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Appiah: Early goal was a disaster

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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    Opare was a wrong choice. We did not see him in any of the friendly matches. He was rusty. Afful would have been better.

  • Charlie 9 years ago

    Yes yes!!! He is ridiculous. I don't know how he started. 70% of the blame belongs to him.

  • Joe canada 9 years ago

    all the players did well and I believe so far Ghana black stars had prove that they are good, despite their loss. you want somebody to blame?, blame the government who put their trust in that stupid witchdoctor that was showi ...
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  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    Play afful in his position, start badu and asamoah in midfield, munatri and ayew on the wings and kbp and gyan in attack. When the opposition is tired inject fast paced players like Atsu, Waris and Jordan if we are still losi ...
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  • OGOGLO QUARTER! 9 years ago

    IT'S OVER FOR ADAMS KWARASEY. .EVEN , IF IM AS DRUNK AS A BEE IN A POT PALM - WINE I COULD SAVE THOSE TWO "SOFT" BALLS..TWEEAAAAAAAAAA.

  • OGOGLO QUARTER! 9 years ago

    RASHEED , YOUR WIMPY DR.COACH SAYS EARLY GOAL WAS THE DISASTER...UUUNNNHHH. DID YOU WARN THEM ABOUT EARLY GOAL...USA WAS TOLD TO GET EARLY GOAL AND THEY DID. .

  • VICE RESSIEN 9 years ago

    ...instead of drilling the players about the basics of defending - marking and defensive headers - this idiotic appiah spends time praying and singing with the team. ultimately, that early goal under 30 minutes and the final ...
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  • Martin Asare 9 years ago

    Prayers were not the reason to blame, as long as they prayed acknowledging they need help from GOd. Tactic and stubborness caused him to make this bad call ie leaving out Kevin and Essien at the beginning in a must win game. ...
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  • SKILLO 9 years ago

    This team is too slow for this group.We have lost all but one game since Egypt in Kumasi. Score goals or defend or go home. Nothing else matters!

  • Mike NY. 9 years ago

    go for the kill instead of thinking of bringing them in when US tie.US is no team to tie Gh.U ll see what I will do to u if we don't qualify.aboa,wo na ne twe.

  • THE ONE AND ONLY WAHJAHKAMAN 9 years ago

    The Great Goal-Keeper Ole Ole Kingston would have saved those goals.He is still the BEST.Anyway our boys were good.

  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    AA, HAVE JUST MADE HISTORY. U LOST TO US. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN WITH THE TYPE OF QUALITY PLAYERS WE HAVE? IMPOSSIBLE!
    WE HAVE TOO MUCH QUALITY TO LOSE TO A MERE USA TEAM. THIS IS LIKE GH BEATING USA IN BASKETBALL.
    WHY MUST U ...
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  • Great Thinker 9 years ago

    Dempsey = Ghana "domsor";
    Brooks = Ghana is broke;
    Kwarasey = Kurasene

    Therefore, USA will definitely win against broke kurasene coach, and some players, with domsor ideas and mentality.

    I also want to believe that so ...
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  • Nii Gbemi 9 years ago

    Foolish Great thinker, when you have mot played good football before you think of things like these. You and Kwarasey, who is kurasene. When you score its "Praise the Lord" but when you are scored against its "Crucify him".

  • Cacao 9 years ago

    I 100% agree with you. The keeper was the problem

  • DESTINY 9 years ago

    Thank you. You really have eyes. Compare him to the US keeper.
    Bring in Adams- He might do better.
    God willing, we will win our two games and get out of the group stages.

  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    BOYE WAS THE IDIOT WHO CAUSED BOTH GOALS. NO GOALIE COULDHVE SAVED THOSE GOALS. BOYE ACTED LIKE A SNITCH BY FAILING TO PROPERLY MARK ON BOTH PLAYS. IF YOU FAIL TO SEEA SNITCH/RAT IN UR NETWORK. NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO STOP IT. ...
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  • Ern # Brasil 2014 - Kick off!! 9 years ago

    100% agree with you. Boye could have PREVENTED at least the first goal. At this level, if a striker is one on one with a keeper, he will score 90% of the time, therefore do not blame the keeper.
    Having said that, Kwarasey wa ...
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  • Abroampah 9 years ago

    According to the top football pundits and analysts on German TV, Boye committed the most basic defensive blunder which should never be committed by any defender in that situation: Giving way on the inside instead of prompting ...
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  • THOMAS 9 years ago

    the coach and the officials might have taken a bribe hence, their decision to bench the most experience players, AFFUL, ESSIEN, KPB, MAJEED WARRIS.PROBE THEM AND SACK THEM ALL.

  • kkkkk 9 years ago

    I always said Boye was not a good defender and will cost us dearly.

  • simon 9 years ago

    boys can play,they r too strong for Appiah.They r even more expierence than him.find another coach

  • Sigma, London 9 years ago

    I have always doubted local coaches. This Akwasi Appiah has no coaching experience. Ghsna should TRY and pay for a foreign top coach with the likes of Klinsmann. This will yield great dividends.

  • Sigma, London 9 years ago

    SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK AKWASI APPIAH. SACK ...
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  • Sampson 9 years ago

    The selfishness of Asamoah Gyan-led squad in demanding $100 before the kick off cost Ghana. They should pack back home in shame.

  • AbasZ 9 years ago

    You are right. When I saw Fatau name on the prematch line up,I was happy. But when I saw Kwarase,in fact before seeing his name,it was already catastrophy. Kwarase is the one who destroyed and KILLED the game.

  • xxx 9 years ago

    i sside with you 100 percent....the keeper caused our loss

  • Nyansasem 9 years ago

    This strategy was poor. You have watch all teams using their top players why would you use inexperienced players to concede goals and then decide to bring in the best players to fight for equalizer. See, where you have landed ...
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  • CONQUEROR 9 years ago

    We are corrupt to the bone!!! How do you win a World Cup game with this kind of selection. I don't believe we lost for real! TWEAAA!

  • Onipa USA 9 years ago

    Waa look... Did the coach realy think the U.S was going to be tire?. who does that.. Tweaeaaaaaa
    Your defence is like Waakye- rice and beans- they don't know their right from left.

  • TINA, U.S.A 9 years ago

    What does he mean by a early goal was a disaster. Are you not in the game to play your very best. that is why you should have put your best boys first. You are not Jesus to wait till the last minute to bring out the good wine ...
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  • kosh 9 years ago

    i told you this man is not good enuff,i cant believe we;ve been beaten for real,he is taken ghana football back wen we got everything to be at the top table.
    i keep getting shock waves,the coach is shit shit shit,first game ...
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  • kkknj 9 years ago

    He will never finish experimental.

  • habahaba 9 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah is just plain lazy. He took what the US coach said were Ghana's strength and what the individual players did for the clubs and try to make that work. Just bcos the US coach mentioned Ghana's individual talents a ...
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  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    JUST GET RID OPF HIM. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED RIGHT AAFTER AFCON, BUT WE ENTERTAINED HIS FOOLISHNESS UNTIL NOW. NOW, U SEE?
    AA IS THE ONLY COACH IVE SEEN AT THIS WCUP WEARING A SUIT IN WARM BRASIL. WAT A TOAD! DUTCH COACH ...
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  • Midnight Blues 9 years ago

    How many corner kicks did we have? How many Free kicks did we have? How many clearly open spaces in front of goal did we have? How many did we use?USA got only 3 Corner kicks and two open spaces in front of goal and they won! ...
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  • Chris - London 9 years ago

    When your plans are shown not to be working, what you do is you change them. That is what the Coach is responsible for. You respond quickly to the reality in front of you. Why wait for 57 minutes to bring Prince Boateng on ...
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  • moyo 9 years ago

    AA as usual making raw comments without knowing the meaning. USA has the best coach and AA knows nothing. God loves everybody

  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    HE IS NOT A COACH, BUT A SHADY BUSINESSMAN. WAT A DOSGRACE!
    I TOLD YOU NOT TO USE YOUR BEST PLAYERS AGAINST USA. U SHOULD HAVE STARTED NKUM/BOYA AT THE 2. AFFUL AT THE 3. MENSAH/SUMAILA AT THE 5. RABIU AT THE 4. I TOLD U FRO ...
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  • Rastafara"I" 9 years ago

    the Police should get involved

  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    You are right but it is the Politicians, the Vice-president Arthur, Afriyie Ankrah, Yamin, Boateng Gyan etc Ndc politicians who invaded Miami like they were tourists. They sampled the Cuban "senoritas" to satisfy their curios ...
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  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    IF THE SOCCER LOVING PPL AND GFA WILL LISTEN TO ME. GH SOCCER WILL GET BACK TO WHERE IT BELONGS.
    NYANTAKYI MUST GO. BAFFOE FOR GFA HEAD, DESAILLY AS COACH.

  • tb 9 years ago

    I agree totally with you!

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    i support your analysis 100%. But will this silly coach listen?

  • trash 9 years ago

    no doubt our stars are all quality players but coaching is not only about teaching them how to play,itsalso about what changes to make wen ur team is loosing.Appiah cannot matchup with the boys,The stars r too strong and big ...
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  • roy , usa 9 years ago

    Ghana deserve the loss

  • CONQUEROR 9 years ago

    WE HAVE STARTED SHOCKING THE WORLD BIG TIME!!!

  • Prof. Appiah, USA 9 years ago

    That's what you get when kids rule a country like Ghana.

  • Avogadro 9 years ago

    Appiah was assistant coach for '200 years'. Does he look like a leader to anyone. We made him the coach because he is one of us, right? Some people are just not leader. Just followers! Two Serbians took us past the group ...
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  • Martin Asare 9 years ago

    You are right and that in itslef is a judgment from God read Isaiah 4:12-13 As for my people, children are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
    O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,
    and destroy the wa ...
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  • kkp 9 years ago

    fool

  • Okusie 9 years ago

    Hey folks, I have never heard any coach say anything as stupid as this primary school coach, to bring in your best players when you think your opponents are tired, damm,is he watching any of the games?. I do blame his assista ...
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  • T'pau 9 years ago

    Spot on!

  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    WAT DID U LEARN FROM OUR GAMES AGAINST MONTEGRO N HOLLAND, AA? WE CONCEEDED EARLY GOALS IN BOTH FRIENDLIES. U FORGET?

  • Al Hajj AAA-Rashid(OH. USA) 9 years ago

    Ghanaians , have you seen what we have always been saying? We were beaten by Klinsman plain and simple.

    Appiah says he was reserving the good players to come in when the Americans are TIRED? Is he serious?

    It is over! ...
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  • Nana Yaw 9 years ago

    Ghanafo, Kwaku Bonsam ho mfaso nono. Edin se kwa.

  • FONTOMFROM 9 years ago

    Joe Canada, in 2006, I saw a Togolese witch doctor in their World Cup game.
    Togo lost 2-1 to South Korea.

    In 2014, I saw a Ghanaian witch doctor in their World Cup game.
    Ghana lost 2-1 to USA.
    Enough said.

  • Sheikh M.Amin (Taiwan) 9 years ago

    Joe Canada, You Are Right! Allah doesn't share His Glory with any Idiot. No Way! He is the owner of The Mighty Throne! He only is The Creator. The Originator and the Omnipotent.

  • Servant of God 9 years ago

    Ghana you need know that continue to worship idols so call old tradition religion will bring poverty to Ghana.Ghana can only be prosper in Jesus Christ name.Israel reject God command and they continue to fight to stay in the ...
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  • FACT 9 years ago

    ONE WEAKNESS OF THE BLACK STARS IS INABILITY TO DEFEND "CORNER KICKS".
    THE COACH MUST WORK ON THIS WEAKNESS.

  • America chopped Ghana 9 years ago

    J.AYEW is a good player but not a starter bring him in the game like second half, Atsu crossing and most of our crossing was poor, the players was so young and inexperience compare to ghana 6 egypt 1 lineup

  • senior citizen Germany 9 years ago

    As Ghana believes in a wichdoctor to win the worldcup so as the USA believes in serious training with the support of an experience coach called Betty Foxkes a former trainer of the German team as the technical director behind ...
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  • wise 9 years ago

    what sule muntari was doing that time.

  • you 9 years ago

    its time to drop him. He is important for hiomserlf

  • THE DRONE 9 years ago

    SAY AND SAY IT AGAIN....AKWASI APPIAH CANT READ GAME....

  • Kay 9 years ago

    "Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has said conceding an early goal against the USA in their opening game at the 2014 World Cup killed the game"

    No he did not say that!! Killed the game, when you had 90+ minutes to do something ab ...
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  • OSEI ASSIBEY-USA 9 years ago

    This is what I said! And it is 11:11 pm in the USA and still can not eat my food. This is how bad I feel as I have lost my appetite for almost every thing except pussy! That I think I can have, to at least cool me down!

  • Rabon Zee 9 years ago

    Commander Appiah said " I will give the US a good game". That's all he had achieved. This is very sad and very stupid. The coach should have a killer instinct to steer the warrior players. Ghana has the players to go for the ...
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  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    go lick the pussy

  • Ern # Brasil 2014 - Kick off!! 9 years ago

    Osei, for some of us, even if Mrs Ern had offered we may (MAY, not guaranteed) not have been able to take it. Thank God she just went to sleep as usual without putting me in a dilema!

  • CONQUEROR 9 years ago

    Stop the criticism!!! It's corruption galore!!! I in particular don't believe we lost due to poor performance. We took money in order not to disgrace the USA a third time. Watch and see how Ghana will play against Germany and ...
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  • PEE 9 years ago

    HOME PLAYERS ARE BETTER THAN THOSE ALREADY HAVE CONTRACT IN EUROPE THEY GOT NOTHING TO LOOSE

  • PEE 9 years ago

    IT A SHAME THEY SHOULD START PACKING

  • Rastafara 9 years ago

    It mat sound like a joke, but Appiah should be investigted..Appiah was influenced with money to play Jordan and Adomah and leave KPB and Essien on the bench..

  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    You got a point. We have all these Politicians in Miami, Boateng Gyan, Yamin, Afriyie Ankrah, Amissah Arthur the Vice-president etc.

    What were all these Politicians doing in USA especially the Vice-president? He is suppose ...
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  • talented 9 years ago

    Your poor decision affected the game. You should have made your changes either 10min to the end of first half or early part of the second half.Kwesi, your poor decision affected the game.

  • sam 9 years ago

    totally agree with you

  • oluwele 9 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah is a useless coach.

  • max, USA 9 years ago

    yes becos the system of crossing to the strikers to score is not our system of play. It didn't work in the first half and my girlfriend was too disappointed but I encouraged her that the coach will change the crossing-crossin ...
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  • Nokwarehene 9 years ago

    Poor selection, too late changes and continued experimentation by the coach cost us this defeat; else this was a winnable match.

  • Nokwarehene 9 years ago

    Poor selection, too late changes and continued experimentation by the coach cost us this defeat; else this was a winnable match. You must be fired for your poor performance.

  • Mark 9 years ago

    Fielding Opare in this game was the biggest mistake the coach made. If he had not dropped Schlupp, it would not have been necessary to preserve Afful as a backup left back, and Essien as a backup central defender. This proble ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    Schlupp dropping was a big mistake and I said so many times at that time. Adomah and Jordan are not Blackstar material.

    Jordan needs to grow up. He was even pulling his shorts down during the game to "sagg"' Damn!!!, the ...
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  • nanaa 9 years ago

    the starting line up was all wrong. how can you say you will bring Essien and KPB in when US are tired. No body gets tired in WC playing 90mins.At this point coaches win games and that's what we are behind. But hope things ge ...
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  • Tanaa 9 years ago

    It is part of the game once you get an L expect all kinds of school of thoughts because now everybody becomes a coach.Let us be frank his strategy to bring in maestros such as Essien and KPB later was a good strategy but the ...
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  • BB 9 years ago

    what was Opare doing in the game for 90 min!??? He gave away the first goal and he played like he was still dreaming about the world cup. What a FUCK???

  • Ka Na Wu 9 years ago

    Yamin send more bad luck NDC supporters to Brazil

  • The Stallion 9 years ago

    Both American goals were against the run of play. So we will recover!
    We should have used the selection that massacred Egypt in Kumasi!!
    Had I known, is always at last!!!

  • Rabon Zee 9 years ago

    Why will coach Appiah prefer someone like Opare who did not participate in many friendly games. Is he the best in the land or there were players who were sent home without being given a chance to show their worth.

    Why did ...
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  • Kakaiku,K 9 years ago

    On the whole the team p,ayed well. Thecstrategy worked though it was put to test with the early goal.Appia has shown that he is a good coach.after loosing you will always have 20/20 hindsight coaches.This is typical of Gahaia ...
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  • Rabon Zee 9 years ago

    KK I hear what you say . We will beat Portugal and Germany and qualify for the next round.

  • America chopped Ghana 9 years ago

    J.AYEW is a good player but not a starter, atsu and the ghana crossing game was terrible, The lineup was so young and inexperience compare to that line up that beat egypt 6-1, the young players were stress because most of the ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    "My intention was to bring Essien and Boateng in when the USA team is tired"

    I thought so too and that was a good strategybut they sshould have come in to start the second half.

    I might be crazy but I still believe we c ...
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  • Rastafara"I" 9 years ago

    Any one who watched today's game saw ghana had the talent but a poor coach...Ghana needs one substitution ...Head Coach...I complained aout him on these forum about his confidence level and today he proved it...Appiah and K ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    Please leave Kwarasey alone, it would have been hard for any goalkeeper to save any of the two goals especially the second goal. Please, it was not the fault of the goalkeeper.

  • max, USA 9 years ago

    thank you rasta, that is the truth. Our coach wasn't up to the task. He didn't know what to do even after second half. This is because, they cam back playing the same system that did not work in the first half. KPB came in an ...
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  • kosh 9 years ago

    it wasnt bcos of goal keeper we got beaten,you know better than that,we got beaten because of one player and that is opare,the amount of chances he had to cross the ball and he fucked it up reminded me of john painsil,opare c ...
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  • Ern # Brasil 2014 - Kick off!! 9 years ago

    Sorry Kosh - the first goal could have been prevented by Boye........... 100% his fault.

  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    Do you really thing in order to inject pace and change the game Essien and KBP plus Adomah was the right choice? Seriously? Did you see how slow Essien was as well as KBP. Start KBP and inject pacy players like waris and Atsu ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    I will not argue with you about Essien and Adomah. I thought Essien was a right substitution and even predicted rightly to a friend who was working who needs to be changed and who should be brought in.

    It was the Atsu sub ...
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  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    When the defense is tired you bring in fast paced players who can run at them and possibly create penalties. what was the point of bringing Essien in? he is slow and was not attacking. Waris should have come in which I agree ...
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  • Ern # Brasil 2014 - Kick off!! 9 years ago

    KPB should have been a starter. His presence in the team draws opponents and creates space for other players.

    It would have been better to bring in Atsu when USA had tired legs.

    Essien was not (in my opinion) the right ...
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  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    Oh simple strategy oo very simple. Mourinho does it all the time. We are down then you bring in Essien??? what is he coming in to do? If we were leading that would have been a great choice to shield the back. Jordan was only ...
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  • macony 9 years ago

    Friends and countrymen lets not lose hope. we have two games to decide our fate. though we lost against the U.S we can still sale through beating Germany And Portugal.Ghana is a formidable and can made it. even here in the U ...
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  • Kay 9 years ago

    Appiah still thinks he got it right, with the selection snd substitutions. He is a blockhead and has no business coaching.

  • Rastafara"I" 9 years ago

    He has no confidence and has a low football IQ..his selection and substitution doomed Ghana...Why play Jordan ahead of KPB? Adomah and Jordan are not BS material...that hat trick was a flash in the pan and against South Kore ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    Jordan should not have played in this game at all. His three goals against Korea influenced this decision but I do understand. He should rather have pulled him out in the first 30 minutes.

    Waris I hope should start the nex ...
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  • STONER KOBLYNTON 9 years ago

    Coach Klinsman have studied the problem with the Black Stars been lazy starters that is why he made his men go in for the kill at the blast of the whistle. It is a strategy and it worked good for the Yankees.

  • I will blame the Coach 9 years ago

    I am happy that the coach is talking this way but i will put the blame squarely on him. In two of our friendly matches prior to the world cup, that's the game with Montenegro(not quite sure) and Holland, we conceded goals wit ...
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  • mugu yaro 9 years ago

    the Adjoa yankees triumph over the mighty Black stars because of pure selection but its not over until we say so.never say never and never say die until the bones turn to jingiwele.go black stars we are still behind you it is ...
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  • Kejetia Nkomo 9 years ago

    Ghana played good. just that we had a bad luck. Kwesi it is not over yet. Atsu must pass ball instead of scoring from angle. Thank you for good work done.

  • PEE 9 years ago

    THESE EUROPEAN PLAYERS GOT NOTHING TO LOOSETHEY HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS EXCEPT FOLKS IN GHANA WHO NEED SCOUTERS AT THE WORLD CUP.

  • Askantwi 9 years ago

    Playing Kwadwo Asamoah in defense was very idiotic. His natural play making skills created the chance for our equalizer. If he hand' moved forward we would never had equalized.

  • Nana 9 years ago

    COUCH AKWASI APPIAH SHOULD NOT BLAME ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF.
    "AKWASI APPIAH IS A CHEAP SHOT"
    WHO IS AFRAID OF THE AGED DEAD HORSE PLAYERS. ( how the heck did he kept ASAMOAH GYAN and SULLEY MUNTARI for the whole 90 minutes .

  • macony 9 years ago

    Ithink keeping Gyan and sulley was tactically good because the midfield was solidly held a.his passes were 85% accurate and he created the excellent communication between the defense and the midfield,Gyan did well but the rig ...
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  • Afo Kwami 9 years ago

    You have broken our hearts. You should have used the experienced players to start and bring the young ones when the U.S.A players are tired to change the tempo. You took too much risk and now you have broken the hearts of mil ...
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  • BATOURE Q 9 years ago

    The coach does not know what to do. he brought in adomah,to do what? you drop ACCAM FOR this useless player who plays like PRINCE TAIGO.what you need is DAVID ACCAM to brake down the defense and scoring will be easy. i know ...
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  • OBIBINI 9 years ago

    What were the mallams,the prophets and the Kwaku Bonsams doing? Did they go to sleep or what? God and juju help those who help themselves.Believe in the Mallams,the Prophets and the Kwaku Bonsams and you will live to regret.

  • Jid 9 years ago

    AKWESI APPIAH IS TACTICALLY OUT OF HIS COACHING ABILITY.. HOW CAN YOU JUST START A PLAYER YOU NEVER EBEN THOUGHT OF USING HIM DURING YOUR INTERNATIONALLY FRIENDLY'S. ALSO BENCH HARRISON AFFUL IN REPLACEMENT OF ASAMOAH.. YOU A ...
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  • Kofi - USA 9 years ago

    WITH YOUR INFERIORITY COMPLEX, IF YOU PREFER THE WHITE COACHES GO FOR THEM. BLACKS SHOULD LEARN HOW TO DEPEND ON THEMSELVES AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOUR ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES. THESE SHALLOW THINKING THAT THE WHITE IS BETT ...
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  • K - London 9 years ago

    I agree with you to the Max Kofi-USA. How can we be thinking to bring in a white coach? Ghana, we have a long way to go. The Coach does not play the game, if players don't execute his plans no coach can win. - WE NEED KINGSTO ...
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  • lord bajee 9 years ago

    You r one of those people who will take us all Africans back to slavery. You want the white man to be on top of us again. Renew your mind. Ok . Everybody loss at certain point in life. Nobody is perfect

  • jabez 9 years ago

    You need to open your mind .what do you mean by we?say you want the white man to rule you and your family foolish talk.Ghana is moving for and trusting its own to succeed.
    What should the Spanish say?.Education yourself,farg ...
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  • Stars & Stripes 9 years ago

    The BS were great in the 60s and they had a great, full-blooded Ghanaian coach - CHARLES KUMI GYAMFI!

  • kofi 9 years ago

    Retard !

  • Ashford K, Maryland 9 years ago

    I dont buy that nonsense,this is tactical mediocrity. You have to play your strongest and when you are goals up you bring in fresh energy.Appiah must remember this is soccer at it's highest level and the slightest miscalculat ...
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  • Nana 9 years ago

    HOW MANY GOAL DID ASAMOAH GYAN WASTED AND WAS STILL KEPT IN THE GAME?

  • Joseph ganyobi 9 years ago

    Please blackstars players. .please if with all due respect to you. .I know you will read this in your hotel room in Brazil. ..Your coach has no clue about what is going on. ..use your own experience and be smart in your next ...
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  • lord bajee 9 years ago

    Do u watch the match or someone informed u about it. ASAMOAH Gyan was at his best.

  • Stars & Stripes 9 years ago

    He wasted a crucial penalty kick in 2010 (for Uruguay's Suarez hand-catching the ball in the goal post).

  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    How can you bring Essien and kbp in when the opposition is tired? you rather bring in slow paced players? Dumbass. why did mexico bring in chicharito in the dying minutes. to run at the defense when they are tired. Let Kbp st ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    What you are suggesting is not the answer. If you start KPB, Essien and others you are suggesting who you admit are slow, you cannot play a fast gsme to tire the US team. Atsu and Jordan tired the team and the Coach was count ...
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  • Slimzee 9 years ago

    Sulley and Ayew will have still got the defense tired. with Gyan also running at them. Fact is with the weather conditions and these players they will have still gotten tired. Then Atsu, Waris and co could have come in. You a ...
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  • Sammythe Sheriff 9 years ago

    Yes I am, if you believe old Sulley and Gyan could have tired the American team. Once again, goodnight and let's hope for the better for our next two games. All is not lost yet.

  • JATO 9 years ago

    No Kwasi Appiah, the other way around: You start with Essien, Prince, Ageman Badu, Wakaso, and bring in the second class players(Jordan, Adoma, Rabui,)after we load the goals. You have to know how to read the match. Especial ...
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  • Kay 9 years ago

    This coach thinks backwards, and is so slooow to react when things are not going well, and when he finally, too late, reacts he gets it all wrong! Man, with these talented players!

  • Kobena 9 years ago

    It was indeed the Coach's fault. His thinking of bringing the best players later shows that he under rated the ability of USA to destabilise us before the second half. How on earth could a coach reserve your best genuine play ...
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  • KKO 9 years ago

    This game really showed the mediocrity that is plaguing Ghana today! Atsu was the most exciting player on the Ghana side. He realised very early in the first half that the forwards were not making good use of his crosses to t ...
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  • candoo 9 years ago

    AA got this wrong. kwadwo asamoah should be in the midfield... john boye fell asleep and opare was also dreaming... u always start with proven players... rabiu Jordan atsu gamble gamble

  • oluwele 9 years ago

    Kwasi Appiah is an idiot to start with that line up, I knew he was foolish and useless coach.

  • JATO 9 years ago

    How can you use a friendly match to make decision for world cup?

  • Jetmoney 9 years ago

    I do Sincerly respect u as gentleman but I think u clueless when it comes to imternational games... U repeating mistakes over and over and over

  • icon 9 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah you're DEVIL COACH & GOD Will PUNISH YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TODAY FUCKING DEVIL COACH!!!

  • Rastafara"I" 9 years ago

    Germany will give ghana 6-0...the players have lost hope now....Appiah is a fool he underestimated the USA

  • ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA. 9 years ago

    FOOLISH COACH

  • Adjoa Serwaa 9 years ago

    Ghana can still push forward. Let's pray for our boys.

  • macony 9 years ago

    I LIKE U BRO. WHAT ARE ALL THESE INSULTS FOR? LETS RATHER PRAY FOR BETTER RESULTS IN THE REST 2 GROUP MATCHES. GHANA IS EVEN FEARED BY THE TOP GUNS. GERMANY IS SCARED AND SO IS PORTUGAL.WE CAN SAIL THROUGH

  • Ken Ntiamoa 9 years ago

    All the people making all this noise about the coach don't even know how to swing their right legs let alone their left legs.

    Please stop your monday morning coaching because it will not make the slightest difference.

    K ...
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  • Nyansasem 9 years ago

    I can't understand why you Ghanaians don't like criticism.

    The President and politicians don't like criticism

    The Chiefs and elders don't like criticism.

    The husband don't like criticism from his wife at home.

    Th ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    It is not too late. The Black Stars can bounce back. Just get one win, and one draw, and pray for two other teams to play poorly.

  • qp 9 years ago

    Where were you dress to? KA. Show off. You have not finish the job and you dress like going to......Check coach Milo dressing.

  • Couch Potato 9 years ago

    Ghana played a darn good game and clearly the best team in and from Africa. Give them a break. Our boys do not play together as often as the Americans. Watch thePother African teams and you will see that Ghanaian players ...
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  • Ashelewa 9 years ago

    First of all i want to congratulate you for taking Black stars to the world cup.
    Secondaly, i want to advice you to be smart and try to read a lot about other teams that you play with.This will help you a lot tactically.Afte ...
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  • shaqmoo 9 years ago

    This is very bad selection. How on earth would one put second class players when you have first class players on the bench....
    sheer stupidity

  • Prof. Appiah, USA 9 years ago

    This young man works like horse. Where was he? Jordan shouldn't have started the game at all. Your desire to please Abedi caused our defeat. That's why foreign coaches do better.

  • ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA. 9 years ago

    ASS HOLE KWASI APPIAH

  • Kk3 9 years ago

    Kwasi Appiah, either you don't have control over English or you are a bloody fool! I danced when you were named coach sir. You were not expecting a goal that early? When were you expecting a goal? Did you know anything about ...
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  • Ama Grace 9 years ago

    Ghana had a great game.

  • Good Game 9 years ago

    Black start were better than the US but out of luck

  • macony 9 years ago

    GHANA PLAYED THE BEST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT BUT LUCK WAS ON OUR SIDE. THIS IS WAT ABOUT 3 U.S SOCCER ANALYST SAID ON POST MATCH COMMENTARY . HAVE HOPE

  • Ama Grace 9 years ago

    Shame

  • Papa Agyemang 9 years ago

    Ama Grace leave the game of soccer to the men. You have no idea what soccer is all about and probably do not even know how to use the keyboard

  • name 9 years ago

    You are a fool, who said females do not know about soccer, you idiotic male chauvinist, kiss my dirty ass.

  • King 9 years ago

    Check kwesi Appiah account maybe Klinsmann paid him to start poor, We got to know Klinsmann was paid just to score Ghana not for the cup. Why Kwesi was wearing suit when every coach is have tshit on......

  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    if there is one place Ghanaians do not consider tribe...it's thir football

  • JOJO 9 years ago

    all you idiots stop insulting the coach and players they did their best, it just wasn't their day to win. if you want to insult somebody go insult all those stupid corrupt priest that claimed they had a vision from God of Gha ...
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  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    ..but Allah

  • Kk3 9 years ago

    The US beat your team on common sense. Can you beat Germany and Portugal on common sense? What are you made of?This fear or inaction against abrofo permeates every aspect of African society. Show your mettle if you have any.. ...
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  • Ama Badua 9 years ago

    The Black Stars played like they are just waiting for the USA to lose the game since they have beaten the USA twice and forgetting that every team that came to compete in the World Cup is out there in Brazil to win.I wonder i ...
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  • Joseph ganyobi 9 years ago

    Please blackstars players. ...Please get to geather and come down. ..we believe in you we all know you can do it....Please
    . ...Please. .You. have a clueless coach use your own experience and we asked YEHOWA blessings for yo ...
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  • TOOMUCH 9 years ago

    we did not see opare in our friendlys and also why must you start jordan and leave K.P.B on the bench wrong

  • ghana 9 years ago

    ghanaian appreciate the boy pls they did a good job.beside that in soccer anything can happen

  • Prof. Appiah, USA 9 years ago

    This young man works like a horse when he plays. Why keep him out of the game?

  • Ama Buoh 9 years ago

    Mister Akwasi Appiah, are you bragging or complaining? Is it not your job as coach to ensure that your players concentrate and remain focussed at all times during the game? So if they didn't and conceded that early goal, who ...
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  • GHANA FIRST 9 years ago

    On a normal circumstance KPB and Essien should not have been benched
    You should have started with your best and when you have got what you wanted maybe you sbstitute them to avoid injury and make them rest for the next matc ...
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  • Sel 9 years ago

    Opare was terrible. Not a single successful cross. Given that the US packed the middle, our delivery from wide positions were important. Opare just kept wasting possession. John Boye was horrendous.

  • mugu1 9 years ago

    why replaced jordon who was doing very good at the time ?AA was not in his mind

  • ANANSE KWAKU 9 years ago

    Awurade y'awu! Akwasi Appiah mpo nie na Maxwell Kunadu....What kind of a Coach did we hire? How can you keep our "talisman" on bench and bring him in when "USA are tired"? Let them start and after we've scored the goals, you ...
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  • Tony 9 years ago

    Am glad a lot of people saw what I knew Kwasi was a local player,so he cant coach these profesionals.Boye and Opare was waste materials

  • Kwame792 9 years ago

    the stupid coach was just envious of their status and thought he would show them who the boss is ,such an ego trip.
    it just so hurtful that a handful of Ghanaians would abuse power to choose such daft ass hole to coach such ...
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  • Bye bye 9 years ago

    Poor clueless coach like poor clueless Mahama

  • Abdul 9 years ago

    What if the game was won? Did the boys paly that bad of a game? What's wrong with you guys. You should be appreciative of the boys' sacrifices. Yeah, I know you guys have issues with Jordan and Rabiu. Which of you would s ...
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  • Kwaw Nyarko 9 years ago

    I am all for GHANA. Win or loose the Black Stars represented us with honor. We shall rise AGAIN.

  • Ghanaboii 9 years ago

    Proof that AA doesn't know what he's doing; "My intension was to bring Essien and Boateng on when the USA are tired" You're suppose to start with your experience players and when USA get tired, that's why you bring on your yo ...
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  • Ghanaboii 9 years ago

    And I know for a fact, this was not our initial lineup coming into this game. You changed it the minute Jordan scored the hat-trick. Fooliness

  • Kay 9 years ago

    He wavers, he does not know what he is doing, that's why he lacks comfidence and conviction. Not fit for a coach

  • OSEI ASSIBEY-USA 9 years ago

    Just couldn't phantom AA's naivety! How could u pick your weakest link over your stronger players? I do not know what is going to save u this cos am very disappointed in u.

    I thought after 4 years of study in the UK for y ...
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  • COMAN ---Virginia 9 years ago

    Kwasi Appiah seems to be the most stupid person on earth.

  • jabez 9 years ago

    You are the stupid one!give your reason abua.

  • okoampa 9 years ago

    We African's have no pride. how can you start a world cup game with such mental softness. We have a fool as a coach, who looks forward to the next game, rather present. you win one came at a time. Did he do his scoutting. ...
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  • Papa Agyemang 9 years ago

    Appiah must go!!! This is poor decision making and the coach must go

  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    WHEN I WAS INSULTING DR. AA. PPL SAID I WAS DISRESPECTFUL. NOW, LOOK AT YOU ALL HURLING INSULTS. USA WERE USING THE WINGS TO BREAK US. WE SHOULD HAVE DOMINATED THE MIDFIELD, BUT WE DIDNT. ACQUAH AND BADU IN MIDFIELD WOULD HAV ...
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  • MOMO 9 years ago

    Even Spain lost 5 and Portugal lost 4,Greece lost 3 and Uruguay lost, mistakes do happen in game and you get punished for it, let us all really behind our Team for the next game

  • PEE 9 years ago

    STOP USING FOREIGN PLAYERS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THESE FOREIGN PLAYERS HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE. HOME LEAGUE PLAYERS ARE HUNGRY TO PLAY IN EUROPE AND HEY WILL PLAY THEIR BEST.

  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    These professionals who made up our team, do not have the team spirit. They care more about their contracts than playing for the nation. With the exception of Ivory Coast, all the African teams are on the verge of elimination ...
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  • xxx 9 years ago

    GHANAIANS ARE REALLY FUNNY....THEY BLAME COACHES ,PLAYERS ANYHOW AS IF WE HAVE EVER BEEN FAVOURITES FOR WORLD CUP.
    HEY...MY PEOPLE WE PLAYED WELL ..AFTER ALL DROGBA WAS BENCHED ...WE HE CAME ON THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE....FOOT ...
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  • nana 9 years ago

    akwesi appaih must be fired. how could a so called coach think about that. he should have started kpb and essian. kpb scored the first goal in 2010 and he could have done that again.

  • Joseph ganyobi 9 years ago

    Please blackstars. ..You can do it. .You have a clueless coach. ..first of all he has no business bringing you to America for camping here that is no brainer. ...Please please if you can read this in your hotel rooms get all ...
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  • Antiochus - London 9 years ago

    Is that the best we can do with all the millions of dollars earmarked for this tournament?

  • YAW 9 years ago

    Total waste of scarce Ghanaian resources. The thinking of Appiah is beyond idiocy! wow!!!!

  • icon 9 years ago

    AKWASI APPIAH YOU'RE FUCKING DEVIL COACH & I Hope GOD Will PUNISH YOU For What You DID TODAY ASS HOLE!!!!

  • Kofi Samuel 9 years ago

    Kwesi Appiah is not up to the task. He must be fired Immeadiately. What a shame and disappointment.

  • Nelson mandela 9 years ago

    using kwadzo at lacktra defence was a big disastrous for us .

  • kojo, USA 9 years ago

    Terrible Opare....omg
    Very very bad...he was soo poor

  • Karboo 9 years ago

    What's painful is, Ghana has quality and talent to have easily qualify from this group but for misjudgment in selection. I wasn't impressed with the US team considering the talks from them prior to the game. I'm not sure why ...
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  • Stoway 9 years ago

    Essien neednt play this game. He broke the midfield and was idle when the goal was scored. Appiah is just not a coach, the reason Gfa hurriedly renewed his contract even before he is really tested.
    Fatau Dauda would have sav ...
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  • Nat 9 years ago

    I am sorry , the # jersey guy paved away to all those gools. He is just a stupid defender I mean he paved easy way. So I said they should change him and the same guy was there and let away the second gool. We can still do be ...
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  • davide kwesi 9 years ago

    what a disgrace coach dumb fuck !you have 2 of the best players on the planet essien and boateng and they don't start the game !this is a disgrace and im emberrased to have ghanain blood !this is a tribute to the stupidity of ...
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  • davide kwesi 9 years ago

    you better never come back too Miami appiah coach dumbfuck sellout !!!disgrace you destroyed ghanain hopes with your politics you going to pay.not starting boateng or essien if this was Colombia this coach would be shot .you ...
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  • DL 9 years ago

    From an American (probably with a great deal of Ghanian ancestry), your side played well. Go get three points against Germany!

  • Daniel. 9 years ago

    Thanks, DL. I decided not make any comments on any of the postings. I'm a Ghanaian living in America and feeling sad that we lost this match. I just liked your post and decided to, at least, acknowledge it. I can see, unlike ...
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  • kenkey queen 9 years ago

    POOR LINE UP! Why on earth did kwesi appiah bench proper players Wakasso,Inkoom,KPB and Essien? They should've played from the start. Coach must go. kwasia buulu

  • KHOPIA 9 years ago

    aKwasi appiah is not a coach, he is an aplankay. the twat says what? we must sack him now, along his village headmaster, kwesi nyantakyi and the rest of the clowns in the GFA.

  • Naa baby 9 years ago

    so sad Ghana don't try at all Germany will win start packing

  • Papa Agyemang 9 years ago

    Appiah is a rookie coach, imitating the Ivorian strategy

  • mike 9 years ago

    Appia;please take a risk and play Afful and Inkoom at right and left back and i also wanna see kwadwo Asamoah and Badu in our midfield,else Germany will trash us.

  • franzy 9 years ago

    There is still hope, we hv seen our mistake's,we will beat Germany and Portugal

  • Kofi Nyame USA 9 years ago

    The Black Stars have never played any better in world cup matches. They did very well. Akwasi Appiah is better than any of the foreign coaches we have had. Citizens have confidence in the abilities of black people. The black ...
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  • Kofi - USA 9 years ago

    THEY OUTPLAYED THE US JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY SCORED AT THE LAST MINUTE. GIVE THE BOYS CREDIT FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. BETTER TEAMS LIKE PORTUGAL, COLOMBIA, ETC EVEN GOT BEAT. THEY DID THE BEST AND IT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. TH ...
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  • WAB 9 years ago

    THIS GUY REALLY COST US THE GAME, OPARE SHOULD BE SEND BACK TO GHANA. Essien is too old. We will still get to the next round.

  • charles 9 years ago

    For those you that think our coaches always have to be whitemen; Your mind is not working correctly. Why cant we accept our kind sometimes?

  • CHARLES 9 years ago

    THE GREATEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD HAVE ALL LOST OPEN MATCHES IN WORLD CUP. ARGENTINA LOST TO CAMEROON IN 199O.

  • Kojo Owusu 9 years ago

    You shut the hell up bro!

  • WAB 9 years ago

    Yes we will still qualify, 3 points from this group will still be good, we need to beat Portugal and get a draw against Germany. Selection was very good, only Opare sucked , that guy is tooooo known dont field him again

  • TRUTH HURTS 9 years ago

    in your dreams. qualify? against who? you think Portugal is also not saying the same with seriousness? and you think Germany is going to take it easy on Ghana? the Germans will play even harder against us to secure themselve ...
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  • Referee 9 years ago

    Jordan is leaving in his brother's shadows. My recommendation for him would be to play in a highly competitive league outside of his brother and build his own stature, aura and striking ability. He would be a powerful striker ...
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  • kwabena Asante Boston Mass. 9 years ago

    you made a big mistake that you did no start Kevin and Essien in the begining experience is the best master

  • kwabena Asante Boston Mass. 9 years ago

    you are down and you saying Ghana will still qualify you need John Mensah is too late waste of government money

  • TRUTH HURTS 9 years ago

    THE ECONOMY AND Giant super market chains in USA stood a chance of loosing millions dollars of sales in this world cup season just like they did last 4years. The only solution was make sure they win by bribing Akwasia Appiah. ...
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  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    GH WAS BEAT. I TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST ARTILLERY FOR WAR. IF YOUR GENERAL IS AN IDIOT. UR ARMYMEN WILL COME HOME IN BODYBAGS. THIS IS WAT HAPPENED. GH/AA WERENT BRIBED. KLINSMANN BEAT GH WITH TECHNIQUES.

  • Stars & Stripes 9 years ago

    Repeat five times: Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin! And his full name Kevin Prince Boateng.

  • Murtala 9 years ago

    No, not the early goal but u are the disaster. U were technically bankcrupt and had no answer to the team tactical problems. If Ghana was a serious country u would have recieved your dismisal letter right after the last game. ...
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  • Kojo Owusu 9 years ago

    Looking at how coach Kwesi Appiah was dressed I figured out very early that he was confused.'He no sabi shit'Hope someone fires his ass before they get home.Very stupid decision that cost us a game that was within reach.

  • Nana 9 years ago

    A.A what he have to do in teams of selection n the boys all so did their best, it was not our day n after all we are not De Best soccer nation so none of you guys should insult Mr A.A.

  • Eric NY 9 years ago

    Ghana played a very good game unfortunately we lost please let us not blame anyone rather move on .
    Kudos to the coach they lift the nation high but we lost to the better side.
    Good luck

  • Referee 9 years ago

    Jordan needs a striking coach purposely to psyche him, build him and mold him into a fearless, bullish, all round goal hungry, highly confident and unstoppable striking machine and force in the whole of Europe. He has it and ...
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  • Jelly 9 years ago

    We have a goalkeeper who kept the post without a score with South Korea and this G'keeper was Fatau Duada. Why then didn't the coach keep him in the post but rather brought in another one? Second, why start Andrea Ayew whom t ...
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  • Kofi - USA 9 years ago

    YOU DONT HAVE ANY FACTS. THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A GOALKEEPER. YOUR FATAU DAUDA IS NOT BETTER THAN ADAM. ONLY IN GHANA WILL A SEAT WARMER LIKE FATAU BE INVITED TO BE ON A WORLD CUP SQUAD. IF HE IS GOOD HE WOULD BE PLAYING ...
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  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    don't even get him close to the post

  • pc 9 years ago

    in the modern game the defenders do not defend alone mid field players are required to be behind the ball

    they double team crowd out the 18yd box. if you score its going to have to be special as in the ayew goal and both ...
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  • ALEENO 9 years ago

    Tell Ghanaian where you come and base in America.u Know what u are doing.U will reap what u sow.

  • Sam 9 years ago

    Because all of Ghana sucks at Tamagotchi! HA HA HA HA

  • Okusie 9 years ago

    And talking fool, players loosing concentration within the first minutes of this important competition, damm!!. Germany did us a big favor but with the help of our coach, we buried ourselves in deep hole. Useless coach indeed ...
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  • ike 9 years ago

    the reason why friendly games is to prepare ur team. we concieved early goals in our friendlys and you couldnt fix it before the big game. bad coaching and tactical team period.

  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    Akwasi Appiah does not use his brain. we had this same problem in our game against the Netherlands

  • S O. 9 years ago

    RAJEVAC PLAYED INKOOM ON THE RIGHT IN THE LAST WORLD CUP. DON'T BE AFRAID OF NOT SELECTING MUNTARI. HE IS SLUGGISH AND ONE FOOTED EVENTHOUGH HE CAN STILL SHOOT. APPIAH OUT.

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Just finding it difficult to understand that in a must win game like this the coach will leave a player like Kevin Boateng on the bench and pair Jordan with Gyan. Yes Jordan scored three goals against Korea but that was a fr ...
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  • joe china 9 years ago

    appiah must known better that the american are well prepared for the game.

  • EWE MAN 9 years ago

    YOU GHANANIANS ARE GREEDY AND STUPID PEOPLE, YOU ONLY USE YOUR FUCKING MOUTH TO JUDGE PEOPLE ANY HOW, MEANWHILE, YOU CAN NOT PLAY THE MATCH WELL. HE GOD BLESSES PEOPLE, NOT MAN. AMERICAN WON IT IS GOD,S FAVOR. GIVE A BREAK, L ...
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  • SIRWAGON. U S A 9 years ago

    i think is stupid for this EWE MAN to make such unreasonable comment about ghanains .who dont want his country to win ?. just so u know greediness has nothing to do with soccer .

  • xxx 9 years ago

    the first goal is really disaster but it not the real reason of the lose. every body in the Ghana team do better than them in the USA, but as a team they are not.
    the coach Apriial should find the real reason of the fail ...
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  • Edinam 9 years ago

    They are coming back sooner than we think. Wherein lies our priorities as a nation? We DO NOT have energy to do anything, our women , children and the aged cannot get basic medical care , yet we are able to find hundreds of ...
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  • kojo 9 years ago

    Appiah, I had enough respect for you but highly disappointed in this decision and assumption. Waiting for what, get the going going. 3 points dashed away to this undeserving US team.

  • Joojo, Sask, Canada 9 years ago

    I have defended Coach Appiah on this forum several times; but I'm not happy with his post-game comments /analysis of Ghana's loss to the USA. A good coach should have a 'killer-instinct' & try to inject the same attitude into ...
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  • ike 9 years ago

    Coach A.A lack ideas, how can u say early goal was a disaster, didnt u see holland, costa rica and ivory coast fought back and won. it should have been a wake up call not a disaster. the second goal was a disaster. BADDDD TAC ...
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  • GHFUO, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago

    THERE IS NO DISCIPLINE AMONGST THEM. THE PLAYERS ARFE ACTING ANYHOW. AAIS SUPPOSED TO INSTILL DISCIPLINE, BUT HE HIMSELF DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO DISCIPLINE HIMSELF. GH WILL LOSE ALL 3 GAMES. WE WENT WITH THIS AFUOM COACH N WE W ...
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  • Emmanuel kwao addiah 9 years ago

    Appiah, time to think again. I don't know why he started Jordan over prince. Why you refused to sub the #4 for inkoom or afful. Why he sub atsu for adoma, and why he waited that long to sub rabiu...Please think again, you pla ...
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  • Dr. Kwame Essien 9 years ago

    I am in full support of the use of a local coach over foreign ones. Appiah's had a vision which no one understands. His game strategy today is the worst I have seen in over 30 years in Ghana's soccer history. Appiah's perform ...
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  • Nkae 9 years ago

    What was wrong with that stupid defender with stylist hair,Boye.Did he go to Brazil to show his hair or play soccer.He was dead asleep.He needs to wake up.So stupid wasting space.We don't need lazy players like that.

  • Robert Amponsah 9 years ago

    You go for a war and you leave all your brave men at home and took the weak to battle front. how do you expect to conquer your opponent. This is the case of ghana and u.s.a match.This coach must be SACK for lack of knowledge ...
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  • NANA YAW 9 years ago

    Blame Mahama and Afriyea Ankrah

  • Mohammed Awuni 9 years ago

    does he not have work to do in Ghana?
    Is sports only about the black stars?

  • Dr Akaminko 9 years ago

    OK !

  • abz 9 years ago

    stupid and the time they tyred they have score u, think mannnnn

  • francis a 9 years ago

    the blame go to ghana coach,we have problem difference going to africa cup and now useless lineup

  • francis a 9 years ago

    corrupt coach adomah in game we done

  • Kwadwo, UK 9 years ago

    Listen to what he is saying that he wanted to bring them in when they are tired instead of bringing in the experienced first

  • Lapalm 9 years ago

    This is the most stupid thing l have ever heard any coach says. If we have to go anywhere in this world-cup then this is my selection for the next game:
    Adams
    Defence: Afful, Sumaila Mensah, Rabiu
    Midfield: Essien, KPB, K ...
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  • okoto 9 years ago

    Blame Appiah for not changing opare earlier on

  • Nii from Mamprobi 9 years ago

    This was America's World Cup Final...
    ( They wanted it more, they were ready to died for USA, they lost three players and dempsey broke nose). We(Ghana)were too cocky...from Ghana coach down to all Ghana players.

    Gyan has ...
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  • noah peter, Los angeleas california 9 years ago

    coach Appiah should be fired for his lack of tactics and poor selection in the game. How can he bench the quality players like Prince Boateng and Micheal Essien, but start with inexperience Rabiu Mohammed and Christian Atsu. ...
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  • Jetmoney 9 years ago

    We have every right to accuse the coach for this lost...which team didn't play their best in an open game... Ahhh u put our interstines in fire

  • JAson 9 years ago

    Isn't he that had a big mouth in the media about reaching further than in 2006?

    hahah well...I think he meant not going further then in 2006. He should be sacked!

    He is poor coach and is not about local or non-local...G ...
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  • legend 9 years ago

    opare, adomah & kwarasy must be out

  • Otoo 9 years ago

    This Appiah man should just shutup. He is not an international coach. He is just a 3rd class coach with no international experience as a player or as a coach. Just SACK this bloody bogus coach.

  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 9 years ago

    JOHN BOYES AND JONATHAN MENSAHS MISTAKE BECAUSE USA PLAYED VERY CERFUL AND TIGHT DEFENCE GAME-

  • S O. 9 years ago

    IF MUNTARI IS NOT PICKED FOR IMPORTANT GAMES HE CAUSES TROUBLE. THIS COACH SELECTED HIM OUT OF FEAR. I EXPECT CHANGES IN OUR NEXT GAME. I WANT RAJEVAC OR A FOREIGN COACH.

  • Akua 9 years ago

    Please leave the goalie alone,if somebody is to be blamed then the coach and the funcy defence they were just amateur.A keeper is helpless when his defence defend like shit.We are now out of the tournament b'cos we can never ...
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  • Concern Ghanaian 9 years ago

    Kwasi, don't say this again that you decided to bring Boateng and Essien when USA team are tired, that is stupid, why were you thinking like that whiles you know you have start with your best. This is very stupid of your part ...
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  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 9 years ago

    THIS IS NOT NEW ZAMBIANS TRY TO BEAT US IN KUMASI,2-1

  • apetupre-usa 9 years ago

    Appiah is okay but I think Afful would have been better than Opare his concentration wasn't there

  • kofi konadu columbus ohio 9 years ago

    early goal means more time to regroup and win a game, its late goal that is devastating wrong to state that.
    2. wrong player selection and substitution adomah and opare should be rested next match.
    3. whose idea was it that ...
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  • Co-Equal 9 years ago

    I hate to be a Ghanaian at this stage. If we stupid thinkers at the top wasting Ghana's hard earned money on foolish things,this is what we get.

  • KG 9 years ago

    The coach is too proud to admit the Tactical Bunkruptcy of his initial selection.

  • CRAZYBOY 9 years ago

    AM VERY ANGRY ,THIS COACH NEEDS TO BE SACKED

  • SURPRISED! 9 years ago

    “That early goal was a disaster. We were not expecting that,”

    This is a pitiful comment.
    You still had 90 MINUTES after that goal.

    Snookered early by Montenegro, by Holland, and now by the U.S.

    Essien should ha ...
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  • DON 9 years ago

    "I was waiting when they get tired b4 i bring Essien and Kevin on" What kind of Makola tactics is this? You have tanks at your military base and you lead war with pick up trucks...SAD

  • BORBOR 9 years ago

    KWASIA! LIKE GHANA'S POLITICAL LEADERS, VISIONLESS LEADERSHIP IS COSTING GHANA A FORTUNE, AND IT SHOWS IN EVERYTHING OUR LEADERS DO.

    APPIAH SADLY AND FOOLISHLY FORGOT THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE US WORLD CUP TEAM IN BRAZI ...
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  • Katango go zambia 9 years ago

    Why is AA never seen in any pre-match interviews. Asamoah Gyan does the talking for the coach. Disgusting line-up to such a cheap to win game

  • Aspes 9 years ago

    The BSG's defeat could be described in two words: wrong choices.
    Kwarasey, Jordan and Rabui were wrong choices for the first game. And the timing of the substitutions was wrong. Jordan for instance should have been substitut ...
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  • malcolm, bulwak 9 years ago

    poor defence.opare, boye, Jonathan mensah cause our downfall, they were woefully ineffective. what a shame.

  • Yussif 9 years ago

    just listen to yourself Appiah, you were thinking to bring Essien and Kevin after the Americans are tired, you are definitely not the right man for the job. You have woefully disappointed us, why Adam Kwarasey in the goalpost

  • BORBOR 9 years ago

    GERMANY BEAT MIGHTY PORTUGAL 4 NIL.

    IF GHANA BS DO NOT TAKE CARE, THEY'LL GO DOWN 20 NIL.

  • NII OTU 9 years ago

    I don't understand why the Blackstars was taken from Silas Tetteh at the time and given to Kwesi Appiah instead of he Silas. Kwesi doesn't have tactics, was so inexperienced, so short of ideas and he doesn't have any attackin ...
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  • ffonky 9 years ago

    We´ve didn´t lost to a better side so that we´ll see the glory of God.
    I think we didn´t lost to a better side,
    The buy did well alright. It´s just a lessen for us to take every minute of the game serious. Concentratio ...
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  • sam 9 years ago

    in fact kwasi appiah is the victim for ghana

  • Confusion 9 years ago

    At least i won my super bet... hehehe
    Money is sweet!!!!!

  • USAGHA 9 years ago

    Only a K-1 student makes decisions based on "I thought." Coach Akwesi James Appiah should know that you don't go to war with un-firing cylinders to win the war, what a joker.

  • USAGHA 9 years ago

    Coach Appiah should have considered the feelings of Ghanaian funs and nation b/4 making the starting line-up decision. Soccer game is like a war, so a coach must equip his "solders" with the most reliable firing "ammunition" ...
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  • David-Agyei Johnson 9 years ago

    GHANA HAVE A TEAM .BUT THE MISTAKE FORM COACH SIMPLE BECAUSE HE HAVE TO PLAY 442 INFORMATION AND THE FIRST 11 IS NOT THE BEST 11 FOR LINEUP.I STILL HOPE GHANA CAN DO BEST.GHANA WILL WIN 2.1 AGAINST GERMAN

  • Kofi Agyin 9 years ago

    Blame the GFA who appointed Akwasi Appiah in the first place. Cheap anything is expensive in the end. Watching the team play all agrees regarding the raw talent of the team inspite of the elementary errors. Tactical disciplin ...
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  • Asare 9 years ago

    This same episode happened when we played Niederlands. I was at the stadium.
    Football begins when the refree whistels then one needs to be 100 percent present. The late inclussion of Prince Boateng was not the best to my opi ...
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  • Futurama 9 years ago

    Will be very happy for Ghana's early exit. At least Ghana can save lots of dollars on the huge government officials. As I posted earlier,it is a curse for Ghana to qualify for the World Cup. Officials would seize the opportun ...
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  • BOY KOFI 9 years ago

    Kwesi Appiah is too small for the Black Stars,his side played without any clear tactics.If Black Stars want to advance into the next round then they need to review their tactics,the technical bench is very poor for a world cu ...
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  • zibit sweden 9 years ago

    Am in europe surportin my country wit all my heart nd raisin my flag up..u mad suck cock woman coach betrade me,,,God punish u,,idiot,u r givin us tales sayin u want bring Essien nd prince when the state were tire..u r very s ...
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  • KOJO 9 years ago

    Nyantakyi, Appiah, Konadu must all be sack. If two fair coloured sensible white men can deliver victory for us at that level then how come our own black man failed in that regard? he must be sack period

  • Leslie UK 9 years ago

    The boys did their best. Matches like this demand 100% concentration. We should go back to the formations we used in the previous two world cups. Five defenders and a good right winger who can run up and down to help the defe ...
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  • NANA AKUFO ADDO 9 years ago

    EVERYTHING TEAM IS IN THE WORLD CUP TO WIN. AND SO AS SOON AS THE WHISTLE GOES FOR THE START OF A MATCH YOU SHOULD BE READY AND ALERT LIKE A CAT TRAILING A MOUSE. YOU CAN'T BE THINKING OF FUFU, AB3TI3 OR BANKU. WHAT IS THE ...
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  • Eddie 9 years ago

    Same old story,Kwesi is not cappable... Why do we always need develope countries to assit us? we will end on a bad note,on this World Cup.

  • KWABENA 9 years ago

    KWADWO ASAMOAH SHOULD HAVE PLAYED USUAL MID POSITION AND AFUL AT THE BACK. AGAIN INSTEAD OF JORDAN ,PRINCE AND THE LAST CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE EARLY BECOS JORDAN NOT SO GOOD

  • Derick USA 9 years ago

    Opare starting was wrong move.

  • lud 9 years ago

    opare is bad player n jonathan mensah 2

  • tengan polycarp 9 years ago

    the line of the black stars show the result at the start of the march. the start-up line is just total rubbish. the coach technical eye is not good for ever zero. he should be remove to go and look for his technical eye. poor ...
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  • paa nii 9 years ago

    not playing boateng from the start in a must win game its would have been as attacking as possible as we only have one attacker , boateng could have filled this place , in terms of the defence john boyes defending for the 1st ...
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  • ABBA 9 years ago

    STEPHEN ADAMA SHOULD BE THE NEXT GOAL KEEPER FOT THE NEXT GAME.

  • APOYERI DANIEL 9 years ago

    Appiah was tactically wrong on the day. He should take the blame for our defeat

  • Papapaa 9 years ago

    na who cause the disaster?.you are a fool to talk like you are doing..foolish man.go say this to your motherfucker mama..aboa ba

  • Koku 9 years ago

    Mr Appiah that disaster was the result of your lack of foresight.
    1. The Stars lack appetite to energise the game.This was evidenced in the slow start approach to the game.
    2What was the rational in not starting two of your ...
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  • jojo 9 years ago

    sore losers shut the hell up, we did good and just need to take our chances in the next game. we can beat Germany and Portugal and as for USA they just got lucky and will not advance from this group.

  • xxx 9 years ago

    ALL TWO GOALS WERE AS A RESULT OF THE KEEPER NOT CONCENTRATING .DO NOT BLAME THE COACH ALTHOUGH THE FIRST ELEVEN COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER...TO ME APPIAH HAS DONE A LOT...FOOTBALL IS A WIN OR LOOSE ...PORTUGAL LOST 4 TO 0... WHO ...
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  • xxx 9 years ago

    WE HAD A GOOD GAME.....THE TYPE OF INSULT SOME THROW TO OUR NATIONAL COACH IS UNFAIR....OUR GOAL KEEPER LET US DOWN ..WATCH THE GAME AGAIN AND IT WILL BE EVIDENT

  • Bobby Perth Amboy New Jersey US 9 years ago

    Ghana got it wrong that is what happens when u have an African coach all the African teams have a coach from over seas why not Ghana I am a Ghanian born but I am an American citizen I am now all the way for USA.

  • Che 9 years ago

    How could you keep Jordan Ayew on the field and Boateng sits on the bench?How could you bring in Essien and Agyeman Badu sits at the bench? Essien and Sulley Muntari were just lazy folks on the field. The first goal came bcos ...
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  • max, USA 9 years ago

    you are not a good coach and that is why. you don't have any tactics to offer the guys. why do u opt for crossing the ball to the strikers instead of our usual play of working the ball into the opponents goal area?

  • Gilberto UK 9 years ago

    Mr.Appiah, why is Essien and Boateng missing in the opening match?

  • Don C. 9 years ago

    The Black Stars need a better Coach. The current Coach lacks what it takes to maximize the talent on the team. Coaching involves more than just standing on the sideline like a "Statue". You have to move up and down to give in ...
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  • citizen 9 years ago

    ghana must come home stupid people

  • shiny star 9 years ago

    wit all dis insult n blaming coach and players wont take anywhere all we ve to do is to put GOD first in evrythin ,instead depending on juju and falls prophets dat is why we re left behind everything if u want to win sack all ...
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  • Martin Asare 9 years ago

    was he following the conditionig of the USMNT that they were in fitness training even ahead of Ghaana and becuase of that? Even if that was a good plan shouldnt he have abolished that plan when the US were up? you needed to w ...
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  • Yeboa 9 years ago

    No u should have brought in both Kevin and Essen before half time.i am really dissappointed in u .

  • COMMON SENSE 9 years ago

    IF YOU START WITH CLASS ONE PLAYERS WITH TALENTED TEAM,WHAT DO U EXPECTED,YOU WILL HAVE BEEN EXPECTED ABOUT THREE GOAL,DUMB COACH GO AWAY.

  • Masa Futbol 9 years ago

    In the heat of Brazil, can someone please tell Kwesi Appiah to stop putting on ties and suits and be your natual self. Kwesi Nyantakyi and co should not dictate to the coach