{"id":4389,"date":"2014-04-17T02:14:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T02:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2018-08-14T20:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:13:19","slug":"jerim-explains-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/jerim-explains-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerim explains absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/jerim-throw.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>courtesy of the Standard<\/p>\n<p>Eyebrows were raised when Gor Mahia goalkeeper Jerim Onyango appeared to have been overlooked prior to Sunday\u2019s Kenyan Premier League (KPL) match against Ulinzi Stars which the champions won 2-1 at Afraha Stadium. But the goalkeeper has come out to explain that he had asked for permission to be away on personal issues, but he will be available for Sunday\u2019s KPL-Top 8 match against Thika United.Onyango was heavily criticised after the team\u2019s 3-2 win over KCB for conceding a simple goal and his absence from the Ulinzi game had been a subject of debate among the fans. But he has come out to clarify his absence insisting he had asked to be away. \u201cWhat happened against KCB is normal and the coach cannot use that to sideline me. I was away on personal business but now I am back and ready to get back my position in goal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cIt will be a tough match and we expect Thika United to wait for us to attack. But we have a good record against them and this should motivate us to win the match,\u201d said the top goalkeeper. On the other hand, Thika United coach, John Kamau, says the team are bracing for a tough battle on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kamau led his side to a final appearance last year where they lost to eventual winners Tusker but believes they can do better this time around but must first get over their league champions opponents. \u201cGor Mahia have picked good results on the league front recently but we are also doing well. Furthermore, being a knock-out tournament sets the stage for a tough match,\u201d he pointed out.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Kamau believes the most prepared side mentally and tactically will carry the day on Sunday and not even the presence of the dreaded \u2018green army\u2019 will rattle his players. \u201cI have been focusing on preparing my team tactically and mentally for the game because this is what will determine the final results. \u201cAs for the expected huge turn-out of fans, we are not intimidated. critical moments \u201cGor Mahia fans always bring a great atmosphere to the stadium and only a weakling can buckle under the weight of their taunts. It is something we are used to and always look forward to play against them,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/jerim-explains-absence\/\"\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 Standard Eyebrows were raised when Gor Mahia goalkeeper Jerim Onyango appeared to have been overlooked prior to<\/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-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","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=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11128,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions\/11128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}