Hard-tackling Sofapaka centre back Stephen Okola says the playing unit is to be blamed for the poor start of life into the 2022-2023 Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) campaign.Sofapaka have not registered win in the five rounds played thus far as the club has tasted defeat twice and shared spoils in three duels.The outfit managed to assemble decent players during the transfer window, acquisitions that convinced many that the team would be fierce contester for the league title, but hardly five games into the season, the David Ouma coached side is struggling to win matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_6892406##Okola while giving his honest assessment of the past rounds faulted the playing unit for giving half-hearted performances and failing to make the chances created count.“We the players take the lion share of blame for the poor start. We have bene training and preparing well for matches but somehow, we have been failing to outsmart our opponents on match days. Everyone has to give one hundred percent if we are to get back on track,” he opened up.Injured City Stars rookie Pius Omachi to wait longer for league debutThe defender who was promoted to the senior team in 2019 struggled to explain the struggle on the pitch yet they had more than three months of preparing for the campaign.“We put in a lot of effort in the pre-season but unfortunately, we are not getting the results we spent time preparing for. We can not blame the technical bench much for they have been doing an incredible job,” he offered.With Batoto Ba Mungu set to face Kenya Police who are also struggling to get positive results on Wednesday, Okola called on his colleagues to leave everything on the pitch and bag maximum points.Sofapaka’s rough patch; What’s ailing Batoto Ba Mungu?Police who recently made changes in the technical bench have gathered a point out of a possible nine in the season. The team is yet to score a goal in the term.”Our options have been narrowed to a win in our next fixture. We can’t afford to drop points again,” he added.
