Head Coach of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Football Club of Lagos, Fidelis Ilechukwu, has assured fans and supporters that the team will achieve its top 10 target at the end of the season.
MFM FC began its journey in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) this season after gaining promotion in an emphatic fashion from the Nigeria National League (NNL).
It stormed the top league with an attractive brand of football cum decent results that saw it claim the 10th spot with 27 points at the end of the first stanza of the NPFL.
The second stanza has seen the team claim one win in four matches, dropping from 10th to 12th place in the table after it lost the last league match last Sunday away to Sunshine Stars Football Club at the Akure Township Stadium.
Ilechukwu told his players before their departure from Akure to brace up in these though times and put the loss against Sunshine Stars behind them and focus on the remaining matches.
Said he: “We need to stay strong and encourage ourselves because tough times will always come but I believe we will get over it very soon.
“Your reaction on the field of play on Sunday was not bad but it can get a lot better. We need to find our first stanza rhythm by scoring goals in our subsequent matches and I believe you guys can do it.
“Winning one match out of four is quite disturbing, our fans and supporters are not happy and I understand that you all are not happy with the situation as well but we need to do the needful in subsequent matches to give our staunch followers reasons to continue to support us.”