Royal AM head coach John Maduka was pleased with the impact Sedwyn George made off the bench against Kaizer Chiefs.
The KwaZulu-Natal side saw their winning streak halted after drawing 0-0 with the Soweto giants on Saturday evening.
The former Maritzburg United tactician felt the team were better going forward with George able to hold the ball up.
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"Yes, it's expected and when we put George we knew that we wanted him to hold the ball s little bit longer so that we allow (Kabelo) Mahlasela, (Hopewell) Cele, (Sabelo) Sithole, all those to be able to join because I think that's one thing we did not do it right in the first-half," he said.
"Whenever we had the ball going forward we could not keep it longer, it ended up coming back quickly to us.
"Second half we had those moments because George could hold on to the ball a little bit longer and allow us to join him and get into those good scoring situations.
Royal AM will host Sekhukhune United on Wednesday and Maduka added that his substitutions were also influenced by managing the legs of the players given the quick turnaround of fixtures.
"Ja, we had to make those changes, we have another game in two, three days' time, we have to try and manage the players (to make sure) that before that game everyone has recovered and it's very important for us playing at home, it's very important to have everyone available for selection," he concluded.
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