{"id":216,"date":"2011-10-15T00:39:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=216"},"modified":"2011-10-16T00:45:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T00:45:36","slug":"edwin-lavatsa-goes-awol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/edwin-lavatsa-goes-awol\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin Lavatsa goes AWOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/lavatsa2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Youthful  striker Edwin Lavatsa has mysteriously disspeared from the Gor Mahia camp. His  whereabouts are unknown by the technical bench. The Speedy Lavatsa who recently  finished school at Upper Hill has not been training with the team for the past 2  weeks according to <\/span> <span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">assistant coach Zablon \u2018Pro\u2019 Otieno and has not communicated  to the technical bench.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cIt is good for the public to know about what is going on in  the team so that some fans don\u2019t get agitated when they see some players not being fielded  in some of our matches, in fact I would prefer that the club be holding a press  conference before each of our matches,\u201d said Otieno.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">He added: \u201cLavatsa has not been coming to training and we  don\u2019t know what is happening with him because he has also switched off his phone  or may be changed his lines. He will certainly not be featuring against Bandari,  Collins Okoth only trained once with us and will not be travelling to Mombasa  and so is striker Wycliffe Ochomo who is suspended.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">In the absence of Lavatsa, coach Awono Anaba who will be on  the bench in the absence of head coach Zedekiah \u2018Zico\u2019 Otieno, would be forced  to start with Ezekiel Odera and Dimonde Selenga upfront.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">(Additional Reporting from EA Standard)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Unconfirmed rumours abound that he has been poached by AFC Leopards in a manner similar to the way AFC poached Musa Otieno from Kogalo circa 1993<\/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\/edwin-lavatsa-goes-awol\/\"\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>Youthful striker Edwin Lavatsa has mysteriously disspeared from the Gor Mahia camp. 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