On Saturday, players were to report in training but a few fringe ones turned up. Remember, also current caretaker coach [Patrick] Odhiambo is also in his rural home with the family. If nothing is done, I doubt whether the Wednesday game will be played, or even if it will be played, results might be worse or close to the 6-0 loss suffered in the first leg.
Goal was unable to get an official club comment from chairman Ambrose Rachier, who is currently out of Nairobi.
In the first leg, the Great Chabab scored their goals through Amir Sayoud, who scored a hat-trick, Hamza Bellahouel, Larbi Tabti, and Maecky Ngombo during a thoroughly one-sided display at the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 on Saturday, December 26.
I still maintain, our strategy sold us, Odhiambo told Radio Jambo on Saturday. I am not saying that the coach [should be held fully responsible for the result] but the problem was that he was too rigid. If I was in his shoes, I would have given the boys three options because you can never tell, he added. Also remember, he has never played with these Arabs. You know we were speaking from experience having [faced North African teams] before. He has never faced them as a coach, he has never had the Caf [Champions League] experience with these guys.
Goal on Thursday. These players are very strong; they came into the match and struggled to get into the match. They had not trained at all and were really under difficult circumstances coming into the game. They gave their best against a very good and organised team and their fight on the pitch was evident. They deserve respect.
The Kenyan champions looked shaky at the back and struggled to stop the attacks by their hosts. The Posta Rangers coach has refused to blame his defenders for the goals conceded. If you look keenly on the way we conceded the goals, it was from individual mistakes, Omollo continued.
It i’s football and we learnt our lessons. It is a wake-up call for us to pull up if we want to achieve our goals for this season.
On Sunday, a senior player faulted the management for the big loss in North Africa. It is an embarrassing and shameful outcome for a big and respectable club like Gor Mahia, a senior player who is part of the squad in Algeria told
Goal. This is a very competitive competition and it needs good preparations. It is a shame when we are just sent to play when nobody takes care of our needs.
Nobody trained for this game, we were not fit for the game and the results were evident. We cannot get positive results this way, as players we are suffering. Someone might think we do not know how to play or we are not equal to the task but it is because of what is going on at the club. The office [management] is the main cause of this. I feel sorry for ourselves, fans and families.
On Saturday, it took the Algerians just seven minutes to get the ball in the back of the net. Geoffrey Ochieng conceded a free kick in a good area, giving the Algerians a chance to bring the ball into the danger zone.