Player ratings on a scale of 1 - 10 with 10 outstanding and 1 appalling.

Oliech (strike) - 10
Oboya (midfield) - 9
Owino (left back) - 8
Mariga (midfield) - 8 although he was played in an unfamiliar position
Mugabe (midfield) - 6 (in for Ouma)
Mulinge (right back) - 5
Mambo (midfield) - 4
Njoroge (midfield) - 4
Paschal (central D) - 3
Musa (last man) - 2
Ayuko (goalie) - 2
Echesa (strike) - 1
Ouma (strike) - 1
Ambani (strike) - 1

Team average - 4.5 How disappointing!

Additionally i will give Hey a zero (for being the only man in Kenya who was quote - 'happy with the performance') and Naggi a zero (for coming up with a stupid excuse for withdrawing Taiwo at the last minute). How is the poor guy supposed to feel after the way he's been treated)

I always admire teams that use the 4-2-4 formation and in my view,that would have been the most ideal system for Kenya to employ in the qualifiers.......Reason?.In Makacha and Jamal,we have 2 workhorses.Jamal an attacking player and Makacha supporting both the central defence and taking loose balls.That would leave 4 strikers up front operating from the mid and traditional wingers playing wide......The beauty about this is that it gives opposing defenders hard time especially if 3 of the 4 attackers are capable of roving........and yes,Oliech and Oboya are effective strikes who need lotsa space.Playing in the same position throughout a match makes them vulnerable to being marked out....and the Tunisians did exactly that.....I doubt Ambani can.He spent the entire 90 minutes running around like a headless chicken............Good football is about attacking,afterall,the best defense is attack....


Guka wa bijuti...

@njunge,

Ambani is the top scorer in the Bongo league. Makes you wonder what kind of a league that is. But i dont think Makacha is national team material. Jamal and Osborne Monday definitely deserve inclusion in midfield. But they should have at least tried Taiwo.

...with the current wrangling within Harambee stars,we need to make a radical decision-disband the whole team and pick secondary school boys to play the rest of the remaining matches. Whether we like it or not the team will lose big time. By picking secondary school kids,at least we will have something to look forward to. The current scene is just a disaster...mavi ya kuku...bure kabisa...

...Harambee stars watamaliziwa hii saturday...!!!

Harambee 1 Naija 4

Usichoke kutafuta salary

Imagine this... Naija has recalled all their stars so will have a very strong squad not to mention the 9 point something million pesa taslim they've been promised for a win,add to that the fanatical fans and the amazing cheering band.

Kenya's in shit!

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Ha ha ha...
Oh ya there's that too @magigi
and our fans can't go there as they might be attacked by bus drivers.
We're so screwed.

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

@mtaalam that was too fresh...but enyewe what results do we expect when the stars have been having warm up games against the likes of Gor & KCB,winning by 1-0 margins,while the eagles have played Ireland and France?

The fact of the matter is that for as long as KFF/KPL or whatever don't get their act together,appearing in the World Cup will remain a mirage. It's already a travesty that we hardly appear in the African Cup,even when in grouped against teams like Mozambique!

I remember with nostalgia the feeling I had when we last played in the African Cup (was it 2006?),it was a good feeling,I wish we could have it more often before we can finally appear in a world cup,hopefully in our lifetimes.

smano

This is not the type of game I would like to watch.

Will there be another game going on at the time,say Cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka or some Cayman Island Vs Macedonia???????


Chief