Former Cape Town Spurs coach Sergio Dos Santos says a lack of quality is potentially the club's biggest problem after a difficult return to the DStv Premiership.
The Urban Warriors are yet to win a match with four straight defeats and occupy rock bottom of the league standings with just a solitary goal scored.
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"I don't think Shaun Bartlett is doing anything wrong there, I think they lack a bit of experience in their squad, and they are under pressure," Dos Santos tells KickOff.
"You can see the last game they played against Chippa United, they had a lot of chances to win that game, but the guys couldn't even score from five yards out.
"So, that's pressure, they have a lot of pressure on them. Yes, they do have experienced players in the team, but they are not youngsters anymore.
"They need to have better quality players, they need to have a few positions strengthened because the league is very, very tough.
"They need to survive; at the halfway mark they need to be in a position where they have their heads above water.
"Once they get there, they will be able to see what can be done to strengthen the team for the second round to make sure that they survive.
"You can see all the games they are losing is not by huge margins. The problem is not that the squad do not belong there, the problem is not having enough quality in some positions.
"It's going to cost them a lot there is no question about that. I'd imagine if they had the money, they would have strengthened the squad already.
"Because they won promotion very late, they probably didn't get the chance to buy players.
"They had to wait and see if they were going to qualify first, and by the time they went to look for better players they had been taken by other clubs.
"It's going to be a very tough job to survive this season because they have already lost four out of four.
"It's going to be very, very tough in a 16-team league. I don't think Shaun Bartlett is the problem though.
"If he was good enough to coach them where they were, then he is good enough to coach them in the DStv Premiership. It can't be the coach.
"They are creating scoring chances, but they are not putting them away, perhaps they need an experienced striker."
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