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THE upcoming three-week break for SuperSport United is a welcome opportunity to help the club get over a glut of injuries says coach Stuart Baxter. United have 10 players on the treatment table including Cole Alexander (groin)‚ Clayton Daniels (broken arm)‚ Bradley Grobler (groin)‚ Grant Kekana (knee)‚ Fakry Lakay (broken ankle)‚ Tefu Mashamaite (knee) and Dove Wome (knee)‚ and were down to just 19 fit players on Wednesday when they played out a 1-1 draw away against Lamontville Golden Arrows. But they can now work on recuperation after spending nine nights at the coast and playing three successive matches in KwaZulu-Natal beating Maritzburg United last week and then drawing with Free State Stars on Saturday (in Durban) and Lamontville Golden Arrows on Wednesday. The break is welcome very very welcome for us. I know we talk about continuity and this and that but we ve had no continuity so far Baxter says. This will give us a chance to sharpen the swords and lick our wounds and come back rejuvenated. SuperSport will have an effective 18day break before their next league encounter at home in Atteridgeville to newly-promoted Highlands Park. We signed some players and we want to build on what we did last season. But then we ve got these injuries and we ve got draws in matches we should have won and games where we have played quite well. We should have got a lot more out of the games Baxter says. So at the moment I m thinking we are just five or 10% off where we should be. Hopefully with a bit more continuity a bit more at it that five to 10% will swing and the one-pointers will turn into three-pointers.” —

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