Bribery scandal rocks Kotoko

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EBBY 10 years ago

Yea yea. Blame the Burkinabe for the pitiful elimination. Use him as the fall guy. What a bunch of disgraceful management team.

Yea yea. Blame the Burkinabe for the pitiful elimination. Use him as the fall guy. What a bunch of disgraceful management team.
wigit guit 10 years ago

crafting a scape goat out of sulemana ? why shld a club like kotoko owes her players ? is the management up to the task ? what has really inform otumfuo decision to appoint an ordinary old player to position like the CEO ? F ...
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crafting a scape goat out of sulemana ? why shld a club like kotoko owes her players ? is the management up to the task ? what has really inform otumfuo decision to appoint an ordinary old player to position like the CEO ? Football worldwide is run solely with money, what is Opoku Nti worth ? could he had missed out a player like HELEGBE for dead horses Issac Boakye and Ayew ibrahim
EC 10 years ago

Old players are good coaches not business minded enough to manage a team. Opoku Afriyie's flour and Sugar shop at Alabaa doesn't qualify him to manage the affairs of a big club like Kotoko. He was a strong anti Herbert Mensah ...
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Old players are good coaches not business minded enough to manage a team. Opoku Afriyie's flour and Sugar shop at Alabaa doesn't qualify him to manage the affairs of a big club like Kotoko. He was a strong anti Herbert Mensah and in just a year he is fumbling already. Kick him out if he is not up to the task.
Won haw ne den? U.S.A 10 years ago

agooo!!! Is someone in the house ? but the children are crying. They were beaten by a certain BYC from Liberia.Stop crying, "CRY BABIES".

agooo!!! Is someone in the house ? but the children are crying. They were beaten by a certain BYC from Liberia.Stop crying, "CRY BABIES".
ts 10 years ago

this is what i hate to read. Okay, Soulama accepted bribe,fair enogh. Dis he also accept bribe that the stikers should not score ?

this is what i hate to read. Okay, Soulama accepted bribe,fair enogh. Dis he also accept bribe that the stikers should not score ?
Kojo T 10 years ago

You guys write about oyur immense wealth but have been selling your players. Do you think these mediocre players can get far? Stop the nonsense about bribery and accept the players were simply not good enough

You guys write about oyur immense wealth but have been selling your players. Do you think these mediocre players can get far? Stop the nonsense about bribery and accept the players were simply not good enough
norgbey george 10 years ago

how much is 3000 dollars

how much is 3000 dollars
Ama 10 years ago

I think the coach should be blamed, I saw Kotoko in the final of the FA cup and I didn't think they were fit. I repeated this feat during the CHAN championship, I felt the Kotoko players were not well conditioned.

I am not ...
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I think the coach should be blamed, I saw Kotoko in the final of the FA cup and I didn't think they were fit. I repeated this feat during the CHAN championship, I felt the Kotoko players were not well conditioned.

I am not surprised at all, they are very liturgic and I believe they need a coach who understands that.
Asuo-Amponsah 10 years ago

I lived around the Baba Yara Staduim in the 60`s and thus became very familiar with players & officials of the team - Asebi Boakye,Yara, Mambo,Coker(Kwabena Badu),Kwao Baffoe, Adarkwa,Salisu, Dogo Moro,Kwame Nti, Mfum,Yaw Sam ...
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I lived around the Baba Yara Staduim in the 60`s and thus became very familiar with players & officials of the team - Asebi Boakye,Yara, Mambo,Coker(Kwabena Badu),Kwao Baffoe, Adarkwa,Salisu, Dogo Moro,Kwame Nti, Mfum,Yaw Sam,Asumeng,Osei Kofi,you name them - These were a dedicated group of gifted and skilled players,whose first priority,was the love for the game. Even much later when new crop came onto the scene - players like Rob Mensah, Odame,Malik,Ousumanu, Oliver Acquah,Joe Sam etc burst on the scene the team/fighting spirit was still very much evident. The se players knew what they were about,and did not have to rely too much on the coach to turn a game around.
What we see today is a joke,with many of these guys pre-occupied with money,money,money!
Incidentally, this is not confined to Kotoko FC alone,but the other teams as well. True, shinning stars like Essien,Muntari,Ayew Bros,Asamoah Gyan,Ayemang Badu,Kwadwo Asamoah,Atsu have emerged,but I can state without the fear of contradiction,that even these more productive/versatile players are no mach for the pioneers,who always gave 110% of themselves,game after game;and terained very hard even though many of them very taken care of by benfactors like Messrs B.K Edusei,Frank Aidoo among others.
Even though the word 'celebrity' was not in vogue then,you could see it by the way the public saw and treated them.
The other part of the story is the way many of today`s officials have tried to use clubs as cash-cows to be 'milked' for money! Many of these 'slick'and smooth-talking operators,have used their family names and connections to amass wealth at the expense of players,who are not top-rated anyway. The very promising talents are sold off before they and their agents jump ship;so what you have left is a bunch of riff-raffs[no-name players] who do not take the game seriously!
I new from the first-leg score line,that BYC chaps meant business,and were going to surprise this lack-lustre Kototo team! My prediction has come to pass.
Even our much-touted BS team,with all the highly-paid professionals risk being humiliated this time around because of all the shenanigans whirling around the tournament preparations and expenditures!
I pity the 'little' guys like Akwasi Appiah ad his technical staff when I recall what Bishop Dag Heward-Mills said a while ago:People in Ghana do things not because it is good for the country,but because they can make money! When our opponents are focused on serious training,our offcial are strategizing about how they can get to keep a lot of the 'windfall' from the tournament in their own pockets.
ABU 10 years ago

What are you saying,do you know what today's football entails?,it is professionalim and no player plays today for love of a team but money,pay them ,and well,they will deliver to your entire satisfaction..Our bedt footballers ...
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What are you saying,do you know what today's football entails?,it is professionalim and no player plays today for love of a team but money,pay them ,and well,they will deliver to your entire satisfaction..Our bedt footballers are plying their trade where they are being well taking care of and if you can't do same in Ghana don't expect the boys kill themselves for you.For 4 to 6 months their salaries are wiyheld with a run away economy.
NUKOMEKO 10 years ago

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AS YOU TURN THE HOME-BASED BLACK STARS INTO KUMASI BLACK STARS.THE BURKINABE SCAPE-GOAT INDEED!

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AS YOU TURN THE HOME-BASED BLACK STARS INTO KUMASI BLACK STARS.THE BURKINABE SCAPE-GOAT INDEED!
Yaw Pong 10 years ago

Kotoko were eliminated before they emplaned to Liberia. If you score two penalty goals at home whilst conceding a proper goal from the away team then you are already out of the competition. STOP blaming the hardworking and de ...
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Kotoko were eliminated before they emplaned to Liberia. If you score two penalty goals at home whilst conceding a proper goal from the away team then you are already out of the competition. STOP blaming the hardworking and dedicated players with bribery and focus on rebuilding the team. $3000.00 dollars is no money to bribe a player. If you do not want any player, let him go in peace.
Analyst 10 years ago

Let us be reasonable and accept defeat in good faith. There were clear signs leading to Kotoko's loss and we must stay in denial.
The CHAN 2014 competition in South Africa was the greatest contributor to Kotoko's poor show. ...
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Let us be reasonable and accept defeat in good faith. There were clear signs leading to Kotoko's loss and we must stay in denial.
The CHAN 2014 competition in South Africa was the greatest contributor to Kotoko's poor show. The majority of our local stars who fielded in our national team were from Kotoko. The Champions league matches coming just after the CHAN meant that, Kotoko's key players had no time to rest with some of them even carrying various injuries.
But what dealt the fatal blow to Kotoko was the success chalked at the CHAN competition and the pride that came with it. The false logic is that: if a team dominated by Kotoko players could get to the final of the CHAN competition (and remaining unbeaten in open play throughout the competition), then Kotoko must be very strong. Thus the superstar feeling went into these players and now they have been rightly brought down to earth to see how ordinary they are.
It is therefore not prudent for anybody to make any reckless accusations of bribery. What is $3,000 for a national goalkeeper (of CAN 2013 finalist Burkina Faso)to be bribed with? Look at the first leg in Kumasi for example - had the referee not been very kind to give 2 penalties to Kotoko, they could not have scored any goal at home! Kotoko deserved to be eliminated.
Analyst 10 years ago

There were clear signs leading to Kotoko's loss and we must not stay in denial.

There were clear signs leading to Kotoko's loss and we must not stay in denial.
Daddy Oscar 10 years ago

Better stop the blame game&cleave the innocent goalkeeper alone.Next time just do your homework well.

Better stop the blame game&cleave the innocent goalkeeper alone.Next time just do your homework well.
Achi 10 years ago

I watched the match here and I dont think the goal keeper should be blamed. The defence lost concentration for that few moment. The team strategy of holding on to the ball worked until the goal. Our players did not show any e ...
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I watched the match here and I dont think the goal keeper should be blamed. The defence lost concentration for that few moment. The team strategy of holding on to the ball worked until the goal. Our players did not show any exhibit any extra ordnally brilliance. They need to work harder if we want to win laurels for the team and Ghana.
rard Kotanko Germany 10 years ago

FC Nania will beat Kotoko every day. And stop this talks about bribes. They are just not good!!

FC Nania will beat Kotoko every day. And stop this talks about bribes. They are just not good!!
veep 10 years ago

nkwaseasem ara kwa. how much is $3000 that the keeper should do such a thing. i don't know who started this, but it is way below the belt. how long has he been keeping the post for Kotoko and how come some people have lost fa ...
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nkwaseasem ara kwa. how much is $3000 that the keeper should do such a thing. i don't know who started this, but it is way below the belt. how long has he been keeping the post for Kotoko and how come some people have lost faith in him now? c'mon. i'm really disappointed. i'm sure the Professor's respect for Ghanaians has come down a peg lower because of these allegations. is it something that has never happened before?? that a top club has it's ups and downs? identify the problem and deal with it.
Kofi Agyin 10 years ago

Witch hunting gets you nowhere, mighty asante kotoko, go back to the drawing board and find out what went wrong and learn from your mistakes.

Witch hunting gets you nowhere, mighty asante kotoko, go back to the drawing board and find out what went wrong and learn from your mistakes.
Forthright 10 years ago

The goat thinks its defacing the wall, forgetting that its rather creating sores on its skin. Kotoko fans thought they were given a little dose of their own medicine. When Kotoko buy matches, influence referees etc to get res ...
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The goat thinks its defacing the wall, forgetting that its rather creating sores on its skin. Kotoko fans thought they were given a little dose of their own medicine. When Kotoko buy matches, influence referees etc to get results they forget that the day of real reckoning will eventually come. Ghana league in the last 10 years has not been played competitively. There are sooooo many dubious practices that go into how the league is won and this reflects eventually in abysmally disappointing outing like what kotoko has been dealt with by an unfancied side like a certain BYC. shame on the administrators of Ghana football.
Tofi 10 years ago

Will never accept responsibility for their actions. .idiots

Will never accept responsibility for their actions. .idiots
ABU 10 years ago

Of what essence is the Otumfo to Kotoko?

Of what essence is the Otumfo to Kotoko?
Whatever 10 years ago

Kotoko will continue to taste modern continental defeat because it's traditional style of football promotes profligacy in front of goal. That is the crux of the matter. You can get away with that style only if we have a magic ...
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Kotoko will continue to taste modern continental defeat because it's traditional style of football promotes profligacy in front of goal. That is the crux of the matter. You can get away with that style only if we have a magician in your team but Kotoko don't have one nad hasn't for a long time. Hence, the club needs to be rebuilt itself along the lines play efficiency and effectiveness. At the mental, individual, team, coaching, management and fan levels, Kotoko is badly organized
kodjo 10 years ago

i am no more kotoko supporter only our national team

i am no more kotoko supporter only our national team
Francis 10 years ago

SO if they get their money do they share it with us

SO if they get their money do they share it with us
Agyaaku 10 years ago

Anytime Kotoko loses, bribery is involved. When will you people sit up and face issues. Pay the players their arrears and stop all that nonsense about $3000. What is that amount to a goalkeeper? Stop that rubbish and solve yo ...
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Anytime Kotoko loses, bribery is involved. When will you people sit up and face issues. Pay the players their arrears and stop all that nonsense about $3000. What is that amount to a goalkeeper? Stop that rubbish and solve your internal problems.
Kofi Dubai 10 years ago

Kotoko has never been defeated without scandal,each time is either the refree or bribe.They should learn from B.Chelsea.

Kotoko has never been defeated without scandal,each time is either the refree or bribe.They should learn from B.Chelsea.
KOFI KOOMSON 10 years ago

You go to war with the army you have not the army you might want. I don't think the coach can win any serious match outside Ghana with these "2 by 4" (2/4) players. Mgt do a better home work, and stop selling pre-mature playe ...
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You go to war with the army you have not the army you might want. I don't think the coach can win any serious match outside Ghana with these "2 by 4" (2/4) players. Mgt do a better home work, and stop selling pre-mature players - African countries
Francis 10 years ago

Kotoko lacks unity

Kotoko lacks unity

Bribery scandal rocks Kotoko

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