{"id":5206,"date":"2014-08-18T12:20:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2014-08-18T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T12:21:30","slug":"coaches-players-officials-offer-reasons-for-cecafa-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/coaches-players-officials-offer-reasons-for-cecafa-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches, players, officials offer reasons for CECAFA exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gor Mahia before the Atletico match<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Gor Mahia players pack their bags to leave Kigali for home to resume their league campaign, the various stakeholders and observers are offering their views on why Gor Mahia exited early from the CECAFA cup.<\/p>\n

Coach Bobby Williamson<\/strong> has indicated that the mass exit of dependable players affected the team negatively.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been through tough times and the exit of influential players like Teddy (Anthony), Rama (Salim) and Kevin (Omondi) affected us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were unlucky too and you could see that a natural scorer like Sserunkuma (Dan)\u00a0could not convert the many\u00a0chances we had here,\u201d he told michezoafrika.com<\/p>\n

Williamson and others such as fullback Godfrey Walusimbi<\/strong> faulted poor officiating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot even celebrate that goal. I am so disappointed with the final result. We played well today and we were let down by poor officiating. The referee did not make some crucial calls and they cost us the game,\u201d explained Walusimbi after the APR\u00a0 game.<\/p>\n

Williamson concurred<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very upset with the referee and his assistants. The wrong calls that they made have cost as the match,\u201d said an emotional Williamson”<\/p>\n

Musa Otieno<\/strong>, a long serving Kenya national team captain and now assistant coach of the national team blamed bad luck.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you scrutinize Gor Mahia\u2019s performances and results in Rwanda, you will agree with me the team was quite unlucky,\u201d former Harambee Stars captain and newly appointed national team assistant coach Musa Otieno opined on SuperSport\u2019s weekly football show Simba Super Soccer.<\/p>\n

Franklin Obare<\/strong> a former Tusker player and KPL player of the year blamed falling standards of football in the country<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to take a hard look at ourselves and accept\u00a0that our rivals\u00a0in the\u00a0region have caught up with us in terms of performances,\u201d former Kenya Breweries (Tusker\u2019s forerunner) and Harambee Stars forward Frankline Obare said to the Nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are no longer the regional superpowers, atleast that is what the results in Kigali imply,\u201d added Obare who won the competition as a Kenya Breweries player in 2001.<\/p>\n

Former Gor Mahia coach and player James Sianga<\/strong> has blamed poor coaching and a lack of youth development structures.<\/p>\n

\u201cFootball is evolving but we are standing still, we urgently need to work on improving our coaching skills and invest in spying on\u00a0our opponents,\u201d James Siang\u2019a, who is one of East Africa\u2019s most successful coaches, said.<\/p>\n

Others like Chemelil coach Mike Mururi<\/strong> decided to show a lack of class and take pot shots at Gor Mahia.<\/p>\n

“Gor Mahia are suffering from a self-inflicted problem. They are used to local referees favouring them to win matches in Kenyan Premier League. When they get neutral officials it becomes difficult for them to perform and this is what happened in Rwanda,\u201d Mururi told goal.com.<\/p>\n

Back to the KPL<\/h3>\n

With Gor Mahia out of the GoTV shield and havuing failed to win the Top 8 and the CECAFA cup, the KPL is their last opportunity to avoid a trophyless season. Hopefully the players will learn from their mistakes and apply the lessons going forward.<\/p>\n

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