Between the devil and the deep blue sea – The GFA and Kwesi Appiah

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francis Addae 9 years ago

I wish to state that all the problems engulfing the coach and the black star players is that they show no respect for him beacuse he is black so his most Ghananians. We always believe in expatriates who are paid so much than ...
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I wish to state that all the problems engulfing the coach and the black star players is that they show no respect for him beacuse he is black so his most Ghananians. We always believe in expatriates who are paid so much than one of our own when it comes to renumeration. All across the spectrum of our admnistration the Ghanaian would be considered doing mediocre work than a white expatriate who probabaly would do less but still get our respect and more pay. We should for once support coach Appiah and note that the game was lost right of the field of play when players demanded their pound of flesh and the GFA and the Ministry of Sports ignored their request. The cause of defeat lies at the doorpost of those responsible to pay the players before embarking on the journey to Brazil. please i wish to entreat all Ghanaians not to give the dog a bad name and hang it so coach Appiah should not be held for a problem beyond his capabilities for which any other coach who had a revolt from players on appearance fees could not have survived either.
OSEI TAWIAH 9 years ago

Boy, it's time to call a spade a spade, this is not about nationality. We all threw our support for Kwasi Appiah but after his infantile display of coherent incompetence in Brazil, everybody is disillusioned. He simply can't ...
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Boy, it's time to call a spade a spade, this is not about nationality. We all threw our support for Kwasi Appiah but after his infantile display of coherent incompetence in Brazil, everybody is disillusioned. He simply can't see what is good unless he experiments first with what is bad, a behaviour that all so common in his native Ghana.
GHFUO: nyantakyi, 1/9aa must go ASAP! 9 years ago

WE TOLD PLAVI TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. HE GROSSLY REFUSED. YOU AA WAS HIS DEPUTY COACH. AFTER PLAVI CAM HOME WITH DISAPPOINTED, EXPRESSED REMORSE ETC. WHAT DID WE DO..WE FORED HIM. HW3, OUR KENKEY, AND APESIE EATING TAXPAYERS DO ...
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WE TOLD PLAVI TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. HE GROSSLY REFUSED. YOU AA WAS HIS DEPUTY COACH. AFTER PLAVI CAM HOME WITH DISAPPOINTED, EXPRESSED REMORSE ETC. WHAT DID WE DO..WE FORED HIM. HW3, OUR KENKEY, AND APESIE EATING TAXPAYERS DONT HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO STUBBORN MODAFUCKERS WHO DONT LISTEN TO ADVICE BUT CHOOSE TO GAMBLE WITH OUR MONIES. HW3, WE DID YOU A FAVOR AND GAVE YOU THE JOB. U HAVE FAILED US BIG TIME 2WICE. THE THRID TIME WILL BE MUCH WOPRSE. WE KNOW THIS. U JUST WANT TO STAY THERE TO FATTEN YOUR POCKETS AT OUR EXPENSE AGAIN? WABODAM...WE WILL BOYCOTT THE VTEAM...NO FANS SUPPORT. GO N FIND ANIMALS IN THE ZOO,GIVE THEM JERSEY AND FLAG TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.
Anokwale 9 years ago

If GFA sacks Appiah and we get a European coach and do not win AFCON 2015, what will Ghanaians say?? No one has been able to point to a particular coach and confidently say that this person will definitely win AFCON 2015. R ...
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If GFA sacks Appiah and we get a European coach and do not win AFCON 2015, what will Ghanaians say?? No one has been able to point to a particular coach and confidently say that this person will definitely win AFCON 2015. Replace to move forward. One should not just replace because we had a bad World Cup.
Anokwale 9 years ago

The reality of the matter is that in any business, if you are put in a certain position but the management body above you is not organized, you cannot do your job well. If the GFA did not make sure that all was in order with ...
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The reality of the matter is that in any business, if you are put in a certain position but the management body above you is not organized, you cannot do your job well. If the GFA did not make sure that all was in order with the players, now the coach has additional headaches to worry about. People should refer to Nigeria and why Keshie quit. He simply was tired of all the foolish behavior. Luckily for Nigeria, their group was not as tough. They had two very beatable teams and one top ranked team so their chances of being second in the group was extremely high. We had three teams ranked higher than us. More importantly, we had three teams with better organized federations than us. Enough said.
Mr.N 9 years ago

Look my friend be real for once and stop all these crap. We all did support Akwesi Appiah but the fact is the man is not up to the job. Who on earth would rest his best players and wait to bring them on when his opponent are ...
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Look my friend be real for once and stop all these crap. We all did support Akwesi Appiah but the fact is the man is not up to the job. Who on earth would rest his best players and wait to bring them on when his opponent are tried this is what Appiah did. I am about result and you do not have to reward failure. Appiah had failed to reach every bench mark set for him we gave him a pass on the failure of South Africa Cup of nations. Do you want us to wait till when?
anokwale 9 years ago

I must point out something important. If you look back to this forum, a majority of people were saying that we would lose to Zambia, then we were going to lose to Egypt. What happened?? Two critical wins and one was emphati ...
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I must point out something important. If you look back to this forum, a majority of people were saying that we would lose to Zambia, then we were going to lose to Egypt. What happened?? Two critical wins and one was emphatic. All the critics suddenly became silent. Yes, Appiah made mistakes at the WC but I have not heard one critic state that they know of a coach who can GUARANTEE that if they take over now, this team will qualify and win AFCON 2015. Until then you stick with what you have. If AFCON 2015 is a failure, then make changes. For some reason, Africans still think that if you just hire a foreigner, victories will come. I think our brethren in Nigeria tried that in 2010 and got knocked out of the group stages. The foreign coach did not save them embarrassment. The reality is that if we had an easier group we would have made it through in spite of the problems. This time, we had a challenge from the start so we could not get away with the mistakes that were made in 2010.
Ray Ttey U S A 9 years ago

My worry is for Black star coach to tell the whole world he was resting his top players during the tough match between Ghana and the USA until the USA team gets tired,when in all indications the USA team has trained more than ...
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My worry is for Black star coach to tell the whole world he was resting his top players during the tough match between Ghana and the USA until the USA team gets tired,when in all indications the USA team has trained more than the Black Stars tells me the couch has no knowledge of a coaching to handle the Black Stars.
GeoJo 9 years ago

The coach was shocked at the way the goals were coming especially against Egypt.

The coach was shocked at the way the goals were coming especially against Egypt.
Sigma, London 9 years ago

Appiah is not trained to handle the Black Stars players. These players are young and should be loved. Take them as your brothers. Don't be too angry. A great opportunity has been squandered. We could have beaten usa, germany ...
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Appiah is not trained to handle the Black Stars players. These players are young and should be loved. Take them as your brothers. Don't be too angry. A great opportunity has been squandered. We could have beaten usa, germany and portugal if the team was well managed. Akwasi MUST resign and be replaced by a foreign coach. We are tired with these local kokoase coaches.
kofi Mensah 9 years ago

Most Ghanaians are patriotic but when it comes to incompetence, patriotism must be given the red card. The reason the GFA officials wanted Appiah in the job was to dictate to him. This was one of the reasons Ghana Black stars ...
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Most Ghanaians are patriotic but when it comes to incompetence, patriotism must be given the red card. The reason the GFA officials wanted Appiah in the job was to dictate to him. This was one of the reasons Ghana Black stars did not do well. There were allegations that some of the players told the coach to drop one or two players and he did. No one is talking about it. In short Mr Appiah is a puppet. We need someone who can stand his grounds and not to be told what to do. He must be sacked. All his handlers must be shown the door. Ghana need coaches who can read the game. We do not need David Moyes type of coach. We need Van Gals type who will make things happen.
Ebo 9 years ago

Even if Kwesi Appiah won the World cup in Brazil 2014 no white man or an advance country would hire him to coach even their under 17 national team. So don't compare the departure of Milo and Djukovic to AA and make a prematur ...
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Even if Kwesi Appiah won the World cup in Brazil 2014 no white man or an advance country would hire him to coach even their under 17 national team. So don't compare the departure of Milo and Djukovic to AA and make a premature contract extension.
MORAL PROBITY 9 years ago

Ebo, wicked man. What exactly did Kwesi Appiah do wrong? Are you simply envious of his pay as a coach and want to take the job from him and give it to your tribe's man or some white man? Are you going politicize this job too? ...
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Ebo, wicked man. What exactly did Kwesi Appiah do wrong? Are you simply envious of his pay as a coach and want to take the job from him and give it to your tribe's man or some white man? Are you going politicize this job too? Can't we simply understand that if a team divides its attention between playing and payment it's bound to lose especially if it leads to the point where an official is slapped? While Ghanaian players can play well elsewhere for big pay they should learn to play well and humbly for their country too. Let the Ghanaian public talk about the need for tractability at their camps and not support the monstrosity of the likes of Muntari. It will take us nowhere. Let's use our local material rather than a foreign one for a coach. Our local one will inadvertently take less for remuneration.
Kwesi Appiah is already deep in the job. Let's support him. Or dump him if we think nepotistically that our "brother" can do it.
God bless Ghana!
Alama 9 years ago

I have diligently been watching the Akan journalists in the country and come to a firm conclusion that they are either fools or extremely ignorant of politics in the country. The Akans have been complaining that they are not ...
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I have diligently been watching the Akan journalists in the country and come to a firm conclusion that they are either fools or extremely ignorant of politics in the country. The Akans have been complaining that they are not given positions in the country. How come that journalists such as Christopher Opoku would hold the nick of Kwasi Appia and Kwasi Nyantakyi? Envy, stupidity and ignorance. Christopher Opoku and the likes will definitely get people who will not even talk to them. Fools Akans
AB 9 years ago

Mr Alama this is no envy. We must call a spade a spade. AA lacks technical capability to handle the Black Stars.One of his comments that he wanted the US players to get tired before bringing in some key players as substitutes ...
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Mr Alama this is no envy. We must call a spade a spade. AA lacks technical capability to handle the Black Stars.One of his comments that he wanted the US players to get tired before bringing in some key players as substitutes speaks volumes of his ability to read a match as it develops. He needs to improve his technical capabilities by attending courses for a year or more.
Kweku 9 years ago

What do you bring Akan into this, Alama? I am not Akan but I don't think this is a matter to blame Akans for.

What do you bring Akan into this, Alama? I am not Akan but I don't think this is a matter to blame Akans for.
Harrison 9 years ago

Please, get him out! There is a hue and cry for his ouster. If GFA does not do it, Ghanaians will do it. There is a syndicate in GFA, and it's all about sharing money. Get a better coach like Ivory Coast did, to put togeth ...
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Please, get him out! There is a hue and cry for his ouster. If GFA does not do it, Ghanaians will do it. There is a syndicate in GFA, and it's all about sharing money. Get a better coach like Ivory Coast did, to put together our talented players. Time is not on our side.
Yenkasa 9 years ago

Thre is nothing about akan or any tribe.Is about the fact the AA is not good for Black Stars.BS is for Ghana is not for one particular tribe. For the period that AA has been charge of BS he won only one friendly match outside ...
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Thre is nothing about akan or any tribe.Is about the fact the AA is not good for Black Stars.BS is for Ghana is not for one particular tribe. For the period that AA has been charge of BS he won only one friendly match outside Africa. His technical inept is the reason why the players do not respect him. Black Star would failed again if what happened in Brazil is shelved under the carpet.
Iwan 9 years ago

Oh Ghana, Oh Ghanaians. Did God make a mistake by putting Ghana in the centre of the earth? We can talk Chaw papa. Our imaginations are so real I wonder why no one has come out with a flying car. At least to make it real we c ...
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Oh Ghana, Oh Ghanaians. Did God make a mistake by putting Ghana in the centre of the earth? We can talk Chaw papa. Our imaginations are so real I wonder why no one has come out with a flying car. At least to make it real we can say that the president's five year old daughter bought it with our oil money.
maubs 9 years ago

AA is not up to the job. simple as that nothing to do with tribe or mr nice guy. let us move our country forward by putting logic before sentiment.in my view, under the two serbian coaches bs was developing a particular playi ...
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AA is not up to the job. simple as that nothing to do with tribe or mr nice guy. let us move our country forward by putting logic before sentiment.in my view, under the two serbian coaches bs was developing a particular playing style that could be identified,this helps the players who only come together for assignments with time very limited to try out different things. an advantage of having an identified pattern of play is that you can tweak and change style per games depending on the personell you have and still always know that you can always revert back to your pattern.Does AA has or appears to be playing to a set pattern? arsenal fc has a style of play whereby regardless of which team they put out they still manage to get into the champions league.In fact in some countries like germany that pattern is adopted by all the clubs from the youth level. AA does not appear to me to have a defining philosophy or set pattern.
ABDULAI AHMED SHIRAGE 9 years ago

I THING KWASI APPIAH SEEM TO BUY ALL THOSE WHO MATTER IN THIS CASE.I BELIEVE NYANTAKYE NEEDS TO GO EARLY THAN THE COACH.HE FELT HE HAS MONEY SO HE SEEM NOT TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE PLAYERS.FORGOTTEN THAT THEY FAN FOR THE FLAM ...
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I THING KWASI APPIAH SEEM TO BUY ALL THOSE WHO MATTER IN THIS CASE.I BELIEVE NYANTAKYE NEEDS TO GO EARLY THAN THE COACH.HE FELT HE HAS MONEY SO HE SEEM NOT TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE PLAYERS.FORGOTTEN THAT THEY FAN FOR THE FLAM.FROM SHIRAZ ZABZUGU
DISCIPLINE HOLLAND 9 years ago

WHY KWASI NYANTAKYI? YOU MUST ALSO GO NOW AND LEAVE US IN PEACE VERY VERY CURRUPT GFA WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR GO AWAY AND NEVER TALK ABOUT GHANA FOOTBALL ANYMORE.

WHY KWASI NYANTAKYI? YOU MUST ALSO GO NOW AND LEAVE US IN PEACE VERY VERY CURRUPT GFA WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR GO AWAY AND NEVER TALK ABOUT GHANA FOOTBALL ANYMORE.
NII SHAMO 9 years ago

Amicable settlement for Appiah to stay on? That will be disaster! Appiah is not cut to lead. He is too weak to do so. He is at his best as an assistant. Fire him just like we would have fired any other coach who underachieved ...
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Amicable settlement for Appiah to stay on? That will be disaster! Appiah is not cut to lead. He is too weak to do so. He is at his best as an assistant. Fire him just like we would have fired any other coach who underachieved.
Mars1 9 years ago

Good analysis for those of us following the mess at GFA and the Black Stars coaching job. One, Appiah has proven that he is not the right person for the job. Two, the GFA is not an easy solution given the consequences that co ...
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Good analysis for those of us following the mess at GFA and the Black Stars coaching job. One, Appiah has proven that he is not the right person for the job. Two, the GFA is not an easy solution given the consequences that could come by the way of another deeply corrupt organization, FIFA. For Appiah, just give the guy his marching orders, he's just not good enough. Clean house and get rid of his technical team, they seem to be more of spectators on the bench rather than tacticians. Most important, please nomore local-based coaches, because Appiah has just proven beyond doubt that they are out of their league when it comes to taking the Stars to the next level. They simply do not have what it takes, it is that simple.

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