WHAT NEXT FOR THE UNIVERSITY SOCCER TEAM?

During the post match interview after the team’s 1-0 loss to University of Eldoret in Eldoret on Sunday, the inevitable question for head coach Ologi arose; what next for Moi?

His answer was text book stuff.

“We have a slim chance of still going through to the finals, so our aim now is still to win the two remaining games we have and then see what happens after that”.

Seemingly almost embarrassed by the nature of his first answer, he continued. “The regional tournament is also not too far away, and that will be the main focus of our attentions in the coming days”. He added.

He is a soft spoken man, whose philosophy is to play eye-catching football. During his appointment, those who backed him felt he was the future, the local messiah, the new beginning for Moi football. He is the one to lead the way, they said.

On the evidence of the two matches he has been in charge of, against UoE where he lost by a solitary goal and against Egerton where the team also lost by the same margin, it does not look good. The players showed no creativity, guile, and defended badly. It was not a good introduction to a watching public.

For one, the team has to be exposed to training camps as well as playing a lot of competitive friendly games. The signs of players not knowing each other and zero cohesion were a plenty in the two matches, and without competitive matches, this will not improve.

It is no coincidence that the best performing teams in the tournament play each other often to gauge their levels, and the fact that our team are devoid of that is a reminder of why they are not performing to the required standards.