{"id":514,"date":"2012-04-24T00:09:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=514"},"modified":"2012-04-24T00:09:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T00:09:52","slug":"coach-logarusic-frustrated-with-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/coach-logarusic-frustrated-with-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Logarusic frustrated with interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/logarusic-bob.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Daily Nation<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Zdravko Logarusic isn\u2019t a happy man. He is deeply frustrated at his new club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Logarusic, who took the reins at K\u2019Ogalo last month, has differences of opinion with the club\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>Daily Nation<\/em> in Nakuru at the weekend, the coach said although there\u2019s been a slight improvement in performance, he hasn\u2019t been given a free hand to institute the changes needed to turn around K\u2019Ogalo\u2019s fortunes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Croat feels\u00a0\u201cexcessive and inexperienced baggage\u201d in the team must be offloaded immediately, while the club\u2019s leadership insist the coach must work with the current squad because many of the players are \u201cyoung and talented\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI need to clean up the house because I will not work with an inexperienced team who fail to perform despite given time to improve. Gor is not a testing ground where poor players are given an opportunity to sharpen their skills, and still fail,\u201d said Logarusic after his team\u2019s 1-0 loss to Ulinzi Stars at the Afraha Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gor vice-chairman, David Killo, admitted that they had not given Logarusic \u201ca 100 per cent free hand\u201d to run the team, adding that the Croat should \u201cgo slow\u201d on his plan to sack some of the players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Must be patient<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true we haven\u2019t given him a 100 per cent free hand to run the club, because there are areas he is restricted\u00a0and must consult us,\u201d said Killo, who is also the club\u2019s Technical Committee Chairman.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cHe is a bit impatient with the current Gor playing unit which comprises young and talented players who are still learning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Logarusic urged the club\u2019s leadership and fans to refrain from the culture of passing the blame to the referee every time they lose a match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe should change this attitude of blaming the referee every time we lose,\u201d Logarusic said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gor had a penalty call dismissed by the centre referee Sylvester Kirwa after Ulinzi Stars defender Lawrence Owino had handled in the box.<\/p>\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\/coach-logarusic-frustrated-with-interference\/\"\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 Daily Nation Gor Mahia coach Zdravko Logarusic isn\u2019t a happy man. 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