Naivas FC head coach Jeff Maina is banking on the support from the parent sponsor to finish inside the top three bracket and possibly get promoted to the top flight.The league debutants have been punching above their weight as they are just a place outside the top five bracket with 32 points, six off league leaders APS Bomet.Maina credited the good run of results to the financial support they are afforded by the shoppers, noting that the players were repaying their input on the pitch.This is how it went down on Sunday at Camp Toyoyo against Naivas FC.#Godaboveall #BNSL pic.twitter.com/kuy9Pok3gj— Mully Children’s Family FC (@mcf_fc) November 8, 2021 The tactician said the club had set an irreducible minimum of a top-three finish that he feels is within their reach if the support from the sponsor is anything to go by.The two top teams will earn direct promotion to top-flight football with the third-placed one having to square it out with the third from bottom finisher in the top flight in a two-legged playoff.”The management has been backing us through and through. They have a long-term project with the team and the ball is on our court to achieve the targets. I believe they can’t be supporting the project for it to remain in the second tier for long. It is my plan to finish in the top three and scale to the next level, ” he said.Maina who took over the reins in May last year after his namesake George Maina was headhunted by Kenyan champions Tusker encouraged the playing unit to keep the fire burning in the remaining matches.@FKFcaretaker NSL match results:@NaivasFc 4-0 @ssassadfc Camp Toyoyo, NairobiAnother bad day in the office@ShukraniKuzi @OurKwaleCounty @BaseTitanium @baseresources @mmmflour @MombasaCement— SS Assad FC (@ssassadfc) April 22, 2022 This is how it went down on Sunday at Camp Toyoyo against Naivas FC.#Godaboveall #BNSL pic.twitter.com/kuy9Pok3gj— Mully Children’s Family FC (@mcf_fc) November 8, 2021 The gaffer who lamented on the fixture congestion termed the second tier as the most competitive football competition in the land and challenged his players to take a match at a time and focus on achieving the ultimate goal, the crowding of fixtures notwithstanding.”One of the reasons why NSL is tough is you have to travel a lot and over long distances. We are playing back-to-back matches in a game which affects the players but I have told the boys to maintain the focus up to the last round,” he added.
