Mathare United CEO Jecton Obure has disclosed the reason behind the team’s change of fortunes in the FKF Premier League.The 2008 league champions started the league on a low note where they remained winless in their first four matches of the season; losing two and drawing a similar number.Murang’a SEAL’s Joe Waithira condemns Gor Mahia fans for attacking coachAt some point, they were in the relegation zone but a resurgence in their last four matches has seen them win three and narrowly lose the other thus collecting nine points out of a possible 12.The effect of these results is that the team now sits at position four on the FKF Premier League table with 11 points to their name. Obure says they had a mentality problem.##NAJAVA_MECA_8466811##“I think the coach had been very open with us. He has always told us that he is working on the team. It is just the mentality.Maybe we gave opponents a lot of respect but all in all, we have a very good team, a young team where most of them mainly played in the NSL(National Super League),” he remarked.Why Ghost consider’s Victor Wanyama the top professional player in KenyaObure said that they only worked on the mentality aspect of their game and asked each and every player to take responsibility for the performance of the team.“These boys have been training well, it is just the mentality because you will realize that most of the time when we met other teams, they just got scared, I don’t know why.##NAJAVA_MECA_8466792##Everybody is being paid and so we decided as a team that everybody needs to showcase their talents and abilities,” he added.However, Obure is not getting carried away by their recent results and maintains that the team’s season targets remain the same as agreed at the start of the season.Meja on target in Sweden as Anyembe, Mandela suffer defeats“Our main focus is still to maintain FKF Premier League status which I think we are on course to achieve. We do not have big ambitions like challenging for the title but just to remain in the league,” he concluded.Mathare United’s next league match will be on Saturday 23 November when they take on Posta Rangers.
