Amakhosi head coach, Cavin Johnson remains optimistic that the depth within his squad has the quality to mitigate the enforced absence of several players when Kaizer Chiefs face AmaZulu at the Moses Mabhida stadium in a DStv Premiership fixture on Sunday afternoon. The coach spoke to www.kaizerchiefs.com ahead of their departure for Durban:

On the readiness of the team

Overall, we have trained well. The boys are looking positive. We have had a few setbacks in defence due to suspensions for (Edmilson) Dove and Given (Msimango), plus injuries to Dillon Solomons and Reeve Frosler from the game against TS Galaxy.

But, we are Kaizer Chiefs and we can’t use that as an excuse. They players who will come in are always ready to play and do a job against AmaZulu.

Assessment of the opposition

We have noted how they play generally, although that can change. They usually play a high line and go with a lone striker and overlapping fullbacks. They have good players who can operate between the lines, but we have worked on our own ways of causing them problems.

Message to the fans

We really appreciate their support and hope to see lots of them at Moses Mabhida stadium. We still have the ambition to finish as high as possible on the log so their amazing support is vital to helping us get the full nine points from our three remaining games.