| Fadhil Yunus |
DPMM FC head coach Steve Kean is looking to rebuild his team in the mid-transfer window following the 9-3 mauling by Home United FC in the Great Eastern-Hyundai S League at the Bishan Stadium in Singapore on Thursday.
The head coach reiterated huge concerns in defence though he was somehow content with their attacking threat.
“We are fine in midfield, we are fine upfront, we can create, but at the back at the moment, we are looking very open, very frail … we are struggling to smell danger, which is the basics of defending,” said Kean in a post-match interview.
“Sometimes you have to rebuild a team, the last three years we have always been in the top three, in the cup finals.”
“We find ourselves in a difficult spot at the moment, but sometimes we have to rebuild,” he added.
The former Blackburn Rovers manager hinted that they could make further additions in defence having to deploy midfielders into playing in defence.
DPMM FC’s defensive players look on as Home United scored one of their nine goals during the hammering on Thursday
“It’s unfair to criticise our midfielders who had to draw back as defenders but we need to get in local defenders for help at the back of this transfer.”
Kean admitted that his side did not deserve to get anything from the game after a horror in defence.
“After a game like that, we didn’t deserve any points. If you defend in that manner, you don’t win football matches,” asserted the head coach.
Kean did share his feelings for his charges more than a year since they suffered their previous largest defeat under the tutelage of Steve Kean in a 5-0 loss against the same opponents.
“I’m gutted for the players. We’ve worked hard for the past two weeks. We didn’t think it was that easy scoring against us,” he said.
DPMM FC’s defeat is considered a joint-highest scoring game in the league’s 22-year history alongside three other matches.
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