After being hooked off before halftime in the win over Bandari, Gor Mahia head coach Johnathan McKinstry has revealed why he subbed off George ‘Blackberry’ Odhiambo before the break.The former Tusker FC midfielder was withdrawn five minutes before the halftime break in a double substitution that also saw Lloyd Khavuchi leave as Boniface Omondi and John Macharia were introduced.McKinstry outlines Gor Mahia’s mid-season transfer planMcKinstry admitted that he is not a fan of first-half substitutions but explained that Blackberry was fatigued after recently becoming a dad as he had to stay in the hospital all night.“The boys know that we do not like making changes in the first half but they know that it’s not personal and it’s always about winning. In George Odhiambo’s case, his first 15 minutes were good but he played 70 minutes last time. What most people do not know is that he is a new father and the baby was born at 6 am so he was up all night in the hospital.##NAJAVA_MECA_6906281##He had not had a lot of sleep and you could see that with the heat, had it been a cooler day, he would have lasted longer and after 30 minutes he wasn’t the same quality,” said McKinstry.Gor Mahia went on to win the game 1-0 courtesy of a controversial Benson Omala goal after goalkeeper Michael Wanyika needlessly spilled the ball.In Lloyd Khavuchi’s case, the Northern Irish head coach revealed that the player had a bad day in office as he heaped praise on the substitutes that came on.In form Omala strikes again to guide K’Ogalo to victory over Bandari“For Lloyd Khavuchi, it wasn’t clicking for him, some days you get out of bed and despite your best efforts it just does not work out the way you want it to work.We knew we had quality to bring off the bench in John Macharia and Boniface Omondi who would help us keep the ball in the attacking half of the field,” added McKinstry.
