Here are seven of Jingles\u2019 finest one-liners:
1. After Sundowns were thrashed 5-0 by Bloemfontein Celtic at Lucas Moripe Stadium in 2015:
\u201cI have seen nine\u201a I have seen eight\u201a I have seen seven against AmaZulu. So in my life I have had eight and nine also\u201a and so why can\u2019t we also accept that will get five?\u201d
\u201cSundowns showed integrity\u201a Sundowns showed tactical discipline. My players were sweating blood tonight. They were eating grass.\u201d
\u201cIt was a nice\u201a dimmed\u201a parked bus \u2013 you can\u2019t move the bus. But I understand Boebie [Solomons] needs the points and they needed them more than us. That\u2019s why their central defender was man of the match.\u201d
4. After winning a Q1 Q-Innovation prize for leading the PSL in the first quarter:
\u201cThis Q-somethings\u201a they don\u2019t mean a lot hey. Okay\u201a it is good\u201a it is motivation\u201a but it is sardines.
\u201cYou can win Q1 and Q4\u201a and you don\u2019t win the league. What is that? You must catch the big fish.\u201d
\u201cSuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns coaches don\u2019t play for a draw. We opened the floodgates. It was not a Floyd Mayweather fight\u201a it was a Mike Tyson fight. We kill each other. Everybody got the thrill.\u201d
6. Referring to Orlando Pirates winger Daine Klate after a defeat to Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup:
\u201cBut there is a player who is always on the floor. You touch him a little bit\u201a he rolls like he\u2019s been shot from the top. The next minute\u201a he continues to play.
\u201cNo \u2013 this is a man\u2019s game. Let\u2019s all play. Look at [Oupa] Manyisa\u201a look at [Thandani] Ntshumayelo \u2013 these boys are strong\u201a they play\u201a they are not on the floor every minute\u201a every second. What is this?\u201d
7. After Anthony Laffor’s goal against Chippa United put Downs into the last year’s MTN8 final:
\u201cI always ask Anthony Laffor: \u2018Why can\u2019t you be in the starting line-up? I mean\u201a you\u2019ve got so much speed and technique\u2019.
\u201cHe\u2019s such a good football player \u2013 why should he be coming from the bench. But\u201a somewhere\u201a somehow you play him in the first XI from the start of the game\u201a and you don\u2019t get much.
\u201cI end up substituting him after 45 minutes and then I\u2019ve lost a sub. So he comes up at the right time.
\u201cAgainst Tuks [in the PSL game where Sundowns wrapped up the title in 2015-16]\u201a I asked him: \u2018Laffor\u201a we have a big game and we need to win the league. I don\u2019t want to have to wait to go to Wits and fight for it there.\u2019 And he started and scored a hat-trick.
\u201cHe\u2019s been a very difficult player\u201a trust me. Anthony Laffor and [Downs right-back] Asavela Mbekile are difficult people. Forgive me.
\u201cNo\u201a it\u2019s not easy. I don\u2019t know if today\u201a \u2018Are you playing or are you not going to play?\u2019
\u201cI think Mbekile\u2019s a fine right-back. But one day he\u2019ll give you a wonder game. At Zesco he did very well when he came in.
\u201cAnd it\u2019s the life of a coach. We\u2019re dealing with very difficult characters. You\u2019ve got 25 characters.\u201d<\/p>\n