After it was announced that Platinum Stars had parted ways with their coach, Owen Da Gama, the club’s general manager, Jason Raine, explained that the club has not yet earmarked a replacement.

Cavin Johnson and Allan Freese have been the men at the helm of Dikwena since Da Gama was suspended last month and, while Raine confirmed that they would carry on until the end of the season, he said that he was unsure what the long-term future held.

The Dikwena GM told the Siya crew, “Yes, we’ve only got three games left and I think we’ve seen what’s happened to some of our more established clubs what happens when you change coach so close to the end of the season. It’s clear that they’ve (Johnson and Freese) done the job exceptionally well under the circumstances, we were in 13th position when they took over and we’re now in 10th.

“I was working a lot on the issue with Owen, so we haven’t had a chance to discuss what we’re going to do about the future. Are we going to look for a new coach? Are we going to ask Cavin and Allan? We’ll have the discussions with the rest of the board members in the week. We’ll talk about what we want to do and then make a decision.”

Raine also explained that, even though the duo had done well, he couldn’t see the pair of them taking the Stars job on a permanent basis. He said, “The situation of joint coaching is not ideal in the long-term, you need a head coach who is going to be the man who is answerable and who makes decisions, so we have to still go down that road and decide.”

The Phokeng-based club have set themselves a target of finishing in the PSL’s top eight and will hope that Johnson and Freese have what it takes to set the team up nicely for next season’s campaign.