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Gunners sink deeper as coach laments ‘holiday’ defending

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Extension Gunners (in black) suffered a 2-1 defeat to Township Rollers at GU Stadium on Friday night

FNB Premiership historic giants Extension Gunners’ slide towards relegation continued unabated on Friday night, with interim head coach, Proper Monnawanoka blasting his side’s costly defensive lapses.

This followed a 2-1 defeat to Township Rollers at GU Stadium.

The loss leaves Mapantsula rooted at the bottom of the log on just 12 points, five points adrift of safety, as their survival hopes increasingly hang by a thread.

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Gunners sink deeper as coach laments ‘holiday’ defending

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