Bob Mugalia interested in joining Kogalo
According to a story in Today’s Standard Newspaper, Congolese born Kenya striker, Bob Mugalia has expressed interest in joining Gor Mahia. Mugalia has been seen at the stadium attending Kogalo matches wearing a Kogalo jersey. When asked, he said he was just wearing the jersey because he was an ardent supporter of the team since his childhood days. This writer finds that interesting considering that during Mugalia’s childhood, Kogalo has been a hard sell even to its longtime fans.
Mugalia attending a Gor Mahia match
Bob Mugalia who arrived from Congo as a refugee has been most impressive in steering Sofapaka to the upper echelons of local football. So impressive has Mugalia been that local administrators were prevailed upon to hasten his transition to Kenyan citizenry. His lively runs precise crosses and superb goals have been amongst the highlights of the Kenya premier league.
Asked if he would be interested in the move, he replied: “Who would not be? In fact the move has always been on my mind. Gor is one of the best clubs in the country and has always been my dream team since childhood. I love their passionate fans and the way they play.
“Our football career is very short and one has to enjoy every bit of the limited career before it elapses.
“I also want to more trophies and I think I can do that with Gor Mahia. My contract at Sofapaka should not be an issue.”
He has also previously been linked with moves to Tanzania’s huge spending league side Azam United and APR of Rwanda but nothing materialised and it would be interesting to see how this one goes.
In any case Kogalo officials will have to move fast lest Mugalia moves to a rival team and comes back to haunt Kogalo or to the Tanzanian league.
Should he join Kogalo, he would be the second Congolese import to join Kogalo after Francis Kasinde did in 1991. Kasinde started really well but somehow faded. In January of 1991, Gor Mahia played against Ikast FC, which at the time was in the Danish top tier. Kasinde tormented the Danes, scoring and leading Gor Mahia to 2-0 win. Gor Mahia fans were ecstatic. He later inexplicably lost form and dissapeared.
Mugalia on the other hand has been consistent for the past 3 seasons. He would be a good addition to the Kogalo forwardline which of late has been blunt.
That’s gud news can officers seal the deal. On another note coach Zico has taken is ineptitude all the way to the H.Star. Tactically inept and poor fielding. How do you ave the shortest man in the field man the near post at a corner, given that ua keeper is not too tall.Time and time again we’ve told this guy without attacking creative midfield feeding strikers you won’t go far not even Oliech could score-reminded me of Lavasta being forced to drop deep to search for the ball. Jamal shld have started n BB & Obuya shld have come in much earlier.Finally not one current K’galo player made the team so I wondered whether its quality players that we don’t have at GM but as the game progressed it reminded me on a typical Gor game (over reliance on the defense) so i knew its the coach whose the PROBLEM
@ODUOR12, you hate this man Zico with a passion. I am sure if you are handed to gun, you would eliminate him. Honestly if you watched the match, Harambee stars played a very good game. They were denied a clean goal. Back to the subject matter, Mugalia is a big fish. Rachier and the rest of executive, please have this young talented player on board. For God and my club.
Mugalia is a good player but, lets hope he wont be too expensive or else we buy Paul Were.Know that kitawi is gone to tusker lets buy a quality holding midfilder, who has good vision to feed strikers.Zico have problem with fielding, why didnt he start with Jamal or is he allergic to skilled midfilders no wonder he never liked Kitawi,and i think Berry should have come in , in the place of over weight oboya.Is it that their no GOR playrs who can fit in harambee?what about gatusso,lavatsa,moses,masika,KEVO, i think their is something fishy.Game ya weekend ni must win.
Guys, we cannot one breadth say that most of our players are off-form and at the same time say that they should be included in the national team! Is it because our coach is in charge of the national team? Truly speaking, apart from Gatusso and Masika most of our players though they are have class they are currently not on form. Unless we learn to accept some bitter truths then it will really be painful and heartbreaking for some of you to support (follow) GM. The standards for the national team are currently high for some of our team members. If players like Mieno, Anthony Kimani, John Baraza, Alwanga, Mugalia are out and we have players like Oliech, Mugabe, Mariga then the other local players (including ours) will have to wait for the CHAN and CECAFA tourneys. On the Angola game and the coach, unless you are a Zico hater you can see that the team played well though ball possesion and control is still a problem. At the national team level it is not the coach to teach you such basics. Remember that Pros meet for a maximum five days before an international match. So the coach just concentrates on match strategy and phsyching the players.How about the goal from Kevo Ochieng. Wasn’t it valid? And the howler from Wanga after the Oliech rebound? I still believe Zico and the team were robbed. Let’s give the Zico, Gor players and Management all our support but criticize them constructively. If you look at our neigbours house and see what’s happening there(officials and players leaving) then you will realise that the problems we have can be summounted if we all pull together and in one direction.
I dont like this at all but you still retain your right to criticize. Let Mugalia come and if he does, I suggest we add Selenge only and not Imbem; that pair can make a deadly forwardline with Lavatsa and Moses. Back to Angola game, please, please lets commend when it is deserved. Zico had the best fielding ever, even the subs come in well. Do not criticise for the sake of it. The team played very very well.
@Jon You are right at national level the coach does not teach basics, a national coach shld select players with good basics. Do you know see where Zico failed. You’re right again ball possession and control was a problem. Yes to Osborne and Wanga but Jamal and BB exhibited superb ball control for the little time they were given- Do you see where Zico failed again. Finally we are not going to CAN and GM may very well not win the league and yes ua right both teams play very well.
@Ja Thur and @kosero, I like your optimism. Let’s hope that we have the best players joining us. We really need to bring back those fans who desserted us after the negative publicity from the media. By the way is it true that we were fined 1.4m for the repair of the Ulinzi bus and KPL fined 0.6m for the stadium damage? If so, KPL might pass over their portion of the fine to us. Anyway, whatever they do we will still continue to follow our team.
If a player wishes to come so be it and especially of Mugallia skills and yes i agree selenge would be a good inclusion. About the Harambee game i can bet the problem was with the right wing. Look at monday and Kevo both looked sluggish and out of touch with the pace no wonder the the goal had to come from that direction. Our defenders gave unnecessary corners and i asked myself was it necesary for Edgar to give the corner really? Noooooooooooooooo! That game we could have won hands down and i dont blame the coach only the players with most of them hadly ensuring we kept possesion of the ball always in a hurry to release. So long as Gor mahia and AFC leopards continue to have unskilled players Harambee stars will go nowhere hata wafanye nini. Most of the players from other team cannot soak pressure no wonder a team like Tusker will move their games to Mumias coz they cant withstand pressure.
Mugalia selenga now if not yesterday! Kitawi we wish u well. what was wanga doing in field anyway no wonder oliech was so mad with hima after missing tht sitter. But AFCON tusahau. midfield we need someone very badly
Zico did his best jana only for the referee give credit where it belongs
YOU ALL SAW THAT ZEDDY DOES NOT HAVE FAITH IN GM PLAYERS.WHY COULDNT HE HAVE TRIED ODHIAMBO ON THE RIGHT WING AND WERE ON THE LEFT.OLIECH WAS ALONE ALL THROUGH BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS TWO DYNAMOS WE WOULD HAVE SWEPT AWAY THE ANTELOPES AT HOME.OBOYA HAS LOST HIS FORM AND HE CAN HARDLY DRIBBLE YET HE & THE COLOURLESS WANGA ARE GIVEN PRIORITY INSTEAD OF THE BRILLIANT WERE.ODHIAMBOS WORKRATE IS SECOND TO NONE BUT HE HARDLY GETS A CALL UP.OSBORNE MONDAY HARDLY STARTS FOR SOFAPAKA YET HE STARTS FOR THE STARS?!! FELLOW FANS HOW CAN YOU AS A COACH FIELD PLAYERS WHO YOU NEVER MONITOR WHILE IN OUR KPL LEAGUE WE HAVE INFORM TALENTS.THOSE SAYING WE SHOULD NOT CRITICIZE APPRECIATE MEDIOCRITY.THEY CANNOT APPRECIATE MERIT.ZEDDY HAS NO TRACK RECORD AND IS ONLY COACH OF THE STARS BECAUSE OF WE-GOR MAHIA.REALITY WILL SINK WHEN WE MEET THE CRANES IN KAMPALA AND ARE SENT BACK PACKING.UG & TZ GO FOR QUALITY COACHES WHILE WE DONT EVEN HAVE A FULLTIME COACH AND EXPECT TO QUALIFY?!! WHEN WILL WE EVER PUT OUR ACT TOGETHER?
WELCOME SWEETPOTATO!
I join my colleagues to welcome Bob ( sweetpotato) to K’ogalo. Am really excited of the news and i cant wait to see him play his first match! Bob is a utility player whom we cannot afford to loose as a club. He will bring to the club a wealth of experience, skills, speed, energy and goals. For a long time, since the departure of our wonder kid, blackberry
, our club has been starved of goals.
I call upon all k’ogalo fans to cross our fingers as our officials chase the signature of this great player. Kogalo will remain the best destination of choice for all players. Why? Because of who we are. Loyal, enthusiastic and passionate about our club.
Keep the fire burning guys!
sign mugalia immediately he is the striker to partner Lavatsa and bring back the joy.
I think we av to halt Harambee stars on this site lets concentrate with Kogalo its up to Harambee board to open their site.anyway Harambee played well.AV also read on supersport kenya that our match btwn Chemelil wil b played at Afraha stadia on 19 we meet there in our usual way
Can’t imagine Mugalia in GOR MAHIA line-up………….can be a threat to BARCA.WHAT A ADHULA GOR SHOW WITH NASIO DEFENDER,GATUSO MID-FILDER & MUGALIA ATTACKING.If its true patia yeye kazi
Gor mahia player ratings as per the season has progressed. Jerry 45%,masika 81%,musa 50%,awilo 50%,wekesa 48%,collins omondi 32%,akumu 49%,wise 29%,gatusso 75%,anguyo 40%,makori 65%,opondo 29%,tony 40%,kevo 62%,lavatsa 79%,moses 80%,nasio 47%,odera 45%,kiplagat 45%,kitawi 47%,ochola 30% ,zico 30%, and mafans 90%.For gor to achieve anything each player must perform at least to 65%.As much as we need new signing our players must regain their form i beg them in the name of GOD.Please odera & Tony start going to the gym n drink tuzo ur too weak,wise stop jokes ur hair style is not of kogalos calibre leave alone ur perfomance,akumu ur too shaky relax,kevo ur in the calibre of messi, rooney, coz ur a saviour(ulinzi&thika) jst train harder and be focussed Amen.Lastly we need only 1 striker Mugalia not the overated selenge who has not scored a single goal this season, long live Gor mahia.
I have always been chief critic of gor mahia fans and team,but since revealling that even their opponents do admire them,the likes of Mugalia my true hero at Sofapaka these I think will take the Gor haters like myself back to the drawing board and review my stand.And to gor fans who i have seen to be having issue with coach.please hold your horses.let me assure you that may be the results may not be on his side at times but currently at kpl Zico is equalls to none.You may be seeing a replacement somewhere for these bose but as at now my argument may be contrary.talk of the much endowed kenyan coach,FRANCIS KIMANSI,and i ask where are the result for sofapaka?YOU all witnessed ghost mullee,muhidin at the helm and compare to what Zico is doing.dear friends lets cool down and reason,the cup may not be for gor today what of tommorrow?LETS give these man another day from a distance I can see he has apoint.
I never have time for Zico because I think his management skills are archaic especially after a dose of naps and orisitima. But on Sunday, I must confess I was very impressed with the way he organised the team. If truth be told it will be that we were let down by the players who were subsituted. Nothing more. Kudos Zico. In regards Mugalia, Selenga and whoever else, i dont think they are the answer as Gor is a team and not an individual. My opinion is that we have a talented coach and good players (gatuso, daddy, mwalimu, masika, musa, lavatsa,lucky dube etc). Shida ni hakuna harmony GM.
hi feel this bob thing is no news there is nothing he will add to gor mahia , just ball wasting and then he will follow it with a dead smile lets get some good , better players back to zico and his supporters you saw it all poor defending of set pieces cost Kenya gor will not escape from this we will concede goals whether you like it or not some better coach to take care of this make sure opposition don’t get set pieces but how ? so you what to do
why do we have to pay much for mugalia when we have Dancan Owiti aka macheda.I hate zico coz he is the cause of our problems,wasting good players like kitawi and then signing them away.Who said harambe played well?how do you play well when you walk with the ball and passing the ball backwards.our player are weak that is why we cant have our own drogba or esien.Am so disappointed in zico.his team selection is poor,it is hurting us as gor mahia community.may good lord help us.
Well sunday was okay, a coach is not God to know that wanga would be out completely until he behaves so…though i believe mose aka lucky dube deserves a call up. I wish zico would be given harambee job tuendelee na GM yetu. I concur that we have a very good k’ogalo team but we only need Mugalia as a supportive striker. But we’ve had the likes of kip & macheda resting. Our going in circles is due to technical bench.
Super 8 washindwe how can they award Ulinzi game which was aborted?Its moreless the same as Harambee vs Angola.Sawa we shall get them on league ROUND TWO.
I THINK THAT BY GIVING ULINZI THE GO AHEAD IN SUPER 8 IS MORE LENIENT TO GOR FANS AND WE SHOULD ATLEAST BREATH WITH A SHY OF RELIEF.CONSIDER IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAN AND MOSTLY GOR PLAYERS PLAYING IN EMPTY STADIUM WITH NOTORIOUS FC LEOPARD FANS HOME AND AWAY.MY HUMBLE APOLOGY THEREFORE IS AT NO TIME WILL I COUSE THE PLAYERS THESE KIND OF PROBLEM.I WILL AT NO TIME THROW ASTONE IN THE STADIUM AND AM NOW WAITING TO SEE IF MY FRIENDS WHOM WE DID ALL THESE WITH WILL FOLLOW SUIT OTHERWISE I WILL REPORT THEM I PROMISE.
I don’t think there was any leniency on the punishment . Remember we were fined 1.4m to repair the Ulinzi bus. At the same time we need all the money we can get to complete the payment of our own K’Ogalo bus.My only wonder is if we will assist the club to pay the fine with the same ZEAL with which we threw the stones. They say what goes round always comes round and you reap what you sow. I only hope we will come up with a strategy of dessenting or protesting
But what punishment did they vent on the referee? Punishment should be for correction and futuristic betterment. I’m not a stone thrower and did not throw any! I advise them for the personal safety of referees let whoever the idac is next time give a repremand to misbehaving whistlers..impunity is suicidal..take my advice seriously. No apologies.
we cannot complain about the punishment you dont throw stones you complain to IDAC but you dont tell them how to do their job if you got isssues you go to court period.HOOLIGANISM IS UNACCEPTABLE under any circumstances.GORMAHIA FOREVER.
like I said K’galo fans had every right to stop the game but vandalizing the stadium, Ulinzi bus and motorists was simply in bad taste and portrays the 12th man, the heartbeat of GM, as irrational which is not the case. I partially agree fans must foot the bill for property destruction.K,galo club funds are for signing top notch players and coaches not to be wasted on such fines.Too me twas the bhang smokers and changaa drinkers amongst us who went overboard, but now its collective responsibility so lets pay up fans.After thought, Nyayo stadium officials and govt. shld pay half since on this site they’ve been warned about such illegal activities but they’ve not taken any steps to arrest the situation.
Finally Zico now that H.stars have offered you an enhanced contract you must choose either GM or H.star so that you don’t become like the proverbial hyena. For me being the patriot you are l’d rather you choose H.stars.
guys why dont you up date us on the punishment issued by IDAC .Super 8 is only 1 million so ulinzi can go to helll with it,owise lets leave hooliganism inatuangusha majamaa lonng live kogalo
those who threw stones should now come up and help the club pay for the damages.IDAC was right in what they passed,hooliganism is not the way to go.Why cant we behave?Please can someone update us on when the management plans to buy the bus?dont you guys think we need some physical strength in our midfield?Our player are so week that is why Nigeria just knocked them down each time they met.Even our players at GM need some body building sessions.it is hard to bring messi down because he is strong the same na Black Berry.
talk about mugalia and not hooliganism, thuchlu. .. . .Yesterday I was with Masika and he blatantly said he is moving nowhere. .. .. .secondly on 15th this month, finally there will be official unveiling of the Gor Mahia bus, followed by the opening of the office@South C estate in Narobi,come one come all
The Standard news papers still reported they’re yet to sit and decide and that a protest letter had been forwarded to the KPL..where are these 1.4M coming from?
Or is it the Std. newspapers that are behind the news!
As much as we may not be entitled to complain about the punishment Mr. Paw Akuche and as much as we may not alter any bit of it..we still belong and remain within the football fraternity that has rules to be applied and practised by all involved..this includes refs, players and fans..All of us must play by the rules.
If the there is a handball, offside or any fouls it should be recognized and acted upon..playing holier than thou will not lessen the fine or make anything better but by improving on all sides will deny hooligans a chance to do their thing which we all abhor..
Thats why i still persuade the KPL to do something on the refereing , if anything our refs have had interesting call ups to as low a tournament as CECAFA are you the only one who thinks they should not improve..may be you should refer to the GM Mgt. complaint to KPL..
management who is being brought in? I hear there is serious infighting in the management over who should supply the replica jerseys……..so brace urselves for a long wait!
surely if super 8 one miilion how can they ban us fr 1.4 mill and add more its too expensive than even the games or where is the news coming from? zidy fans plse note kitawi is gone who would replace him sasa ?yet our problem would still contiue we brace ahead fr hard times kogallo fans yawa /last now mugallia want to play fr us what do we do ?would zedy play him or just waste him selction yawa poo lets wait n see
I welcome the move and management should move faster and seal the deal before it is too late i think we need to take the league by all means and the easiest way is to sign mugalia in this transfer windo
Imagine Hassan shehata(EGYPT COACH)has resined after fans demaded his resignation due to Egypt POOR form, and do you know that he is the one who won african cup of nations 3 times consecutively?So why on earth should someone be suprised if Zico is crtiticised?i think ur naive, in football u perform people dont complain, but if u dont fans will alwys ask whyyyyy?
Any keen soccer watcher will agree that Selenge is a more skilled player that Mugalia any day. Thats my opinion, but the bottom line is that they are both very good players. Take them.How shall we storm Nakuru on 19th for Chemelil and Sony on 25th? These are must win matches.
Ja Thur gi ji ur not serious, selenge is just respected by Gor fans because,he scored the winning goal against us during 1st leg last year, but he is overrated.How many goals have he scored this season?00.Mugalia is a real talent;Speed,power,&creativity .All in all lets meet in NAKURU 19, I hope their will be no stories of fatigue,& the boys didnt click please.
JOHNNY,REM Egypt have all the right to protest the poor perfomance their time is showing of late.rem they were once the champions of african football.These recently happened in France and Agentina and other champions who dismally performed during the world cup.My question now is do we belong to these legue as gormahia so that we can copy their style of doing things?Remember these people were once somewhere in terms of football.Let us as Kogalo establish ourselves in the KPL first we are from far.kogallo still is like acrawling baby which the only thing it can support itself on to stand is the green army.Lets be patient instead of firing coach,lets hire the players.The likes of Mugalia who have already shown intrest.remember the number of days it took to build Rome.Let zico also brace himself for tough time should we go past the position we got last year.Concernig the matches a head,these is sirkal and the spies are already on the ground monitoring the security situation before the green army reaches.
if thev hv not played this sato why baaala let them give us goals tosha
I also believe mugalia is a real star and selenge is not a bad player but is too much overated we should get mugalia fast.. Will we ever get to sign meaningful players and realise development with the jua kali mgt we have? Remember the likes of Opiyo left us worrying about midfield.. Was he offered a contract?
They av said its Ulinzi vs Westernstima.Am happy coz Kogalo fans are heading to court.lets unite as fans and we shall succeed coz together we shall win.
Actually it should be a court case to caution refs and kpl on impunity!
what if we repair the bus ourself it will not cost us that much , we have good penel beaters and one of Kogalo fan can take this money home and on Zico we need flowing football but now ur not.
Its ironical for soccer bosses to complain about poor officiating in the match H/Stars played against Angola yet here at Home poor officiating by referees is normal Gor lost to Ulinzi because of what? in a match fixing 8 tournament unless we correct things now nothing will change the best teams will keep on loosing while others buy their way through
gor biro we are behind you no matter what