Stellenbosch FC head coach Gavin Hunt explains how a football club should play when they have a striker like Tshegofatso Mabasa who netted a brace against Chippa United.
Mabasa seems to be coming alright for Stellenbosch after completing a move in January. ‘Sniper’ joined Stellies on a season-long loan from Orlando Pirates, where he has scored three goals since joining the Cape Winelands side.
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All the goals he has scored so far were inside the box, which is what Hunt stated, mentioning that when you play with Mabasa there must be a service to him because he can score goals.
Hunt admitted that Pirates might not be playing into his strength.
“I said to my guys on Thursday, ‘You can’t play Mabasa if you’re not going to service him; you have to service a striker’,” Hunt told the media.
“He doesn’t do the things that Pirates wants him to do [press defences], which I understand, he doesn’t do that for us either.
“But if you service him, he will score because this guy can score. On Wednesday, he had one chance he should have scored, maybe two.
“But if you play wide, you’ve got to service him. So, if you service him and put balls across, he’ll come across into your post and score.
“He’s got that five-metre strike to go into the net; you can’t buy that. He can score goals, but it’s no good having a striker if you don’t give him the ball.
“We’re trying to score from the wide areas, trying to score from the width; the goals always say so, so we need to service him.”
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