Arrows not worried by break

LAMONTVILLE Golden Arrows coach Clinton Larsen is not perturbed that the fortnight’s break in Premier Soccer League action will take the momentum away from his front-running team.

Unbeaten Arrows are second in the PSL and will resume their campaign‚ after a break of almost three weeks‚ at leaders Baroka on Wednesday.

But the lack of action is not bothering Larsen.

“We have such a young squad and there are always things to improve,” he said.

“We look forward to the break. It gives us more time on the training field.

“When you’ve got so many games coming in quick succession‚ your training time is very limited. This allows us now to work on so many different aspects.” The break also allowed Arrows to get three key players back from injury.

“We had Lehlohonolo Nonyane and Matome Mathiane out for four weeks‚ Jabulani Shongwe out for 2½ weeks and Danny Phiri.

“Now we already have three of them back this week‚ Mathiane’s back in full training‚ so are Nonyane and Shongwe. So in that it has helped us.”

Former Zimbabwe captain Phiri is off in the long-term after snapping his achilles tendon.

“The most important thing is getting those extra hours on the training field‚ working on different areas we need to improve on,” Larsen said.

“I still hear coaches complaining about the break, but it’s part and parcel of what we do and we have to get on with business and work.”