Talanta FC assistant coach Jackson Gatheru has explained the tactical change that they made in order to bring to halt their six match winless run. The Jackline Juma-coached side were on a winning drought in the FKF Premier League with their last win coming back on 14 September against Sofapaka. Since then, they have drawn three games and lost a similar number of matches. On Wednesday 27 Enock Machaka found the back ot the net against Ulinzi to get his side back to winning ways. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8529027##Speaking to the press after the match, Gatheru disclosed the plan that helped them change the tides.“Today we decided that we don’t even need a draw. We played attacking minded players, to get all points ,” said Gatheru.Gatheru also revealed that, they had tried different formations and players in a bid to find a win and a preferred starting team which they now seem to have found. Rachier reveals number of coaches eyeing Gor Mahia job“For the past few games we have tried almost all players including changing even the goalkeeper. We had not yet found the first eleven,” he added.Talanta elected to play attacking football after the goal and made attacking substitutions even when ordinarily they were expected to sit back and defend their lead. Omondi craving for prestigious award following impressive start at Bandari“The best way to defend is to attack. That is why even when we were leading,I brought on strikers. For a team like Ulinzi, they are good on air and so when you sit back, they will get a chance and score. This win is a very big boost to our confidence going forward,” he explained.The win took Talanta’s point tally to nine after eight rounds of matches. They team is ranked position 14 and out of relegation zone albeit on goal difference.
