{"id":3049,"date":"2013-09-24T02:49:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2013-09-24T02:51:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:51:13","slug":"williamson-upbeat-on-teams-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/williamson-upbeat-on-teams-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamson upbeat on teams prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/williamson-bobby-bench.jpg\" width=\"473\" height=\"328\" \/><br \/>\ncourtesy of the Nation<br \/>\nThe Tusker Premier League resumes this week after a week\u2019s break that saw the teams take part in the GoTv Community Shield.<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Ogalo reasserted their desire to clinch a double this season with their 2-0 victory over Thika United in the GoTv Community Shield on Sunday, and will seek to widen their three-point lead in their upcoming tie against Chemelil Sugar at the City Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Daily Nation Sport yesterday, Gor coach Bobby Williamson remained upbeat Gor can end their 18-year title drought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a fact that the league race is very tight. There are stronger teams competing for it (title) and we have to give our best.<\/p>\n<p>We have a strong squad that can can finish the job. What is required of us is to maintain focus and work on our weak points,\u201d Williamson said.<\/p>\n<p>And even as the stand-off between Football Kenya Federation and the Kenyan Premier League over the abandoned match between Sony Sugar persists, Gor remain perched atop the league table with 41 points, three points ahead of second placed Sofapaka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake Up call<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on\u00a0 Gor Mahia captain Jerim Onyango says their 1-0 defeat to Tusker\u00a0 was a wake-up call to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Onyango has also termed it the last defeat for <em>K\u2019Ogalo<\/em>, who are chasing their first league title in more than 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was our third loss since the season started and it was a wake-up call to the whole team. We cannot afford another defeat and we therefore, have to work extremely hard in order to win the title,\u201d Onyango told Goal on Friday. Onyango further said they are determined to win a double this season<\/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\/williamson-upbeat-on-teams-prospects\/\"\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>courtesy of the Nation The Tusker Premier League resumes this week after a week\u2019s break that saw the teams take<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-3049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049","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=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}