SuperSport United head coach Gavin Hunt has lamented how the big three clubs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs have raided his best players, affecting their chances of competing for the league title.
Matsatsantsa are considered one of the teams that can keep the Premiership race alive, as they are just one point behind the Brazilians in third spot on the table.
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Although United have played four games more than Masandawana, they meet them in the Tshwane derby on Wednesday evening, where they have a chance to take points off them.
However, Hunt says SuperSport can't be compared to Sundowns because they lost big players to their neighbours, the Buccaneers and Amakhosi in the off-season.
United lost Thapelo Maseko to Masandawana, Patrick Maswanganyi to Orlando Pirates and Thatayaone Ditlhokwe to Kaizer Chiefs. Matsatsantsa also lost Jamie Webber to Sekhukhune United.
"There are things I wanted to get but couldn't get, so you gotta box clever, it's not about playing free-flowing games. Thapelo went, was a big blow to me, huge blow," Hunt told journalists in a Tshwane derby press conference.
"TT (Ditlhokwe) went, huge blow, Patrick went huge blow, you know we were building, now we're gonna try to fix it again.
"Cape Town City have got a very good squad of players, they kept the core of the squad together as well, not like us, a lot of players left from us, four big players leave, it's a problem, you have to rebuild again," he said.
The former Amakhosi coach also labelled their chances of competing with Sundowns for the title as "unrealistic".
"The league is a bit of a farce at the moment, isn't it? One has played eight, one has played 13, one has played 12. There's no consistency, you can't really get a good picture," he went on.
"They are in a pound seat obviously Sundowns, they only got past them now but I mean they've got five games in hand, geez, one game you can understand but five games, come on it's a bit unrealistic," he added.
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