GFA sacks Otto Addo

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  • Yao 13 hours ago

    Good riddance to a mediocre coach.

  • Abgotui Asante Faizall 13 hours ago

    This is the fault of NDC National Diablo Criminals. The bad luck they brought with the ayew boys who are untalented brought this shame. It's likely they sold the match. Bawumia too, another. We need somebody from the south be ...
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  • Enough! 13 hours ago

    Kwasiaa, the southern majority of Ghanaians voted for the northern minority that you always call cowmia and cowliar.
    Everything, tribe.
    Geez!

  • P Djamgbe 9 hours ago

    So this is not an early Aprilfool prank? Isn't this too late and took risky?

  • COACH AKWASI APPIAH 13 hours ago

    COACH AKWASI APPIAH is the best man for the job. No time to EXPERIMENT with any other coach now

  • Emergency 12 hours ago

    Appiah or Mourinho on a fast-track contract for the World Cup only.
    If they beat Rounds 1 and 2, we renew. If not, they are gone.
    Right now, I would choose Mourinho, assisted by Akwasi.
    We don't have time to advertise, int ...
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  • Yao 12 hours ago

    You think Mourinhno will accept yo coach Ghana? You must be dreaming!

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Appiah can't help bstars. He is npp n we know what he did to destroy the team in brasil during mahama 1. Secondly,gfa didn't terminate Oto. It was sports ministry and the gh president that wanted Oto gone in lieu of what happ ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 5 hours ago

    Just look at his record. And make a decision. Oto is an npp mule and would destroy the team n disgrace the country just like akwasi Appiah did in brasil under mahama 1.

  • Truth Table 13 hours ago

    Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— (John 1:12) .
    ..
    ....

  • Citoyen 13 hours ago

    He has done his best. Thank you and I wish you well...

  • Jbenjamen Englishman 13 hours ago

    Is this fake news?

  • Jbenjamen Englishman 13 hours ago

    Otto Addo the best coach the black stars ever had

  • Joe 13 hours ago

    The hurried way in which coach Otto Addo has been sacked is very unfortunate. This is not the time to sack the coach. Here is a coach who qualified the Black Stars for the World Cup for the second time. The World Cup is onl ...
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  • Bad riddance, GFA 12 hours ago

    Yes, Joe, this was a hurried decision.
    After all, he improved from 1-5 to 1-2.
    Who is going to beat Mexico and Wales in our next 2 friendlies?
    We don't have the talent.
    Allow coaches to grow with players.

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Oto hasn't impressed he failed to qualify for afcon. He has performed horribly in all 5 friendly matches lost all of them from Japan, Korea to this. The signs of horrible are glaring. What else are you waiting to see? Ivory c ...
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  • Anokwale 11 hours ago

    This was a rushed move that could backfire.

  • Jack Toronto 8 hours ago

    Bad decision at this time.

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Great decision Oto is not good

  • PASTOR OGOGLO QUARTER,, alias PTO. 7 hours ago

    THE GUY LOOK LIKE A TRUMU TRUMU FOR ME, TWO GAMES 7 GOALS HABAAA. MY UNCLE EMPEROR RASHEED COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. COME GET YOUR TRUMU COACH.

  • The Spear 7 hours ago

    Bring Mourinho and any best 4 Coaches for Black Stars and they'd still not perform.

    Compare the BS and good teams like Egypt, Maroc, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Cameroon in the past and you'd see a very huge difference in th ...
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  • Ibrahim Muhammad 7 hours ago

    Agreed with you

  • Simoo 4 hours ago

    Joe,his sack is long overdue.What credentials does he have as a coach,what achievement and what records.He is just a scout.Its true he has qualified us to 2 world cups but I see that as the determination of the boys to qualif ...
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  • Derrick 13 hours ago

    Winfried Schäfer should take charge now . John Paintsil, Fatawu Dauda and co should follow their Trainer Scout!!

  • Okponglo 13 hours ago

    Bring in Nketiah and Odoi . Build a strong team

  • Bring in 12 hours ago

    Yes, Okponglo.

  • Ghanaman 8 hours ago

    Without a shred of doubt!

  • Nokware 13 hours ago

    Fire the entire GFA! They’re the real problem.
    Hiring coaches just to fire them… how much has that cost us?

    Worse than Otto Addo. Corrupt, incompetent, and allegedly embezzling. Time for the GFA to vamoose too!

  • Nana Yaw 8 hours ago

    Yes

  • Niichei 12 hours ago

    Solid.

  • Kwasi 12 hours ago

    This is nonsense. How many coaches have come and gone? It’s too many and GFA should stop this nonsense of listening to these ignorant radio talk shows that keeps talking trash by criticizing the coaches. It’s time to put ...
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  • OBSERVERS WITHOUT BOADERS 2 hours ago

    GOOD COMMENT

  • Kofi Ghanaba.....long overdue 12 hours ago

    Get a quality world class coach just for the world cup,then you can negotiate after the tournament depending on his performance. You can get a better deal now as most coaches would like to be at the world cup just as the play ...
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  • Paa Pee 10 hours ago

    Who is a quality World class coach? Moudinho who was sacked form Turkiye and Akwasi Appiah who was unable to get to the World Cup? Or we go back to the chech or Milo? Sacking Otto Addo is a very bad decision.

  • Kofi Ghanaba.....long overdue 9 hours ago

    If you don't know who/what a world class quality coach is then I am sorry you don't know world soccer. Just keep quiet and go with the wind.Have you heard about Enzo Bearsot, what about Arrigo Sacchi...gone are the years.The ...
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  • Bitter truth 8 hours ago

    @Pee pee..very very bad decision..things like this are the reason why Ghana as a country is stacked and not developing..it’s very wrong to sack a coach at this critical times..yes he messed up but the timing is wrong..after ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Why? The guy is giving you bad results after bad results. If your woman is misbehaving why continue to entertain her

  • Yao 11 hours ago

    Otto dug his own grave:
    1. Why insist on playing Caleb Yirenkyi at right back when you have invited a natural right back like Senaya?
    2. Should have played Yirenkyi in the middle with Partey
    3. Should not have started Adj ...
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  • Datus 9 hours ago

    Yirnkyi should be starting at right back. Sibo is not a starter . He should come off the bench

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Yirenkyi plays central midfield with his club. Wat have you seen in him for you to start him as rb?

  • Toto 11 hours ago

    The GFA and the Ghana government are also to be blamed. The coaches and technical staff do not get paid for months. How can one expect them to be motivated ?

  • Toto 11 hours ago

    Please no Odoi and Nketiah. A lesson should be taught that the Black Stars should not be taken for granted. Kwasi Appiah has had his chance with the Black Stars. He can't take Ghana far. Get a Ghanaian coach who understan ...
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  • Abuada 11 hours ago

    What about the 18 or so supporting staff? What about the unenterprising players? Has the way now been cleared to bring in other players? Over to you, folks.

  • Aku 11 hours ago

    Sacked for what? Mtchew .. . If it is true I pray some other country benefits from his skills. All the best coach

  • Johnson 11 hours ago

    You are not doing anything meaningful and you are always putting blames on coaches. Mediocrity people

  • Solomon Darko 11 hours ago

    This is a total disgrace to the nation. What did he do wrong? Does GFA realize that friendly matches are completely different from the actual game? Sometimes it feels like Ghana is not worth dying for. Belgium thrashed USA by ...
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  • PITO 11 hours ago

    This is the right call. He even failed to qualify for Afcon. Kwasi Appiah is a better tactician than Otto Addo. Kwasi Appiah defeated Otto Addo’s Blackstars TWICE with lowly Sudan. He is not that good.

  • Yaw Amankwaah 5 hours ago

    @Pito,
    Kwasi Appiah has managed the Black Stars twice, what happened? Did Muntari rings a bell? What about K.P. Boateng? What did he achieved? There are so many quality coaches we can hire and pay. Corruption is what is hold ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 hours ago

    Kwasia, if your rehearsals are poor. Can you execute to perfection when it's time to perform? No. You must rehearse just like it's a wcup final

  • Aduanaba, 11 hours ago

    Long overdue.
    What team/club has Otto ever coached? Otto is not a coach. He is a scout.

    One criteria before his appointment was "15 yrs experience" at the highest level. What was his experience in yrs? 1 or 2 yrs [and th ...
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  • PITO 11 hours ago

    We need a foreign coach. Ghanaian coaches cannot motivate the players. They are too friendly and the players become relaxed, have no urgency, have no discipline, have no shame. A foreign coach is here for business and he will ...
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  • Kantoose 11 hours ago

    Best news of the day. GFA did something right today. Otto Addo, please stay in Germany, eat hamburger and forget about making fufu analogies. You are not there yet when it comes to coaching.

  • Dondon 11 hours ago

    WE DON'T WANT KWASI APPIAH, WE WANT A FRESH COACH, KWASI APPIAH IS NOT GOOD. GO FOR A WHITE COACH OR THE MOROCCAN COACH WHO JUST RESIGNED. ALSO THE ASSISTANT COACH FROM FRANCE CAN BE A CARE TAKER COACH NOW

  • Dondon 11 hours ago

    WE DON'T WANT KWASI APPIAH, WE WANT A FRESH COACH, KWASI APPIAH IS NOT GOOD. GO FOR A WHITE COACH OR THE MOROCCAN COACH WHO JUST RESIGNED. ALSO THE ASSISTANT COACH FROM FRANCE CAN BE A CARE TAKER COACH NOW.

  • Dondon 11 hours ago

    WE DON'T WANT KWASI APPIAH, WE WANT A FRESH COACH, KWASI APPIAH IS NOT GOOD. GO FOR A WHITE COACH OR THE MOROCCAN COACH WHO JUST RESIGNED. ALSO THE ASSISTANT COACH FROM FRANCE CAN BE A CARE TAKER COACH NOW..

  • We dont do god here 10 hours ago

    This is exactly what Otto Addo haa been waiting for. Get the sacking off orde and your money intact. And okraku???

  • Ibrahim 10 hours ago

    Not a good news this moment
    No organisation in their rights will do this
    Critical point you sacked a coach
    Wish him well

  • Dave 10 hours ago

    Kurt should also resign.... kwasia man

  • Kojo S.AFRICA 10 hours ago

    It's unfortunate, sorry for him. What about the assistant they must go as well.

  • Red submarine 10 hours ago

    O you Ghanians come for Eric sekou Chelle or finding George

  • Abacha 10 hours ago

    Bad decision by the GFA. When was the last time the Black Stars played an European team at their own backyard and won?
    Were we expecting the Black Stars to defeat Austria in Austria? Or We were expecting the Black Stars to d ...
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  • Paa Pee 10 hours ago

    Sacking a Coach with with less than 3 months to the World Cup due to the result of a friendly match is the most useless and foolish decision the worse of fools can take. Appointing a new coach means he will have to train with ...
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  • Diva 9 hours ago

    Give the coaching job to Abedi Pelé & his son Dede Yaw.
    They own Ghana football.
    Please Abedi is ready to take us to the promise land .
    With Abedi & Dede as assistant we shall Win the World Cup 2026.

  • TG 9 hours ago

    This is a results business and we need a serious coach period!!! Period!!! And Otto kept losing us games so this was bound to happen and honestly I'm glad that he is gone even if it is close to a World Cup. Damn it I want res ...
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  • Bitter truth 8 hours ago

    You don’t know what u are talking about..black stars sorry to say is about to go back to the old loosing ways..Otto Addo is not that good coach, but to sack him at this critical times is nothing but stupidity..World Cup is ...
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  • OSCAR 2 hours ago

    But the guy keeps on losing.

  • Rita 9 hours ago

    If is true good,his tack ticks are poor. Look he doesn’t put the boys in their rightful position eg Semenyo.

  • Danny 9 hours ago

    Jordan Ayew slows down games by hanging too much on balls and not passing it. The coaches must let him know.

  • Dondon 9 hours ago

    DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SEE KWASI APPIAHS PICTURE ALL OVER THE MEDIA FROM TODAY PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT HIM AS THE NEXT COACH, OUR JOURNALISTS ARE STOMACH AND CORRUPT, THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN APPOINTING A NA ...
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  • Dondon 9 hours ago

    DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SEE KWASI APPIAHS PICTURE ALL OVER THE MEDIA FROM TODAY PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT HIM AS THE NEXT COACH, OUR JOURNALISTS ARE STOMACH AND CORRUPT, THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN APPOINTING A NA ...
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  • Dondon 9 hours ago

    DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SEE KWASI APPIAHS PICTURE ALL OVER THE MEDIA FROM TODAY PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT HIM AS THE NEXT COACH, OUR JOURNALISTS ARE STOMACH AND CORRUPT, THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN APPOINTING A NA ...
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  • Dondon 9 hours ago

    DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SEE KWASI APPIAHS PICTURE ALL OVER THE MEDIA FROM TODAY PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT HIM AS THE NEXT COACH, OUR JOURNALISTS ARE STOMACH AND CORRUPT, THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN APPOINTING A NA ...
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  • JB 9 hours ago

    Ghanaians lack confidence in ourselves as black men. We will eventually bring a whiteman, pay him huges sums of money with the same results. Our players are generally not discipline, and lack concentration. We have Addo to th ...
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  • GFA is the problem! 9 hours ago

    Ghana will not go far in the world cup. My advice is to take more local players. Our local teams will get paid over a $million per match so image we have 10 players thats over $30 million for the 3 matches being injected into ...
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  • Bitter truth 8 hours ago

    Atleast we have one sensible person on this platform..Otto Addo is not that good as a coach but the fat is whoever they bring as a coach, he cannot use this average Ghanaian players to qualify to even the semi finals..this st ...
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  • Kunta 17 minutes ago

    Very wise person who doesn't post out of emotions

  • Kunta 17 minutes ago

    Very wise person who doesn't post out of emotions

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  • Trump 9 hours ago

    He has played his part and we wish him well.

  • Owusu Agyei, Suhum 9 hours ago

    A coach who failed to qualify for the last Afcon in a group with Sudan, Niger, Angola, this is long overdue. The Gfa must be investigated very well. Whoever employed otto addo must be charged for causing financial loss to the ...
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  • Bitter truth 8 hours ago

    Ver bad decision by GfA..I know a lot of Ghanaians with low IQ will jubilate but this is wrong decision by the GfA at this critical moment..I hope whoever made this decision gives it a second thought..is the GFA saying the ne ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 5 hours ago

    Gfa didn't fire him it was gh govt sports ministry istry that fired him they pay his wages not gfa

  • Kunta 41 minutes ago

    Whoever fired him is an incompetent idiot. How do you fire a coach who has qualified your team to the World Cup on the eve of the competition?

  • Yenkasa 8 hours ago

    Stop this Kwesi Appiah and Otto Addo recycling and bring in fresh coach.The 2 coaches have had their chance and nothing came out of them.Come up with a New coach who will come with new ideas and discipline.Its not only Otto ...
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  • Ghanaman 8 hours ago

    No tears for the clueless, Mr. Forest Gump! Nigeria should hire him to qualify them to the world cup ( somehow, he knew how to qualify a team, thus his nickname Forest Gump)

  • Roadrunner 8 hours ago

    Poor old coach,they get in the neck every time,this team of losers doesn't do well.And it's his fault? Ghana player's have got big heads ,they reckon
    They are world class...Really?

  • Aziz Latifa Mina 8 hours ago

    Please come and coach Kotoko for us

  • Kweku 8 hours ago

    Coach Otto Addo was not good enough for the Black Stars. He couldn't transform the Black Stars into winsome side

  • Shash 8 hours ago

    You have sacked coach, at this time, you are not serious. World cup is awaiting you, you will not reach anywhere, mark my words. Noni eshwenyene

  • DEEVINITY 8 hours ago

    We have huffed and puffed and bellowed for so long the obvious truth that we have a moron for a coach!!

    That it took us so long to do the right thing despite the painfully glaring absurdity of it, and to do it so close to ...
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  • Shash 8 hours ago

    Those sponsoring the National team should donate to the children's home and the needy and wasting their money. They is more blessings in it

  • Takyi Boateng 7 hours ago

    At this point Micheal Essien is going to be our next Coach, to take us to the World Cup …As Otto Addo has been sacked now…we experience coach like Micheal Essen ….

  • Kapongerman 7 hours ago

    Whoever engineered the sacking of the coach at this time close to the world cup is senseless.
    It should have been after the world cup cos whoever is appointed would be sack eventually after the world cup.

  • FocusGuy 7 hours ago

    What were they waiting for , we've been talking coach long time, why now .

    A coach who has long be with team but doesn't have first strong 11, always doing experimenting with players, this action was suppose to be done yea ...
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  • E.K. 6 hours ago

    We don't need any Ghanaian coach or black coach for World Cup, please.

  • Yenkasa 6 hours ago

    Appoint a coach who can do the job and stop this"he should be our own".Even Britain with astitude coaches still went for a German coach for their national team.

  • Simoo 6 hours ago

    Long overdue

  • Bonus Baba 5 hours ago

    Alleluia!!!!!. I believe in God not the way way my folks in Ghana do,Sorry about that.
    I think whoever made this decision has made Ghanaians proud today. Except you are kin to Otto Addo. But who cares. Bring in any Coach ...
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  • Arrogant Coach 5 hours ago

    This man is too arrogant. How can you put someone like Dede Ayew out of the team and think you can win? He is an idiot. He deserve to be fired!!

  • Ojooo! 5 hours ago

    This is the Poison Pill I have been thinking about. That coach has never been himself. The Remote Control was pushing him to do things for the masters, Is it too late to withdraw from the World Cup?

  • FTT 5 hours ago

    This is not good at all, gfa should have waited after the world cup

  • Afram 4 hours ago

    Get Ready For Early WC EXIT From WC...With Or Without Otto Addo....The Team Is NOT GOOD...!!

  • Korley 4 hours ago

    I can coach the black stars but they won’t give me chance

  • Edward 4 hours ago

    They just want to bring in Eddie Nketiah and Hudson Odoi but Otto Addo is not agreeing

  • Gershon 3 hours ago

    This is not a matter of sacking coach,the defence is not good and they have to do something about that,Also the back pass is too much.

  • Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS undualized intercity roads 3 hours ago

    One word:

    ODOI !!!!!!

  • Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS undualized intercity roads 2 hours ago

    Muntari, Wakaso, Kevin, Dede, Djan, Aful

    To progress, you need players like these or better.

    Fighters and long range shooters and passers.

  • Kofi esong 2 hours ago

    Otto addo should be sacked for a long forking time he is not good at all Otto addo is not a coach he is just an organiza gfa should found a better coach of the black star becos black star should do well in the world cup

  • Saidawadhrubeya@gmail.com 2 hours ago

    The GFA sacrificed Otto Addo to keep their jobs... We are in for a nightmare in the world cup.. Which coach who turn around a team to achieve wonders in the world cup with barely 2 months to go?

  • The Great 1 hour ago

    Very sorry, but necessary. It looks like he was not in
    control of the team. Technically not smart. Wishing him
    the very best of luck in his career.