Swallows FC coach Dylan Kerr believes he can help the Soweto side remain in the DStv Premiership and survive relegation just like he has done before.
In the past, Kerr was brought in to save sides from relegation and succeeded with the likes of Baroka, Black Leopards, and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.
The Dube Birds lost 1-0 against TS Galaxy on Saturday which sees them one point ahead of bottom place Baroka FC, who have 14 points from 19 games.
For Swallows, they only have 10 games to go this season to improve their results and pick up points to avoid the relation battle which could follow.
After Saturdays loss to Galaxy, Kerr spoke about his plans for the upcoming battle to save Swallows.
“I have been in the situation three times before with 10 games to play and needed five results,” Kerr told the club’s media department. “It was worse because the other three teams didn’t have the quality that Swallows have.
“The problem is the team spirit, camaraderie and the togetherness… with the other teams it was there. I saw a great work ethic. A great philosophy of football played at Stellenbosch, which is a tricky place to go to with them being so high in the league and doing well at home.
“We went there and dominated the game and what I know as a former player when you do well like that, you make sure you do the same in the next match. You don’t go the opposite way. Now we have to go back to training with a preparation of getting the players ready and motivated, even more, to make sure we get the three points.
“After the Stellenbosch game, I was very disappointed in the decision making, which cost us three points against them,” he said.
“But today [Saturday] it was far worse because we took a game from Galaxy from the start and I thought we played some good football and the energy levels were fantastic.
“But poor decision in passing, poor decision in crossing, poor decision in controlling the ball turning and not turning. And we worked on these things, especially a day before training because it is always nice to have freshness in your mind a day before a game.
“I think we got 13 attempts but none on target, bad decisions that ended up costing me three points,” he added.
