GFA must focus on local players - Afranie

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  • Kumi 11 years ago

    WITH VISIONLESS APPIAH AS COACH OF BLACK STARS WE CANNOT EXPECT PROGRESS ONLY FAILURE AT THE TIME IT MATTERS MOST. AFRANIE I TOO LIKE YOUR VISION BUT IT PAINS THE PERSON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BLACK STARS SHOULD BE YOU NOT THIS ...
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  • shamu 11 years ago

    Afranie, you are wrong. The only way I can support you idea is by seeing our local players winning African cup of nation that is formed for only local players. By doing that, we can confirm the strengh of them.
    However, if t ...
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  • ODO 11 years ago

    MR COACH YOU HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. WHAT DID YOU DO WITH LOCAL DOMINATED PLAYERS IN 1984?

  • GC/USA 11 years ago

    FOCUS ON LOCAL PLAYERS TO DO WHAT? WIN THE AFCON AND THE WORLD CUP? COACH BY WHO? WHAT HAVE THE LOCAL BLACK STARS EVER WON? YOU DO NOT HAVE QUALITY COACHES IN GHANA. GHANA NEED A COACHING/SPORT DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ...
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  • Ataa Osa 11 years ago

    Please, Please, Please spare us this comment or suggestion of yours. This is the reason we failed so miserable.How do you expect to win serious games with what you presented at the Afcon tournament? Use your Head and not give ...
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  • GC/USA 11 years ago

    MR. ATAA OSA, IF YOU HAVE A BAD MEAT AND CONTINUE TO EAT IT THE RESULT IS LIKELY DEATH. UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO REPLACE THAT MEAT WITH A BETTER ONE YOU LOOK FOR A BETTER REPLACEMENT, MAY BE ONE IMPORTED OR LOCAL. BETWEEN DESAIL ...
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  • no more bribe paying 11 years ago

    Afranie is looking for opportunity to take bribe from the local boys before they feature. Speak to the local boys under him during his tenure, they will tell he was mr. pay and play /selected

  • Amankwa 11 years ago

    I don't think we should use only locally based players in our national team. I believe we should continue blending both local and international players together. We can use our friendly matches to play them together for them ...
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  • Busumbru 11 years ago

    It's the coaching and technical staff that has to be lookede at. The caoching staff headed by Akwasi Appiah is a total disaster judging from what the whole world saw of the Blackstars during the just ended Afcon. AA is not an ...
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  • Busumbru 11 years ago

    Spare my bad spellings.

  • okumi Nana 11 years ago

    THIS GUY IS SOO STUPID FOR SAYING THIS IS REALLY SAD TO HEAR GHANAIAN SPEAKING THIS TRASH... KWASIA U USED TO BE A FUCKEN COACH... HOW THE FUCK DIDN'T U THOUGHT ABOUT IT BACK THEN.. WHY NOW... THERE WAS A REASON WHY GHANA JUS ...
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  • Ras Bamaheeko 11 years ago

    Ayew broders, Muntari, Essien, Inkoom, KPB, Warris no will pay bribe too easy. as for local player it is easy to take bribe. commot this our local coach an bring correct coach. we wont to win world cap

  • Dan 11 years ago

    Whendid the local clubs perform in the African competitions? That is the starting point Emmanuel Baffoe was the goal king last year and he is now in SA and does not even get to warm the bench in matches.This illustrates the q ...
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  • Yaw 11 years ago

    Should´nt the very best players represent our nation, whether local or foreign-based? I do not understand these so-called experts who time & time again, keep advocating for the use of local players. ONLY THE BEST PLAYERS SHO ...
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  • diaba k 11 years ago

    Coach Afranie, in that case you will be building the team always. Why? Because there is no Ghanaian player who would not like to play outside the country.

    The so called home-players will mature to play foreign teams. Even ...
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  • Patrick Neequaye 11 years ago

    You cannot compare a local based player to a foreign player irrespective of their top form.They should blend however i expect the foreign base players to dominate because they have something to offer when it matters most.I ru ...
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  • Patrick Neequaye 11 years ago

    I rubbish what coach Hene said

  • BerylRichards 11 years ago

    That is how you coaches can manipulate the players and send ghana soccer back into the abyss.
    Which African team has been successful on the World stage using local players? Even look at the physique of the local players??
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