GFA, Stop the Lies. It's All about $$$$$$$$$$$

Did any reasonable Ghanaian believe the pathetic justification, put out by GFA, for the game against Japan in September? Let me tear it apart

GFA: ".....the match against the Asians will offer coach Appiah the only chance to play a friendly before the final playoffs to qualify for the World Cup."

Ghanaians: TRUE. However, the black stars will be playing in Africa agaianst an African opposition in the playoffs. If GFA really want to prepare for such a game, we should play an African team in Africa not an Asian team 10000s of miles away

GFA:“ ....the match will boost the Black Stars' chances of being seeded for the draws for the World Cup playoffs”

Ghanaians: NONSENSE!!!!!!
It’s shocking that GFA does not know how the FIFA ranking system works
1) FIFA will not take Ghana-Japan's friendly into account for the September rankings. Only matches from the previous month are considered
2) Ghana is currently ranked 2nd in Africa. Based on FIFA’s P= M*I*T*C formula used to award points, there is no way Ghana will fall out of the top five teams in African, if we do not play Japan.
3) GFA has assumed we are winning the Japan game. A loss will affect our ranking, but it does not matter because we cannot simply drop out of Africa's top 5 with or without the game
In short, even if we lose to Zambia (“God forbid bad thing”), we will still remain in the top 5 … but then it will be irrelevant

GFA: "While we are planning for the match against Zambia we must also be thinking about the playoffs and how to be successful which is equally important.

Ghanaians: REALLY!!! Counting your chickens before they are hatched? And by the way, tell coach Appiah to stop saying “Let’s take one match at a time”, because this shows GFA is not listening to him.

Most of us know the reason for the game against Japan, so stop bullsh*tting us. It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The singer Jessie J put it right in his song Price Tag. Please sing along with me

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first and the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and smile

Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious
You got your shades on your eyes and your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time

Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that? Yeah
We'll pay them with love tonight

It's [not] about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Did any reasonable Ghanaian believe the pathetic justification, put out by GFA, for the game against Japan in September? Let me tear it apart

GFA: ".....the match against the Asians will offer coach Appiah the only chance to play a friendly before the final playoffs to qualify for the World Cup."

Ghanaians: TRUE. However, the black stars will be playing in Africa agaianst an African opposition in the playoffs. If GFA really want to prepare for such a game, we should play an African team in Africa not an Asian team 10000s of miles away

GFA:“ ....the match will boost the Black Stars' chances of being seeded for the draws for the World Cup playoffs”

Ghanaians: NONSENSE!!!!!!
It’s shocking that GFA does not know how the FIFA ranking system works
1) FIFA will not take Ghana-Japan's friendly into account for the September rankings. Only matches from the previous month are considered
2) Ghana is currently ranked 2nd in Africa. Based on FIFA’s P= M*I*T*C formula used to award points, there is no way Ghana will fall out of the top five teams in African, if we do not play Japan.
3) GFA has assumed we are winning the Japan game. A loss will affect our ranking, but it does not matter because we cannot simply drop out of Africa's top 5 with or without the game
In short, even if we lose to Zambia (“God forbid bad thing”), we will still remain in the top 5 … but then it will be irrelevant

GFA: "While we are planning for the match against Zambia we must also be thinking about the playoffs and how to be successful which is equally important.

Ghanaians: REALLY!!! Counting your chickens before they are hatched? And by the way, tell coach Appiah to stop saying “Let’s take one match at a time”, because this shows GFA is not listening to him.

Most of us know the reason for the game against Japan, so stop bullsh*tting us. It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The singer Jessie J put it right in his song Price Tag. Please sing along with me

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first and the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and smile

Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious
You got your shades on your eyes and your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time

Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that? Yeah
We'll pay them with love tonight

It's [not] about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag