Stand-in Nzoia Sugar coach Biko Otere is confident that the team will turn its fortunes around and evade relegation to the National Super League.Nzoia are having a season to forget as the team is tucked deep into the red zone, having garnered a paltry thirteen points from nineteen rounds of league matches.Their woeful run heavily contrasts that of last season, where the Bungoma-based club was at some point in contention for the league title but faded in the closing stages of the campaign, settling for a fourth-place finish at the end.##NAJAVA_MECA_7812372##Last week, the club turned to Biko’s expertise after reportedly suspending former Harambee Starlets tactician Godfrey Oduor who had been in charge since the start of the season.Reports from impeccable sources at the club indicate that Oduor was suspended for three months, paving the way for the appointment of Biko on an interim basis.Kibwage disappointed by Gor Mahia defeat.Biko whose reign started on a negative note after losing 2-0 to Kenya Police last weekend at the Police Sacco Stadium, is certain of sweetening their run and placing the team on a respectable rank before the season ends.“We still have more than ten rounds that are enough to salvage the situation. The performance we put in against the police, especially in the second half, gives us hope that it can be done,” he said.Biko pegged part of his hopes on the vigour the fresh legs added to the team in the mid-season transfer window will inject into the outfit.Shabana turn to seasoned gloves to save seasonThe tactician said the caliber of players the team had brought in and the rest of whom they were eyeing have demonstrated a hunger for success in the lower tiers.“The new players have the potential to drive the team forward. We would have loved to sign experienced players, but we will be bringing in young players from the lower leagues,” he stated.
