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Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro is starting to look a lot more chilled in press conferences. Image: @iDiskiTimes / Twitter

Sundowns legend reveals Pirates coach nickname

Not all nicknames are entertaining – but this one for Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro sounds like a winner.

Orlando Pirates

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro is starting to look a lot more chilled in press conferences. Image: @iDiskiTimes / Twitter

If Orlando Pirates fans were still undecided on coach Jose Riveiro‘s nickname, Mamelodi Sundowns legend Alex Bapela has revealed a rather good one.

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BAPELA REVEALS ORLANDO PIRATES COACH JOSE RIVEIRO’S NICKNAME

During a chat about the Sea Robbers‘ start to the 2022/23 season under the new coach, the player who was known as ‘Barnes’ believes Bucs have just been inconsistent.

“With Orlando Pirates, their performance is fluctuating,” Bapela said in the latest print edition of Soccer Laduma.

“And they are not sure whether they are building anything.

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“Players are panicking and are not settled.

“I feel pity for the Spanish Guitar [Jose Riveiro], I don’t think it’s playing nice music. They are losing the rhythm,” he concluded.

In case you forgot how Alex Bapela looks. Image: @KickOffMagazine / Twitter

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RIVEIRO ON PERCY TAU

Percy Tau to Orlando Pirates is one of the most unlikely rumours in DStv Premiership history – but what is coach Riveiro saying?

So Bafana Bafana superstar Percy Tau has been linked with a move to Orlando Pirates lately.

His potential coach Jose Riveiro has responded to the reports with a deflating comment – if you dreamt of Tau in a Pirates shirt.

As The South African website previously reported, the 28-year-old from Mpumalanga’s Emalahleni is getting closer to Al Ahly’s exit door.

It has since been said that the Sea Robbers made a move for the former Mamelodi Sundowns star – but let’s be frank, has anyone ever seen a fully established player move to Bucs? 

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