Despite being eliminated from the Elite Pre-season Cup tournament, Sofapaka’s head coach David Ouma has reassured Batoto Ba Mungu faithfuls that there is no cause for alarm ahead of the new Football Kenya Federation Premier League season.The 2009 KPL champions picked up just one win in the tournament, the 4-0 win over third-tier side Rainbow FC, drawing against fellow Premier League side Kariobangi Sharks, and lost to Bidco United in their last group match on Monday.Fledgling duo of Musyoka and Stanley impress coach Ouma with ball artistryThe Monday results notwithstanding, Ouma is adamant that his team will be ready for the top-flight when the season kicks off, noting that he has been making use of the tournament to evaluate the character of his players.He revealed that they are still in the stages of building the team after losing a couple of their key players last season and opines that they are 50 percent ready at the moment.”There is no cause for alarm for me. We are building the team and this is a pre-competition tournament. I know the situation I have with my team and I have to throw in every player that I have so that they may have a chance to show the character and orientation of the entire team. My team is 50 percent ready and you can see it. We are developing how we can play and it is a process. The real thing is coming,” Ouma said.Bidco United book semis berth after frying hapless Sofapaka in Elite Tournament##NAJAVA_MECA_6677429##In terms of the teams preparedness, the former Harambee Starlets coach is delighted with how his team is building from the back and developing the game going forward but still laments that there is still work to be done on their prolificacy in front of goal as well as how they approach 50-50 duels.”I am satisfied in terms of how we develop the game, but I am not yet convinced with how we are in front of the goal as well as in 50-50 duels and we need to improve that as we near the competition,” he added.
