One time Premier League champions Mathare United have battled relegation in the past three seasons but current head coach Boniface Omondi is looking to avoid the drop once again.The Slum Boys survived relegation by the skin of their teeth last season after finishing the campaign anchored to the foot of the table but the reinstated Football Kenya Federation (FKF) office nullified the campaign.Defending champions Morocco make good on their threat to pull out of CHAN, here’s whyOmondi who was appointed at the start of the season revealed that their target is to beat the drop and also opened up on the reason for their early struggles.”Everybody knows that Mathare has been fighting relegation every season but this time we will try, we cannot say that we are going to win the league, we are going to work on the mistakes that we there previously.##NAJAVA_MECA_6937463##When we were playing our first game, our opponents were playing their fourth game. The first three matches were like friendlies and we got a point in the fourth match,” said Omondi.Mathare picked up their first point of the season on Wednesday after coming from behind to force a 1-1 draw against Posta Rangers but still sit at the basement of the log.Ababu orders special audit on stadiums in wake of huge budgets and shoddy workWith the Slum Boys welcoming fellow stragglers FC Talanta who have lost their last games, Omondi added that they will be angling for a win.”We are preparing for a win in our next game and not a draw, the draw against Posta will give our players confidence because if you lose every time, the players will lose confidence,” added Omondi.
