Youthful Tusker midfielder David Odoyo has hailed the club’s head coach Robert Matano for helping him polish his weak areas ahead of his debut in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League.Odoyo is set to make his first appearance in the country’s top flight in the forthcoming season having completed his transfer from Division One side Green Commandos to the beer makers.##NAJAVA_MECA_6678055##The versatile player who can play as a defensive and as an attacking midfielder said his had grown in leaps and bounds under Matano especially on his ability to shield the defence.The youngster who is bidding to be part of the first team said Matano had also fine-tune his ball passing skills and instilled a winning mentality in him and the rest of the new comers.McKinstry willing Gor Mahia’s youthful cast to set up in wake of feud with seniorsTusker signed six players in the past window and promoted the hard tackling Collins Otieno from their youth team.”I have improved a lot in terms of defending and positioning. I have also learnt the art of moving the ball forward as well creating chances. Matano is the kind of a coach who wants a player to exploit his potential fully and abhors one slumping into a comfort zone,” he said.How a call from Sweden led to Odoyo’s move to TuskerMeanwhile, Odoyo who wants to play for South African giants Orlando Pirates in future insists that the club will not settle for anything short of the league title next season.”The goal is to retain the league title and play at the continental level. We have prepared well and there is still room to work on the areas that the technical bench feels we are short as a team. The pressure to retain the title is rife in our camp but I am sure the game at a time approach will see us achieve our target, ” he added.
