Fish talks of new coach

JOHANNESBURG – Mark Fish says he and other former South Africa stars should choose the next coach of the disgraced national football team.

He was reacting to a 2-0 defeat by Tunisia Thursday which eliminated Bafana Bafana (The Boys) from the 2006 African Nations Cup in Egypt. The contract of caretaker coach Ted Dumitru expires after the Nations Cup and the 2010 World Cup hosts are expected to name a successor by March with former England manager Terry Venables among more than 50 applicants.Fish was a central defender when hosts South Africa beat Tunisia in the 1996 final just four years after the country returned to international football following three decades of racism-induced isolation.”Members of the 1996 team like captain Neil Tovey, Doctor Khumalo, Philemon Masinga, Lucas Radebe and myself should choose the next coach,” he said after watching Tunisia outplay Bafana.-AFPThe contract of caretaker coach Ted Dumitru expires after the Nations Cup and the 2010 World Cup hosts are expected to name a successor by March with former England manager Terry Venables among more than 50 applicants.Fish was a central defender when hosts South Africa beat Tunisia in the 1996 final just four years after the country returned to international football following three decades of racism-induced isolation.”Members of the 1996 team like captain Neil Tovey, Doctor Khumalo, Philemon Masinga, Lucas Radebe and myself should choose the next coach,” he said after watching Tunisia outplay Bafana.-AFP