The second round of the season seems to have brought some fresh momentum into the porcupine family.

Though we are yet to put together a string of 5 straight wins, the spirit in the camp and the hope and belief amongst the supporters seems to be on the high.

I am not sure at this point in time if the break for the CHAN is a good one for us or not. I see it on both sides as the momentum could die away and then our next few matches will be a difficult task to tackle.

However on the flip side as well, which I tend to tilt towards, I also see it as an opportunity for Korak and his technical men to get the boys to gel a bit more.

Three weeks and a bit is a lot of time for a team of talented players to train together, bond and then manage to gel into a unit that can conquer all they survey.

I have no doubt in my mind that the management of the team will line up some friendly matches to give the team some playing time together to enable them practice their training ground ideas as well as gel into a unit.

I would like to caution here however that it is important that we play 'soft' matches where we expect to score a lot of goals. Doctor Vandidi has this theory, which I think works all the times that as a team psychologically scores more they get more believe in themselves and go out more confidently.

The last time this theory worked, Coach Bash was at the helm of affairs at Kotoko and had time to play a lot of friendly games and scoring a lot of goals in the process.

By the time the team was ready for the league, they had so much confidence that they could play with impunity sometimes. This current crop of new players has the ability to do so and must be given that opportunity.

If we give them tough matches early on and things don't work out well, there is the probability that they will lose their confidence early and the work of the technical men will be difficult.

I watched the game against Berekum Chelsea (I thought they were Bechem Chelsea. Anyway the Brong Ahafo Chelsea team) and I must be honest that with the tactics that the coach employed, there was no way we were going to beat them even if we were given 200 minutes.

I also think that the tactics were probably right in the sense that had we opened up as well, we may have conceded a lot more goals but, once we conceded that cheap goal, we should then have changed the tactics and opened up a bit more.

In my opinion, the league leaders are currently the best team in the country and I was surprised they lost against Wa All stars just before the league went on the break.

Korak again has an opportunity to prove to Kotoko and Ghanaians that he has what it takes to deliver the goods for Kotoko. We are currently sixth on the table and I will repeat myself by saying that with the way the league table is going, a run of 5 straight wins, could get us into second position very easily.

The only time I will be willing to doff my hat to this team is only after they have been able to pick 15 points at a go.

The teams above us are conceding goals as badly as we have. The league leaders I think have conceded 15 while we have conceded 17 with a goal difference of 4 while they have a goal difference of 8. They are not that far away from us and I strongly believe that it is still possible to challenge for the title. If Korak is able to get these boys to do that, then he would have earned my total respect.

After the break, we will have about 11 games to play and the next 5 will be New Edubiase, Aduana, Hearts of Oak and King Faisal.

You will no doubt agree with me that this is a very tough test at hand and to pick all 15 points based on our current performance is a big task. But it is not impossible and trust me that will completely change the momentum in the club.

I can guarantee you that the stadium will once again be filled to capacity and we will be able to solve the problem my good friend Dr. Kwabena Frimpong has written about.

At Kotoko, I think everything happens from the field of play. I know some of you will refer to times when we were not particularly winning but we still had the fans thronging the stadium. Well at the time, there was a background and also, we were not losing that badly.

We were most of the time amongst the top four teams in the country so it was not that difficult. However to be 14th, 12th and there about is unchartered grounds or maybe I should say unfamiliar grounds since we have not  been there before.

To Dr. K.K Sarpong and his team, I would like to say that the moment we are able to win those 5 games I have indicated above, beating our fierce rivals and our city rivals on the way, we will be able to carry that momentum all through to the end of the season and definitely challenge for the title though it will be difficult to win it.

As things stand, the Brong Ahafo Chelsea stand as favorites but football being what it is, one can never tell.

Ghana goes to the CHAN in the next couple of weeks and I wish the team the best and hope that they will go one better than the previous team did.

Fortunately or unfortunately, we only have 3 players out there so it should give Korak the ability to have almost the full complement of his team. Amongst the three is also goalkeeper Amoako which means he is not losing much in terms of his outfield players which is a good thing.

I will implore him to come out after the break all guns blazing to ensure that we carry the momentum through to the top.

I remain your true red fabulous aficionado. Kotoko Beku Me.