Migori Youth head coach Sammy Okoth admits that lack of depth and inexperience has cost his squad in the first two games since taking over but is adamant things will change for the border club.Sunday’s barren draw with Vihiga Bullets was the third match in a row Migori had failed to win including similar draws against SS Assad and Mombasa Elite.##NAJAVA_MECA_7987564##The Migori-based have struggled since the start of the second leg managing a win in seven attempts. Okoth ‘s charges played out stalemates against Luanda Villa and Bullets before shipping in four goals to nil against leaders Naivas.The performance saw the pre-season promotion favorites lose grit in the charge for top-flight football and occupy seventh place on 36 points. In an interview posted on the club’s YouTube channel, the 2022/2023 National Super League (NSL) champion with Shabana FC, admitted that his squad was average and much needed to be done to get them on the winning track.“Majority of the players are inexperienced in the second-tier and while we also have some young talents. I have also noticed that there is no depth and generally, it is an average squad,” offered Okoth.“I need to introduce things that will motivate the players to at least up their game, the players need to be guided since they are young, and when introducing something new as a coach you must be sure it won’t affect them,” he added.Stephen Waruru appointed head coach of third-tier sideReflecting on the first two matches, the former Zoo FC gaffer stated that, he had introduced a new style of play, and changed the organization on the field and the mode of training in a bid to get a style that favors his young squad.“Football is a learning process, for the last two matches I have tried to introduce new things to the players that I found here (I did not come with any players), I am trying to feed them based on their quality and strength. “For the last two matches I have tried to introduce a new style of play, and organization on the field and training has also been different from what they were used to, therefore, it is like an introduction as we continue with the rebuilding process,” added Okoth.Mozzart Bet Cup round of 16 action to take center stage over the wekeendOkoth who in 2020 guided Vihiga United to the FKF Premier League demanded more quality in a bid to make the team competitive again noting that the standards at the club had deteriorated.“When I was with the previous teams, Migori used to give me a tough time and I could prepare my team well knowing that I was going to face a formidable side but it is very unfortunate when I came here I found different players, therefore it is a process shaping up the team and instilling new things in them but we will need quality and depth if we are to get out of this level,” asserted Okoth.Migori will have a two-week recess before embarking on league action on the weekend of April 6 against Mathare United at Kasarani Annex.
