Selebwa banks on his punditry skills to revive troubled Muhoroni Youth

Newly appointed Muhoroni Youth FC head coach Gilbert Selebwa has declared that he will use his ‘football punditry’ ideas and prediction skills to win matches.

Speaking in Muhoroni on the eve of his team’s loss 2-0 to former champions Gor Mahia FC match that was played on Saturday 5th of August, the TV football analyst was optimistic that his side won’t be a pushover this second leg and his main aim is to get Muhoroni out of relegation.

“I have confidence with my boys. They are very skillful individually and with great tactical approach we will definitely win matches.

Being a football analyst has enabled me to see different weakness in all these teams that are participating in the league. I know how to counter them for sure.” A highly charged Selebewa explained adding that the world of football in Kenya should not forget that the Moses Adagala owned side, are the current KPL top eight champions.

Gilbert Selebwa guided 13 time Kenya Premier League champions AFC Leopards back to KPL in 2009 season from Kenya’s second tier league after being relegated in 2008 where they played the Nationwide league and won their zone, though very few football followers in Kenya nor Ingwe die hards can even remember that.

Since then, the controversial tactician disappeared from topflight football, but with the emergence of SuperSport to the Kenyan football scene back in 2007/2008 season, the heavens of the beautiful world of the screens opened their glamorous doors and welcomed him to the world of football punditry.

“Working as a football pundit on TV has given me an amazing experience of the local football terrain. I have watched and analyzed every single match since the beginning to the end in different seasons and could easily predict who will win and with what challenges.

This therefore puts me to an advantage over my opponents because I just happen to know a thing or two about them that I can use to exploit and win the game.” Selebwa who is also known as ‘Gilly’ by football lovers in Kenya said with confidence.

Selebwa has also been highly criticized by football fans and some players for his tough talking style of punditry and termed as unpatriotic.

Sometime back, former Shabana and Nairobi City Stars skipper Mark Ongwae now with Zoo Kericho, took to social media to openly blast Selebwa.

Gilly had criticized the signing of Ongwae from Shabana to Muhoroni Youth. He described the bully left back as ‘old and out of fashion’ on Africa’s television, something that did not go well with Ongwae, KPL players and some football fans who angrily saw Selebwa as a disgust to Kenyan footballers.

The controversial football coach cum TV pundit now finds himself in a challenging position with controversial politician and owner Moses Adagala as his boss.

The KPL top eight champions, Muhoroni Youth are currently last on the 18 team log, having played 17 games with only 15 points.

He has lost his first match in charge and now Selebwa and his charges have a tricky Western Stima and Nakumatt FC next.

If Selebwa will fail to win at least three of his immediate five matches, he just might find himself rubbing shoulders with owner Adagala.