{"id":15316,"date":"2019-11-05T04:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T04:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15316"},"modified":"2019-11-05T04:08:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T04:08:04","slug":"polack-we-need-better-players-and-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/polack-we-need-better-players-and-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Polack: We need better players and experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/arrive-kin-19.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Steven Polack has indicated that the inability to win at home cost them against Motema Pembe. He also thinks Kogalo needs to add quality players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Steven Polack has conceded qualifying for Caf  Confederation Cup group stage was a tall order after failing to beat DC  Motema Pembe in Nairobi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K&#8217;Ogalo, who were bundled out\n after losing 3-2 on aggregate, settled for a 1-1 draw in the first leg \nat Kasarani before falling 2-1 in the return leg in Kinshasa on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polack\n revealed that his players were disappointed after failing to qualify \nfor the group stage of second tier continental club competition for the \nthird season in a row. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that we \ndidn&#8217;t win the game at home since that was the best way to eliminate \nMotema Pembe. The players are also disappointed they failed to convert a\n number of chances they created in the away leg which could have won us \nthe match,\u201d Polack told <em>Nation Sport <\/em>on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite\n scoring first in Kinshasa, Gor failed to hold on to their lead and \nPolack insists that the current squad is inexperienced and can&#8217;t \neffectively at such a stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not castigating the \ncurrent players but Gor Mahia needs to sign top class players who can do\n well in continental matches. I have only stayed here for a few months \nand can\u2019t name the players the club is supposed to buy but in future I \nwill know who to sign,\u201d he added. <\/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\/polack-we-need-better-players-and-experience\/\"\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>Coach Steven Polack has indicated that the inability to win at home cost them against Motema Pembe. He also thinks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[638,622],"class_list":["post-15316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gor-mahia-vs-dc-motema-pembe","tag-steve-polack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15317,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15316\/revisions\/15317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}