ENARD Parker has finally opened up about his strained relationship with Lehlohonolo Majoro, saying his former strike-partner struggled to handle ‘the downside of football’. In the new edition of KICK OFF Magazine, ‘Hond’ talks candidly about how he and ‘Major’ – now at Orlando Pirates – fell out towards the latter’s time Kaizer Chiefs. Rumours of a brawl between the two did the rounds a while ago, and while Parker does not confirm or deny the reports, he is frank about how their relationship went downhill when Majoro’s game-time dried up. “In my first season Majoro and I were good friends. In the second season we were also good. We started a lot of games together and scored lots of goals … that’s when we won the Championship. “Now in the third season Majoro didn’t get much time to play you know, so I think that frustratedhimalot.Ithinkinhiscareerhehad never seen the downside of football, when he is not getting time, so I think that frustrated him a bit and he didn’t know how to deal with it. “He dealt with it in a different way doing all sorts of things – but I’m an honest person and I was upfront him, and when I told him an honest thing, he didn’t like it. He was telling me I know too much! “But he found me in this game … he found meplayinghere.Weplayedtogetherandifyou don’t wanna be shouted at, and if you don’t want to take advice, then who do you think you are? He didn’t take things in a good way and he was saying all sorts of things.” Parker goes on to explain how they were called in by management and how Majoro ‘destabilised the group’, but also adds that he hopes his former strike-partner makes a success of his time at Pirates and gets back into the Bafana Bafana set-up. –KICKOFF