When will Kogalo bounce back ?
The Kenya premier league has now played through 1 quarter of the season. Gor Mahia stand in the relegation zone with one win 4 losses and 4 ties. This record harkens back to 10 years ago when mismanagement. That year in 2002 , Kogalo finished at the foot of the table. Within the first few games they had gone down 0-3 to Oserian and 1-4 to Chemelil. Okay so it is not that bad yet. Still the current record is perplexing.
Various reasons have been given. Coach Logarusic has said the players are not of sufficient calibre. This may be his way of motivating the players and is partially true. But it does not fully explain the current predicament. How does that explain loosing to recently promoted Oserian and Muhoroni youth.Do they have better players ? Not by a long shot. And how is it that players who succeeded at other clubs have become ineffectual at Kogalo ? There are clearly some deep seated issues with the team perhaps even disunity within the playing unit.
In a bid to change things around, Logarusic has introduced a number of changes. To begin with, there is a gag order; Players will no longer speak to the media without permission. It is nothing new, anyway, for it’s the case with most professional outfits the world over. This is a good thing. At the very least we will no longer hear empty promises from players. Of late there have been too many. Every time the team looses, a player article appears on one of the blogs promising imminent success. Let the players focus on actually bringing results instead of promising them.
Logarusic has also banned players from calling officials from their cell phones. It has been noted that players have been building alliances with officials thus causing disunity. When players are disunited, they cant play for each other and sacrifice for the team.
The players and officials were set to meet on Monday to discuss pressing issues. I believe the fans who have stayed loyal throughout deserve to know the outcome of the meetings. It is critical that the team comes up with a solution soon as there are some tough matches coming up, most notably against Sofapaka on Sunday.
Another issue that needs to be addressed soon is the rash of injuries. This was covered in depth in a previous article.
On a positive note, most fans are learning the importance of policing themselves as evidenced by the fact that a hooligan was “arrested” by fans and handed over to Police on Sunday.
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When will Kogalo bounce back? Soon I believe with less criticism and more moral support, it will be, and soon.
The inability to score goals is just not normal three goals in nine league games? The investigation should go beyond the field of play,somebody could have played dirty tricks on the team, it happens and please do not dismiss me quickly. There are many people who could possibly have grudges with the team and would do all that is possible to frustrate us.Any body supporting this line of thinking?
Administrator this is a good article. The action by the coach on players as indicated in this piece are good and will yield some good outcome.
I agree with Ja Thur gi ji: something is not right. However, let us give ear to Agwa Kassam’s plea about serious prayer. The bible says that the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Righteous men and women of valor in the K’ogalo family, it is time to rise up and stand in the gap for this club. Take time, go up the mountain and cry to the Lord God almighty to do a new thing in this team. Our God is God of a second chance. He is God of renewal. Let us plead with him for a breakthrough.
WE MAY NOT BOUNCE BACK THIS SEASON !!!! BUT CERTAINLY NEXT SEASON…………..TRUTH BE TOLD , WE SIMPLY BOUGHT THE WRONG PLAYERS AND WE HAVE TO PAINFULLY DIGEST THIS FACT AND MOVE ON……YAJOWA !!!!!!!!
jakoyo – you are right as i have said before – if you scored against Gor or played well then you were recruited
thats how
Ochomo joined from Congo – he scored in Mombasa
Kevin Master joined from Rangers
Salim joined from Bandari – the free kick last season at City
Denis wise – from Nairobi city stars – he played well when gor was trying to get the league in 2010
@jakoyo, you have to understand that the players that Gor has at the momment are the best. ant i will still repeat GOR IS BEING BEATEN BY A VERY LOW MARGIN. THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE WCHICH IF RECTIFIED, GOR WILL BOUNCE BACK IMMEDIATELY.otherwise lets give players time to give us the right result thatwe want.
@jakoyo, you have to understand that the players that Gor has at the momment are the best. I will still repeat GOR IS BEING BEATEN BY A VERY LOW MARGIN. THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE WCHICH IF RECTIFIED, GOR WILL BOUNCE BACK IMMEDIATELY.otherwise lets give players time to give us the right result that we want.
I am an AFC fan and still believe Gor have a solid outfit this season. I’ll be brutal about this. The goals are not coming out of what I would call management failure. Coach Logarusic, is not helping so far by blaming and castigating players in public. He needs to show leadership by understanding the he is an integral part of the team. When he refers to Gor Mahia as ‘they’, it raises eyebrows. Players need respect from fans and more so the coach and calling them ‘not-to-the-calibre’ is not going to help the situation when he is stuck with them till June transfer window. He is courting disaster if you ask me.
At this time, Gor’s playing unit needs more understanding than wholesale condemnation. And if the current crop is treated badly at Gor, who will want to join Gor in June with better paying teams abound?
Micah Cheserem once told me that ‘when fish starts to rot, it starts with the head’. Look upwards for solutions to Gor’s current issues and I bet you don’t need an election to fix this, but change of attitutde and management would do just fine.
All said, am sure Gor will be on the mend and will not feature in the relagation dog fight.
@Jakoyo I want to commend you for the change in mindset. Your comment in post 2 is great and full of encouragement. The WORD is truly very powerful. Let us maintain that spirit.
@Omondi your observations are interesting, thought-provoking and accurate save for the bit about “Salim”.
If I am not wrong the ‘Salim’ you are referring to is Rama Salim Mbuggus. The correction I wish to make about this lad are:
1. He was acquired from Congo United (where he was the captain and was very instrumental in the goal scored by Ochomo against Gor at Mbaraki).
2. Rama is one player K’ogalo does not and should not regret acquiring as he has already proved his worth. The administrator of this blog is on record to have likened the boy with Zinadine Zidane thanks to his trademark mazy runs on and off the ball.
The problem haunting us is the recruitment as you have correctly observed. What happened to our scouting prowess? If we pick a player based simply on the factors you have list @4 then as Jakoyo puts it, the digestion will always remain painful.
Our in-law @7 has given us food for thought. Thank you @Walter Onyino for your empathy and encouragement.
Ja thur gi ji, if we were to investigate off field saboteurs then we will have to be more dirty! I will not have the last word on this but i still believe it takes only humility and dedication of the team to God almighty, we do not need to know who did what but the one who can take us beyond any dirt and tricks, just as Jackowili puts it there is God of a second chance.
Tuko na shida…God is not happy with the hooliganism by some thugs acting in the name of Gor! We are paying for the tears of innocent motorists whose windows are vandalised whenever the hooligans strike…we are paying for the arrogance with which we act in the name of being ‘sirkal’…it’s a lesson that Gor fans need to be humble.
God please forgive us and change the hearts of the hooligans. I rest my case.
My fellow fans and @Walter 7, please note the following:
Our new coach is right cos he has said it right and boldly.
First, he said Gor should forget about the title but concentrate in removing themselves from bottom line and start on a new note next year. That is true and even AFC coach told his team that last year.
Second, our coach said we have a number of players in our team who do not deserve to be there. Why did we shop for them and who did it?
Third, before the Tuzo sponsorship players could be injured and back to the pitch as quick as they recover. Today a player will sit for more than 2 months with an injury but will still earn and feel confortable.
We still have to rise but only after end of this first leg when we’ll have selected 2 or three players to boost our gap.
Lastly, players must also start doing their best and motivate fans, we have done our part. I have seen the way our players react when the opponent scores. They loose hope and all of them will hold their waists hopelessly as if that is the end, learn to fight back or else score goals and celebrate cos I do believe even wherevere they (Players) stay hata wamechoka na sympathy ya ujirani.
Alot has been said but what we need is patience and humility. We need to be patient with the players and the coach should also note this. Our current group of players are as good as any. All we need to do is to encourage them and not put undue pressure on them. On the players side they seem tense and are not comfortable with the ball. Always in a hurry to release them. This could be due to our fans castigating them openly in the field. On us fans humility, humility is the key word. In 1985 you could be a ‘hero’ by hurling as much abuse as possible but in the 21st century and some of us think part of watching GM is disobeying all laws of decency. We get embarassed with our ladies and kids when someone hurls some of these obscenities as a past time. Footy is now a family affair and singlying out our divas and describing them in some s… innuendos is so uncouth. Have sat on the shemeji’s side for some matches and this does not arise. It’s even alledged that ‘we’ mishandled the Ulinzi lady supporter and are now paying for it. Though that’s just a myth but the thing is let’s change our behaviour and the negative perception will fade away. Else we will go to the market in June only to realise that we are the market and lose our best players.
on Sunday, against Sofapaka, . .so, now are you answered?
ONLY GOD CAN UNLOCK WHATEVER IS HOLDING US BACK FROM PERFOMING CZ WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN THE POWERS OF HUMANITY.
LETS ALL PRAY FOR GOD’S FAVOUR AND GRACE.
we must still believe i n the team. obviously, certain things may be going wrong.however, we must never tire on to our hold. please just get us the 1st eleven and things will be alright.
Thumbs up for ramah salim .that boy plays just like messi. Hop am not the only who sees that. And tha should be a challange to the rest of our new signings.Prayers is just mandatory for this team something surely is wrong somewhere .what happened on that plane to mozambique we dont know.
Please let’s be carefull as we heap the blame on the players. They are human and if they lose even the little faith and hope that still exists then we are the losers. It saddens me when the coach and the Vice Chair openly criticise the players in public. It’s true we are saying that the time to sugar-coat issues is over but let’s use some tact. Playing to the gallery and passing the buck wont do. What if the players spoke and blamed the same officials. What would be the result?
As much we are all crying tears with our poor performance, the entire fraternity of Gor Mahia are to be blamed starting from Fans/Followers, Players & Management.
Why do I say that, we the Fans/Followers should always be ready to help the players by not criticizing them every now and then, instead we should sit down with them and tell them off and what we expect from them. Whenever we have a hooligan in any match we should either beat that fan and hand him/her to the security agency. We should also appoint a “Special Crime Detecting Branch” within the fans and whenever they notice any hooliganism they arrest the culprit at that point and hand him/her to the Police immediately.
Management should not be receiving any calls from players, instead they should call a forum with them and also tell them off on their faces.
Players have a right to be heard but they should also choose the right forum and not the media. Instead they have the technical bench whom they should air their views and then forward to the Management. The coach should also in-steal discipline amongst the players.
I would also urge all fans to agree to go to one Church that Sunday Morning and seek the intervention of GOD regardless of which denomination you are from but we are all praying to the ONE GOD/ALLAH we know the creator of the earth to intercede and come to the rescue of K’Ogalo. Then we all proceed to the Stadium peacefully with all the Blessings we shall have received that Sunday. GOD will truly hear our cry.
Arsenal were doing badly at the start of the season. Never did I hear the Manager nor its officials castigating the players in public. The fans did but the manager remained with the players. Its called keeping the faith cos thats what you are stuck with for some period. I wonder why we think come June cre’me de la cre’me of the premier will be trotting to us when we admonish players publicly. I have already read a fan on futaa.com saying whats left is lashes on players. He commented from what Faizal said by blaming players. This guy together with Bwana should also REFRAIN from speaking to the media. Who will gag them?! We need to show love and encouragement to the players.
My humble request please EC why dont we acquire the services of Mzee Sianga to mould the youth team to supply the senior team?If we can get under 17,under the watchful eye of Mzee Sianga,this stories am reading from this site shall be a thing of past.I wish I was in the yesterdays meeting but could not make it.We should have it more often even when we start winning.It should not happenned when we lose match but more often.Otherwise what will happen when we start to see goals coming?Will we still critise?
Matters about this site. All of us were inconvenienced when we could not access here. The word is out that individuals who think the bloggers are interrogating their performances are the ones hell bend on downing this site. Lets all rise up in condemnation as they try their evil deeds by manifesting in other people’s profiles like Jackowili stated. If you are elected in a public office you are bound to be scrutinized. These gorilla tactics and arm twisting will not prevail. We again ask the EC to unveil the Club’s official website to know whats going on. Last time it was ready and that it would be officially unveiled in a few days. That was two weeks ago!
Yes we will.We will be back and remember, the teams that have beaten us will not do it again during the second leg of the league and we will get to the top.
This is addressed to the person in Paris who tried hacking this site:
Il s’agit de notre club et le site Web. PLS don nous mess up ! Une fois que nous rattraper avec vous les conséquences sont désastreuses et feu – des disciples de GorMAHIA.
Translated as:
This is our club and website. Pls don mess us up! Once we catch up with you the consequences are dire and fire – from GorMAHIA followers.
its possible to be back cos leopards lost 10 games in first leg last year and managed to finish in top 5.Lets make changes wisely both in playing unit and technical bench.The new coach might not have much feeling about the team but ogolla should have continued cos he had passionate about the team.sharp criticisms can have some negative effect on the team.koops never abuse players but encourages them and he is just muzungu like the one in Gor now.
Thank you @Eblazing, the iron lady of the blog. The action you have taken @23 is commendable. Your resolve makes me equate you (permit me to say) with “the only man in PNU” in the name of one Martha Karua. Soldier on sister for Gor Mahia.
Crucify me if you will! but the truth is that the only wayout for Gor is for them to be demoted so that they realise the significance of good management, order, discipline, hardwork and team spirit! THIS IS THE REBIRTH THAT GOR NEEDS! HARD TO SWALLOW BUT THE ULTIMATE TRUTH! COME ON! LETS NOT BEAT ROUND THE BUSH? LETS GO THROUGH IT!
Agwa Kassam @9 yes you need to be dirty, infact dirtier than the other person whoever it is. Why not there is a very dirty game going on here. Any body who wants to believe this can but if you don’t you also have a right to keep your optimism. Look, you cannot say Gor players as they are now are all brats, they are some of the best( I am not saying the best ). Why, Hugo was second best scorer with 11 goals, Midenyo had seven at Tusker, Rama had a number, Ngwa is a known goal poacher, Selenga on his day can score, Lavatsa, Kevin Omondi, Makori,Tonny Nyangor,Lucky Dube and Abondo – their set piece abilities all but disappeared, and you think thats just normal.Naaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh. Whos DUNNIT then must be the question. NOW AND NOT TOO LATE.
For that matter, let nobody attempt to insult any player, never at all because if we continue to do that the way some of us are known to do, we risk having an empty stable come the transfer window in June, ALL GONE AND NONE WILLING TO COME IN.
@Ja Thur gi ji tell them. Some of us think players grow on trees and we just go and pluck them. Even Pascal who has no team can easily turn GM down going by the behaviours of some of us. What if we do an overhaul and nobody is willing to come in. What do we do then? As I said before now all players have more or less the same quality and pay and won’t ‘die’ to play for GM or AFC due to fan/official pressure. Let’s stop the public criticism (note the use of the word public) of the EC, tech team and players. If only some of you knew the pressure associated with putting on a GM t-shirt!! It’s very easy to sit on the terrace, chew your miraa or groundnuts and demand for a win.
I encourage the coach and the officials to maintain this hardline stance. If none of the useless KPL players want to play for Gor Mahia, then let’s go to the high schools snd recruit some serious players with real talent. We are not going to be babysitting grown azz men in this club.
Ja Thur gi ji, i’ve said what i said publicly twice in this blog. I will still say it now.
There are people who have been eating at GM from time immemorial and will do anything to bring GM down for as long as people do not bend low to them.
Unfortunately Fans have bragged before especially after we won the FKL cup about the dirt! My take is God becomes very unhappy when other gods are put before him and it is said the GM mgt entertains this, in fact i happened to attend a gathering sometimes back and it was being discussed openly by one of the current officials..Guys i am convinced God is unhappy at all this.
To me its more simpler and effective to just publicly dedicate the entire team to God of heavens and earth and Israel than go deep investigating through lowly mortals of this world. Prayers works and in most cases the team will incur nothing.
I disagree totally with the coach at belittling players openly, looking at the squad very few of them are over twenty five and i do not see a very bad player in that team deserving such public ridicule! The coach is extremely wrong, no wonder he is a globe trotter, how do you improve under adverse threats? Lets call a spade a spade.. Mr coach we want results, badmouthing players will not save you.
If anything where are we going to get those super gods deserving to be at GM, from Croatia?
I see fans and players trying their best but the EC & the new coach will just take us for a ride..i fear the worst! No wonder some now think the blog is a threat to their looting spree..what happened to the wells fargo contract? the website?
WHY ALWAYS OGANGO
Instead of bolgging for GM. Your hidden agenda is one OGANGO TRAILER.
GOR wins it is OGANGO. GOR draws OGANGO shut up!. GOR is beaten OGANGO stop issue instruction and making line up for the coach. WHY ALWAYS OGANGO ?
@ Ja Ngere why are you after my ASS, I am not a homosexual you villager?
@ Kosero are you suffering from OGANGO-PHOBIA? Why are you always after me?
@Le Pastre when ever I dis- agree with your post you end up calling me all kind of uncouth names and classify OGANGO as a Mpesa stroke mobile phone generation.
@ Motema when did I read for you scriptures my comrade? Why always OGANGO?
When I decide to stay away , everybody yells at me! OGANGO come back! Where are you Mr. Trailer? Why do you guys want me to be out of GOR for life?
EVERY TIME OGANGO TRAILER. LEAVE ME ALONE?
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TO ANSWER YOU, I REPY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE
K’Ogalo gonna bounce back big and better.
We are going through a very dry spell goalwise. The men we have specially assigned the duty are firing blanks not even the encouragement from the self confessed traditionalist. Comrade Ogango Trailer could save us. Comrade O. Trailer at one time whipped bloggers to pay homage to the spirits of Gor Mahia, who according to him, was not pleased with the way he is being treated posthumously. But that is for comrade O. Trailer and his ilk.
The rest of us believe that there are no shortcut to success. We must invest alot of our time and resources to the goal. And our goal has always been to be the most successful club in East Africa if not Africa. To attain this dream, we continue to increase both our fanbase and revenue. As loyal fans , we shall always hold our leaders to account.
Dan and Agwa Kassam @ 29 and 31 respectively, its like I was the one writing. Thank you!! I said it when the coach arrived. He is a very high handed and media crazy coach and can see some fans praising this approach of admonishing his players.. It can never work. The guy is intelligent. He has already made the fans believe that the players are worse than any team in KPL. Thats not true. Our players have been good notwithstanding lack of goals which I think we need to troop back to our churches and mosques to pray. The coach is playing with our psych. If the team does not perform no one will ask him cos he has already passed verdict. If they perform well he takes all the credit. This guy has to be told he signed the contract to get the best out of these players! Is someone noticing the silence of his assistants? Check my comments in earlier blog about his traits. I don even believe Leopards have better players than ours. Proper management structures are not in place. COACH PERFORM and stop undermining our talents publicly!!!
KOGALO WILL NOT BOUNCE BACK UNTIL ALL ISSUES WHICH WERE RAISED BY FANS EVEN BEFORE OUR MZUNGU CAME ARE ADRESSED. BURE KABISA
Point of correction @Pareyio ole Lelerue. I think you are mistaking Ogango Trailer with A Georgy Dume (Okoth Jabilo).
Thank you @Jackowili . Everything on this blog is always OGANGO TRAILER!
GOR win OGANGO! GOR draws OGANGO! GOR is beaten OGANGO TRAILER!
When hooligans smash cars it is still OGANGO!
Ja Ngere insists that RASA yako O. Trailer, Kosero wakes up OGANGO ! Le Pastre blogs OGANGO! Motema will always say OGANGO scriptures! WHY ALWAYS OGANGO!
Guys, let’s reduce the tone of our comments in this blog else we will spread the ‘tension’ from the players and fans to the EC and tech bench. We all know what that would mean to the team. The draws and one-nil loses can easily trnslate to something we don’t want to imagine. Whoever loves GM should now be thinking of a solution and not passing the blame all sides. Our players are still too young to absorb some of the pressure we are exerting them to. I can assure you that these players would play very well in a tension-free team. Let’s show them love and the results would just come. To me it’s not late to vie for a top 5 finish
Look here my good friend the Trailer. All these only point out that this blog recognizes that you are an enigma.
Trust me Ogango Trailer you are our pride; our combat-ready, battle-hardened war machine whose natural habitat is the battlefield. You have cut a niche for yourself well above the rest. Regard all these as an appreciation of the man Ogango Trailer.
CAREFULLY READ AND DIGEST WHAT V.OCAMPO HAS POSTED @21.Players have to be groomed and moulded.this has to be done when players are young and ready to absorb what is brought to them.A team like thika utd with its budding talent comes to mind.these are players who left school the other day but are holding their own against the so called big clubs in the KPL league.What is neede is to have an u-17 side to play in the lower leagues as mathare utd,barca and real do.this can be our B side from which promising players can be elevated to the senior team.At the moment we have to accept that we went for cheap and bought players who just like man city are draining our coffers while providing heartache and ulcers for fans.
I am AFC Fan as well. I sincerely do not want my Shemejis to be relagated because as history shows, we need each other in order to survive. Whenever Gor and AFC are doing well, Kenya football benefits, and whenever the two are not doing well, Kenya football suffers.
We in AFC also went thru a rough patch no too long ago. I believe GOR will rise again !
A sound youth program needs to be implemented now to eliminate the need of buying players that are not performing or giving 100%. a good example F C Barcelona B and Villarreal B are doing good in segunda B and if there is an injury on the 1st team the segunda b player can fill in easily examples being Jonathan Dos Santos Tello etc that’s were we need to invest heavily.
WHY ALWAYS OGANGO?
Trailer man,take heart.As jackowili has aptly and vividly put it,you are indeed the warhorse of this blog.Combative,ruthless and unapologetic.Even your detractors here will have to agree,that Ogango Trailer is a force to reckon with in this blog.Great man of kogallo,keep fighting!
Ogango you are my friend yawa i have no problem with you i really enjoy your posts even the scripture ones. i just wish Gor plays like our old days.
why is that some people are obssessed with the new coach surely its like they have grudges and a preferred coach. please cut as some slack. now that we here i think i agree with the coach lets not be too optimistic but work with we have.
some say his statement will demoralise the players surely any person in the public domain shld be ready to be told the truth and for a gor player not ready to take the heat/pressure is not in the right place. when u sign up here u must brace urself for muck boy coz u will deal with all kinds of fans but what coz what matters to them are results.
what Gor needs is prayers 100% and rededication to God almighty anything else will be futile and i repeat it starts with the officials.
Posted no 25, if GOR players are better than Ingwerians why are you at pains to explain why you cant score at FC98 while I am at ease to report to you goals galore at Ingwe and even at our next match in Thika on sunday be assured that we are beating Maiti ya Thika 2-0! Ours 4ever!
Yawa Usewacho te, what will I say? Players aren’t bad just need to solve their psychological issue. Badmouthing them should have been the last option after everything else failed
The problem in Gor Mahia is this new coach, what is his name, Logarithm? He was quoted by a section of the Kenyan media that some of Gor Mahia players cannot think while running. The same players were second in the league 2011 and won FKL cup 2012. Now they can’t think while running! Watch this space, this guy will head back to Ghana or Croatia before the season ends. We need a local coach who can deliver. Not this foreign imbecile.
check your language no 47 and vent your frustration elsewhere. the buck stops with the players period coz once the coach takes them thru the paces its their responsibility to deliver.
Surely maybe we need to relook at the players contracts again. my propsal wld be only those who make the team selection on a playing day shld get the highest % of the winning allowance which shld be substantial enough coz their cld be the danger that “i’ll get payed whether i play or not” and this will motivate players to work hard to make the cut.
please players the buck stops with you and not the fans or the technical unit unless your heart is not with this team.
This is my very humble request to anybody commenting about the new coach at this moment, the likes of Wuod Omeme@ 47: Kindly, just kindly stop it, why, it is too early and we are looking really bad to criticise him after only two competitive matches. It is now clear that this blog is surely not only for Gor supporters; there are enemies and forces from without aboard who are hell bent on destroying the team. Lets all be careful, otherwise we are all going down together.
Where does the notion that ‘Gor Mahia players should be hardy and resolute even to insults and humiliation’ come from?
This notion of “any player joining Gor Mahia should be ready for the heat or pressure…” is a serious drawback. This school of thought is either an alien culture or is outright outdated. It must be the former because it has been an unwritten code from time immemorial that fans should not boo, shout down or make any discouraging comments about any player donning the K’ogalo jersey.
Be it in ‘Russia’ (terraces) or in the main stand Gor Mahia fans never took kindly to anyone clad in RED outfit or in a neck tie. Such people would find themselves subjected to insults and cat calls; worse still, they would be pelted with missiles and even be forced to remove these clothing that were deemed offensive and disrespectful to the spirit of K’ogalo (Okoth Jabilo can shed more light on that). However at no time was such intolerance extended to the players. A player in Gor is almost a deity, so where does this talk of “players with weak guts are in the wrong place” come from?
Why don’t we listen to @Dan? I admire and respect this gentleman for his level head. Dan has consistently advocated for players not to be intimidated. Refer to @29 where he philosophically states that players don’t grow on trees! The poor man is shouting his voice hoarse and here we are chest-thumping and trying to justify the unjustifiable. Why don’t we just listen to him?
As we pray 100% let us mention among other things, that God may restrain us from or give us the grace to subdue intolerance and humiliation of players.
Hello Bloggers!
Gor will rise again. What we must do is to look at our goalkeeping. Do we have a trainer? Please bloggers, take an audit of all the matches we have played recently and tell me what you saw. What kind of goals are those we are conceding?
@Creative Village your observation has been itching my brain for some time. The funny thing is they were almost identical, starting with the second goal against Tusker.
We should not shy from the true issue in GM. The truth is that we elected officials who don’t have idea about how a football club should be managed. For Gm to succeed it needs proper input from players,fans,technical bench and the EC. Compare AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia you will note that where AFC are better than GM is EC. I believe if afc was still under the leadership of Ochiel they could be either in the middle or at the bottom.In many cases Angode who happen to be the Secretary of AFc is the only one who speaks to the media about the club. In fact ask Gor fans the the members of AFC EC most of them will tell you 2, Magelo and Angode. Ask AFC Fans the members of GM EC and you won’t be surprise nearly all of them are known to them by names and the post they hold in GM. When you elect persons with their own interest to manage Gm,you just start creating problems from there. Persons who wants to communicate through the media out doing each other.Even if you get the whole playing unit and technical bench of GM to afc and bring the whole playing unit and technical bench of AFC to GM still AFC with the players we are abusing will better. To be fair we must observe the performance of each department,players,technical bench,fans and above all the EC.If we just look at the players and bench we shall make many changes but we won’t go anywhere. We want to stop the players from talking to the Officials but we are not stopping the officials from speaking to the players over the phone.This is ridiculous.I’m of the opinion that the way this officials are trying to outdo each other in the media they be extending that to the playing unit and technical bench.We blame others for recruiting a player for just scoring against GM forgetting we as fans just elect some persons to GM EC just because he/She has given Cash or equivalent to GM or we come from the same village. Lets elect the best to run GM.
Jackowili @50. It’s a two way street. In the past, fans would never speak harshly to or insult players and in return players would respect the jersey they were playing in. They would play agressively and fight from the first minute to the last. They would fight for every ball, they would refuse to lose and would be seen crying real tears after every loss.
These days, you have players who give up them moment the opposition scores against us, even if it’s the first half. They concede soft goals. They are seen in bars and nightclubs with strange women at odd hours of the night before an important game, etc. Such players deserve no respect from anyone and the coach and fans are right to dismiss them as good-for-nothing.
Now I agree, that not all the players in the current squad are like that, but a good number are. Such jokers need to be offloaded as soon as possible. Why babysit someone who clearly does not have the club’s best interests at heart.
MY APOLOGIES COMRADE O. TRAILER
In my previous post, I indicated that comrade O. Trailer is our self confessed traditionalist. I have however mistaken him for comrade Okoth Jabilo. I wish to sincerely apologise to O. Trailer. I have great respect for the two gentlemen and indeed their valuable contributions on this blog.
Comrade Okoth Jabilo, a loyal fan, critic and traditionalist. He has made my evening lively and enjoyable.
Comrades will recall that coach ZD has divided us down from the middle untill he exited unceremoniously. I don’t want us to go the same route again. Logarusic is still green in the club and need some time to understand the players. Rome they say, was not built in one day.
@53 I do agree with you.As club we should only have one person to speak to the media on behalf of the club (COMMUNICATION OFFICER)ours is very pathetic.one you will see Sec Gen again asst Sec Gen again vice chair.Please why dont we have one person to respond to media or any issue related to club?Am happy with the new coach,Instil displine to club.bravo LOGARUSIC continue with the same spirit.otherwise I still belive Gor has what it takes to come from ashes.
I watched Gor play Super cup against Tusker, then Thika United on KPL match day 1. My conclusion was that Gor is going no where this season. Why? The new coach has pointed out exactly what I posted on this blog that earned me names. A player who cannot control the ball, follow up passes, utilize gap, is NOT a football player. That is exactly what Gor playing unit is made of. Our players are overated. thats the truth.
About the coach, I said and I repeat, even if you bring Pep Gaudiola of Barcelona to coach Gor, he will not go far. Even if you bring Jesus, with the kind of “adiddas” fans we have, he will not survive.
At least now some sober bloggers are starting to see that the problem in Gor was never the coaches but players. Case in point Gattuso. He made fans hate ZD. He contributed to Awono’s dismisal. Now he realised the same tricks would not work against a Muzungu, he decided to show himself the door.
Let us support technical team. For God and my club Kogallo
Hapa Gor kila mtu ni daktari.we all know how to diagnose and how to administer the dose.But a million doctors with varying opinions can turn a patient into mortuary material.there is no room ever us achieving a worthy broth.wariek waduto(we are all brainys).
I read one idiot bad mouthing. My assertions on this blog are as equal as anyone else. I reconciled with the diva, Eblazing and that was that. Stop looking for me when I decide to relax and read our followers comments.
@57 ALBERT KOSERO…..for once i agree with your comments.
the technical bench should also be made aware taht Kogalo players indulge a lot in alcohol. too much drinking at Egesa and Hornbill in Umoja, with another batch having shifted their drinking base to dornholm. i believe these will adversely affect the players performances it training and on match days. these surely affect our performances and results
Let’s not loose hope with our team comrades the struggle still continues
@harry 61,the drinking sprees at egesa has been going on for a long time and its doing the club more harm than good.Thanx for raising up this matter.There was even incidences players engaging in fights with patrons over girls.
I would like to congraculate Gor fans for the mature behaviour and patienece which we have been showing of late . To the Coach and technical bench they can recruit young and talented players from the Zonal leagues while releasing other Kigeugeu players – EFUSI did this last season , i questioned the logic then , but it has worked wonders
its matter of time. tutapita AFC and we will be league leader lets be calm and wait instead of beakering negative things about our team.
I must say I am sorry for the bloggers for my not so kind words on the coach. However, I request members of this blog to consider the argument I am making. First, changing coaches after every other month will not help us much. A team needs stability. This can be achieved by creating a playing unit that is familiar with each other. Looking at how Gor Mahia plays these days, you see a lack of a coherent playing unit. Second, scoring goals should not be the role of specific team. All players must be trained to exploit opportunities that come by in the game. Gor Mahia players rely on few selected individuals for their games. I am not a coach but this is my idea, Allan Wanga has worked miracles for Ingwe, has someone considered bringing back George Odhiambo on a laon from Randers where he continues to rot in the bench?
Shits thick.
I hope the new coach is taking the team through some very intense physical training and conditioning.
I can’t stand weaklings, and currently, most of the K’Ogalo players are very physically weak and slow, no wonder they are unable to win anything.
The IDCC verdict is on Friday. Let’s hope that it will not be another jolt on our comeback. Though it seems we have learnt a lesson the verdict might still be painfull. It will be like punishing a child who has already asked for forgiveness and repented. Even those who were initially chest-thumping have now seen the reality of the situation. As much as GM as a team has no capacity to control a rowdy mob (which even the law enforcers are having problems with) we have to be our brother’s keeper. Unfortunately the Top 8 match is also in jeopardy (what with AFC really adding firewood to the fire) though our focus now should be the KPL league. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that our fans behaviour for the last few days including the citizens arrest in Nakuru will mellow down the hearts of the IDCC committee members.
Ingwe is beating you 6-0 when we meet in Top8 with your Muhindi coach having confirmed your players are weaklings! Lets pray Ingwe EC approves the game.You will continue changing coaches like inner clothings until you are relegated to the grass.
@Benson Disi if I may ask: why this venom? Why are you such a hater? If my memory is right there is no conflict between Gor Mahia FC and AFC Leopards neither is there any conflict between this blog and the club you so jealously love.
Your blogs herein and elsewhere (Futaa.com) are exposing you. Yes. Exposing you so badly and have left us in fear that either there is nothing between your ears or there is something wrong with your dental formula or worse still it may be a question of poor oral hygiene.
Kindly borrow a leaf from John Cena. If at all you are literate (which I am beginning to doubt) then just do a simple thing: read the back of John Cena’s T-shirt. RISE ABOVE HATE.
Forget about Disi , he is part of the hooligans who donned Gor regalia to go stone motorist and balme kogalo- this can be seen from the tone 0of his message, tafadhali toto go suck your thump somewhere else
Everthing has its tym this shows as we as fan to get together be optimistic that they(players) can do it more n better lets nt blame n criticise them every human has mistakes they r human LORD ALMIGHTY SHALL ALWAYS PREVAIL I BEILIEVE
Disi @ 69, we will simply beat you up. Nonsense idiot.
Ma funs let us be going to the field to raise the money for all the matches we have been banned. While players will be playing, we should be at our home ground buying tickets and singing and dancing to our tune.