The trip from Bloemfontein was terribly long as the players and the coaches reflected on the match. And upon their arrival on Johannesburg, they headed for the training grounds at Naturena in the afternoon as they prepared for another potentially tricky test.

"Sure we are down but like any other team, when you are going down you have to pull up, you have to pull up your socks and try to work harder. That is the most important thing - to go out there tomorrow and work hard and win," said winger David Obua.

But one question keeps haunting the Amakhosi players - what happened in Bloemfontein? And the best way to answer that is through a positive result against Swallows.

"As long as the fans are unhappy the pressure will be there but we still have to win," said Obua.

Amakhosi have always relied on the 12th player - the fans - in all their matches but on Saturday, the feeling will be different as that 12th player will not be there following a one-match stadium ban by the PSL.

"It does affect us because the fans always motives us but this time we have no choice as they had to be punished and we have to go there and do our job," Obua said. "Swallows will be highly motivated after their midweek loss and this is another big game for us."