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Kwasi Appiah, the sacrificial lamb

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  • hassan 11 years ago

    Regardless of if he stays or goes, the GFA still remains the problem. So the GFA and Nyantakyi must go.

  • Mr.N 11 years ago

    Oh Sir Akwesi Appiah has his own problems but the underline problem with Black Stars is Kwesi Nyantakyi and his GFA who does not know their ass from their face. They can go and bring even God if they do not change their way ...
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  • Bob 11 years ago

    I hope Akwasi Appiah is qualified. If not, then how did he get the job? Who evaluated and gave him the job? To me it's not about race. It's insight, education, experience and passion for the job.I think this should be fairly ...
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  • NPP Cocaine Pusher 11 years ago

    The substitutions Appiah made at AFCON made me conclude that HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THE BLACK STARS. But that is not to say that we should have another WHITE MAN as head coach. NO WAY. WE DO NOT WANT ANY WHITE MAN AGAI ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    WHY APPIAH IS A USELESS COACH!
    1. OUR TEAM HAD SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON OUR JERSEYS. FOR WAT?
    2. WE WASTED ALL THIS TAX PAYERS MONEY CAMPING IN THE EMIRATES. FOR WAT? LOOK AT TOGO?
    3. OUR DEFENSE WAS ATROCIOUS. WHY SIT EXPE ...
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  • The Stallion 11 years ago

    GFA is the problem. I know they caused the problems with the Ayew brothers. Appiah made a mistake by saying that he is the only one who took the decision on the Ayews.
    In any case, I believe Appiah will still be retained and ...
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  • AYIKO 11 years ago

    TWO FOREIGN FOOTBALL TECHNICIANS WHO WERE PAID FAT SALARIES IN GHANA WERE KICKED OUT OF THE AFCON13 TOURNAMENT BEFORE GHANA - DRC AND ZAMBIA. WE DON'T NEED ANY FOREIGN COACH IN GHANA. WE HAVE ABUNDANCE OF TALENTED FOOTBALLERS ...
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  • The Stallion 11 years ago

    Only 2 dependable strikers in the team, that's all. All this coach, coach matter will not take us anywhere.

  • Pito Brewer 11 years ago

    Truth be told, the defense was not that great at AFCON either. Kwadwo Asamoah at left back? The overall performance of the team was not up to par. Indeed, the performance was very poor! That is why there is a need to take a c ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    1. OUR TEAM HAD SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON OUR JERSEYS
    2. WE WASTED ALL THIS TAX PAYERS MONEY CAMPING IN THE EMIRATES. FOR WAT? LOOK AT TOGO?
    3. OUR DENSE WAS ATROCIOUS. WHY SIT EXPErience players like jonathAN MENSAH IN FAVOR ...
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  • Big mouth 11 years ago

    Is Kwesi Appiah a qualified coach?some one tell me.A player cannot automaticaly be a caoch,ask Maradona.

  • KojoLee 11 years ago

    Mr. N[asty]

    Here is Govina Lee speaking, I dey at Kotoka now and my assess to the net is limited. So many news has gone by on my absence and I hope you and VodkaStall are there for me.

    Haaa I daff.

  • Mr.N 11 years ago

    Go look into Kwesi Nyantakyi's eyes and tell him to stay away from the Black Stars Management.

  • Bossssoom 11 years ago

    The earlier they start looking for foreign coach the better. I don't think we have a local coach who is competent enough for that job.

  • Ama 11 years ago

    This is the most stupid comment I have ever read. Despite all you think about the failings of Kwasi Appiah, his current Black Stars is one of the most successful outfit amongst Ghanaian industries for one of a better word.

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  • Manu 11 years ago

    Ama, I was agreeing with you till I read the insults to the writers personality. Did you have to go there? You were making a decent point till you descended to the gutters.
    Please learn to be cultured.

  • payola 11 years ago

    ama you are brainless. Bosssom is a smart guy. If anyone suggest a foreign coach for the blackstars it is a matter of quality and not nationalism. At end of the day our GFA is run by us and we decided to EMPLOY a coach who wi ...
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  • Tina 11 years ago

    We are in the top 20 of fifa rankings and can find a local coach to handle our team? It is all in the head, it is lack of confidence as a result of the 400 years of slavery.

  • The Stallion 11 years ago

    I am surprised that the Ghanaian has no confidence in himself. How come we can't get a local coach to manage us?
    This hulaballoo going on is caused by GFA.
    Our only task now is to get a pair of dependable strikers in our te ...
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  • mensah abrampa 11 years ago

    The women seem to exude more confidence than the men on a topic that may be considered the preserve of the men's club.. They believe in the potential of the blackman and think nurturing one of our own would be more rewarding. ...
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  • Tina 11 years ago

    It is crazy, why foreign coach? The Nigerian coach was the most successful at AFCON 2013, but he can never get the Black Stars job if he applied, why? Because he is African. If we ever needed foreign brain, it is in politics ...
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  • bonoh holland 11 years ago

    AYEWS CAN GO TO FUCKING HELL,NO BIG HEAD,NO PERMANENT BLACKSTER PLAYER.COACH MAKES HIS CHOICE PERIOD

  • ALHAJI MOHAMMED-GERMANY 11 years ago

    THEN WHY WORRIED WHEN BS FAILED TO WIN THE CUP?KEEP APPIAH;BUT STOP ATTACKING PEOPLE FOR NO REASONS:::THEY DONT WANT TO PLAY FOR BS PERIOD::::APPIAH ISTHE COACH::::PERIOD:::THEN ACCEPT ANY LOOSE BS MAKES AND STOP ALL THIS NON ...
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  • Uncle Komi 11 years ago

    Ghana is just like abromovic and his chelsea

  • EDDIE 11 years ago

    SACKING KWASI APPIAH WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN BLACK STAR.KEEP HIM TO CONTINUE WHAT HE STARTED. I KNOW HE CAN DO BETTER.HE HAS LEARNT HIS LESSONS,CORRECTED THEM AND HAS THE MAGIC AT HANDS.SACK APPIAH AND BRING TROUBLE TO ...
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  • DESTINY 11 years ago

    The problem is with the coach. It is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, PERHAPS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE for a team to win a tournament with a BAD, POOR COACH who cannot read a game BEFORE, AS IT PROGRESSES, AND ANALYSE IT AFTERWARDS. There is NO ...
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  • DR. AMPONSAH 11 years ago

    STOP THE INSULTS. JUST KNOW THAT IT IS RISKY TO BRING MOURIHNO WITHIN THIS SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME TO DO ANY MATCH. THERE SHOULD BE A FAIR BALANCE. WHAT HAS OUR EXPATS COACH DONE DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT KWASI DID? UNLESS YOU ARE ...
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  • DESTINY 11 years ago

    My dear Doctor,obviously we have a problem. I am a Ghanaian, and the issue is that this is a complex problem. I believe Mourihno or Fergusson can make a difference. The finals game starts with the player selection, all the wa ...
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  • sakasaka 11 years ago

    those people tasked to assist kwesi appiah and the team manager are weak to be blackstars handlers. how can you compare maxwel konadu to amokachi for instance? how can you compare saban quaye to CK Gyemfi, or B B Bismarck as ...
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  • Nimpa Jawsey 11 years ago

    Thank you Sakasaka is all I can say. That's what another writer stated in his article entitled True State of Ghana Black Stars Address 2013. He said it's like someone (Ghana BS)being on life support and instead of having expe ...
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  • koo Tee 11 years ago

    I said about two months ago that Kwasi should be given a special responsibility to scout for players for the national team...under 17 20 23 and the senior national team.Fromthe look of things he is good at that.Just look at ...
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  • Coach 11 years ago

    You are an APE!!!

  • DESTINY 11 years ago

    My dear friend 'Coach', you have just called your fellow human being an ape, for reasons best known to yourself. This is not a forum for calling people animals, even if they hold seemingly foolish or worthless views. I agree ...
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  • Kojo, USA 11 years ago

    Destiny: Obviously, you have not seen the earlier comments by "Coach" on this forum. You see "Coach" is mentally challenged and cannot articulate his thoughts. Therefore, whenever he disagree with somebody's opinion, he simpl ...
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  • naana 11 years ago

    haaha

  • Dre 11 years ago

    When a human being calls another ape what does that make him? When a black man calls another black monkey what does that make him?Please God gave us brains(presumably)let's use it.And we are the same people who get bitterly o ...
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  • DESTINY 11 years ago

    Ok, Mr Dre, this is not a forum for name-calling. Well assuming we allow that, and 'grow up', given your way of addressing issues, WHAT CONTRIBUTION DID 'COACH' make to this forum apart from calling someone an ape? I hope you ...
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  • payola 11 years ago

    we have tried appiah, fine. it has turned out to be a disaster. Bring someone else SIMPLE . look at all the best clubs in the world and how they handle coaching issues. NEW COACH NOW! otherwise NEW GFA NOW!

  • DR. AMPONSAH 11 years ago

    MY NAME IS DR. RICHARD AMPONSAH AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS SUBMISSION. I THINK GFA IS MAKING A MISTAKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPLACE COACH KWASI APPIAH. OVERALL, KWASI'S PERFORMANCE IN AFCON EQUALS ANY OF OUR EXPATRIATE COACHES W ...
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  • payola 11 years ago

    History of afcon: expat coaches have won 14 cups and Local coaches habe won 15cups. not a big difference if you ask me. afterall burkina faso beat us with an expat coach to the finals. amd leroy took an underage ghana team to ...
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  • WORST FA IN THE WORLD 11 years ago

    Sack Nyantakyi and keep Appiah in some capacity, and appoint Konadu as coach.

  • viv 11 years ago

    I hope that they keep the coach on. I felt very sad reading this article. I just don't get it! The guy has been in post barely a year and got us to the same position as our last AFCON. Why do we keep changing coaches like tha ...
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  • Sel 11 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah is simply incompetent. He does not seem to learn from his mistakes. Against Zambia in WC qualifiers, the system he employed means anytime we lost possession, we were stretched. It was the same against DRC. Then ...
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  • Victor 11 years ago

    The three guys you just mentioned are not at that level. The black stars is for already baked ready players not some development ground for up amd comming players. Thats why you invite player that are regular and in top fligh ...
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  • George 11 years ago

    Plse. time is not on our side. Get Milo back immegiately. The world cup is too close and we need a competent coach.

  • cofie 11 years ago

    I second that!

  • Ato Moses 11 years ago

    There are other reasons why Kwasi Appiah is a sacrificial lamb. The writer knows them but kept quite on them.
    Appiah deserves to be treated this way because he allowed himself to be used.

  • papa appiah 11 years ago

    Sudan have lost top spot in its 2014 World Cup qualifying group after sport’s highest court stripped a victory against Zambia for fielding an ineligible player.

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it rejected the Su ...
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  • Papa Dey 11 years ago

    No he is not.He couldnt do the job,period.

  • RKB USA 11 years ago

    AKWASI APPIAH IS A GOOD COACH WE CAN
    NOT SACK HIM. GUYS STOP SAYING THAT HE
    IS A GOOD COACH. LET US PRAY TO GOD TO
    GUIDE HIM FOR US OK. AMEN

  • George Bannerman, Sekondi 11 years ago

    K. Appiah afterall is not a good coach. He should have been sacked immediately the Black Stars returned fro S.Afr. Dont know what the officials are doing up till now.

  • Donbrah 11 years ago

    kwasi appiah must sack

  • Africanus 11 years ago

    Instead of spending the money to employ a foreign coach, we should spend that money towards improving the skills and knowhow of promising Ghanaian coaches. One month's salary of a foreign coach can pay for one full year's coa ...
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  • Ogyatanaa 11 years ago

    Stupid fools. Do the GFA coach the team? The GFA is only wrong in deciding to give the post to an inexperience coach do nothing Akwasi Appiah. The truth is Akwasi Appiah has failed big time. You fools must call for his head r ...
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  • joe kpangkpari 11 years ago

    Appiah,left out players who were scoring
    freely for their clubs and rather went for quarter fit players who were warming the benches of their various clubs. As for the Ayew brothers i support their decision, what is the guar ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    IF REAL ESTATE MOGUL DONALD TRUMP WONT DARE KEEP AA AS GH COACH. THEN I DONT THINK GHFUO SHOULD. AFTER 6 YRS OF APPRENTICE/DEPUTY COACH. U COME AND EXHIBIT SUCH MEDIOCRE, PREMATURE COACHING BTACTICS? WAS AA UNDER THE INFLUENC ...
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  • OGOGLO QUARTER 11 years ago

    U ARE AS USELESS AS DEAD DOG IN A KORLE BU GUTTER.U THINK U HV SENSE OR WHAT.SMELLING SCANT ...NEXT THINK B4 U TALK...OR GO GET SOME OGOGLO AND RELAX WHO IS TRUMP????

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    U DONT KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS? INSTEAD OF GOOGLING HIM, U WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHO TRUMP IS? HE HAS MONEY THAT YOUR ENTIRE LINEAGE WILL NEVER EVER HAVE IN ITS ENTIRE LIFETIME ON PLANET EARTH. THE STUPIDITY IN YOUR GENES WILL ...
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  • tahiru 11 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah,can only bee a good coach,if only he lean to do things by him self,without the influence of the corupt G.F.A,

  • PHOBIA-PHOBIA--Leeds 11 years ago

    It is always the 'power to win'which is the magic of a team.Even Maradona of all the masters struggled with his coaching. If the GFA cannot inject this power into the players,they must rather go.In the case of AA,i think,we ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    AS LONG AS THE SOULS OF AKWASIA APPIAH AND NYANTAKYI ARE LURKING AROUND THE OFFICES OF THE GFA. GH SOCCER IS HEADED STR8 FOR A NOSEDIVE.
    IT WILL BE BETTER FOR ZAMBIA TO GO TO BRAZIL OVER GH. AFTERALL, EVEN IF WE QUALIFY FOR ...
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  • Kwesi Chief 11 years ago

    Whilst I personally am of the opinion that we will need a new coach to stand a greater probability of qualifying for Brazil 2014,,I consider this piece, if true...and Chris is a top notch sports journalist ...to be big insult ...
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  • Saddam 11 years ago

    Appiah can shot himself on the foot. When he ignored the experience players by using inexperience players. Remember Inkoom, Mutari,and others are still great players.

  • Kwame Safo 11 years ago

    I think the Kwesi Appiah issue is only a smoke screen. The Black Stars is suffering osly from the effects of indecision from the GFA who have historically made controversial decisions with very little regard for Ghana's inter ...
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  • Jazz of Spintex Road 11 years ago

    It is a sad indictment on Ghanaians that they cannot see the forest for the trees.
    It doesn’t matter whether or not Kwesi Appiah is qualified or not, it doesn’t matter if the Ayem brothers quit “the black stars or not ...
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  • Sankofa 11 years ago

    If the GFA has decided that Kwasi Appiah is not fit for the job, why continue to waste more money on him sending him to Man City?

    His board, lodging and transport alone could go towards paying for a new coach for the Black ...
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  • Chu 11 years ago

    Whether foreign or local coach this man must resign. He just and just can't improve on our quater finals at the world cup. Think of the wider picture, the world cup itself. This dude struggling against Cape Verde and those co ...
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  • odanny 11 years ago

    forget about the ayew brother and concerntrate on the sudden game

  • AMAFO 11 years ago

    The devil you know is better then the angel you don't know,and a living dog is better then the dead lion,if we want to quilified for the world cup 2014,than we should maintain Kwasi Appiah,why foriegn coach at this time?i hop ...
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  • Enoch Appiah Jn, Adum (Kumasi) 11 years ago

    Ghana wants a winning team. Black Stars should be a team that plays well. Even if the team should qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, Kwesi Appiah should not lead the team to Brazil because Ghana risk to go out in the first ...
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