Former Orlando Pirates striker Bruce Ramokgadi has advised Tshegofatso Mabasa to avoid putting himself under unnecessary pressure against Mamelodi Sundowns.
The 27-year-old centre-forward is expected to be the answer to the Buccaneers; goal drought, following his good spell at Moroka Swallows where he was on loan.
He scored 6 goals for the Dube Birds in all competitions during the first round of the 2023/24 Premier Soccer League.
With the Sea Robbers facing log leaders Sundowns in today's mouth-watering league encounter, the Pirates' faithful have put their hopes in Mabasa.
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"With Mabasa, his biggest problem is consistency, otherwise he is not a bad player," Ramokgadi tells KickOff.
"To find consistency he should be given the same chance as Evidence Makgopa. They must continue to play him regularly even if he is not scoring.
"Strikers tend to be rusty if they are not given enough game-time. He rediscovered his goalscoring form at Moroka Swallows because they were playing him regularly.
"The problem at Pirates is bigger than one player though, the whole team lacks consistency. They can even go on and sign Harry Kane at Bayern Munich, but if he is not supplied with balls, how is he going to score?
"That's the difference between Pirates and Sundowns at the moment. So Mabasa shouldn't put himself under pressure. So on Saturday he must just play his normal game and everything will fall into place."
Kick-Off in Tshwane tomorrow is 20h00.