Relief in Gor Mahia camp
There was a palpable sense of relief amongst Kogalo fans and players at the rain soaked Nairobi City stadium on Sunday after the win over Batoto ba Mungu aka Bana ba Nzambi.
No one epitomized that sense of relief more than Baldwin Ngwa who burst into tears after the final whistle. It was a long time coming for the players who have been working extremely hard and playing their best yet the results have not been forthcoming. Luck has not been on their side. Jerim Onyango too was extremely pleased. He played well in Sunday but on at least two occasions had howlers which could have easily turned the tide.
After the match, Coach Logarusic punched the air with both hands. He later told the media that his players deserved it because they worked harder than Sofapaka. His opposite number, Salim Ali feels that Sofapaka were cheated by the referee. Welcome to the club Bwana Ali. This is KPL and the referees are second rate.
The fans deserve three cheers for not giving up on the team. They defied the rain to show up in large numbers, thus raising close to ksh 1 million.
THERE IS NO RELIEF….THE BATTLE HAS JUST STARTED, WE HAVE ULINZI STARS AND CITY STARTS NEXT !! WE LOOSE BOTH MATCHES AND WE ARE BACK INTO THE BOTTOM THREE. IT IS VERY TOUGH BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE MENTAL STRENGH
Now see! One win and all is well. Lets be honest. Sofa missed FOUR open sitters and we are still shy in front of goal. Baldin Ngwa crying? He should be banging in goals as he had promised. Kwani, he had won premiership on the last day? Cry baby, wake up and score goals. With due respect, Jerim Onyango cannot play on big stage. He commits too many mistakes, Ivo or Kasaya are more stable. We have managed only 5 goals in 10 matches. For real we got a few players showing glimpses of this big club but I believe the rest can emulate them cos every team got to have leaders. But am happy they have registered a morale boosting win.
@jakoyo no1,there is no much relief,but atleast the win released the pressure considerably.Going into the subsequent matches,the win,though hard fought,gives us renewed vigour,a sense of belief and also boosts our morale.I also agree with you that we should not rest on our laurels,and that work has just began.
Lets’ all keep the faith.
Ni hayo tu.
yea…the struggle continues! its a tough league,very tough.!Its our resolve to stand by Kogalo thru thick n thin and stand we sure will! KUDOS to the mahia fraternity for defying the harsh weather conditions to rally behind Kenya’s most successful soccer club last Sunday!
Lads continue fighting and I am sure you will carry the day. All green army are behind you. With God everything is possible. God will see Gor Mahia through in Nakuru.
There is relief… We beat Ulinzi Stars and City Stars and we climb to top 5.
I can only pray more and have strength in my belief and faith. We shall do better than what we did last Sunday, let us keep doing our best. Fans are loyal and we have done our best, now the ball is with the players.
Determinations an confidence is needed now tht we hv to beat ulinzi an city stars. Boys shld nt b on comfort zone, tough traing before sato is necessary. God bless Gor
Determinations an confidence among the players is needed now tht we hv to beat ulinzi an city stars. Boys shld nt b on comfort zone, tough traing before sato is necessary. God bless Gor
Mayenga yenga made us proud,what happened at ‘Le caperte de stadium’at city will forever be on our hearts
Salim Ali feels that Sofapaka were cheated by the referee(see above). Infact the ref did him a favour by not giving a card for the player handling a goal bound ball.
I was myself relieved when I saw the ball in the net after missing some important penalties in the past. Sofapaka were hard on us in the second half but we prevailed and that is the good thing about it.
I know Ulinzi are are always our toughest opponents but lets hope for the best as we surport the lads.
Guys, We have a good coach from what I saw on sunday.
I am proud of this this Team.
Ati Ngwa crying? Ha ha ha. Cry Baby. What had he won? Score goals as you had promised. Lets be honest. Sofa missed FOUR SITTERS and we would have been taken to cleaners and contributions here would be so different. Lets support the boys and encourage them. This team is not yet up there with the pace setters. Only a paltry of 5 goals in 10 matches? Lets up our game.
We need to win the next two games and we’ll be ok…who knows what will happen if we win all our remaining games……..it’s good to aim high.
SHOULD GOR MAHIA HAVE A BOARD NOT AN EC?
Allow me to suggest that the way forward may be for GM to be run by an elected board as the top most organ.
1.GM elections should only be to elect board members who will be policy makers & non-executive.They will be responsible for strategic planning.Nine would be a good figure.
2.It is for the elected board members to then chose their chairperson and vice chair.This would eliminate junior and senior officials as all members would be equal particularly when seeking elections.
3.Most of our current problems in my view stem from the fact that the elected EC members are also responsible for the day to day running of the club with all the risks that this entails.
I say this because I fail to understand why we need 3 vice chairmen,a secretary general,a deputy secretary general, an organizing secretary and a deputy organizing secretary general.
Just thinking aloud, What say you fellow bloggers
That guy Humphrey Mieno gave us hell, MIENO COME TO GOR MAHIA AND WIN TROPHIES…….
Salim Ali you should stop passing the back to the referee. Why cry foul and yet you agree that you dominated the second half but albeit the lady luck was not on your side. Duncan failed to hold on to the ball and allowed kevo ” Daddy” to rob him the ball easily.
Your defender Asike was not wise enough to judge that Duncan Ochieng had punched the ball away from the goal line and instead opted to dive and use his hands to block the ball. As a matter of fact Asike was lucky not to be given a card.
SoNy used the same strategy to silence your star – Star studded outfit and you did not cry foul during super 8 at NYAYO STADIUM . Beating SOFAPAKA is as simple as taking care of Humphrey Mieno and the deal is over. PERIOD!
@oduor12..thats the way things should b…we should cease from being a under the society’s act…its high time kogalo transforms into real soccer business entity..!remember the vision of former chair Leslie okudo?..lets hope thats where we r heading to…
ok so the ref was ‘good’. wonder what could have happened if it was the other way. anyway. my post is to congratulate the boys. i think the croat is a good deal for gor, but he should find out whats affecting the players’ morale b4 removing the firing gun. but clearly some players need to go… its my belief this coach will make or brake KENYAN soccer. my analysis comes from the gor el mereik (sudan) nyayo match. what appalled me was how the sudan club easily accessed the gor goalmouth and its only for the blunders they would have scored 4 more goals. the croat hence can uplift the gor game which will affect the kenyan game in general. i hope these gor players can wake up. its really annoying to see players waste chances just coz of showing off. something i call the ‘jamal syndrome’.its good the coach has come with the no-nonsense approach so i wish him the best. EC put ur hse in order and let the tech bench be a corrupt free zone. adidas guys wacheni mawe home, the club is really suffering, its really contemptious that a sony muhoroni game is on supersport and gor one sees zero. so even if you brag that ur a big club. realise ur not barcelona. pls look at messi’s pay alone then try out how many times it can fund kogalo. the players need the tv to sell themselves so stop removing food from the players mouth out of blind arrogance and stupidity.GO K’OGALO GO…
Oduori 12, you together with Wuon Pap have something i admire alot. You never stop saying it.
Some of us give ideas but give up along the way.
Bro, keep saying it. As a matter of fact its the management set up and the way elections are carried out that maintains hooligans and their acts because they come in handy for use by the aspirants.
Its the same set up that thwarts all suggestions for development at GM.
Guys keep saying it.
some relief but more work needed to help the team grow more and more especially front line we are so blunt we are happy for this if we get some more it will be really good
CAN SOMEBODY GET THIS COACH TO SHUT UP PLS. HE IS TALKING TOO MUCH.
Am happy today we are discussing issues without any acrimony..this is the way to go! cheers.
@Pundit talk of the DEVIL and it will appear just wait there real time is slowly approaching.
@ODUOR12, I do agree with your posting. I propose that we should do away with EC and have board of directors instead. This can only happen when Gor Mahia is turned into a limited company.
Always green and white through thick or thin K’ogalo will be in my heart forever may God bless this family
poor us fans. We will we are all happy. We lose we start talking of a consistent first eleven. The team that won os sato was heavily overhauled but we chose not to see since we won the game. The same way we did should be the same way we should let the tech bench to carry out it’s job. Our other ‘1000 coaches’ should let Bob and Algorithm do their jobs. We should also welcome Austin Makamu in the fold. Let’s all try to be patient. I know it’s not a virtue that GM fans have, but it doesn’t hurt to try to be so.
@oduor this has to happen immediately as i always say the original vision of gormahia is either outdated or not being implimented we cannot affort to run the club with this blotted elected officials without touching much on how they get into office we should only have aboard which inturn employs a C.E.O. who should be paid based on perfomance the club should find ways of making profit
Remember this song “i’m happy today so happy in Jesus name i’m happy because GM did win on Sunday and the time be happy is now and the place to be happy is City Stadium” Thanks GM
Bloggers, fans and EC, I suggest for the future of the we club, we need to give due consideration on the following:-
? INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT: Come up with a plan to acquire land and build a club stadia, training ground, club house and club apartments for players.
? STRONG FINANCIAL BASE: Come up with sound fundraising activities from members ranging from monthly contributions from kshs.100, 200, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 etc to target 40000 fans throughout the country.
Other iniatives are:-
? CIVIC EDUCATION AND SENSITISING FANS: Develop training programme for fans to avoid incidences of hooliganisms.
? DEVOLUTION STRUCTURE: Empower branches to co-ordinate club activities.
? OPEN DAYS AND FANS DIALOGUE: Have club open days with fans to encourage dialogues and understanding of clubs on weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis
? EXPLORE CAPITAL MARKET FUND RAISING OPPORTUNITIES: Develop massive fund raising activities such as exploring avenues of fundraising from the public under capital markets authority rules through IPO or private placement
Others are:-
? INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ACCOUNTABILITY: Appoint external auditor.
? GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE: Establish board of directors during the transition period that will see club’s long term strategy, vision and mission statement being developed with clubs core values and strategic intent.
? BROADCASTING OPPORTUNITIES: Set up Gor Mahia TV that will work together with the league sponsors to bring live matches that are not shown by DSTV.
? FOOTBALL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: Set up academies of all age categories such as under 12, under 15, under 18 and under 21 teams with funding to be sourced from government institutions, NGOs and other sponsors.
? GENDER SENSITIVITY: Develop women football team that can be associated with our Kogalo divas.
Other proposals are:-
? ETHICS AND CODE OF CONDUCT: Develop code of conduct for the new office bearers and publish what the stakeholders expect from our fans in terms of discipline and positive engagements.
? STRATEGIC PLAN: Develop a 3 – year strategic plan of Gor Mahia with clear and sound objectives that include our mission statement, vision and core values that should be circulated to fans and other stakeholders.
? SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL BASE: Develop a long term and sustainable fund raising strategies without over burdening the fans
? MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME: Develop a leadership programme for future club leaders, board of directors and management.
Cont.
? STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS: Develop alliances and partnership with foreign football clubs and academies in Europe (Manchester United, Arsenal. Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Lyon, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Inter Milan, AC Milan, etc) African teams (Zamalek, Supersports, Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Sundown, Esperance, Asec, Asante Kotoko etc), South American clus (Corinthians, Boca Juniors, São Paulo, Independiente, River Plate, Flamengo, River Plate, Velez Sarsfield, Nacional, Santos etc), North American teams (D.C. United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake, Kansas City Wizards, Red Bull, Cruz Azul, Pachuca, UNAM, Guadalajara, etc).
Above were some of the ideas that office can explore the implementation for the good of the club.
FOOTBALL EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES: Develop strategic alliances and partnership with foreign football clubs and academies in England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, United States, Mexico, France, etc to explore exchange programmes. This can also run alongside with having relationship with diplomatic missions of these countries on technical matters and exchange programmes.
? THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: Innovative ideas such as the admin to come up with production of different merchandise like popular current replica affordable jerseys, unexplored caps, cups, track suits, towels, pens, jackets, watches, mobile phone covers, stickers, bags, pencils porches for school going kids, scarves, tyre or spare wheel cover, etc.
? PROFESSIONALISM: Set up secretariat of the club with hired and salaried CEO, finance & commercial director, marketing manager, fund raising and sponsorship director, administration manager, procurement manager, football development manager, scouts women and youth football officer etc. However we can start with five fulltime official with a purpose of expanding the secretariat further to 18 full time staffs.
? CONVERTING CLUB INTO A COMPANY: Turn club to a professional outfit and company.
? SEASON TICKETS: Come up with secured club seasonal tickets at discounted rates.
Very good ndugu Mwakio, but who will bell the Cat? Will the current set up give a hearing to these proposals.
Remember to some you are a green horn!
If you want to understand what i’m talking about, kindly attend next elections and you will pray that the ‘Wenyewe’ syndrome be meant to mean something better than the plain meaning.
Who will bell the CAT? The stadia promise if anything is already given by the current EC.
Sometimes i tend to think these people know all these i just wonder why they are not implemented.
There is an ongoing initiative to set up a Gor Mahia Supporters Foundation which is intending to do many of these things suggested by Mwakio. I recommend that the bloggers here join this initiative. More information is on the Gor Mahia Facebook Page.
@MWAKIO I can just sum up your suggestion with two words “BRILLIANT IDEOLOGY”.
And I am still insisting that as much as the so called PAREYIO 09 and Kosero of this blog consistently intimidates and undermines your candidature I will always be there for you when it comes to electing individuals with professional background to run GM affairs.
@Agwa KASSAM the answer is simply clarified on your post 19 after digesting comrade ODUOR 12 @ post 14. It upon US to make painful decisions and push for constitutional changes within GM that reflects on the changing times and business dynamic in modern football.
Just wait our competitor will snatch all this ideas and implement them gradually. In fact we blog with them unknowingly. Did comrade waxme telll that we are faceless! It’s true ! And do you recall comrade Bare Foot Bandit managed to identify a SHEMALE that has been acting as a mole.
@ 36 O.Trailer your last paragraph is really worrying. If that is the case then it truly confirms what @Pundit said that this blog has intruders who are out cause havoc and deny bloggers a peaceful environment worth this site. Please can you clarify who is the SHEMALE mole on this blog. People have names and I do not want to speculate.
@Agwa Kassam and @OGANGO TRAILER, I think as stakeholders, it is our duty to tell them (EC) to consider what can be done immediately, medium term and long term for the club to move forward.
Gor Mahia is a big household name in Kenya and proposals are aimed at turning our club to a multi-bllion business that will also employ many people and improve the living standard of all key and critical stakeholders.
please bloggers for proper morals i request all of us to ask ther gem to change his first name. please ther gem do.
From futaa.com Gor Mahia set for a big defensive signing in June
Defender of the year Pascal Ochieng may join Gor Mahia
(Photo: (/futaa.com)) Eleventh placed Gor Mahia’s false start to the league may be winding off after the morale boosting win over second placed Sofapaka, and now some more good news is that a defensive rock could be headed to the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) giants.
Pascal probability
The 12 time champions seem to be the likeliest destination for the currently unattached Kenyan international defender Pascal Ochieng after he left Rangers FC earlier in the month.
The former Rangers captain, in an exclusive interview with futaa.com, however said it is not yet a done deal as negotiations are still ongoing but said he may be joining the club in the June transfer window.
Likeliest destination
-It is still not clear as to where I will be heading after leaving Rangers FC but Gor Mahia looks like the likeliest destination, however, not everything is sealed. With time I can be able to give a more definite answer to that because at the moment I am in negotiations with them. If all goes well, I could be wearing the green jersey in June, he said.
The defender, however, did not say if he was in talks with other clubs.
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Message from futaa.com. Hope we handle this in a more sober way. Let us keep away as fans and let the EC and Tech bench handle it. Last time we ‘pushed’ them to perform some recruitments only to disown the same when things didn’t go our way
@37a georgy dume,you mean you dont know who the ‘SHEMALE ‘ of this blog is/was?
@nyaruanda calvince,i agree with you in totality.I think ther gem should consider his/her name.
Kenyan footballers should stop this habit of speaking to the media every now and then.on monday through futaa.com it was Kepha Aswani saying that Gor and Afc are after signature,now it’s Pascal.
As fans we should stear away from player recruitment and let technical bench do its work.
A REAL SENSE OF DEJA VU
I am still on celebration mood after our second win during the weekend when overun Sote Kama Familia Pamoja Kufikia Azimio ( sofapaka) wth one goal to naught.
It is true the boys played their hearts out and no wonder Ngwa, shed a tear of joy at the end of match to celebrate the victory that was hard to come. The emotional celebration by Nqwa disapproves those who had been doubting the commitment of players to this club. Whilst I applaud those who braced the heavy downpour to watch the match, I am yet to see such emotional celebration from fans.
Finally, I have no problem when comrades refer me as ‘OLe’. What Idont want is a situation where i will be marginalized by virtue of where i come from. I am a bona fide member of this great club with equal rights and priviledges. I am at K’Ogallo by choice and will try as much as possible to contribute to the overall vision of the club.
@arrumtiddi I only know of one person who we all know to be the DIVA of this blog and it is non other our sister EBLAZING who is a she and we respect her beyond any reasonable doubt as a true K’Ogirlo DIVA. Eblazing is not a SHEMALE but a she.
@arrumtiddi this trend is really worrying, last time it was our wise brother Jackowili being imitated by Chinese designed “jakowili” ? And since then it is long overdue since I last heard a word or two from our real “Jackowli”. Again I read @ Post 39 Nyaruanda calvince that there is another issue of moral decay as concern another name.
@ arrumtiddi that why I took a personal initiative to Pareyio 09 to confirm to me if he is the
same as Pareyio ole Lelerue. Because immediately he change to Pareyio 09 he blogged
breathing fire and attacking MWAKIO with bare knuckle statements not worth his status.
@ arrumtiddi the SHEMALE of this blog is called Mc Ochan mar Piny. He hacked at Eblazing profile and posted comments that backfired on you. Mc Ochan mar Piny please apologize to all bloggers and Eblazing in person since that is very disrespectful and a direct witch-hunting to an innocent blogger.
I did advice you previously Mr. Mc Ochan mar Piny that if you are blogging from a rehab centre then it is important that you observe and comply fully with the recommended medication instructions early in the morning prior to accessing this site,otherwise at this rate GOR MAHIA will make you run nuts. It is really absurd and embarrassing that you are trying hard doing the wrong things only to be noticed as an insane and mentally dis oriented
blogger.
@ O. Jabilo, nyaraunda calvince and arrumtiddi please be that Ther gem also belong to the ‘SHEMALE’ clique of this blog. Their ring leader is called Mc Ochan mar Piny.
To my comrades like “Ole”,mwakio,Pundit,muthoni,kamau wa njoroge the w2ord “Ther” means the female genetical organ and gem is part siaya county.
The name can be directly translated as the ‘SHEMALE’ from gem, in siaya county. Mr Mc Ochan mar Piny hacked into eblazing profile during his previous post and as such he is the head of ‘SHEMALE FAMILY’. The way my MP would refer to the as ‘MA SHOGA WETU’in this blog.
WELCOME ALL SHEMALE TO Gormahia.net blogpost.
My wild suggestion is for the admin to work on subscription monthly or weekly , kwani are we to cöntend with hooligans in every stride we take? Admin lets pay! Let people pay to blog , the money can be used to motivate our beloved players. Those who care to oblige will be willing avail id card copies or other serious identity. You already see people calling themselves obscene names. This wanton saturation of our waters with filth does not build us.
For heaven shake, why do we allow such abusive name on this site. It is shameful to have such names on respected site like Gor Mahia. Admin, block such names please.
@ ADMIN of this blog; Please Muroro Pacho implement the wonderful suggestion proposed by @46 Agwa kassamas as soon as yesterday. When you offer this portal as a K’Ogalo social site then you must set some minimal code of ethics and acceptable standards of human dignity.
@ Agwa kassam i agree with you fully; the hooliganism trend is slowly taking its course on this site.
@?Agwa kassam, I am in total agreement with your posting. These are not fans and they do not belong to modern society. Why use obscene names? Let us respect ourselves and these are the thugs that have habit of throwing stones and abusing others.
Admin, please block such obscene names from this site. Real fans should respect themselves as we have children and respected personalities like our wives that browses this site. Such characters have maggot in their brains and this reflects where they hail from!
You will see such names on their shirts during our matches.these guys need salvation.