{"id":14353,"date":"2019-02-19T23:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14353"},"modified":"2019-02-20T03:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T03:38:39","slug":"gor-mahia-take-on-western-stima-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-take-on-western-stima-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia take on Western Stima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/blackberry-joash-stima.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"331\"\/><figcaption>Blackberry and Joash Onyango when the latter played for Western Stima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many local fans had written off Gor Mahia&#8217;s league campaign after the first three games. By that time that club had lost two out of three games and appeared in shambles after the departure of coach Dylan Kerr.  But on Wednesday, Gor Mahia have a chance to scale to the top of the KPL standings should they beat Western Stima. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Hassan Oktay who had a rocky start to his career at Gor Mahia appears to have brought stability back to the team.  Oktay was happy with the result against Sofapaka on Sunday and is looking forward to another good game against Stima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cWe played a high intensity game in Angola last week and two days later we played a very tough game (against Sofapaka) yet we got a win. I credit that success to the kind of players at my disposal and I look forward to another good day tomorrow (Wednesday),\u201d the Cypriot said to the Nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oktay however thinks that officiating standards in the country are below par.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cThis win is a morale booster to us and it shows our mental strength. I was not impressed with the level of officiating and it is something that should be worked on.\u201d  he told goal.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows the poor officiating that saw Kogalo denied a third goal against AFC in the derby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have not talked about the referees before but today I\u2019ll talk about them. In the last four games, they have got it wrong. In the derby they had a goal disallowed. The week before they gave a goal and called it off again. And today I\u2019m sorry to say, the referee wasn\u2019t good enough,\u201d Oktay said <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly promoted Western Stima will be no pushovers. They are currently in seventh place, having won 5 matches, drawn 5 and lost only two matches.  And Stima will be keen to make up for lost  ground after KPL docked them three points for fielding an ineligible player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match will be played at Machakos on Wednesday starting at 4pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\u201cThe venue of the Gor Mahia versus Western Stima match has been changed from Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos to Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani,\u201d KPL confirmed the change of venue.\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-take-on-western-stima-5\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many local fans had written off Gor Mahia&#8217;s league campaign after the first three games. 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