Ghana coach Avram Grant blames AFCON defeat on set pieces

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AMERICA LOVER 7 years ago

You did a great job but it was Black Stars fault.They are not serious!

You did a great job but it was Black Stars fault.They are not serious!
Avogadro 7 years ago

If other teams could convert their set pieces into goals against us, how come we could not convert our set pieces into goals? Do we lack the necessary skills? Does the coach not have anyway of defending against set pieces? ...
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If other teams could convert their set pieces into goals against us, how come we could not convert our set pieces into goals? Do we lack the necessary skills? Does the coach not have anyway of defending against set pieces?

Football has become a game of precision strikes and skills: balls curving around walls, balls going over walls and dipping at precise moments, kicking between or under walls so that the goal keeper cannot see it until it's just too late etc. (Yes, kicking the ball in such a way that it looks like the ball has a mind of it's own is becoming the norm}. It is taking 'little magical maneuvers' like that to make the impossible possible.

Where are our players in this 'department'? Most of our player lack such skills! Hence Ghana may end up winning the hard way (if we win) by one goal most of the time or if we are lucky we may earn a penalty. That is the life of a struggling team!
Breeze 7 years ago

You could have look for a better goalkeeper. Razak is not a good keeper at all. The defenders made him a lucky keeper. Mr. Coach, open your eyes next time.

You could have look for a better goalkeeper. Razak is not a good keeper at all. The defenders made him a lucky keeper. Mr. Coach, open your eyes next time.
JAY 7 years ago

Avram Grant is tactically bankrupt,all his substitutions never had an impact in all the games Ghana lost

Avram Grant is tactically bankrupt,all his substitutions never had an impact in all the games Ghana lost
Sinclear 7 years ago

GHANA TEAM IS A LAZY TEAM THAT PLAYED LIKE SMALL GIRLS IN THE GAMES
WITH NO DESIRE TO PUT UP A FIGHT OR WIN SO WHY BLAME MR GRANT?

GHANA TEAM IS A LAZY TEAM THAT PLAYED LIKE SMALL GIRLS IN THE GAMES
WITH NO DESIRE TO PUT UP A FIGHT OR WIN SO WHY BLAME MR GRANT?
Bobo Dialaso 7 years ago

In the past, Ghana used to find it difficult to break solid defenses -- not anymore. Our defending has been shaky though. May be we missed Baba Rahman.

In the past, Ghana used to find it difficult to break solid defenses -- not anymore. Our defending has been shaky though. May be we missed Baba Rahman.
Mensa 7 years ago

you cant blame Grant. the Ghana lazy players play bad football missing shots and doing overall bad job on the field ,they had no fire in their belly's and did not want to win that is why they lost Grant had nothing to do w ...
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you cant blame Grant. the Ghana lazy players play bad football missing shots and doing overall bad job on the field ,they had no fire in their belly's and did not want to win that is why they lost Grant had nothing to do with the players refusal to play
PASTOR ,,OGOGLO QUARTER @ GUNIGUGU 7 years ago

WHAT WERE YOU TEACHING YOUR BOYS.??.

WHAT WERE YOU TEACHING YOUR BOYS.??.
Bobo Dialaso 7 years ago

Don't cause them unless it if very necessary. All of infringement we caused were not necessary. Even with Congo, we conceded from a set piece

Don't cause them unless it if very necessary. All of infringement we caused were not necessary. Even with Congo, we conceded from a set piece
David Sowah 7 years ago

our goal keepers fail to study how to position themselves when it it comes to that. How can we see ourselves being scored by such free kick on two occasions without taking a clue? Our goal-keepers must do something about this ...
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our goal keepers fail to study how to position themselves when it it comes to that. How can we see ourselves being scored by such free kick on two occasions without taking a clue? Our goal-keepers must do something about this.
Avogadro 7 years ago

Don't blame the goal keeper. If you and others think that the goal keeper is not positioned well to defend against that, what did the coaching staff do about it?

Besides our players do not even have the skills to convert ...
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Don't blame the goal keeper. If you and others think that the goal keeper is not positioned well to defend against that, what did the coaching staff do about it?

Besides our players do not even have the skills to convert our set pieces that we earned into goals for us. Therefore, why single out the goal keeper?
Bobo Dialaso 7 years ago

Notably the one Wakaso caused that led to the Cameroonian goal. The Cameroonian could not score from the run of play, and we bailed them out. I don't know what goes on in some of our players' head?

Notably the one Wakaso caused that led to the Cameroonian goal. The Cameroonian could not score from the run of play, and we bailed them out. I don't know what goes on in some of our players' head?
Nyaga 7 years ago

You've retrogressed our football just go peacefully and stop exposing yourself,you also sent us out of the world Cup qualification shame!!!!!byeeee

You've retrogressed our football just go peacefully and stop exposing yourself,you also sent us out of the world Cup qualification shame!!!!!byeeee
BOY KOFI 7 years ago

I don't remember the last time Black Stars scored with a freekick.We conceded many goals from freekicks because we played too much defensive game.It allows the opponent to take chances just like what we saw in the second halv ...
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I don't remember the last time Black Stars scored with a freekick.We conceded many goals from freekicks because we played too much defensive game.It allows the opponent to take chances just like what we saw in the second halves through out the tournament.
We have to change from defensive game go attacking one.By the way,Grant could have address this problem or even the technical bench could have done Something about it but it's too late.Thank you.
Tutugya 7 years ago

Seriously our boys lack mental discipline. The foul by Wakasso which gave Cameroun the freekick from which they scored was really uncalled for and the one by Jonathan Mensah which also gave BF the freekick from which they sc ...
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Seriously our boys lack mental discipline. The foul by Wakasso which gave Cameroun the freekick from which they scored was really uncalled for and the one by Jonathan Mensah which also gave BF the freekick from which they scored the winning goal was also unnecessary. Instead of our boys learning to tackle properly when an opponent has the ball they prefer to bring them down and this has led to our downfall. It happened when we played Uruguay in the 2010 World cup, John Painstil conceded a freekick which was really unnecessary and Uruguay scored an equalizer when we were leading with about 20 mins left for play. Most of these boys lets face it even though they play professional football lack the real pro mentality. Some of them also need to be trained on how to kick the ball without flighting it. Partey and Jordan were fond of this.
BOY KOFI 7 years ago

The obejective of playing football is to score goals and win.The best way to obtain this objective is to playing attacking game training every player how to score a goal.Cameroon has that kind of a team and Burkina Faso also. ...
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The obejective of playing football is to score goals and win.The best way to obtain this objective is to playing attacking game training every player how to score a goal.Cameroon has that kind of a team and Burkina Faso also.None of our defenders scored a goal in the tourney.We don't have the attacking force that can make difference in a decisive match.This is a very important remark.Take it from Real Madrid,Sergio Ramos always comes in to assure the victory of his team.We need to change our style of play at the AFCON level.We have played defensive game since 1982 without any positive result.I think we must try attacking game for once to stop defeat from reoccuring.Thank you.

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