Ajax Cape Town interim coach Jan Pruijn isn't leaving anything to chance ahead of his side's Premier Soccer League clash with Golden Arrows this weekend.
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Pruijn is desperate to halt the Urban Warriors' slide down the PSL standings and build on the 1-0 defeat of Maritzburg United last time out.
And with Platinum Stars having defeated Abafana Bes'thende 6-4 in their last encounter, the Dutchman has contacted Dikwena boss Cavin Johnson to see how he masterminded the win over Manqoba Mngqithi's charges.
Pruijn told Football411.com: "I spoke to Cavin and he obviously shared the strategy that worked in his favour when he played them.
"But we cannot try to replicate what they did because we are a complete different team to Platinum Stars, but what I can do is try to improve the advice so it works to our advantage.
"They have the luxury to field certain players according to the demands of the games. But going into the game, I have two things to work on , and that is the tips he gave me and knowing the strengths and weaknesses of my own team."
Second-choice goalkeeper Sean Roberts is, meanwhile, expected to continue to fill in for Sander Westerveld.
Pruijn added: "I still rate Sander very high but with regards to the mistake after the second goal he conceded (against Kaizer Chiefs) I was forced to come to a decision and I said OK are you winning games or are you doing a good job and giving me 100% guarantee of concentration?
"And if I look back to Sean, he kept a clean sheet (against Maritzburg), there were curious moments, but he needs our backing for confident sakes in the next two games and hopefully there will be more positives from his game too."
BY Sandile Doc Mazibuko
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