{"id":3850,"date":"2014-02-04T02:07:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T02:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2014-02-13T13:09:37","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T13:09:37","slug":"williamson-jittery-over-new-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/williamson-jittery-over-new-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamson jittery over new signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/williamson-bobby-bench.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"308\" \/><br \/>\ncourtesy of capitalfm.co.ke<\/p>\n<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3 \u2013 Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson, has expressed concerns over his new charges, saying they have to learn quickly what it takes to be a K\u2019Ogalo player as they prepare for this weekend\u2019s CAF Champions League clash against Gabonese side US Bitam in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish is troubled they have not played competitive matches for two months to enable his newcomers blend with the rest, adding they will face clubs that are currently participating in their domestic leagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGor players know the standards of the club and I\u2019m happy to have George \u2018Blackberry\u2019 Odhiambo and Rama Salim back who understand what is expected of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have played few build up matches but it\u2019s not competitive for a team that is preparing for continental matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned the Champions League match is here with us where we are expected to perform well, but I\u2019m afraid most teams we will meet are currently playing in their leagues and that is our disadvantage,\u201d the former Uganda Cranes tactician expressed.<\/p>\n<p>The league champions played their first competitive match on Sunday in the Kenya Power Charity Cup, where they lost 3-1 to Sofapaka in the semifinals and Williamson said he will be working on the weakness he noticed during the one day tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Army flocked into Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday with a lot of expectations after K\u2019Ogalo signed experienced players with the likes of Ugandan internationals Godfrey Walusimbi and Geoffrey kizito, midfielder Shaban Kenga and forwards Odhiambo and Salim on show.<\/p>\n<p>This did not go according to plan as they witnessed their club humbled by Batoto ba Mungu, leaving them with unanswerable questions if their passionate team is ready for US Bitam.<\/p>\n<p>The players did not combine well with Patrick Oboya and Dan Sserunkuma failing to spark upfront despite enjoying most of last season together, something that the coach said he has to go back to the drawing board before Saturday\u2019s tie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed the players never put to practice what we teach them but hopefully they learn quickly. I have quality players I\u2019m just working on the final pass and anticipate we will be ready for the match,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gor have been at the continental competition for the past three previous seasons, participating in the Confederations Cup where they bowed out of the tournament at the preliminary round, before reaching the first round last year.<\/p>\n<p>They will be working hard to go past the first stage where they will meet Tunisian giants Esperance.<\/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-jittery-over-new-signings\/\"\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 capitalfm.co.ke NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3 \u2013 Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson, has expressed concerns over his new charges,<\/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-3850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850","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=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}