Fickle AmaZulu put their coach in a tizz
Cavin Johnson says it is frustrating that his team can shine in one game and then be so poor in the next
AmaZulu coach Cavin Johnson admits the abject display from his side in their weekend loss to Cape Town City has left him with a selection poser ahead of Saturday’s Telkom Knockout quarterfinal at home to Orlando Pirates. AmaZulu had comfortably dispatched City 2-0 in the first round of the Telkom Knockout last week‚ but with a team that had just a single change were then played off the park in a 3-0 defeat in the league four days later. Granted the first game was at home and the second away‚ but Johnson said he found it frustrating that his team could be so good in one game and so poor the next. “You have to ask if your players can play two games [in a row] at the same level‚” he said. “But as a coach you ask yourself even more questions. Do you rotate [for cup games] ‚ like everybody else in the PSL‚ six in‚ six out‚ seven in‚ seven out ... I don’t believe that is the way football is played all over the world. “I follow a lot of that‚ I believe if you play well you have to play aga...
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