Bidco United skipper and centre back Francis Oduor has sensationally proclaimed that the club will have the best defensive record this season if the type of players they have within their ranks is anything to go by. The towering defender who enjoys the partnership of Anthony Simasi at the heart of the defence feels that coach Anthony Akhulia’s defensive drills and the quality he added in the department will keep the most cleansheets.Bidco raided Nzoia Sugar for the services of Gabriel Wandera who finished the season as the highest scoring defender thanks to his penalty taking skills and aerial prowess.40’| Yellow Card @BidcoUnitedFrancis oduor yellow card bidcoScores : @VihigaUnitedFC 0-1 @BidcoUnited #BKPL pic.twitter.com/pGsHLDHMyU— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) January 3, 2021 Apart from the three centre halves, Bidco have Collins Okumu who can be deployed as a right back and Geoffrey Kariuki and David Kalama as their full backs.Kalama was named as the second best defender last season due to his seven assists the highest by a defender in the campaign.”I think we will have the meanest defence this season. We have already kept a cleansheets and we will keep as many as we can. The quality in our rear in unquestionable is there for all to see. We had good players coming in the department and the best were retained, ” he said.Oduor in the meantime said they were polishing their forward line for the time the league is on break by playing test matches.This is how we line up against Vihiga Bullets.Starting XIEdwin Mukolwe (GK), David Kalama, Geoffrey Gitau, Francis Oduor, Anthony Simasi, Peter Nzuki, Jacob Onyango, Alex Juma, Batts Awita, David Orem, Collins Neto pic.twitter.com/LKwBNEyAfd— Bidco United (@BidcoUnited) September 25, 2021 Bidco began the season with a barren draw away to debutants Vihiga Bullets a match he feels that they would have won had they taken their chances.”The coach has been putting emphasis on the forward line. He wants the players to make the chances created in each game count. We have been playing test matches against division two clubs here in Thika and I believe by the time we play our next game, we will have a lethal forward, ” he said.How Bidco performed compared to other league debutants in the last decadeBidco lost their reliable forward in Eric Gichimu to Wazito but replaced him with Brian Nyakhan and also brought in Collins Neto from Zoo FC.
