Mutono feeding broke Kyetume players with good words to get results

Kyetume’s coach David Mutono is teaching his players to dance in the rain rather than wait for the storm to pass with them.

The team flew high last season, earning themselves a slot in the 2022/23 Startimes Uganda Premier League but a shortage in licensing process dragged them back to the FUFA Big League.

Many pundits had given them a chance to repeat the same this season but they’ve been struggling, instead, wallowing in the relegation zones.

However, a quick turn in fortune has seen the team win two consecutive games to rise to 8th place on the table with 33 points, five inside safety.

Mutono reveals that the team is struggling financially but had to employ his man-management skills to grind the results.

“I’ve worked hard on the players' attitude because the team is not doing well financially,” Mutono opened up after their 1-0 to Jinja North United in Bugembe on Thursday.

Team effort

“Players can be fit sometimes but if they’re not mentally in shape, they may not give you the results so, I had to prepare them.”

The result followed a 2-0 home victory over title-chasing Mbarara City last week.

“It was a collective effort from the boys and the technical team because we’ve won only one away game and needed to boost our chances of survival. We researched and found that this team is not good in defence, so I was just more direct in my approach,” Mutono added.