Gor Mahia is almost synonymous with dominance. It is not easy to find a parallel to this kind of domination in other African leagues. Only in Europe do we see it. But then again it is still diffirent because the domination of the likes of Juventus, Celtic, PSG, Real Madrid was/is build by huge amounts of finances. Gor Mahia's dominance on the other hand has been painstakingly slow, and has come about on sheer brilliance in management and a stroke of good luck.
But Gor Mahia's dominance is boring. It is the kind of dominance that makes you want to puke. Even Gor Mahia fans are sick of it. They go into a match not wondering whether they'll win or not but by how many goals they'll win. Celebrations have become more or less a duty that has to be endured rather than something to be savoured and enjoyed. Encounters with their so called eternal rivals are so predictable you can almost tell by how many goals they're going to win.
There was a time when the mere thought of Gor Mahia would make fans crazy. Replica jerseys used to sell like hot cakes and artistes used to compose songs about the club. Now fans use their Jerseys as door mats. The craze is gone (thankfully) and so has the euphoria. The number of Gor Mahia fans that attend football matches has taken a nosedive. The only matches that pull crowds are the games that Gor Mahia are perceived to be likely to lose because they offer something that other matches don't: the unpredictability and the adrenaline rush.
Tom Osanjo who writes a weekly column in the Daily Nation hardly has anything new to write about. But what can he say? What can one say about a team that has clearly been too impressive to criticize. Tom Osanjo has now turned consultant, writing about how Gor Mahia can consolidate their dominance, build a stadium, sell merchandise and go about their transfers. And this is boring. The news reporters must be bored to death reporting one routine victory after another for Gor Mahia, one league triumph after another, one record breaking season after another and one derby victory after another.
The rivalry with Abaluhyia Football Club is over. Not many of us can remember the last time AFC Leopards beat Gor Mahia in game of football. Seriously. You must go to the football archives just to find out. It is utterly inconceivable why AFC Leopards are still considered Gor Mahia's rivals - it is a travesty - considering that AFC Leopards have not been able to sustain any serious challenge to the league title in decades. It is not their fault though, Gor Has just been too good - and the Leopards have had their minds stuck in the 90s like mannequins. But AFC's stagnation only points to the magnitude of Gor Mahia's rise. In 2011/12 Afc Leopards and Gor Mahia were equal peers fighting it out for a top half finish in the league. They both had no money, no foreign coaches, no international players and had this habit of hiring and firing coaches for fun. But while Gor Mahai moved on and joined the elite list of finest clubs in the region, Leopards have remained rooted on the same spot.
There's little competition for Gor Mahia in the league. We can almost predict with certainty that they will win the league again this years as well as next year. They could be deducted 10 points and still comfortably win the league. Every time a new season begins, the only question on peoples minds is who is going to come second, and this is damn boring.
But Gor Mahia's dominance is boring. It is the kind of dominance that makes you want to puke. Even Gor Mahia fans are sick of it. They go into a match not wondering whether they'll win or not but by how many goals they'll win. Celebrations have become more or less a duty that has to be endured rather than something to be savoured and enjoyed. Encounters with their so called eternal rivals are so predictable you can almost tell by how many goals they're going to win.
There was a time when the mere thought of Gor Mahia would make fans crazy. Replica jerseys used to sell like hot cakes and artistes used to compose songs about the club. Now fans use their Jerseys as door mats. The craze is gone (thankfully) and so has the euphoria. The number of Gor Mahia fans that attend football matches has taken a nosedive. The only matches that pull crowds are the games that Gor Mahia are perceived to be likely to lose because they offer something that other matches don't: the unpredictability and the adrenaline rush.
Tom Osanjo who writes a weekly column in the Daily Nation hardly has anything new to write about. But what can he say? What can one say about a team that has clearly been too impressive to criticize. Tom Osanjo has now turned consultant, writing about how Gor Mahia can consolidate their dominance, build a stadium, sell merchandise and go about their transfers. And this is boring. The news reporters must be bored to death reporting one routine victory after another for Gor Mahia, one league triumph after another, one record breaking season after another and one derby victory after another.
The rivalry with Abaluhyia Football Club is over. Not many of us can remember the last time AFC Leopards beat Gor Mahia in game of football. Seriously. You must go to the football archives just to find out. It is utterly inconceivable why AFC Leopards are still considered Gor Mahia's rivals - it is a travesty - considering that AFC Leopards have not been able to sustain any serious challenge to the league title in decades. It is not their fault though, Gor Has just been too good - and the Leopards have had their minds stuck in the 90s like mannequins. But AFC's stagnation only points to the magnitude of Gor Mahia's rise. In 2011/12 Afc Leopards and Gor Mahia were equal peers fighting it out for a top half finish in the league. They both had no money, no foreign coaches, no international players and had this habit of hiring and firing coaches for fun. But while Gor Mahai moved on and joined the elite list of finest clubs in the region, Leopards have remained rooted on the same spot.
There's little competition for Gor Mahia in the league. We can almost predict with certainty that they will win the league again this years as well as next year. They could be deducted 10 points and still comfortably win the league. Every time a new season begins, the only question on peoples minds is who is going to come second, and this is damn boring.
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