Under fire Tom Juma welcomes the international break as AFC Leopards reel from stuttering start

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FKFPL: Under fire Tom Juma welcomes the international break as AFC Leopards reel from stuttering start

Mark Kinyanjui 15:30 - 03.09.2023

AFC Leopards have ammased just one point from two league games despite investing into the squad's quality in the off-season which has angered the fans.

Under fire AFC Leopards coach Tom Juma has revealed what the team must do in order to get to winning ways after registering just one point from their first two games in the league this season.

Juma maintained a majority of the team that drew against FC Talanta in the first game of the season played at the Nyayo National Stadium last Sunday, but lost 1-0 to the Bankers at the Kasarani Stadium five days later.

Juma is concerned about his side’s profligacy and inability to create enough chances which he has insisted that the team must work on if they are to start becoming a winning team.

“We need to score goals because so far, you have seen we have played two games but not scored a single goal,” Juma said.

“You cannot win if you are not scoring. We just need to work on that. We need to create more chances, we need to make advantage of the chances we are already creating to score goals because the second game has been played and still no goals.”

Quizzed about whether the international break will help his side bond and gel as a unit in order to make the side correct its form, Juma insisted that no shortcuts would be taken to turn around the club’s slow start.

“Like I said, we have to keep on working and trying to solve our problems and that is it.”

Fans could be seen expressing their displeasure over the side’s line up after full time in Kasarani right in front of Juma as he was speaking to the press.

Juma appeared to ask fans to remain patient with the team, which needs jelling.

“Maybe they (the fans) are right and maybe they are wrong, but if you look at the line up, the same team that played against Talanta is the same team that played against KCB.”

Leopards will be seeking to get to winning ways when they play Shabana in the third match of the season.

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