Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has identified injuries and a lack of fortune as to blame for Amakhosi's underwhelming form this season.
Amakhosi remain in fifth position on the DStv Premiership table after failing to beat 10-man TS Galaxy on Sunday at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga.
The draw comes as a disappointment Zwane's side, who collected their first win of the year with a 2-0 win over Royal AM just week before.
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Amakhosi have struggled to build momentum this season, only managing to string together three consecutive wins on one occasion this season when defeating SuperSport United, Swallows FC, and Stellenbosch.
Zwane has attributed his side's inconsistency to injuries and a lack of fortune.
"I think we have been unfortunate with injuries and consistency this season," Zwane told journalists at a Nedbank Cup media briefing on Monday.
"Whenever we're going into the third game or the second game we lose a key player to injury or unforeseen circumstances. We've been very, very unfortunate when it comes to that. Then you have to reshuffle the team again, if it's not a suspension.
"So, it is a worrying factor and sometimes we even look like we don't know what we're doing in terms of our starting eleven or who we want to bring in because it keeps changing."
Injury Update "Khama (Billiat) has also gone for surgery, as has Nkosingiphile Ngcobo. We have never had such a situation in the team and it is quite disturbing, but it's part of the game and we're not going to dwell on it and complain" - ZwaneSpeedy Recovery#Amakhosi4Life pic.twitter.com/fWe2NP6rsE
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Chiefs have a lengthy injury list that include key players such as Nkosingiphile Ngcobo, Phathutshedzo Nange, Dillan Solomons, Reeve Frosler, Khama Billiat and most recently Caleb Bimenyimana among others.
"We lost two players [Solomons] and Frosler in one game. We lost Caleb [Bimenyimana]. We lost Keagan [Dolly] in another game, he was out. So, if you can look at it from the beginning of the season.
"In Durban we played against Richards Bay, one man down, then went to Cape Town, played in Cape Town - one man down because we lost Yusuf [Maart]. So, we had to reshuffle the team again. So, it's been the story of our season, we've been unfortunate.
"However, we can't focus on that, we have to focus on the positives."
Amakhosi will now turn their attention to the Nedbank Cup where they face Maritzburg United on Friday night.
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