"Unless we do not move with the times we will waste talent and not unearth our own version of England's teenage sensation Wayne Rooney."

That is the opinion of leading coach Ted Dumitru, who led Kaizer Chiefs to the league and cup double this season.

Few coaches have such an intimate knowledge of South African soccer as the veteran Romanian born coach who has been associated with this country for the past two decades.

"In the modern game we need specialised training, not only for strikers, but for centrebacks and goalkeepers. But I agree that the lack of strikers is worrying.

"The reasons are clear, we simply do not develop strikers properly the way other countries do. Because we have no specialised training for strikers we are unable to produce strikers consistently." Dumitru said.

Dumitru stressed that development is badly hampered by the fact that there is no PSL reserve league.

"But what is more crucial is the fact that we do not have a national under-17 or under-19 league.

"That is the only way in which we will be able to identify young, talented strikers," said Dumitru.

The other major point Dumitru made was that young players from the age of 15 and 16 should be exposed to playing other teams from overseas.

"That way players will get used to competition and more importantly, get used to learning how to handle the pressures of international football at an early age," said Dumitru.