Harrison eyeing Owusu impact

Lamontville Golden Arrows coach Mark Harrison is banking on January arrival Seth Owusu to solve his side's defensive problems in the second half of the Premiership season.

The Ghanaian defender, recruited from Hearts of Oak in his homeland, is one of seven new faces that has arrived at the Durban club, with Manti Moholo, William Twala (both on loan from Orlando Pirates), Arthur Bartman, Zambian Festus Mbewe and Namibians Chris Katjukua and Deon Hotto the others to switch to Arrows.

Harrison is expecting Owusu, specifically, to bring plenty of physicality and ruthlessness to his defence.

"Seth is a Ghana international and a big, powerful player," Harrison told Football411

"You expect him to dominate strikers, to be ruthless and physical.

"He can go head the ball well and attack it. He is fit, strong and he can

tackle, so I'm expecting him to bring another dimension to our back four."

Abafana Bes'thende, bottom of the table on 10 points, have leaked a mammoth 25 goals in 15 games during the first half of the campaign.

Arrows played to a 3-3 draw with Maritzburg United in a friendly this week

that was split into three segments of 45 minutes, with Mbewe getting his name on the score sheet.

Harrison says he is expecting plenty of goals from the Chipolopolo frontman and wants him to work in tandem with promising youngster Bongi Ntuli.

"He's another big and powerful player," Harrison said of Mbewe.

"He is a very similar player to Ntuli. We needed extra firepower up front

because we've relied on Bongi for every game since I've been at the club

(in October).

"Norman Smith and Rudi Bester have been out injured, so we needed to bring

Mbewe in and he is proving to be a handful for other teams. He makes his

presence felt."