Deon Hotto's incredible consistency levels have seen him notch up three goals just before, during and just after the FIFA international break, something that should see the normally stoic Jose Riveiro loosening up ahead of the MTN8 final.
Though not the flashiest of players, Hotto is fast establishing himself as a fan-favourite at Pirates, not least because of his versatility and willingness to die on the pitch for the team's cause.
Testament to this is the fact he started 22 league matches last season, coming on as a substitute five times, during a campaign in which the Buccaneers annexed both the MTN8 and Nedbank Cup trophies, while also qualifying for CAF Champions League football, where they are on the group stage's doorstep.
If the side are to repeat or even better their exploits of last term, then the Namibian is certain to be a huge part of the 'festivities' as he seems to have continued from where he left off in the early stages of the current season.
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Goals, goals, goals is an element the 33-year-old is adding to his game, having netted a crucial strike in the second leg of the MTN8 semi-final against Cape Town City at Orlando Stadium on August 31, courtesy of a sublime free kick from distance.
It left Darren Keet, who was in goal for the visitors, in a state of trance, while giving Pirates a 2-0 lead for what would eventually be a 3-1 aggregate win to set up a final date with the vanquished's neighbours Stellenbosch FC.
As if to drive the point home, the left footer was at it again during the international break, scoring in similar fashion for Namibia in an AFCON qualifier against Kenya last Tuesday.
With the Brave Warriors down 2-0 in added time, the former Bidvest Wits man took a free kick from range that landed in the top left corner and gave the goalkeeper no choice.
Beautiful effort, even if just a consolation as Colin Benjamin's men lost 2-1 at Orlando.
Hotto was not done.
The next big mission for the hard-running star and his club teammates was revenge against Jwaneng Galaxy in the first leg of the Champions League second preliminary round at Botswana's National Stadium on Saturday.
This is a side that had inflicted so much pain on the Happy People after upsetting them in the same stage of the competition last season, winning 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate score over the two legs.
With Riveiro's men 1-0 up and with 13 minutes remaining on the clock, who else but the team's 'Mr Consistency' with the second goal that ensures Pirates go to the second leg Esgodini this weekend with a two-goal cushion?
He gained possession of the ball just past the centre-line, passed to Patrick Maswanganyi, before embarking on a storming off-the-ball run towards the box. When 'Tito' fed him the return pass, there was only one possible outcome: goal.
And score he did, putting the full laces behind the ball to net past helpless opposition goalkeeper Phoko Goitseone.
This purple patch has yet again sent reminders of why Hotto is a so-called favourite of not just the club's hard-to-please fans but also the head coach.
It had emerged, as per the Orlando Pirates documentary flighted during off-season, titled The Changeroom, that there had been dressing room friction between the Namibian and Thembinkosi Lorch.
As revealed by teammates in the no-holds-barred doccie, the latter questioned Hotto's constant presence in the line-up and was inquisitive about his being hardly substituted.
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In the end, the Soweto giants offloaded 'Nyoso', much to the shock of many, as he linked up with Mamelodi Sundowns in January.
Perhaps now more than ever, the questions that are said to have come out of Lorch's mouth are being answered in the best way possible by the former Bloemfontein Celtic man: on the pitch.
And while the former Pirates supporters' darling has persistent injury struggles to contend with at Chloorkop, with no appearance made yet this season, the man who has since taken pride of place in the hearts of the Ghost continues to flourish, for lack of a better word.