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SINGIDA:<\/strong> <\/span>SIMBA Head Coach Steve Barker<\/a> hailed his side\u2019s resilience after they maintained their perfect away start with a 2-1 victory over Singida Black Stars at Airtel Stadium in Singida, but admitted their growing disciplinary problems must be addressed.<\/p>\n

The victory gave Simba a third successive away win in the Mainland Premier League, an impressive start that has, nevertheless, been overshadowed by a worrying trend.<\/p>\n

The team has finished each of its last three league matches with a player sent off. Barker commended his players for collecting nine points from the three away assignments, saying their commitment, quality and resilience had been crucial to the run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was never going to be an easy task having three away games in a matter of weeks, so for us to come away with nine points is especially important.<\/p>\n

A massive congratulations to the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the coach conceded that repeatedly playing with 10 men is making life unnecessarily difficult for his team.<\/p>\n

Simba again controlled large spells of the game against Singida, particularly in the first half, but had to negotiate another difficult period after losing a player to a red card before eventually securing the points.<\/p>\n

For Barker, the priority now is to maintain the team\u2019s impressive form while ensuring players show greater discipline.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite obviously three matches in a row getting a red card, which is obviously something that, you know, we need to address because it does make it difficult for us,\u201d Barker said.<\/p>\n

While Simba celebrated another important victory, Singida Head Coach Papy Kimoto admitted his team had been tactically below the required level.<\/p>\n

Kimoto identified poor positional play as a major weakness, particularly in attack, where Singida struggled to create the impact he expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cTactically, we were not wellpositioned. You cannot be tactically better without the physical side; the two work hand in hand.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: <\/strong>Simba Coach commends his team: Each match counts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, yes, it was a positional issue, and today our attack simply did not click as it should have,\u201d Kimoto said.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged the quality of their opponents but insisted the defeat should serve as a lesson rather than a reason for his team to lose belief.<\/p>\n

Singida, he said, must use the coming week to improve their tactical and physical preparation and work towards narrowing the gap with the league\u2019s bigger sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played against a big team; we have to acknowledge that they are slightly superior to us, and we must work to close that gap between Msigwa dismisses them and us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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