of play. It’s clear that dressing room politics, his relationship with the media and many other factors compounded to his downfall
Back to my point then, slowly but surely, Kaizer Chiefs tradition of purchasing the best players from the rest is dying. The Kaizer Chiefs I started following when I was very young has definitely changed. Since Patrice Motsepe took over at Sundowns some nine years ago, he has made the number one spot his as far as being a fearless spender on quality players and best coaches is concerned. This number one spot used to be occupied by Chiefs. I remember the days when Chiefs will buy any player they want whenever they want, whether his current team likes it or not. Things have changed. The current Chiefs will wait for a player to be out of contract in order to get him for free.
Talking about Chiefs compromising quality my memory is taking me back to where it most probably started. Remember the season Peter Ndlovu came to play in the PSL? It was not clear which team he would play for, but the race was hot between Chiefs and Sundowns and the latter procured his services at the end. Rubbing salt to the wound, it was around the same time when Brian Baloyi, who was at the peak of his career at the time, was snatched by the same team. I have to admit that the first season with Motsepe as a Sundowns president (between 2003 and 2005) was a nightmare to me as a Chiefs fan. I got used to it when my team failed to fill the gap which was left by Collins Mbesuma when he left for Portsmouth. (Agyemang and Djiehoua could not replace him)
A series of incidents of buying poor quality players explains why the current Chiefs lack depth. Chiefs’ management no longer care about having the lion share from the transfer season. They are fortunate that the players the bought from Zimbabwe have delivered understandably well, but with that said one can wonder if the new coach will be given the financial muscle to bring in whoever he wants to.
It also remains to be seen if chiefs will go for a local or foreign coach next season, but considering what the chairman once said about local coaches and Kaizer chiefs, that seem very unlikely.
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