Cape Town – The subject of Benni McCarthy's omission from the Bafana Bafana World Cup squad on Tuesday became a trending topic on popular social network Twitter.Many tweets were making reference to McCarthy’s weight more than anything else.Some of the tweets seen on the popular social networking site:@dancalders Benni should have taken Cele's advice; stomach in, chest out!@khayadlanga But in honest truth he did seem unfit. It is an honest decision, really.@Lenn_Moleko Let's all donate money as a nation to buy Benni McCarthy a happy meal. He is sad.@zamankosi When Benni was on TKZee song saying 'hey lekker lekker fish &chips',he was letting us know about his love for food,now we see it #badtiming.@basilparker Hope Benni McDonalds is not an emotional eater.Some voiced support@mcdoni1 No Benni McCarthy in SA WC squad. what ?@NthaBlackMoney Benni should be in the squad f**k what you thought.@GabrielaP28 SA World Cup Team announced. Despite his fitness I would have still put my money on Benni than Nonvethe.Other players who missed out were goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez, midfielder Bryce Moon and Andile Jali, defender Innocent Mdledle and winger Franklin Cale.
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