AJAX Cape Town coach Muhsin Ertugral is hoping Aiden Jenniker and Granwald Scott will be fit to bolster the team for the visit of Kaizer Chiefs next week as the treatment room at the club starts to clear.
Fullback Jenniker went off injured one week ago when they beat Free State Stars in their last home game and missed the weekend trip to play University of Pretoria.
Scott has been battling with a groin problem although Ertugral previously suggested much of it was "in his head" after doctors failed to find the cause of his discomfort.
Back at the weekend were Tariq Losper, who required knee surgery at the start of the season, and Nhlanhla Shabalala, the midfield hard man who has had a depressing catalogue of injury setbacks in his career. Both were used as substitutes in the goalless draw against AmaTuks on Saturday night.
Ertugral rates Losper as a "very exciting player".
Ajax have been limping through the start of the new season but won four points out of six in their last two games and moved away from the foot of the Premier Soccer League table. They are 14th, with six points from seven matches.
Teenage goalkeeper Brandon Pietersen has also made a full recovery from his recent head knock, added Ertugral, but the new Finnish signing Anssi Jaakkola seems to have established himself as first choice, especially after his heroics in keeping AmaTuks at bay.
The Urban Warriors had as many as 10 players out injured two weeks ago but many are now back in training.
Ajax injury cloud lifts
AJAX Cape Town coach Muhsin Ertugral is hoping Aiden Jenniker and Granwald Scott will be fit to bolster the team for the visit of Kaizer Chiefs next week as the treatment room at the club starts to clear.
Fullback Jenniker went off injured one week ago when they beat Free State Stars in their last home game and missed the weekend trip to play University of Pretoria.
Scott has been battling with a groin problem although Ertugral previously suggested much of it was "in his head" after doctors failed to find the cause of his discomfort.
Back at the weekend were Tariq Losper, who required knee surgery at the start of the season, and Nhlanhla Shabalala, the midfield hard man who has had a depressing catalogue of injury setbacks in his career. Both were used as substitutes in the goalless draw against AmaTuks on Saturday night.
Ertugral rates Losper as a "very exciting player".
Ajax have been limping through the start of the new season but won four points out of six in their last two games and moved away from the foot of the Premier Soccer League table. They are 14th, with six points from seven matches.
Teenage goalkeeper Brandon Pietersen has also made a full recovery from his recent head knock, added Ertugral, but the new Finnish signing Anssi Jaakkola seems to have established himself as first choice, especially after his heroics in keeping AmaTuks at bay.
The Urban Warriors had as many as 10 players out injured two weeks ago but many are now back in training.
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