Rev Osei Kofi blames Hearts and Kotoko for 'premier league decline'

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• marie stopes 9 years ago

  are different. football is money, and money. Those in charge are business minded but not smart. Build a solid team over time and gate proceeds will flow. Recall hearts under Kenichi. Keep the players to mature and sell them w ...
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  are different. football is money, and money. Those in charge are business minded but not smart. Build a solid team over time and gate proceeds will flow. Recall hearts under Kenichi. Keep the players to mature and sell them well.

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• $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 9 years ago

  THESE CLUBS MUST BE RELEGATED BUT THE PLB ARE AFRAID TO DO SO. HOW CAN THE LEAGUE BE INNOVATIVE WHEN CLUBS LIKE LIVERPOOL N MAN UNITED ARE TREATED WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST. HOLD THEM ALL TO THE SAME STANDARDS N LET THOSE WHO ...
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  THESE CLUBS MUST BE RELEGATED BUT THE PLB ARE AFRAID TO DO SO. HOW CAN THE LEAGUE BE INNOVATIVE WHEN CLUBS LIKE LIVERPOOL N MAN UNITED ARE TREATED WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST. HOLD THEM ALL TO THE SAME STANDARDS N LET THOSE WHO SURVIVE STAY IN THE PREMIERSHIP...

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• Big Ben 9 years ago

  Hi, Rev, Long time no see. Nice tie!!
  
  Unless otherwise you're confused, then I think your observation that the two giants; Kotoko & Hearts of Oaks are not producing enough good players for the Black Stars is faulty. You m ...
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  Hi, Rev, Long time no see. Nice tie!!
  
  Unless otherwise you're confused, then I think your observation that the two giants; Kotoko & Hearts of Oaks are not producing enough good players for the Black Stars is faulty. You missed the key point (the proximate cause of the problem) in your observation. Here are a few things to think about:
  
  (1) How many Ghanaian players were playing abroad (in overseas) in 1982, when you said you handed the Black Stars 9 players from Kotoko? And
  
  (2) How many players are recruited from abroad to play for the Black Stars these days? Nearly 98% of the Black Stars is made up of foreign based players and that's why Kotoko and Heart of Oaks can't produce good enough players for the Black Stars. So, Rev, even if you were Kotoko’s coach today, I bet you couldn’t give the Black Stars 3 or 4 players. TIMES HAVE CHANGED and factor that into your analysis!!
  
  Lastly, the decline of the home league is as a result of the fact that "nearly all the good players that come out of the local teams are quickly plucked out by foreign teams" and are left with mediocre (team B & C) players for the home league. So, unless team owners & management pay their local players good money, the local league will continue to bleed—because the best players will continue leave for better wages abroad.
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• Knockout 9 years ago

  You have to produce players from all the teams if they're good. Good players is the key to the league and with that you have a great National team. The competition will be though and the stadiums will be filled

  You have to produce players from all the teams if they're good. Good players is the key to the league and with that you have a great National team. The competition will be though and the stadiums will be filled

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• Charlie new Jersey USA 9 years ago

  Rev at that time it was only local players now so call professional are taking over reason why our league are down

  Rev at that time it was only local players now so call professional are taking over reason why our league are down

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• say 9 years ago

  Is this man a Rev like people call him or still in sports,because as a Rev you should come out with bible stories not soccer

  Is this man a Rev like people call him or still in sports,because as a Rev you should come out with bible stories not soccer

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• richard 9 years ago

  What a dumb statement...say!!

  What a dumb statement...say!!

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• say 9 years ago

  Mr Richard i hope you understand me well,am asking because i know that man as a great footballer and he's Rev,

  Mr Richard i hope you understand me well,am asking because i know that man as a great footballer and he's Rev,

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• Knockout 9 years ago

  Osei Kofi was better than Messi

  Osei Kofi was better than Messi

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• THE SENTINEL 9 years ago

  REV OSEI KOFI, THIS TIME I BEG TO DIFFER IN OPINION FOR YOUR PUTTING BLAME FOR GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE DECLINE AT THE DOORSTEPS OF KOTOKO AND HEARTS. SOMETIME AGO WHEN I WAS IN EUROPE, I READ A SHOCKING STATEMENT BY GFA PRESIDEN ...
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  REV OSEI KOFI, THIS TIME I BEG TO DIFFER IN OPINION FOR YOUR PUTTING BLAME FOR GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE DECLINE AT THE DOORSTEPS OF KOTOKO AND HEARTS. SOMETIME AGO WHEN I WAS IN EUROPE, I READ A SHOCKING STATEMENT BY GFA PRESIDENT NYANTAKYI, OWNER OF LEAGUE CLUB WA ALL STARS, THAT "HEARTS AND KOTOKO ARE NO MORE OF ANY RELEVANCE TO GHANA FOOTBALL". I WROTE A REJOINDER TO CAUTION NYANTAKYI NOT TO WORK TOWARDS BRINGING HIS ASSERTION TO FRUITION BY HELPING THE NEWER LEAGUE CLUBS IN GHANA. HELAS! TWO PENALTIES AWARDED WITH IMPUNITY RECENTLY TO WA ALL STARS OWNED BY NYANTAKYI IN THEIR CRUCIAL MATCH AGAINSGT ADUANA STARS TO WIN THE GHANA LEAGUE! AFTER THE MATCH NYANTAKYI SAID THAT THE 2016 LEAGUE SEASON WAS THE BEST IN GHANA. WHAT AN INSULT! NYANTAKYI WAS SET TO DESTROY THE TWO GLAMOUROUS LEAGUE TEAMS OF GHANA FOOTBALL THROUGH BAD AND PARTIAL OFFICIATING AND OTHER MEANS. NO, REV. OSEI KOFI, WITH ALL RESPECTS, IT IS NOT HEARTS AND KOTOKO, IT IS THE SELFISH, CORRUPT, OVER-AMBITIOUS AND GROSSLY UNPATRIOTIC NYANTAKYI, WHO IS CAUSING PREMIER LEAGUE DECLINE IN GHANA. THAT BEING SAID, I SALUTE YOU, REV OSEI KOFI, THE WIZARD DRIBBLER OF GHANA FOOTBALL, FOR YOUR PATRIOTIC AND EXAMPLARY FOOTBALL CAREER. MAY MIGHTY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU, REVEREND!.

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• Villager 9 years ago

  Kotoko and Hearts have contributed greatly to the standards of the BS but honestly what is happening today is not new. These two big teams monopolized Ghana soccer for a long time, even at administrative level they had favour ...
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  Kotoko and Hearts have contributed greatly to the standards of the BS but honestly what is happening today is not new. These two big teams monopolized Ghana soccer for a long time, even at administrative level they had favourites. Smalle teams hardly won any protests against in spite of evidences. At the end of league seasons they bought good players from the smaller teams and put them on the bench just to weaken them. A case in point was RTU’s first year in the league. After having cheated RTU to the finishing line, players like Nlai and Karimu Star Boy disappeared to Accra. I don’t remember correctly but there was a clause against transferring from a team if the player had not for more than two seasons at the club or something like.
  I may not like what Nyantakyi is said to have said and done, but I believe the monopoly should be broken at certain times for the beauty and excitement of the game.Look at what Leicester did in the UK PL. Simply fantastic!
  I may be wrong in all that I said, if so ignre everything.

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