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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>MBABANE Swallows’ skilful midfielder Banele ‘Pupu’ Sikhondze says his former teammate, Richard ‘Richie’ McCreesh was not given a fair chance in the Premier League.<\/b><\/p>\n

The former Mbombela United and Polokwane City star said the \u2018Beautiful Birds’ development product was labelled an ill-disciplined player, something he said was not true of McCreesh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally know the guy, he is good inside the field of play, that I can say without any hesitation. He used to attend training every day, even then they never believed in such talent, which is not fair at all.<\/p>\n

The reason he is not a favourite of many is that he is a straight-talker.<\/p>\n

The issue of favouritism really kills the morale and spirit among players,” he said.<\/p>\n

behave<\/p>\n

The Lubulini-born player said people should not take what a player did outside the field of play, and use it to define a particular player\u2019s football career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also human beings, and we should be treated like that.<\/p>\n

“Not to say players should behave badly outside the field of play, but if they perform to expectations inside the field of play, I don’t think see that as a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he is one of the best players the country has ever witnessed in recent times.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must keep his head up and it\u2019s not yet over for him,” Sikhondze added.<\/p>\n

McCreesh is a development product at Mbabane Swallows and was promoted to the senior team alongside winger Sizolwethu ‘Nunu’ Shabalala.<\/p>\n

He also had a short stint with hub giants Manzini Wanderers and is currently in the books of Hhohho Super League side Sidwashini United, who recently missed a chance to qualify for the National First Division League promotion after being thrashed by Pigg’s Peak Rangers.<\/p>\n

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