Okay before we go bashing on Henri Michel, that's his name BTW, the Kenyan coach, I think for his first game, he didn't fail us. He just needs to watch the players a little more and maybe he will make a more informed decision about player selection. Some players may need second chances to prove themselves when they're more comfortable with the players around themselves. Others... Well. They should just be given the chance to concentrate on their club football. Like Oliech. Or maybe we are just not playing him in his best position.. Like the bench maybe. I'll stop now. Let us just analyse some football for now.
Defense: Our Right Back. He needs to go. He made Wekesa look bad. That own goal, and SA's second, wouldn't have gone in if the right back had done his job to track the striker. So, in an attempt to save the already beaten keeper's blunder, Wekesa headed into an empty net.
Wekesa... He wasn't all that of a threat going forward. But he didn't let us down defensively either. So, i would suggest, if it were up to me, that he plays at Centre Back. He seems more comfortable there anyway and has the build for a CB. Besides... We need a competent left winger, and not an overlapping left back who fails us up there when you expect him to deliver
Midfield: Wanyama did good. I admit, it was the first time I actually paid full attention to him play for the Stars. His crossfield passes, his physicality. Great job. I liked how he helped the shaky defense too. Now we just need to have people who can run around him, and take the ball with them. That's important. Not just running around.
Patrick Osiako was good too. He just needs more playing time with the group and he'll be good. I wonder how Mariga will complement the team when he comes back.
That said... We still don't have the personell to get the ball into the attacking areas. Wait... We couldn't even get the ball out of our own half in the first period. We didn't make 5 continuous passes. I actually counted the number of times we made five passes. Not many
Attack: I heard that in the days before the match, the Frenchman said that Kenya doesn't have any recognized strikers. Am guessing that is why we didn't see Allan Wanga or Rama Salim in the squad then? Or perhaps am just speculating. I have seen our No. 9, Kahata, play before, back in my hood. Ok, in his hood. I do not live in Githurai. I live in Zimma. We used to go with our home team to play theirs. He used to be a tough nut for defenders. Oliech... Well at least he made that one good pass, that Kemboi almost converted and forced the keeper to save. Oh, and he scored the equalizing penalty too(pelanty, if you're on twirra). That was good for him... And for the team too. I remember at some point during the match, I was asking myself "when was the last time we scored?" and boom. Pelanty. Well dispatched by Oliech and Kenya is level with Bafana. Oh well. Then came the own goal.
Someone on twirra said "The way Harambee Stars is beaten around, you'd think we're MRC".
Elsewhere abroad, The Spanish and the French had a showdown to see who was more romantic. Bad soap opera that one. Good job by Ribery again. He was the only bright spark in that dull French display. It's no surprise that Giroud's assist came from him. Spain on the other hand dominated as usual. We are not going to start discussing them again. If you do not know them... Go sit at a corner and think carefully about important things... I cannot point them out though. Importance is relative.
England look to have regained their flair again(won 5-0 and drew1-1), and RVP his scoring touch(scored in his team's 4-1 win over some team). Japan kicked France's behind at the last. And Ivory Coast kicked Senegal's butt out of the AFCON. Cameroun amd Kenya have a thing... Or two in common. They are no-shows at the AFCON tourney. This and the last. Hehe.
We wait and see if we can build on coach Henri Michel's first performance. Lots of debuts, something we haven't been seeing with other managers, which is technically what we wanted. So, hopefully what we want is what is good for us.
The EPL resumes this weekend. I thought the international break would be a boring one. Time to pick those fantasy teams yet again. I have three guys injured and no free transfers. Trouble.
Peace
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