SPORTS/MICHEZO

7th Dec 2013

Rio Ferdinand blasts David Moyes over poor team selection

Rio Ferdinand has blasted under-fire Manchester United manager David Moyes, insisting his selection policy turns him into a madman.

Moyes, who is on the ropes at Old Trafford following their midweek defeat to Everton, was picked out by Ferdinand over his decision to name the team just before kick-off on a match day.

Sir Alex Ferguson always opted to say who would be playing before matches, but Moyes only lets players know as late as possible, much to the frustration of Ferdinand. ‘This manager’s a bit different in that he doesn’t name the team beforehand,’ Ferdinand told BT Sport.

‘You don’t really get to know the team. The old manager used to give you a little bit of an idea if you’d be playing and stuff.

‘When you know you’re playing, the intensity goes up a little bit more on match day. That’s what you need to try to make sure you’re doing, even if you don’t know you’ll be playing – to try to get to that intensity you’d be at when you know you’re playing.’

Ferdinand says it’s impossible to get up for games, and that the late team announcements fill the players with a ‘nervous energy

Rio Ferdinand blasts David Moyes over poor team selection.

 

29 NOV 2013   @ 11.00AM   BY  DORIS   NYAGA

GOR-MAHIA WILL DROP 12 PLAYERS FROM THEIR FIRST THER FIRST TEAM SQUAD. HAVING WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND NOW WITH CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION ON THE WAY, HEAD COACH BOBBY WILLIAMSON IS LOOKING TO REFRESH HIS SQUAD.

HE IS SET TO BRING IN UP TO SEVEN PLAYERS BUT SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO RIDE THE CLUB OF SOME DEADWOOD BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE.

GOR WILL ALSO HAVE A PRE-SEASON TOUR OUTSIDE THE COUNTY IF THINGS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.

ANDREW TOLOLWA IS HAPPY WITH FRANCIS KIMANZI’S ARRIVAL AT TUSKER FC. THE FORMER HARAMBEE STARS COACH HAS SIGNED A TWO YEAR DEAL TO TAKE OVER AT THE BREWERS.  TOLOLWA IS ONE OF THE PLAYERS LARGELY UNDERUTILIZED UNDER ROBERT MATANO AND ACCEPTS THE NEW CHALLENGE POSED WITH KIMANZI’S ARRIVAL.

GARETH BALE BELIEVES REAL MADRID HAVE ALL IT TAKES TO END A 12-YEAR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE DROUGHT AS THEY CRUISED INTO THE LAST 16 WITH A 4-1 WIN OVER GALATASARAY ON WEDNESDAY.

MADRID’S VICTORY WAS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE AS IT WAS ACHIEVED WITHOUT STAR MAN CRISTIANO RONALDO AS HE SAT OUT THE GAME DUE TO A SLIGHT MUSCULAR INJURY.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR WON 2-0 AGAINST TROMSO IN THE BITTER CHILL OF NORWAY ON THURSDAY TO SEAL FIRST PLACE IN EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP K AND EASE A LITTLE OF THE PRESSURE ON MANAGER ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS.

REPORTS IN ENGLAND IN RECENT DAYS SUGGEST THAT THE PORTUGUESE IS HANGING ON TO HIS JOB AFTER LAST SUNDAY'S 6-0 HAMMERING BY MANCHESTER CITY IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

THE SPRINGBOKS SEVENS CONTINUED THEIR GOOD START TO THEIR DUBAI SEVENS CAMPAIGN AS THEY SWEPT ASIDE RUSSIA 34-5 IN THEIR SECOND POOL D GAME ON FRIDAY.

EARLIER FORMER SA SEVENS COACH PAUL TREU STARTED HIS TENURE AS THE NEW KENYA COACH WITH A ROCKY 10-7 WIN OVER PORTUGAL, AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A 14-0 WIN OVER FRANCE. HIS BIG TEST HOWEVER WILL COME IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE DAY AGAINST WORLD CHAMPIONS NEWZEALAND, WHERE TREU WILL SEE JUST HOW BIG HIS TEST WILL BE GOING FORWARD.

25TH NOV 2013     @3.30PM           BY     DORIS NYAGA

AFC LEOPARDS COACH JAMES NANDWA HAS EXPRESSED HIS JOY AFTER THE CLUB OFFERED HIM AN IMPROVED NEW TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

THE HARAMBEE STARS ASSISTANT COACH WAS APPOINTED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AFTER THE SACKING OF OUTSPOKEN BELGIAN TACTICIAN LUC EYMAEL DURING THE SECOND LEG OF THE KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE (KPL) AND GUIDED THE CLUB TO FINISHING SECOND IN THE 2013 KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE (KPL) AND WINNING THE GOTV SHIELD

 

FOOTBALL KENYA FEDERATION (FKF) HAS DIRECTED THAT THE EARLIER SCHEDULED PLAYOFFS TO DETERMINE THE TWO TEAMS THAT WILL GET PROMOTED TO THE KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE (KPL) BE CALLED OFF.

THE PLAYOFFS WERE SCHEDULED TO GET UNDERWAY ON SATURDAY BUT WITH CONTROVERSY STILL SURROUNDING THE EXERCISE FOLLOWING WEST KENYA’S OPPOSITION AFTER TOP FRY ALL-STARS WAS HANDED THE DIVISION ONE ZONE B GROUP 1 BERTH, THE FEDERATION DIRECTED IN A COMMUNIQUÉ THAT THE EXERCISE BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL IT IS SOLVED.

BRIAN OSUMBA HAS BEEN A KEY FIGURE IN THE KCB TEAM THIS SEASON AS THE TEAM MANAGED TO SHAKE OFF THE UNDERACHIEVERS’ TAG THAT HAS COURTED THE TEAM OVER THE YEARS TO FINISH FOURTH IN THE KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE (KPL).

THE FINISH SAW THE BANKERS QUALIFY FOR THEIR FIRST EVER TOP 8 CUP TOURNAMENT AND IN THE PROCESS OSUMBA DID WELL ENOUGH TO BE NAMED THE MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR AT THE KPL AWARDS GALA HELD ON WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER.

ARSENAL'S PATH INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS LOOKS TO BE A SAFE ONE WITH A HOME GAME AGAINST ROCK BOTTOM OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE COMING UP ON TUESDAY BUT THEY ARE TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED.

CHELSEA TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND TO FACE FC BASEL IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON TUESDAY KNOWING THAT A POINT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEAL THEIR PLACE IN THE LAST 16.

THE  2-1 LOSS AT STAMFORD BRIDGE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY COMPREHENSIVE VICTORIES AWAY TO STEAUA BUCHAREST AND TWICE AGAINST SCHALKE, MOURINHO'S MEN RATTLING IN 10 GOALS AND CONCEDING NONE IN THOSE GAMES TO SIT THREE POINTS CLEAR OF THE GERMANS AT THE TOP OF THE SECTION.

MMU FM  SPORTS @3.30PM BY CATHERINE MBUVI  

RELEGATION THREATENED KAKAMEGA   HOMEBOYS HOPING TO REVIVE THEIR SURVIVAL HOPES IN THE KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE (KPL) WHEN THE HOSTED CHEMILIL SUGAR AT BUKHUGU STADIUM ON FRIDAY. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR THE KPL ROOKIES TO ENSURE THEIR PLAY IN TOPFLIGHT FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON.

THE TWO TEAMS ARE COMING OFF DIFFERENT RESULTS. HOMEBOY LOST 1-0 TO GORMAHIA CHAMPIONS LAST WEEKEND WHILE THE MILLERS WHERE HELD TO A 1-1 DRAW BY MATHARE UNITED. AS THE HOSTS ARE FIGHTING TO ESCAPE RELEGATION, THE 9^TH PLACED CHEMELIL ARE BATTLING A TOP 8^TH FINISH.

ULINZI STARS COACH SALIM ALI HAS DEMANDED A QUICK RESPONSE FROM HIS PLAYERS AFTER THEIR  3-0 HUMILIATING DEFEAT TO SOFAPAKA ON MONDAY AT CITY STADIUM. THE FORMER SOFAPAKA TACTICIAN EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENTS AT THE DISPLAY TURNING IT THE WORST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON. AS THE TEAM PREPARES TO HOST THIKA UNITED ON SUNDAY, ALI AS URGED HIS PLAYERS TO PUT THE DEFEAT BEHIND THEM AND AIM AT FINISHING THE SEASONAL ON A HIGH NOT.