Billyton aims to lift team morale

LocalFootball
10 Dec 2024 • 12:52 PM MYT
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By: GL Oh

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah FC II’s caretaker coach Billyton Vun is set to make some key changes in their MFL Cup match against Sri Pahang FC II at the Temerloh Municipal Stadium, Pahang, tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 5pm.

The former Rhino is hoping to turn the team’s fortune around with his first match in charge following the exit of Alto Linus who has taken over the senior team as interim coach.

Advertisement“There will be some changes in terms of tactics in our match against Sri Pahang on Wednesday. My main target is to raise the morale of the players and I am optimistic that they will be able to produce positive results.

“Our preparations are going positively at the moment. There will not be any changes in the training programme as there had been changes made with two different coaches previously.

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Billyton started his coaching career in 2016. He has been an assistant coach in the Youth Cup and President Cup teams to Justin Ganai, Johnny Dominicus and Awang Sabtu in the past and more recently to Alto.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He will be assisted by Razlan Oto with Rozaimi Rohim as goalkeeping coach and Mohamadin Din as fitness coach.

Meanwhile, Sabah FC II are the only team in the league who are winless in 14 matches since the season started in May.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});They are lying at the bottom of the table with three points from the draws against Kuching City FC, Penang FC and Negeri Sembilan FC.

They also have the worst goal difference by conceding a total of 39 goals and only managed to score 10.