Pirates had a shaky start coming from the FIFA World Cup recess, as they lost back-to-back matches against Mamelodi Sundowns and Cape Town City.
The Buccaneers' struggles centered around the team's inability to convert chances and after 15 matches, up to the loss to the Citizens, they were yet to score a goal in the second stanza in the league.
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However, the Sea Robbers brought in a specialist coach in the striking department, Scott Chickelday, who had just joined the side in the week leading up to the game against City.
A week later with Chickelday, formerly with Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, in the Pirates technical team, the Soweto giants went on to thrash Golden Arrows 3-1 and drubbed Stellenbosch 4-1 last weekend.
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There has been talk that the English striker coach is beginning to have an impact at Pirates but Mkhonza says "it's too early" to judge or get excited because the Buccaneers should be competing with Mamelodi Sundowns.
"It's too early, how then do you rate it on two games? Pirates have been struggling in the last 15 games and the last two matches which makes it 17, they just won," Mkhonza said on Sport On SAFM.
"But again if you go back to the game against Arrows you credit that game to the strikers coach, you go against Stellies, who are using inexperienced youngsters, you credit the strikers coach?
"Definitely no, because it's too early. Let's wait and see because Pirates should be competing with the likes of Sundowns sitting on top there, they have not delivered in terms of consistency," he said.
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The analyst went on to say that there's a lot of individual quality at Pirates but they are yet to prove that they can challenge Sundowns as a team.
"And now Pirates are in a position where they need to show that ok 'it's not a fluke the last game we won' but what is key is the players, I mean I saw (Ndabayithethwa) Ndlondlo starting, with his individual brilliance they created more chances," Mkhonza carried on.
"The second half not scoring, hey we don't know, it's on and off but I think that team has got so much great individual players but they are yet to make a team that will compete with the likes of Sundowns," he added.
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