Hunt won’t take foot off the gas

IF YOU thought Gavin Hunt would take it easier on his men at Bidvest Wits on the training ground now they have become Absa Premiership champions‚ you would have been mistaken.

True to Hunt’s ultra-competitive nature‚ on Monday it was business as usual in Wits’ training session at Bidvest Stadium‚ the coach barking orders and pushing his players hard ahead of their now academic final fixture against Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium.

Chiefs are expected to give Wits a guard of honour on Saturday – returning the honour bestowed on champions Amakhosi by the Clever Boys at Bidvest at the end of the 2014-15 season – though this is yet to be confirmed by the Soweto giants.

Hunt said Wits are determined to win the game where they will lift the PSL trophy in their first league title in a 96-year history.

“We would like to. We always want to finish well and play with a lot of pride‚ and owe the game of football‚” Hunt said‚ having overseen a characteristically intense Wits session this week.

“Football owes us nothing‚ we owe football. It’s given us life‚ it’s given us whatever. So we need to play properly and treat the game with respect. “That’s the most important thing.” Wits wrapped up the championship with a 2-0 win at Bidvest against Polokwane City last Wednesday night‚ going to an unassailable 60 points to secondplaced Mamelodi Sundowns’ 56. — TMG