Now FKF interested in Bobby Williamson
Reports from the Standard suggest that Gor Mahia head coach Bobby Williamson has emerged as the firm favourite to take over at Harambee Stars following the one year suspension of Adel Amrouche.
It is understood Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has already inquired about the availability of the former Uganda Cranes coach. Sources in the federation who did not want to be named said: “We have already started looking for a possible replacement for Amrouche and Williamson is being considered first. “He has the experience of working at this level and everybody knows what he achieved while working in Uganda. We are talking to his club and expect to make a firm decision in the next few days.”
The FKF is eager to hire a new coach especially after the below par performance by Harambee stars where they drew 0-0 with Burundi at home before losing to lowly Lesotho 0-1. Given that Lesotho are ranked #139 by FIFA , fans can fully expect that Kenya FIFA ranking to plummet from #95 to perhaps #110.
This is not the first time FKF are after a Gor Mahia coach. In 2011, Zedekiah Otieno “Zico” then the Gor Mahia coach, was also tapped to take over as Harambee stars coach on a part time basis. This happened after Zico had steered a young Gor Mahia squad to the brink of winning the league. However the performance of Gor Mahia suffered as the coach split his time between the national team and Gor Mahia. In this case it is not clear if FKF want Williamson on a full time or part time basis.
Aside from Williamson, FKF have also indicated that they might recycle Francis Kimanzi or Jacob “Ghost” Mulee. Truth be told, Zdravko Logarusic who seems to be on his way out at Simba might be a better option than these two. However with Harambee stars coaching is far from the main problem. Their preparations were poor and consisted of a trip to Brazil for “motivation” followed by a hurried friendly with Burundi. There are also deeper problems that are too numerous for this article to delve into. The point is that hiring Williamson will surely hurt Gor Mahia and is unlikely to help Harambee stars.
If true this is a God sent opportunity to part ways with “Scolari” amicably. Gor should jump @ It.
2ndly point of clarification in the previous article R Ngala was referred to as Dep.Secretary Gen. Actually he is the Secretary. The other secretary positions in GMFC are Secretary Gen, Organizing Sec & Dep Organizing Sec.
We have 5 secretaries plus TM yet all thought T.Otieno was cup tied yet he wasn’t.
I think financial considerations were the main reason GM honoured the Ksm Gotv match given……
Good riddance and I do pray that it materialize sooner than yesterday. BW that a soft landing job that will put you in your comfort Zone and I beg you to obliged without a twinkle of an eye.
that Gotv is fully sponsored.
My point is i think the financial crisis/desperation is really hurting K’galo more than bloated EC would want us to believe.
There is a mini exodus of players, the calibre of players signed (though some rightfully state that BW guaged their suitability b4 advising EC) speaks volumes not to
I disagree with Admin that GMFC will suffer with BW’s exit. We r suffering by his stay-whipped by AFC,out of GoRTv, boring style etc etc
THESE ARE USELESS POSTINGS BY BRAINLESS AND SPINELESS BLOGGERS.
Odour 12 and Orange Trailer what has gone into your heads? These attacks on the coach are meaningless, please leave him alone.
Oduor and Ogango, I think with that attitude you will fit at ingwe. Being level headed has brought us this far. At least we still have fans like jathur gi ji who think rationally. We need to look at the bigger picture and not just beating ingwe. That is just 6 points which cannot stop a team from being relegated. We can lose to ingwe but still win the league
@ ODUOR 12 i also beg to disagree with the ADMIN closing statement that:
“The point is that hiring Williamson will surely hurt Gor Mahia and is unlikely to help Harambee stars”.
I suppose ADMIN is just using some coded language that might actual mean the reverse. BW joining H/STARS is a WIN-WIN situation for both parties and of cause not forgetting the wider K’Ogalo fraternity who are silently suffering due to his “GAMBLES” of PATA POTEA and EXTRA-ORDINARY PROFESSIONAL EXCUSES.
Guy’s you can choose to blog soberly and take your position on this matter freely without being abusive or intolerant to my views. Otherwise i do not want to demean my status by exchanging dirty words on this forum. Observe decorum since Gor Mahia belongs to all of us and NOT “some of us”. Am worried about NOTHING with BW exit; It’s long overdue..!!!
Some of us here are just blogging for the sake of it,if you release the coach know to harambee stars and get another one you should forget about the kpl trophy completely,atleast know it is still 50/50.And again who told you that you will be able to get a good coach with this financial crisis in gormahia…?Do you know that Bob Williamson since we started having these financial crisis at times he even get late salary and you have never heard him making noise in public to the press guys…..ingekuwa lugarusic….?wacheni kupanua mdomo hapa na vitu zenye hamuelewi.it is the decision of gor mahia officials to decide on the fate of the coach but not know, may be at the end of the season.There is nowhere harambee stars is going may be bobby should start that work next year.Lakini tuache upanganga ,there are some people in this blog who knows everything and are very good in identifying other peoples mistakes and pointing fingers at them,am really longing to meet some of you to see how perfect and clean you are.
@ Take your position and keep it to yourself, nobody invited you to Gormahia.net; And if you want to be a gatekeeper then you have the option of creating your own blog-site where you can GAG any Tom , Dick & Harry of your whatever SITE.
To the guys who think that we can part ways with the coach know so that you get satisfied,that is a wishful thinking and you can go and join afc leopard band wagon who fires coaches within weeks or you form another gor mahia B and fund it,we will see if you will be successful.it is not bad for Bob Williamson to go to harambee and omollo I fully support you.we can not release our coach know who is used to our current players then we start to source for another one whom you will also say #oknyaaal then we chase him away when the team is off form.what you have to know each and every coach has his policy and who told you that the new coach will be satisfied with the players that bob Williamson signed.A gain our current financial status who told you that you will get a coach as easy as that….?you people who are always controversial you can form some teams and put them in TPL to see if you will be successful.otherwise the I don’t care and am worried about nothing attitude you can not go with anywhere in this current world apart from throwing stones in gormahia and you will always be a failure.
Why does FKF always look the Gor Mahia side when they run short of coaches. As one puts it, there is a heavy price to pay if Gor Mahia parts ways with BW at this juncture. If FKF seriously want BW, then they should pay Gor Mahia handsomely for the damage and disruption they shall have caused. Hakuna cha ubwete. Lazima wachote.
Guys we should stop being myopic in our approach to this issue by treating BW like a demigod. Suppose he wants to buy out his contract and join H/Stars as an unattached expatriate “MUTA DO NINI? Or will K’Ogalo cease to exist?
Was Pamzo not fired at TUSKER and Matano stepped in and lifted the trophy at Kawangware [Hope centre] while our own Logarusic and his boys were left wailing at TOK KOMWANDA during KPL 2012.
BW seize this opportunity that has come your way and let our EC milk NYAMWEYA dry. At least we will make some money as opposed to frequent free transfer.
The list for Coaches who can handle K’Ogalo is endless. Just post a vacancy advert and you will be surprised with number of applicants with or without the financial crisis.
Of course this is not Ogango Trailer you see we do not have the trademark oooh la laaa, don’t bother with these moles.
The so called ogango you are the one who is myopic,why are you trying to force things….?in the first place bobby has not said anything and in case can he accepts the harambee stars offer and accept to buy his contract that will be another case and it will not be the way you are behaving as if you want to forcefully push bobby out of the club,it will be a mutual agreement between boby ,gor and fkf.so don’t try to force some things down our throat then you expect us to accept.we wont fear telling you to form your own club and manage it by firing the coaches the way you want but in gor mahia at this particular moment and the place where we are on kpl table we cant fire the coach just because the ogangos of these world has said unless it is amutual agreement between the three parties ,the club gor,fkf and bobby himself.please can you put your ego aside and leave the few fans who are ready to support the club to do so,another thing you have to know bobby is avery calm man and there is no day you will hear him jumping here and there with the issue of harambee stars like the one lugaqrusic we had some times back,so if your wishful thinking is cheating you that bobby will just leave gor like that forget man.
While some of us are throwing tantrums all over the place our ‘dsgraced’ EC has managed to get a kit contract for the club. I only wish the energy from OGANGO TRAILER and ODUOR12 would be put in such a positive venture. We would surely have won this year’s leage by now.
Let’s sober up and concentrate on the weekend’s derby as I know some of us judge the performance of the team by using the derby results. To me a win, draw or lose against Ingwe does not bother me but to ensure we lift the TPL trophy at the end of this year. After all Top Fry and Ingwe beat us this year but the positions on the log does not indicate that. So guys it’s important we look at the bigger picture. Let’s not be mistaken and run for the hare when the deer is just a spear-throw away
@Jack Omollo why are you so much worked up and totally immersed in a confused situation thinking that the “FEW” of you can own this club like your personal wallets. Just sober up pal and re-read my post against yours and then interpret who amongst the two of us is more egocentric.
So my blatant statement on BW has caused an awe inspiring experience down your throat to the extent that you can dreadfully claim that you are fearing. And by the way why should you fear BW exit from GM since it will eventually and inevitably happen sooner than later?
WE ARE ALL IN K’OGALO TO STAY WHETHER YOUR ISSUE UNCOUTH DECREE’S OR NOT. BUT COACHES WILL COME AND GO.. PERIOD..!! EITHER DIPLOMATICALLY OR OTHERWISE. “GOR OSIKO TO OK SIKIE”
KOGALO!! KOGALO!! let me ask one question, who are on the top of KPL at the moment? Is it not the so called bad coach and the team? If you say B.W MUST GO’ what will the teams at the bottom tell their coaches? mmmmmh shukrani ya punda ni mateke kweli
Let me just say this gentlemen if u r not satisfied with what is currently happening @ the club please just take a walk,u can decide n come back later if u feel the club is by that tym well managed than making a lot of unnecessary noise,if u can remember some of us we av come from far with this club but we av never complained coz err is 2 human even us we do err,who can remember what used to happen in late 90s n early 2000? some of the people here just came 2 GOR just the day when we started winning games n r now the people making alot of unnecessary noise please kama mmechoka na what is happening right now just take a walk utuwache na hiyo problem u always see sasa ikiisha u can come back,awacho ayueyo pthooo,muenye wivu ajinyonge pthooooo.
Just wondering if FKF would be interested in a clueless coach. Maybe some of us are disappointed in that we have a gentleman of a coach who doesn’t work up the crowd with his pitchside antics.
Even his responses to questions on Yanga and HS interest are very mature and this shows the type of person he is.
We might not be playing the tiki taka type of football but at least we are no longer that team which found it hard to win even within the City Stadium. I wish those complaining were there when Gor players used to share shin guards of all things. The players then looked so ‘miserable’ compared to those of other teams. The Tok Komwanda stands could that time be empty even when we were playing Ingwe. And surely there was no violence with the fans calling themselves shemeji. Now the ‘NEW’ fans have no good words to describe the people who ‘revitalized’ Kenyan soccer like Radul, Mutoko, Gidi, Jalang’o and Papa Shirandula. As said ahsante ya punda ni mateke
Any team in the Top 10 position within the table standing is capable of winning this league. It is too close to start “Chest Thumping” knowing very well that our is simply a very smart gambling tactics with the PATA POTEA tactics and game plan.
We can not retain this title by baby-sitting BW like a demigod whenever he goofs and at the same wishing other teams to flop to determine our fate. BW must work harder and give us the desired result as opposing to his abnormal and comical excuses whenever he fails to perform. Some of us seem to be suffering from “SKIN-COLOUR” as opposed common sense.
If you think this club is your personal property then you have the right to issue those nonsensical decree’s to the birds. And by the way if you think you are suffering from OGANGO-PHOBIA please just quit this site and join the others.
Who told you that we have not been involved in building this club; KUJICHOCHA NAYO..!!! WE WILL SAY IT AS IT IS.!!
Kogalo fans, after sooooo many years of passionately following Kogalo on this blog, I’ve just realised that Ogango Trailer is also an efusi pawn! Of course we knew Oduor 12 was. I feel so amused. 5hrs time difference but still passionate about Kogalo and both Bobbys, who will steer us to the championship ones again, despite the enormous challenges facing mighty kogalo. Efusi has money but no balls (and I mean know-how) to stay with the competition. Kogalo has no sponsorship but playing even better and better…soon we’ll celebrate a successive title and get new sponsors. Stay on BW and Sir Bobby…and bring up a team for the future. It’s not an easy task but true supporters like many of us will stick by you. Just look to Arsenal and the many years they endured without a trophy but Wenger stuck with them despite the many pawns over there.
Shame on you @Ogango Trailer and Oduor12. Your postings depict what sort of brains that you have. Your comments are more of childish or people who have brain damage. I can’t differentiate you with that mad man carrying his shackles in a local village market in Uriri. Grow up gentlemen and post before you think.
If the coach is to be contracted by FKL, we just need to know how much the club can get from his contract but not posting rubbish.
We used to have high level minded bloggers like Ndugu Mwakio, who I think such negative and cramp postings has decided to quit this site.
let whoever wants to quit the site quit…its really not any of our business….
that being the case,lets accept divergent views.nobody on this site is an authority on football matters!!!
some want bobby to go…others want him to stay….whats wrong wth that??everybody is entitled to his or her own opinion!!
@ Pod Antie with all due respect please desist from mentioning my name adversely if you know what am talking about. For sure i don’t need to remind how far we have come along together on this site and i hope you have gotten me right. Just the same way i will not confront La Patre, It is all upon you to decide and you know i never minced my words.
It is no secret that if BW fails to get anywhere closer to getting any the two silverware [KAGAME&TPL 2014]; then any bloggers who has been on this site knows that i never minced my words and as such i have no time for faceless busybodies who are busy building castles in the air in this site with no sense of direction.
@Jamigori ur a village quack; please go and blog with your dear wife for heaven sake. The difference between ME and YOU is much bigger than that tiny village of yours in MIGORI. Jamigori you are truely a typical Ja-luo outcast depicting “it” self in “its” true colours. you can go and sulk @MWAKIO the same way we cajoled you last time until you began to crying after your very “EXPENSIVE” cars as if you are forgetting that some of us we own fleets. UJALUO ITAKUMALIZA NA UFALAA MANG’AA NAYO..!!!
What part of the fairly simple statement by OT that BW has to “SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT” don’t some bloggers understand.
However abusive you become the reality is BW has only 2 chances to salvage his fast dwindling reputation win CECAFA/TPL.
Remember Zico even had an “army” to protect him but eventually poor performance became intolerable to GM fans & he was forced out.
Whether its true BW accepts delayed salary neither here nor there. Financial crisis in GM is self inflicted & people have……
enriched themselves.
Some are now “over the moon” about some launch by EC how many have we seen the paybill, the membership etc.
Also its shallow to try & brag that you’ve support GMFC through this/that. Remember there will always be people who have done more & less for GM than you.
Finally though GM is rotten from the top, its results on the pitch that will determine BW’s stay/exit. That’s what matters & things look VERY dim 4 BW. Sorry 4 those who pay 2 watch a coach’s demeanor instead of game
I think Ogango you are more a villager depicted by the cramps you are blogging in this site. Look at your comments from an adult that claims to own fleet of Vitz cars. Shame on you with your shallow and narrow mind. You are maron and you think that you know everything. You brain is full of maggots and trailer very soon you are going to be detached from the main body of the truck and you will remain homeless and helpless eventually you are going to be a candidate for homocide as I can predict that you going to commit suicide very soon.
I think you need some help and prayers. Something is totally wrong with your mind. Can you re-examine yourself and get some help.
…Am telling you for free its RESULTS ON THE PITCH THAT MATTERS FOR BW NOW. NOT FINANCIAL CRISIS, “TECHNICALLY” POOR PLAYERS WHO HE RECRUITED, INEPT EC NO ONLY RESULTS MATTER AND IN MY VIEW BW CAN’T HACK IT.
HS’s JOB IF TRUE IS AN ESCAPE ROUTE.
ANYWAY LET’S WAIT & SEE BUT BOTTOM LINE EITHER HE SHAPES UP OR SHIPS OUT OR HE WILL BE SHIPPED OUT “ZICO” STYLE.
ITS RESULTS, RESULTS,RESULTS ONLY RESULTS THAT MATTER.
I REST MY CASE.
Oduori and ogango plz leave our coach alone.
At least the true colours and characters of some bloggers is now coming out. With some of the reasoning being witnessed here it shows that some of them cannot even manage their emotions. This means that even if given a kindergaten team to manage they would really have problems.
From some of the comments here you can even tell those who are always in the forefront when trouble brews in the team. I believe they refer to themselves as the owners of the team
Guyz lets be realistic.BW has done well,Other teams also need to win.look at our Noisy Neighbors ,well paid playing unit and coaching unit but results Zero.He has performed well and I like the way he natures young talents.look At the way young players are aggressive once they gel up very well ,kogalo will win almost all the matches.
The critics base their arguments on the derby alone and nothing More.
@ Ogango Trailer, why are you so abusive? Please be careful with what you post…