Dream start as Gor Mahia sink Thika
It was a dream start for Kogalo to the 2012 Kenya Premier league season. They beat Thika United 2-0 in a season opener aka milk derby played at Thika municipal stadium.
Despite missing several regulars who were missing for various reasons such as Baldwin Ngwa, Edwin Lavatsa, Ivo Mapunda and others, Gor Mahia’s depth of talent came through.
Two players whom fans have not seen were amongst the key performers. Anthony Otieno Nyangor played a key role in the match opener. His cross was deflected by Moses Otieno and found Dan Makori who tapped home. 10 minutes earlier, Makori had come close but his shot hit the upright. Gor Mahia led 1-0 at halftime. And Makori seems to be making good on his promise to help end the goal-scoring drought that plagued Kogalo last year.
In the second half Gor Mahia started as they ended the first half. Collins “Gattuso” Okoth sent a long ball to Hugo Nzoka who was also making his debut. Nzoka beat the advancing Thika keeper with a well taken finish.
Second half subsitute Moses Odhiambo aka Lucky Dube twice came close to making it 3. But his efforts were denied by the THika goalkeeper.
The start is a stark contrast to the previous two seasons when Kogalo’s early season form was sub par. Fans hope the club can keep up the form.
Gor Mahia: Jerim Onyango, Kevin Ochieng, Yussuf Juma, Ivan Anguyo, Donald Mosoti, Collins Okoth, Ali Abondo, Moses Otieno, Hugo Nzoka(Moses Odhiambo), Anthony Nyangor (Kiplagat), Dan Makori (Rama Salim)
Well done boys. Keep th faith and keep ua feet on the ground. Ths acts as an indicator tht we wnt to do well ths season. I hope the coach is still working on a formula to get a settled first eleven void th injuries. To the fans who made the away game a ‘home’ game and the entire coaching staff and the players, ‘congrats. Thx and God blss u all.
Superb performance!!!!we hope for consistency in goal scoaring!!!!!
wow that was incredible and confidence was there. i guess given more time the team will do great. what the coach needs to work on is our reaction when we dont have the ball i find this a little wanting and this was our undoing against tusker. otherwise that was a great showing from the boys despite the bumpy field. the young lad nyangor has great potential and truth be said he is a great signing.
Thank you guys for making us proud.
congrats. keep it up boys!
Worderful show’cheers 2the Green army who made it 2Thika God Bless.
Congrats Kogallo! Though we still needs to work our defence. All defenders are still marking oponents. We still dont have a last man.
Thats great Kogalo.Hope the coach will blend the players well especially the midfilders.
sirkal taking over
Two clean goals and not set pieces simply implies that the scoring capability is finally here with us. The bumpy pitch really let down Ballotieno and Hugo Nzoka down. Evidently there is hope for better times ahead.
Ali Abondo, Dan Makori, Moses Otieno and Mosoti did a splendid job not to mention Lucky Dube and Rama Salim “Zidane”.
The body size of Antony Otieno his age,dribling skills and stamina makes him the next Oliech,i don’t like the idear of benching Rama anyway things are looking good congrat boyz.Those who always critysis the team i want to hear from you.
Thanks for the victory boys is asign of showing mashemegi the battle has started and coach don’t missuse selenga he also can help in scoring
Congrats Kogalo but you have to pull up your socks if you want make any impression this year.
Good going fellows ….. THERE IS NO STOPPING US NOW – WE ARE ON THE MOVE !
All the talk and chest-thumping by the teams during the pre-season is over – TIME FOR ACTION !!
WHAT A WONDERFUL START, considering that several of the lead players were un-available. The depth of the team is just something to write home about……
Well done kogalo,the green army is behind you……
Bravo Guys. You and Zambia made my day. Now we need to focus on the Mozambique match, hopefully with all our players healed. Every year our problem has been consistency. If we can get that right then I don’t see why we cannot win this year’s league. The only other thing is for us not to be carried away. As we win now we should also remember that we will (might) lose to other teams whether small or big.
chingwe,sofapaka and ulinzi(our direct competitors to the title) all dropped points.Gor won a tough match away,kenya sevens team just won the irb plate in las vegas againts argentina,real madrid won againts levante as barca,lost to osassuna.Katongo and co have beaten the ‘dreaded elephants’….Surely such ‘superlicious’ weekends are usually few and far between!.Thank you God.
Kudos men u broke the jinx of loosing first game be cautious the 29 more games for the reason to end. To all blogger what do u mean without our regulars see#10.BE INFORMED THAT ALL PLAYERS IN KOGALO R EQUAL AND IS ALWAYS READY TO DELIVER WHEN CALLED UPON. NO PLAYER SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL, KNOW THAT HE PLAYS AS SECOND FIDDLE TO ANYONE BUT SHOULD SEE CHANGES AS TECHNICAL PLAN OF THE TECHNICAL bench. For god and mahia my team
Great battle Kogalo, you put ‘skin in the game’ and grabbed the most important headline, 3 points! And we loved your game, because in a bumpy pitch away from home and in hot acrid conditions, you fought your hearts out and made our trip a joy. Kogalo has thrown the gauntlet, who’s gonna challenge? Game recognize game. Game ibambe. Bring on Muhoroni Youth.
Kudos to the team and the travelling fans who made the away game a home game.The Green kitted teams (K’galo n Zambia) carried the day.Hugo’s was a real goal poacher’s goal n thats what we need.
Congrats once more.
I have always believed that Sir Alex Ferguson’s secret is that he plans well. At the beginning of the season he looks at the table and finds teams which he must beat, teams he can afford to draw with and teams he can accept a loss to. Finally he looks at the number of points needed to be crowned champions.
Awono and co. must try to do the same. Look at the home games, away games, all opponents and try to get all the points that history shows are needed for the title. With this system, it’s very easy to audit performance at any stage of the race.
Bravo Green Army, Bravo team. All the best with continental assignments over the weekend.
Congratulations are in order for the boys….we are proud of you. The only advise I can give…be consistent and determined and always take each game as it is the only game…Cheers
Congrats to the team…but that Thika stadium is pathetic!
EXCELLENT START GUYS
What a great way to start off the season with three maximum points and two goals!
The lion is back on it’s feet. And our worthy competitors including our perenial rivals, Ingwe, better be warned well in advance. First, may I salute teacher Makori, the flamboyant forward from Ndururumo primary school for providing the opening goal. Two, our new signing, Hugo Nzioka through his goal stamped his authority on the forwardline.
The game was generally balanced. Ballotieno was equally impressive upfront although he failed to convert several chances. This is understandable given the lad is playing at this level for the first time.
My belated congratulations also goes to the Chipolopolo of Zambia for lifting the orange AFCON prestigious trophy infront of thousand of spectators that included their former president, Dr K. Kaunda and millions of viewers across Africa. There was no better way to homage to their fellow countrymen who perished in a plane crash. Now the spirits of the departed ones should be allowed to rest peacefully.
Africa has once again proved beyond doubt they can. My question when shall Nairobi also be a candidate of this football showpiece? Is the Goernment really listening?
Yes,it was a good start but please do something on central defence.
I was also not impressed by Jerrim Onyi for he kept on ‘spitting’balls which could lead to dissasters.
Congrats vijana. Technical bench, be under no pressure to field so and so. The team has 30 very able players. I dont expect a first 11 but first 30. Gor B has also started on a very high note. Intrestingly Gor reject – Denis Wise – was among the scorers. For God and my club Kogallo.
Congrates Boys that was lovely though the field denied you an opportunity to display what you are good at. If only you can maintain this to the end……………….I’m proud of you. God Bless the breen army
Congrats boys, good footing, good things to come So who want peace and harmony between the office, playing unit and fans, the only unfinished business is the issue of our kits. Plz office back our colours.
kudos boys. The only way to win is to attack and attack viciously. Am proud of the superb perfomance. My main boy as you know- was the man of the match.
congrats boys. indeed the pitch is pathetic. the stadia management should lookm at this and may be more fields that woulkd deny spectacular games.
for the two games i have seen moseti playing, i feel that he still has a long way to go. poor passes and clearance nearly costed us.
Moha should go back to his position. where is Nasio?
why field rama for 5 minutes?
I have confidence on balotieno. field him more.
Gerry, ahi………..still…………
@ Post # 24 Albert Kosero I though we were suppose compare notes after milky derby as you had promised earlier. But your take is as good as mine. Let the bench field the best options available depending on the strength and weakness of the oponents without undue pressure from any quarter.
It is quite in order to hear former K,Ogalo players doing very well wherever they are, the same case applies to ZICO. Even Barcelona are currently feeling the heat La Liga due to poor way match records apart from the EL CLASSICO against R. MADRID and so AA must up his game in every match and aim at a consistent performance from the onset.
I think some bloggers are being irrelevant with their postings. The coach cannot field all new players together due to the fact that they have not gelled which might take several games. Please mabloggers let us support the team and do not put unnecceassry pressure on the coach that so and so should have played or why so and so was played for only 5 minutes. You see we have now a very big squad that can play anywhere withour the fear of burning out certain players.
Eventually I know we are going to have the first eleven.
Its great victory after Tusker game where various mistakes were noted by majority of fans.Thanks for good fielding by technical bench and accepting different ideas echoed.Good team accepts criticism and corrects immediately.The forward line was sharp like razor and angry for goals like hyenas,midfield was very much composed with gatuso and moses otieno.otieno is good dribbler and always move balls to strikers.mwalimu is ever aggresive and eager to score,just polite reminder to technical bench lets not convert kevin ochieng to defence he has good pace and power to tire fullbacks in front,lets just bring back nasio to no 2 and improve him to move forward,anguyo is good because never stay with ball for long and you noticed moseti was not over worked unlike in the previous game.Otherwise,kudos kogallo we love the club thats why we criticism
mwakio,
thats my opinion.
positive or not!!!!!
@OGANGO TRAILER, true I have already posted something. There is quite abit of work to be done in the team. Headmaster AA says as much. Personally, I am afraid, because what I saw from yesterday match is not anywhere near continental football. All is not lost though, this is a team for next year’s continental not this year. Lakini KPL League 2012 ni yetu.For God and my club Kogallo
@Albert Kosero, this is a great team that needs to gel together soonest. The squad is big and very good. I’m giving a cautionary warning that our fans are demanding a lot within a very short time. As the common norm dictates that new players will always take time to pick up and settle in the pattern and rythm of the game. I do confirm that the quality is there but time will tell whether we are ready or not for the continental or KPL competition.
@papamiky, ndugu we are not fighting. We just need to understand that sometimes it is difficult for new players to settle immediately in the team but Rama is going to be a great player to Gor Mahia and Harambee Stars this season.
@32,kosero,what has changed?,i think we were to carry a sackload of goals from thika?what has since changed?or is it ‘shiftting of goalpost?,kweli in football just like in politics, a day, as our friend kosero,has aptly illustrated is indeed a lifetime!
CLARIFICATION
In my earlier posting elsewhere on this blog, I refered our new signing a Hugo Nzioka and not Hugo Nzangu. My apologies to the player and all the fans.
GOODWORK guys goali kidogo jerry wacha kutema ball sana bro wr are happy sana keep the fire ban….
Due to work commitments, I did not get a chance to watch the match so would not objectively comment on individual players’ performance. On the matter of rating the performance of the players, its a good idea, but should be done with care as some postings might be very subjective instead of being objective. An independent and quality rating of players should be encouraged as it allows the same players to evaluate their own performances through the eyes of the fans. This is practiced even in the more advanced leagues ie. EPL, LEAGUE 1, PRIMERA LIGA, the GERMAN BUNDESLIGA and SERIE A. Thank you very much and God bless you.
viva kogallo especially collins okoth after what had been said about him in the past week that is how to react especially in football you do what you do best play well for the team keep the tempo lad it is long way to the end of the season i salute all bloggers and wish you well always
i believe once the team has blended, gelled &settled; kogalo will be the team to beat. keep the faith, hardwork & patience.
the kogalo diehard
WELL DONE BOYZ,DEFINATELY RAUND HII SI MCHEZO,WITH SUCH PERFORMANCE,KOGALO HAVE EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO CARRY THE LEAGUE…GO GO GO KOGALO NYAMNYAM
Ferroviario 4 – Gor Mahia 0
And thanks AA for playing Keving Master in right back. Our full back positions are now manned by great players and we will terrorise and stretch defences. Yesterday i learned in Thika that Kevin started out as a right back from those who have watched him for long, he is my man for that position. Thanks for listening to us on this blog.
I saw Prof. Wenger turn mid-fielder Lauren Etame Meyer into a solid right-back. He turned one time wingers Kolo Toure and Ashley Cole to become the solid defenders that they are today. I hope our own prof. Annaba Awono is going to do great wth the project he has started. Turn Anguyo into a formidable central defender and we wl have adequate nos in that position. If he can turn Kevin Ochieng into a right-back then Nasio wl have competition. M Mohamed is suited 4 central defense bcs he can easily read and pick-up runs of attackers. He is not so quick as to take-off and recover lost balls. Pls stick him in the middle of the defence and he wl prove to you how good he is. Pls the mid-field is done and dusted. Thank you.
@ # 11, Comparing ballotechwa to Oliech is folly. Oliech is a once in a lifetime kind of player. He was already the best player in Kenya at age 17.
On another note, virtually none of the current players is guatanteed a first team place. I hope this is good for the team in terms of creating competition. But it could also be problematic in terms of building cohesion.
Mulandi thanx for your contribution that only show u are not a green army member.As the team gel,sky is the limit.
All sectors are for grabs this year 2012. Football, politics e.t.c are for us this year. Congrats boys. Keep it up.We are taking over everything. The presidency and the cups.
@Joe Riaga, the lad is only 18 years not far from Oliech. But for sure the boy wit right training has all what it takes to be a lethal striker. He has the following qualities:-
1. talent,
2. body,
3. height,
4. physique,
5. strong in the air,
6. pace and speed,
7. trickery,
8. very skill-full,
9. very mobile,
10. dribbling skills,
11. can shoot with both legs etc.
He is also very strong on aerial balls with wonderful dropdowns. He can also help in defending set pieces as well as helping the midfielders. This falling back will even make him difficult to mark by opponents. No defender can try to bully this player both in the air and on the ground.
Above all Baloteli can play as both left and right wingers (attackers) as seen by his mobile movement. This will make him very difficult striker to mark by opponents.
These are the in credentials required from a striker and I can assure bloggers that very soon many foreign clubs are going to come calling for Baloteli. This lad will go places very soon. I thank he can play in EPL, Bundesliga or Serie A.
Joe Riaga and bloggers watch this space.
@Joe Riaga, the lad is only 18 years not far from Oliech. But for sure the boy with right training has all what it takes to be a lethal striker. He has the following qualities:-
1. talent,
2. body,
3. height,
4. physique,
5. strong in the air,
6. pace and speed,
7. trickery,
8. very skill-full,
9. very mobile,
10. dribbling skills,
11. can shoot with both legs etc.
He is also very strong on aerial balls with wonderful dropdowns. He can also help in defending set pieces as well as helping the midfielders. This falling back will even make him difficult to mark by opponents. No defender can try to bully this player both in the air and on the ground.
Above all Baloteli can play as both left and right wingers (attackers) as seen by his mobile movement. This will make him very difficult striker to mark by opponents.
These are the in credentials required from a striker and I can assure bloggers that very soon many foreign clubs are going to come calling for Baloteli. This lad will go places very soon. I think Baloteli can fit in very well in the EPL, Bundesliga or Serie A.
Joe Riaga and bloggers watch this space.
Sorry for injuries AA ,i hope by friday any will have recovered,use your tact to deploy any of those defenders to be strikers if things are difficult
the defence should be really looked upon,congrats