Ulinzi Stars head coach Danstun Nyaudo has explained the reasons and circumstances in which the club’s players leave for military training while the season is still on going.Over the years, FKF Premier League fans have been wondering and discussing why key players of the military side would leave the team in the middle of a season in what the club describes as ‘military duties’ with most of them reading mischief in it.##NAJAVA_MECA_8361361##Stephen Waruru, Hassan ‘Rio’ Mohammed, Timothy Odhiambo, Clinton ‘Aguero’ Omondi and Enosh Ochieng are some of the players who left the team in recent seasons while on top in peak form for military training in the course of the season.Nyaudo disclosed that it is the players who always choose that path for career growth and are not forced by the management to do so.Forgotten Bandari striker sets time frame for Harambee Stars comeback“It is not about the management, it is about the players themselves. When you are working somewhere, you want to grow and these courses are progression courses, you’ve got to go for them for the sake of your career,” he stated.Some of the players would leave military training and not come back to the team forever while most of them would return without match fitness and would take some time before reaching their peak again.##NAJAVA_MECA_8361371##One such player who left for training and has yet to return to the team for over three years now is former Harambee Stars goalkeeper Timothy Odhiambo.Nyaudo says that they do not have an option as the technical bench in such situations.Gor Mahia head coach reveals three reasons for benching Rooney Onyango against Al Ahly“When the time comes, it is not even the management. It is the players who will come and say ‘Coach, allow me to go’,” he added.Nyaudo, a Warrant Officer Class One, the senior most rank for non-commissioned officers explained that they adapt by signing as many players as possible for the season in order to withstand such times.##NAJAVA_MECA_8361346##“Sometimes you need to let go and that is why we sometimes sign 30 players. You cannot sit on someone’s progress.”
