James ‘Odijo’ Omondi resurfaced at Mathare United on Monday when he was introduced as one of coach Leonard Odipo’s backroom staff members at the club.Mathare, who are gearing up for life in the National Super League after kissing the grass in the past term, unveiled the new technical bench members who will be led by Odipo on Monday with, Odijo being among those who were presented at the Goan Institute grounds.##NAJAVA_MECA_7390166##Odijo, had been missing from the public limelight since leaving the defunct Ushuru FC in November 2020. He worked as an assistant coach at Ushuru, deputizing Kenneth Kenyatta who is the current FC Talanta coach.Odijo, who will be tasked with handling the youth team and scouting at Mathare vowed to work hand in hand with Odipo and see the Slum Boys back at the top league.Why Odijo is taking a break from coachingWhile echoing the sentiments of Odipo who pledged to inspire the club to gain automatic promotion, Odijo said the experience the technical bench members had was a key ingredient in bid to achieve automatic promotion.“Mathare is a big brand that deserves to be at the top level. It was disappointing to see the club sink to the second tier. Coach Odipo and I as well as scores of other tacticians passed through their systems. We will use our experience to get the club back to the top,” he said.Odipo outlines plan to inspire Mathare United back to table of menThe former Talanta assistant coach in the meantime called on the players who will pass the trials to embrace positivity and focus on the task ahead.The former champions kicked off three-day long trials on Monday in order to acquire new arsenals who will fill in the gaps left by players who, left for greener pastures.“We need positivity and focus from the players. If we organize ourselves as group we will sail through,” added the former Muhoroni Youth gaffer.
