Reliance on foreign-based players caused Ghana's elimination from U-20 AFCON – Alagidede

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Dondon 7 months ago

Are the foreign based players not Ghanaians? It is time we stop this nonsense, what did the local Black Stars do when they played the local Nigerians? It is about quality. And even local were included in the team mtcheew

Are the foreign based players not Ghanaians? It is time we stop this nonsense, what did the local Black Stars do when they played the local Nigerians? It is about quality. And even local were included in the team mtcheew
Kweku Tsin 7 months ago

These idiots still believe in colts and shit. News flash!!!! Things have changed. The best players are scouted, scavenged, and shipped off early. The late bloomers and the sankwass players are the ones left in the GPL. Questi ...
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These idiots still believe in colts and shit. News flash!!!! Things have changed. The best players are scouted, scavenged, and shipped off early. The late bloomers and the sankwass players are the ones left in the GPL. Question: what do you think these surplus local players can do without the foreign players?
Soweto London 7 months ago

Bro, I understand his point. The foreign based players are not as hungry as the local ones because, they've already secured their contracts abroad something every local player prays for. Watching the boys play, I had the same ...
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Bro, I understand his point. The foreign based players are not as hungry as the local ones because, they've already secured their contracts abroad something every local player prays for. Watching the boys play, I had the same thoughts. Trust me if they've used the best u20 players from Ghana premier league and division 1&2, we could've done better in my opinion, but its all good. Then again using local based players would've gotten some players noticed and contracts abroad which will help the quality of our black stars in future. But there is no guarantee that they would've done any better as most of the countries also fielded foreign based players
Maubs 7 months ago

Thanks Dondon for comment. Enough of such divisive nonsense about local v foreign. Ghanaian is Ghanaian.

Thanks Dondon for comment. Enough of such divisive nonsense about local v foreign. Ghanaian is Ghanaian.
Truth be told 7 months ago

Nkwasiasem, if they had won, would have attributed their win to only the foreign based players??? Okay if they caused the elimination then why did you invite them, didn't you have the expertise to recognize that they would ca ...
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Nkwasiasem, if they had won, would have attributed their win to only the foreign based players??? Okay if they caused the elimination then why did you invite them, didn't you have the expertise to recognize that they would cause your elimination???
Gaskia 7 months ago

And the Black Stars also lose their matches because they also have foreign based players?

And the Black Stars also lose their matches because they also have foreign based players?
George T 7 months ago

Foolish argument. Host nation wins on penalty

Foolish argument. Host nation wins on penalty
Maputo. 7 months ago

The coach is simply not good

The coach is simply not good
Kwame Peter 7 months ago

The insults are gradually replacing sensible thought provoking discourse,Alagidede has a point in his submission,national teams selections are open to all qualified Ghanaians but our teams selectors appear to take the lazy an ...
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The insults are gradually replacing sensible thought provoking discourse,Alagidede has a point in his submission,national teams selections are open to all qualified Ghanaians but our teams selectors appear to take the lazy and easier approach of selecting foreign based players who they believe are ‘ready made’ but the disadvantage in that is the inability to qualify for the WC due to lack of team cohesion and it is taking a serious toll on the senior national team,as usual the current FA cannot escape blame because the members are all player owners/managers whose sole purpose for their presence in the FA is the promotion of players of their choice and this happens in all the teams so we should not expect any success anywhere soon.
Kweku Tsin 7 months ago

These foreign based players did not get to their foreign teams by playing Ampe. They form a nucleus of the cream of the crop, exposed to some of the best coaching any player can get. Where some of these players play at are wh ...
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These foreign based players did not get to their foreign teams by playing Ampe. They form a nucleus of the cream of the crop, exposed to some of the best coaching any player can get. Where some of these players play at are where some of the local players want to be. There is an incentivized reason why a good scout will pick a good player and leave the bad player in Ghana. MOST of the players left in Ghana are leftovers after scouting. NOTE, i did not say all of them are bad.
Scoobi Do 7 months ago

You never complained until the team was eliminated so where from this argument ? If you have nothing to say but shut up.

You never complained until the team was eliminated so where from this argument ? If you have nothing to say but shut up.
Scoobi Do 7 months ago

You never complained until the team was eliminated so where from this argument ? If you have nothing to say but shut up.

You never complained until the team was eliminated so where from this argument ? If you have nothing to say but shut up.
Ddd 7 months ago

He is just stupid. Grown with no brains. He does not when to talk, where to talk and what to say. People like that should be warned from passing comments ever. He should keep his stupid comments to himself. National Security ...
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He is just stupid. Grown with no brains. He does not when to talk, where to talk and what to say. People like that should be warned from passing comments ever. He should keep his stupid comments to himself. National Security should give such people a stern warning. Such comments are just stupid, full of greed and no national interest. Everyone saw what the team did. The boys played well. Their fair play was recognized. Missing penalties has nothing to with local or foreign. I hate such comments with passion!!!
Yaw 7 months ago

ALL THESE OUR LOCAL CLUB LEADERS HAVE THEIR SELFISH AGENDAS; TO GIVE THEIR PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE, FOR POSSIBLE TRANSFER ABROAD. WHY SHOULD IT MATTER THE TEAM THAT REPRESENTS US, BE IT LOCAL OR FOREIGN-BASED PLAYERS. ...
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ALL THESE OUR LOCAL CLUB LEADERS HAVE THEIR SELFISH AGENDAS; TO GIVE THEIR PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE, FOR POSSIBLE TRANSFER ABROAD. WHY SHOULD IT MATTER THE TEAM THAT REPRESENTS US, BE IT LOCAL OR FOREIGN-BASED PLAYERS. THEY WANT TO USE OUR NATIONAL TEAMS AS "DRESSING WINDOWS" FOR THEIR PLAYERS.
Edema Komla 7 months ago

Ghana #4 player??????
He is responsible for the 2 goals and could be shot to death in countries like South Americas
We no longer shepherd the ball.
We only clear these days.
Stop playing old style because modern strikers ...
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Ghana #4 player??????
He is responsible for the 2 goals and could be shot to death in countries like South Americas
We no longer shepherd the ball.
We only clear these days.
Stop playing old style because modern strikers are trained to be very aggressive.
For your information, most football analysts saw Ghana team as the best in the tournament.
Hannan 7 months ago

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Kofi Gyamfi 7 months ago

You're a joker fool, many of the foreign players was in our local leagues before they left, are you a football agent please let me know

You're a joker fool, many of the foreign players was in our local leagues before they left, are you a football agent please let me know
COD 7 months ago

Until we massively invest to improve the quality of our players, locally, none of our national teams will clinch anything meaningful.

Until we massively invest to improve the quality of our players, locally, none of our national teams will clinch anything meaningful.
YEN 7 months ago

Do we believe we can produce. better players when. we have some of the best athletes in the world. We let tribalism and regionalism mare our ability to choose the best among us and this results in getting paid by players abro ...
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Do we believe we can produce. better players when. we have some of the best athletes in the world. We let tribalism and regionalism mare our ability to choose the best among us and this results in getting paid by players abroad who claim to be Ghanaian who are picked to represent Ghana when they cannot represent the countries they live in. They play for Ghana with neither pride nor conscience.The only way we are going to get out of the doldrums we have put ourselves is to learn to trust each other. YEN
Nana kwame 7 months ago

Is rather unfortunate Mr Dondon,l am also putting it to u dat most dis foreign players are warming pen̈ch at their various clubs abroad, if they were active why were they struggling to score?de local boys are always de best ...
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Is rather unfortunate Mr Dondon,l am also putting it to u dat most dis foreign players are warming pen̈ch at their various clubs abroad, if they were active why were they struggling to score?de local boys are always de best when it comes to deh under 17 n under 20 .blame goes to de gfa president n his associate .from
Yab Yab 7 months ago

I think the boys did quite well and if we keep them together, they can mature into the senior teams.

I think the boys did quite well and if we keep them together, they can mature into the senior teams.

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Reliance on foreign-based players caused Ghana's elimination from U-20 AFCON – Alagidede

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