Steve Komphela likenes Siyanda Mthanti to Jabu Mahlangu

The Newcastle-born player has bagged more than two Man of the Match awards this year.

Komphela insists the DDC graduate reminds him of Mahlangu, because of his skills to unlock defenders and create goals. 

Komphela addressing the media following a 1-1 draw against Royal AM on Saturday evening says every team needs a player like Mthanti.

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"He killed me and I was saying 'Who's this one?' but the profile suits where he's playing, where you are saying go wide, exploit one one-on-ones. Which is what I always say, if you look at even City [Manchester City], they put Grealish [Jack], they say, okay, work on them, dribble, dribble, dribble. Even PSG, the goal PSG scored from Rafinha comes from a dribble,” Komphela said.

“A lot of games come from players of dribbling because coaches are so organised now, they form a block, who's gonna unlock them? So you need one on one players who are capable of dribbling, whose speed is like that and I'm sure many teams with time will move towards acknowledging the fact that we need to go back to Jabu Pule style players, Ace Mnini, Teenage Dladla to unlock these defenses because everybody sits in a block."

Mthanti is not the only youngster who has been impressive at Arrows, Lungelo Nguse is also showing signs of becoming one of the great talents from Durban.

Komphela has outlined the role of Nguse in the team highlighting that he helps both the defense and attack.

"Unguse because of the way we play, we wish to create more situations where we can find ourselves turned, running forward to the opponents' goalpost. There have been many instances where Arrows form a build up, and all of a sudden it's a counterattack. So, we generate a lot of these artificial counterattacks and uNguse by coming short, creating space and in decision to the defenders because a centreback must decide that, do I follow him? and if you follow him, you're creating the space that can be exploited then we turn then we go forward.

“Nguse drops, you don't follow him, he gets the ball. So, we need to generate that. So, he understands that concept and I think, you are right when asking about him, when we pulled him out, we could feel that how we wished to attack got affected. He's an integral part of how we play."