Coach Dylan Kerr resigns
After several weeks of speculation, Gor Mahia coach Dylan Kerr has finally confirmed the rumours that he is indeed leaving the club to pursue greener pastures.
Courtesy of the Nation
Kenyan champions Gor Mahia on Thursday evening confirmed the club had parted ways with head coach Dylan Kerr.
The Englishman, who led the 17-time Kenyan champions to the Caf Confederation Cup group stages last season, is said to have tendered his resignation.
“As per his letter, he is going for greener pastures and I want to wish him all the best,” Gor chairman Ambrose Rachier said in a statement on the club’s official website.
The 51-year-old, who led K’Ogalo to back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018, thanked the Gor fraternity for their support in his 17-month tenure.
“To players, all l can say is a big thank you for being amazing – everyone played their part with fun, enthusiasm, hard work and most of all belief in what l demanded for both on and off the field. I hope you continue having the vision l constantly told you and always remember no regrets,” Kerr stated in the letter.
“The K’Ogalo faithful ‘Tibim’ Gorrrr Gorrrr Mahia, forever in my heart, forever family, forever friends you made all this work with your lust for passion on the field and your quest for us to be the best… You are the best.”
Meanwhile, the club resumed training on Thursday ahead of a busy season with a Caf Champions League fixture against Malawi side Nyasa Bullets in a fortnight.
Kerr’s last assignment at the club was their historic friendly match against Everton at the Goodison Park on November 6 where the Kenyan giants were humbled 4-0 by the English Premier League side.
Yes..i said this last week, our burning issues keep piling one by one and they will all come to pass albeit painfully.
Nevertheless, am glad to see
my prodigy Zico takes over the leadership. I have always had faith and believe in his vast capabilities. Watch this space, this man Zico will deliver CAF group stages and set history.
Next , I expect EC to endorse the hugely talented okumbi as his deputy within the next few weeks and finally, the elephant in the room….AGM which I have been assured is coming by latest 6th December.
Let’s all meet as members at the AGM and discuss serious club matters as per my earlier postings.
All failures at international level coaches who were fired so acrimoniously from Harrambee stars.,His only qualification is en Ja GEM..
Jakoyo i think you meant to mention KIMANZI, you are just probably a little bit sleepy. Kimanzi is proven yes and yes.
Shambolic EC shinanigans chases away another coach. Sportpesa already said Gor exhausted it’s annual budget location. Kerr tried to put a brave face but deep down anybody could tell the begging was doing alot of damage to his image. When a coach starts getting embroiled with money matters and starving players then it was surely time to go.
This role best suits African coaches. They are ready to work for crap. They see no evil n hear no evil. They only deliver one thing consistently, failure.
That Zico will fail is not the issue, the big question is where exactly is Gor going with this current EC?
Gor is paying a steep price on how it’s management is structured … that the most lame of individuals can find themselves elected as officials.
The most urgent problem is not be about getting another European coach, it’s about management. Gor remains in bondage coz of it’s two major weaknesses;
1. It remains deeply tribal. Eg, Fans who insist that they can only communicate in Luo coz they deeply feel they are communicating to their own i.e. ofcourse until when the club needs money then they suddenly switch to English.
2. It’s a political tool. Donations come from politicians usually when there is a crisis.
Ironicaly the major donors and sponsors who keep bailing out the club are non Luo, but the major looters of the club are Luos themselves.
With due respect For is the most non tribal/ regional club in Kenya at the moment. Look at the squad.
Well, I just spoke to Kerr and I cannot see why I disagree with his position. He is and will be very willing to engage Kogallo in future if adequate measures he desired a re taken care of in advance in the management of the team. Last year he went through very embarrassing episodes that were avoidable by the management and understandably he does not see the same changing as the conditions he had asked for are not being heeded to. Players wellfare was at the core of his demands. He really hated going through this scenario again. By the time the team left London back home the players morale was already low due to non payment. When he lost Walusimbi he asked for proper engagement and punishment to be taken against the South African team by FIFA, our management let him down and this seriously affected his plans. He does not see any professional change coming and he regrettably tendered in his resignation.
Wakusimbi money probably has been keeping some slay queen happy
https://www.futaa.com/article/167821/breaking-dylan-kerr-resigns-from-gor-mahia
Dinga has hit the nail on the head. The looters from Luo tribe are bringing this club down led by Rachier and Patron. They should have been the first ones to resign.Ironically, their fellow luo politicians are so mean that they can’t offer any help.A good example is the case of Conjestina who was helped by Sonko.Joluo nigi ich lit mokber thoooo.
Joma owacho go ema oseblock/ sanction any sponsorship deal with the any company/cooperate organization ka gipenjo first question ni Jakom en ango e Gor? Year in Year out, nobody wanted to do business with Gor because of politics. Now jakom is retiring we hope they won’t see us as they always have.
True, I concur with Dinga the most urgent thing that ought to be sorted out is the club’s management. Bringing in another foreign coach to face same challenges that made Kerr resign is a waste of time
As much as we loved Kerr it’s human to scale the ladder and uplift oneself. The truth is that coaching and playing for Gor hs always lifted people’s profile. So it just in order fro Kerr to go for greener pastures. He was just about to break the season and a half which is the normal for Gor coaches.
The elephant in the room about all this is our EC and how they conduct their affairs. To them Gor is a private club when things are sailing smoothly but when there are issues they are all the place asking for assistance.
What is the nature of our contract with Sportpesa that we cannot go a whole season without financial problems? Can’t we cut our coat according to the size of material we have? Is it time we had someone with business acumen in the EC as the current ones to me either are activists or just riding along.
And by the way Jasego have our new recruits apart from Batambuze reported.
Luc Emayel is free from the SA job, why not go for him. He proved to be a good coach but requires an organized EC
Dan yeah the signings are around though trauning venue is proving a challenge. Erisa Ssekisambu wants to be paid part of sign-off fees before season commences…
I think its time for the fans to raise to the occasion and make Gor big again. i cant support any suggestion of bringing back Zico who had already failed in the same capacity as a head coach. As we approach this ping pong game that has been brought by EC, lets think of turning Gor Mahia to a company and fans being shareholders.
Bring back lpgarusic
http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/dylan-kerr-claims-that-he-never-had-any-contract-with-gor/1awatkn1j7ztm10jf94ljhv0nj
Dylan Kerr is now spit milk. Am sure there are many coaches just waiting on the wings. Kogalo has always been the darling of many coaches. Let us begin to here them sending their applications. The good thing is that we are just about to begin our seasons.
I politely ask, Is there a coach who has never failed….nutall was fired, Kerr was fired by Simba, okumbi was fired, zico was fired , Loga was fired and even that luc eyamel some are proposing, has just been fired in SA…..so don’t tell me that zico and okumbi cannot do the job ? Let the results do the talking.
Being fired honorably and dishonorably are worlds apart..fired dishonorably in gor, harambee,sony,chemelil…awuoro
I am sad yes but life must continue. Kerr claims he never had any formal contract with GM that it was verbal while Rachier is a top lawyer in Kenya awuoro. All in all back to the drawing board but what i can promise is i move things in GM and I am not being proud or arrogant when i state so. I have done it before and will do it again that Zedekiah Otieno will not be GM Head Coach for considerable time. I will engage good foreign coaches and talk to AR and Aduda so that we replace Kerr soonest. Jakoyo you know what i mean. Zico is a stop-gap measure soon returning to Assistant Coaching role. To fans who castigated me for buying players who Kerr didn’t sanction well like i said we sign players not because of a Coach but for GM continuity and club posterity. The next incoming coach will find the same human resource Kerr did plus re-inforcements to build on and scale greater heights…
OK Kerr left. On foreign players now that we have Erisa Ssekisambu, Mustapha, Tuyisenge, Guikan, Karim, Shafiq so who leaves?
Now that Kerr is left, Guikan is definitely part of the squad and has resumed training…I guess Karim will give way in January
Read futaa.com on what might have contributed to coach Kerr’s resignation and you just pitty gormahia’s management, no foreign coach will take such nonsense
In a nutshell my fren this is the discussion i had with Kerr, as i stated above here also.
Well, I just spoke to Kerr and I cannot see why I disagree with his position. He is and will be very willing to engage Kogallo in future if adequate measures he desired a re taken care of in advance in the management of the team. Last year he went through very embarrassing episodes that were avoidable by the management and understandably he does not see the same changing as the conditions he had asked for are not being heeded to. Players wellfare was at the core of his demands. He really hated going through this scenario again. By the time the team left London back home the players morale was already low due to non payment. When he lost Walusimbi he asked for proper engagement and punishment to be taken against the South African team by FIFA, our management let him down and this seriously affected his plans. He does not see any professional change coming and he regrettably tendered in his resignation.