Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the 2010 World Cup local organising committee (LOC), is miles offside with his open support of Port Elizabeth as host city ahead of East London.

With his position as the administrative head of the organising structure, Jordaan should maintain impartiality and leave the two cities to battle it out themselves.

We all know that Jordaan is from Port Elizabeth but it is absolutely unbecoming of him to publicly side with his home city.

Jordaan's public spat with LOC chairman Irvin Khoza is well-documented with many people siding with him against Khoza.

But one esteemed Safa official once whispered that the root of the misunderstanding is Jordaan's failure to follow protocol.

"He has claimed some of the progress made with regards to 2010 as his own and that has put him on a collision course with Khoza," the official said.

Well, I cannot confirm these allegations but his stance regarding the Eastern Cape's host city leaves much to be desired.

Admittedly he has his own argument such as the absence of East London in the Bid Book. But when asked whose responsibility it was to market capable host cities to Fifa, Jordaan says, "well, it is too late now to go back to Fifa and say, oh well, there is also another capable city called East London who are ideal hosts".

The fierce rivalry between Port Elizabeth and East London is expected to renew friction between Jordaan and Khoza as the latter is believed to be behind East London.

Khoza, who has constantly argued games should be taken to cities with professional clubs to avoid the stadiums becoming white elephants, is currently in Germany with suspended Safa-Border secretary, Ace Kika.

Although Jordaan is offside, why on earth has it taken five years for Buffalo City to realise East London is not in the Bid Book?

It's beyond belief.

Excuses the project was headed by the late Des Halley are hollow because someone must have taken over the task. Talk about blaming the dead.

Mesuli Zifo