Anyone’s for the taking

With only four games remaining in the Absa Premiership season, the title race is becoming tighter and tighter. Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt believes the league crown can still go many different ways. “We can only make 56 points. I have won the league on 54 points already but anything can happen,” said Hunt. The Clever Boys are lying third on the log, level on 44 points with Mamelodi Sundowns, who still have two games in hand. Orlando Pirates are leading the pack with 50 points. They have played 27 games, one more than the Clever Boys. “People get leg boots, they can’t walk, they can’t talk, they can’t move and they can’t pass. But both Pirates and Sundowns have a lot of experience, I think Sundowns more. “Will they (Sundowns) catch up in all the games, we don’t know. It’s not for us to worry about, we have to concentrate on what we have to do. “Try to take one game, go through and do the best that we can under the pressure.” The Students kicked off their league campaign on a good note this season, finishing the first half of the season at the top of the log. However, the team have slipped and lost valuable points along the way. The slump started after they lost 2-1 to Highlands Park and matters went downhill from there for the team. Hunt, who has four league titles under his belt, blamed his defence for the setbacks. “Defensively we have not been doing good. If you look at our first round we concerned 11 goals in 13 games. I think we have 25 goals against now. “In all the games we have lost this year we were the one’s leading. We were up also 2-0 against Golden Arrows, but the game ended 2-2. “In our 3-2 loss against Cape Town City we were leading 2-0 up against and the defeat to Bloemfontein Celtic we were up 1-0. “All these games were home games and we lost them. That has never been us,” the coach said. “Defensively that has been our problem, we have been poor. We are not blessed with the best talent in the forward areas, but we have workers.”