Apathy and anger of fans – a disconnected Black Stars

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• Gordon Yeboah,USA 10 years ago

  I truly feel sorry for the former coach KWASI APPIAH whom upon all these situations,was beheaded as the trouble maker.Everything went against coach AA but still used as a scapegoat instead of congratulating him.The KWASI NYA ...
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  I truly feel sorry for the former coach KWASI APPIAH whom upon all these situations,was beheaded as the trouble maker.Everything went against coach AA but still used as a scapegoat instead of congratulating him.The KWASI NYANKYI corrupt administration used coach AA sacking to cover up their inaccuracies.ooh poor coach AA,you did your part when everything seem to your opposite but your employers never observed that,rather they disgraced u of no cause

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• Rasheed 10 years ago

  That bastard is the cause of all these nonsense.He is selfish,greedy and stupid.He fired Appiah at wrong time and hired a tired and confused "messiah".I had expected that,after that mess in Brazil he would honourably stepped ...
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  That bastard is the cause of all these nonsense.He is selfish,greedy and stupid.He fired Appiah at wrong time and hired a tired and confused "messiah".I had expected that,after that mess in Brazil he would honourably stepped down.This hue and cry about appearance fee was handiwork of corrupt Nyantakyi, just to get his coefficient share.I know his days are numbered,and he will surely run away barefooted.

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• Once govina KojoLee 10 years ago

  The anus of the matter is not an apology from the GFA, the government and the players. Wha is needed badly is a CHANGE OF GFA ADMINISTRATION. Nynakakyi must step down unconditionally.

  The anus of the matter is not an apology from the GFA, the government and the players. Wha is needed badly is a CHANGE OF GFA ADMINISTRATION. Nynakakyi must step down unconditionally.

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• Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi Must Die! 10 years ago

  TW3TW3 POA, AKITI PLAYERS
  They call themselves Professionals!
  This is sport, this is a strength, a man's game and you stupid oluman foolishness avram grant and konadu cant call vim, muscular players. You call these toothpi ...
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  TW3TW3 POA, AKITI PLAYERS
  They call themselves Professionals!
  This is sport, this is a strength, a man's game and you stupid oluman foolishness avram grant and konadu cant call vim, muscular players. You call these toothpick players who can't even take soldierman slap from Yaa Asantewaa to win Afcon trophy? What kind of enimguase macho disgrace is Ghana going thru under these idiot leaders. Fucking Assholes! Every tournament disgrace nkoaa, afcon,.Wcup 1/9 and now this? I swear to God, if you sons of bitches fail to IMPRESS at Afcon. Hmmmmmmm, fifa better ban Ghana soccer. We will ban bstars from any further soccer for 2 yrs! We are tired of this idiosyncrasies! I spit on these players and technical team, a bunch of faggots! We will meet you bstar players and technical team, nyantakyi at Kotoka with used women's underwear from kantamanto fosline. All they know is crying for bonuses like new born stinking baby crying for breast milk. These fools can't do fokooooo!They have the NERVE To Call themselves Professionals. Professionals of what? Disgrace! Our glorious bstar players of old would never stoop so low.like these new bunch of money hungry players led by asamoah gyan, dede ayew, boye. Tweaa! Grant, you thought afcon was a walkover! U better suit up and go play yourself......foolish oldman. GBSTARS ain't isreal national team you hear. Over here, people die becos of soccer!

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• Mr.N 10 years ago

  Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi. This is the man who replaced nation pride with money. The solution is to cancel all payment of bonuses a real and true Ghanaian would play for free. We have to lose all the oth ...
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  Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi Kwesi Nyantakyi. This is the man who replaced nation pride with money. The solution is to cancel all payment of bonuses a real and true Ghanaian would play for free. We have to lose all the other games and come this will be the wake up call.

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• # Ern is back muthafuckers!!!! 10 years ago

  Article too long.... I dont have time to read this shit!! Ghanaweb authors, keep your articles short and to the fucking point!! Follow the KISS rule, KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!!!!

  Article too long.... I dont have time to read this shit!! Ghanaweb authors, keep your articles short and to the fucking point!! Follow the KISS rule, KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!!!!

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• # Ern is back muthafuckers!!!! 10 years ago

  Christopher Opoku, you are very stupid. What does churches having all night and mosques having prayers have to do with the 6-1 win over Egypt. Why are you so stupid? Where were these same churches and mosques when we needed t ...
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  Christopher Opoku, you are very stupid. What does churches having all night and mosques having prayers have to do with the 6-1 win over Egypt. Why are you so stupid? Where were these same churches and mosques when we needed to beat USA or Portugal? If the churches and mosques have anything to do with it we would have won world cup by now. You are very stupid to bring an argument like that into a fairly stupid article in the first place. Idiot!!

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• Mr.N 10 years ago

  You do not have brains to understand what the writer is saying.

  You do not have brains to understand what the writer is saying.

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• #Ern is back!! 10 years ago

  Very stupid comment by Mr N.... Cancel payment of bonuses? Which country in the world cup or Afcon can you mention that does not pay their players a bonus?

  Very stupid comment by Mr N.... Cancel payment of bonuses? Which country in the world cup or Afcon can you mention that does not pay their players a bonus?

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• koff scoff 10 years ago

  Hi Gordon,I also feel the same way.Kwesi was not given even 25% chance to operate.GFA capitalized on Kwesi's cool nature to lord it over him.They forced this humble man to endorse whatever decision they too.He eventually beca ...
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  Hi Gordon,I also feel the same way.Kwesi was not given even 25% chance to operate.GFA capitalized on Kwesi's cool nature to lord it over him.They forced this humble man to endorse whatever decision they too.He eventually became a rubber stamp in the Ghanaian camp.I can tell you Kwesi went through HELL.Because this man wanted peace he kept quiet. Someone should help me here.Is there a way of getting these GFA officials out of the office

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• Me 10 years ago

  What they did to Kwesi Appiah will continue to hunt Ghana as long as Nyantakyi continues to be the head.After underpaying him Mr AA was used as scape goat to cover their misdeeds. You tell a coach to win or face the sack. The ...
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  What they did to Kwesi Appiah will continue to hunt Ghana as long as Nyantakyi continues to be the head.After underpaying him Mr AA was used as scape goat to cover their misdeeds. You tell a coach to win or face the sack. The coach wins alright but then got sacked. Even after that Nyantaky DECEIVED the entire nation by his coefficient.
  Then you employ a foreign coach and Nyantakyi decides to deceive the entire nation again by hiding his salary. You make known the salary of a local coach but decides to hide that of a foreign coach. Is this fair? You tell a foreign coach to only do well but not to win the cup against the wishes of the entire nation - deceiving the nation again. So why is Ghana there at all- to waste the tax payers money-deceiving the nation again. I am not surprised that Nyantaky is a muslim in the north and a christian in the south - a deceiver deceiving himself.
  Well Ghana will "DO WELL" as all will know and and in this case not be HIDDEN.

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• ked 10 years ago

  Whoever thinks those players are patriotic are deceiving themselves. They don't care abt d country or anybody but their money!!!

  Whoever thinks those players are patriotic are deceiving themselves. They don't care abt d country or anybody but their money!!!

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• KWAA 10 years ago

  Ked,why should any Ghanaian for that matter care about Ghana,with the massive corruption going on in the Country?Don't you think,assuming the players would have foregone their bonus,and say we are playing for the love of the ...
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  Ked,why should any Ghanaian for that matter care about Ghana,with the massive corruption going on in the Country?Don't you think,assuming the players would have foregone their bonus,and say we are playing for the love of the Country,wouldn't that money gone to one politican or a GFA functionier?Lets be fair in our criticism of the BS players.at the moment with the corruption going on,Ghana is not a Country we can swear to defend,because I don't see any reason why anybody can sacrifice even a cent for Ghana.After all it will never be used for things we as citizens want it to do,like health service,good roads,good education for our youths and so on and so on.One person will just pocket it.
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• KWAA 10 years ago

  Ghanaians lost interest in BS when Yamini(then Deputy Sports Minister)said Government should send only NDC supporters to Brazil.Why did he bring politics into this?After all the BS is suppose to be for all Ghanaians,now NDC ...
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  Ghanaians lost interest in BS when Yamini(then Deputy Sports Minister)said Government should send only NDC supporters to Brazil.Why did he bring politics into this?After all the BS is suppose to be for all Ghanaians,now NDC should support the BS alone.

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• paradox 10 years ago

  if a team like uganda gave u hell. did u think senegal was goin to be easy ??

  if a team like uganda gave u hell. did u think senegal was goin to be easy ??

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• Africanus 10 years ago

  Thanks Paradox.... exactly my sentiments.

  Thanks Paradox.... exactly my sentiments.

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• Zambia waatete(KOFTOWN) 10 years ago

  Very nice article

  Very nice article

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• Joe 10 years ago

  The black stars players earn money per match that the average Ghanaian may not smell in a whole year, yet they show no respect and thankfulness for that. I pray they lose their other two matches and come back home disgraceful ...
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  The black stars players earn money per match that the average Ghanaian may not smell in a whole year, yet they show no respect and thankfulness for that. I pray they lose their other two matches and come back home disgracefully with no point!

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• Harrison 10 years ago

  When you hire a coach, you give him all the tools and support he needs to succeed. You don't give him the job, and dictate to him as to who to pick and choose for the BSs This was the case with GFA. GFA officials were the c ...
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  When you hire a coach, you give him all the tools and support he needs to succeed. You don't give him the job, and dictate to him as to who to pick and choose for the BSs This was the case with GFA. GFA officials were the cause of the Brazil fiasco. Instead of taking the blame, They are making players the scape goats. All GFA officials should go. We need new blood, and the coach should be given the free hand to select his players.

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• macony 10 years ago

  Do players read such articles. if they do , do they take any lesson from such pieces.what about other stakers like the GFA and the MOY?

  Do players read such articles. if they do , do they take any lesson from such pieces.what about other stakers like the GFA and the MOY?

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• Asempa 10 years ago

  The analysis in this article is correct but incomplete. I think the writer is thinking superficially. He is not thinking deeply enough and not about the root causes of the problems the Black Stars have so he fails to mention ...
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  The analysis in this article is correct but incomplete. I think the writer is thinking superficially. He is not thinking deeply enough and not about the root causes of the problems the Black Stars have so he fails to mention corruption in the GFA and government. The players attitude is consistent with the greed, selfishness and incompetence in our leadership. Everything is wrong in Ghana, starting with politicians. The players have picked up on it and wonder why should they be the ones to sacrifice. Just imagine Muntari, Essien, KPB and Kwasi Appiah are gone but not the GFA. Also, Afriyie Ankra still works for the president. Why? The only accountability the people have received is a commission of inquiry. No action, no changes so far. Apology is not the answer. People need proper actions in order feel that the team is doing its best and support them even when they lose.

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• Justice 10 years ago

  An apology from any of the parties involve will not solve the issue,in my candid opinion i will advice that the playing body should prof to Ghanaians that they regret their action by killing themselves to win the Afcon to api ...
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  An apology from any of the parties involve will not solve the issue,in my candid opinion i will advice that the playing body should prof to Ghanaians that they regret their action by killing themselves to win the Afcon to apiece their fans, aside winning the cup, whatever bonuses they get from the Afcon should be used to build or create some social aminity for the people . after all Adibayo who is not even a Ghanaian was able to do this.

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• Steve, London 10 years ago

  I fully agree with the writer. This is the most authentic and well written article I have ever read here. Well done! From Asamoah Gyan's statement about the money he spends importing goods, I can infer that they would have ev ...
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  I fully agree with the writer. This is the most authentic and well written article I have ever read here. Well done! From Asamoah Gyan's statement about the money he spends importing goods, I can infer that they would have even played fo free had they been shown the due respect and not lied to.The authorities are to be blamed and no one else.Good leadership is everything.

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• Campaign against corruption 10 years ago

  An exemplary insigh into the woes of the Black Stars which I hope Kwasi Nyantakyi and his associates at the Ministry of Youth and Sports read. If Ghana comes home after the group stage of AFCON, what is next? Kwasi Appiah, th ...
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  An exemplary insigh into the woes of the Black Stars which I hope Kwasi Nyantakyi and his associates at the Ministry of Youth and Sports read. If Ghana comes home after the group stage of AFCON, what is next? Kwasi Appiah, the "snowball" is no longer around to be blamed, so are Muntari, Prince Boateng, Essien, etc., therefore the current officials of all this fiasco should resign since Ghanaians are sick and tied of them. No taxpayers money should be wasted on the shameful Black Stars apparatus; in fact it should be dismantled.

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• Campaign against corruption 10 years ago

  The Black Stars = BS, and therefore it has become the end product of a cow's rear end, popularly known as Bull Shit. And that is the reason why Ghanaians have lost interest in supporting the team. QED

  The Black Stars = BS, and therefore it has become the end product of a cow's rear end, popularly known as Bull Shit. And that is the reason why Ghanaians have lost interest in supporting the team. QED

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• Nelson 10 years ago

  Weather money or no money, the black star players are stupid for loosing, they should go away with selfishness, old players never had those monies their time yet they played their hearts out.

  Weather money or no money, the black star players are stupid for loosing, they should go away with selfishness, old players never had those monies their time yet they played their hearts out.

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• Allan Barnes 10 years ago

  Wow, best article ever. Good job Man, dat was tyt n id luv to read over n over. But for d black stars, de least sed abt dem d beta. Me I support RTU wai sagaaaa...lol

  Wow, best article ever. Good job Man, dat was tyt n id luv to read over n over. But for d black stars, de least sed abt dem d beta. Me I support RTU wai sagaaaa...lol

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• doobia 10 years ago

  We support the black stars whether rain or shine and dont give a fuck you think. Come see my flag on my car. blac k stars all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  We support the black stars whether rain or shine and dont give a fuck you think. Come see my flag on my car. blac k stars all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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• chris. 10 years ago

  Doobia or whatever your name is, we are talking about national issue here can't you make that out? Is Tamale bigger than Ghana? The GFA is making wrong moves which is causing the entire country. I expect you to make a sensibl ...
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  Doobia or whatever your name is, we are talking about national issue here can't you make that out? Is Tamale bigger than Ghana? The GFA is making wrong moves which is causing the entire country. I expect you to make a sensible contribution rather than being so selfish in your comment.

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• wow 10 years ago

  this is just the character of black people.
  
  Ozil left all his money in brazil came back to Germany what about that. black people generally has attitude that's why we rae struggling in africa

  this is just the character of black people.
  
  Ozil left all his money in brazil came back to Germany what about that. black people generally has attitude that's why we rae struggling in africa

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• Yoku 10 years ago

  Brilliant piece. Spot on delivery. It will take a very noticeable change in the attitude of the players for the fans to reconnect with them.

  Brilliant piece. Spot on delivery. It will take a very noticeable change in the attitude of the players for the fans to reconnect with them.

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• Yoku 10 years ago

  The problems of the Black Stars began long ago, although they were downplayed by authorities, who actually superintended over those problems. Andre Ayew taking over the number 10 jersey, Asamoah Gyan being handed the captainc ...
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  The problems of the Black Stars began long ago, although they were downplayed by authorities, who actually superintended over those problems. Andre Ayew taking over the number 10 jersey, Asamoah Gyan being handed the captaincy after he had resigned from the team are but a couple of the numerous. How can an indisciplined player lead a team and instil discipline into them? Everyone does his own thing , and until there is a radical overhaul, the Black Stars will continue to fall.

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• karlmax 10 years ago

  we are just fools simple!! where is prince,essien,muntari?we alweays making blah blah.put Young and old together, why are we talking about respect and dedicipline?

  we are just fools simple!! where is prince,essien,muntari?we alweays making blah blah.put Young and old together, why are we talking about respect and dedicipline?

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• K Man 10 years ago

  There are so many issues affecting the GFA and Ghana Football.
  
  For one there is still (compartively with non African FAs) an amateurish approach to tournaments and organisation.
  
  The influence of politics in selecting p ...
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  There are so many issues affecting the GFA and Ghana Football.
  
  For one there is still (compartively with non African FAs) an amateurish approach to tournaments and organisation.
  
  The influence of politics in selecting players not on merit but on bribe and connections.
  
  This is linked to the above.The lack of hunger of the players. Playing as if its a "park game" and not putting themselves all out for the win/national pride. Players should be hungry to win. Ghana hasn't won any senior level competition in OVER 30 YEARS!!!
  
  You see the only time Ghana has done well or reached a level where it was pushing above itself was at WC2010 and Afcon 2010. Both times players with egos were left out of the team.
  
  The problem is the GFA followed by the players both act like the BS is about them and not about winning for the country.

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• OKAIJA 10 years ago

  You just hit the nail right frm the head and until they get our suport back they can never win any game.

  You just hit the nail right frm the head and until they get our suport back they can never win any game.

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• kutsii. 10 years ago

  After reading ur story I feel like crying. I loved the Black stars but of late I hate them so much. The head is rotten and if they also love the BS and Ghana they shd pls handover. The BS are suffering bcos they are bound spi ...
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  After reading ur story I feel like crying. I loved the Black stars but of late I hate them so much. The head is rotten and if they also love the BS and Ghana they shd pls handover. The BS are suffering bcos they are bound spiritually by fans and can even affect them in their foeeign clubs. Don't joke with the mouth that eats hot kenkey with hot pepper in a hot weather. Nonsense

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• my observations 10 years ago

  This article resend with every Ghanaian, we are sick and tired with all of our leaders (npp,ndc, gfa, chiefs and so call kings) together Ghana will be back, great job to all Ghanaians

  This article resend with every Ghanaian, we are sick and tired with all of our leaders (npp,ndc, gfa, chiefs and so call kings) together Ghana will be back, great job to all Ghanaians

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• EMMA 10 years ago

  I am convinced that Nyantakyi benefited from the APPEARANCE FEES more than the players and the officials.
  At the Commission it came to light that Nyantakyi took charge of all the money for the officials. He then shared as he ...
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  I am convinced that Nyantakyi benefited from the APPEARANCE FEES more than the players and the officials.
  At the Commission it came to light that Nyantakyi took charge of all the money for the officials. He then shared as he desired.
  Nyantakyi does not care agitating for 500million dollars each for the players as APPEARANCE FEES because he knows he will benefit hugely from it.
  We should not be surprised that Ghana pays 15,000dollars as winning bonus.Nyantakyi also collects winning Bonuses.
  Nyantakyi is very clever and capitalizes on the ignorance of our Sports Ministers to cheat the nation.Embattled Elvis Afriyie Ankrah was focused on enriching himself and he never cared about the general interest of the nation.Nyantakyi had a leeway then.Unfortunately Elvis is still a Minister of State.
  Since when did our Black star players have a say in the amount to be paid as winning bonuses.Appearance Fees should be scrapped completely.Officials of the team should not be paid any bonuses but rather per diem.Nyantakyi should be forced out as the president of the FA.NYANTAKYI MUST GO.Unfortunately he sees his critics as his enemies,he thinks he is clever than everybody.He has done the nation more harm than good and must be forced out.

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• Speedy Gonzales 10 years ago

  What governing body does GFA answer to? I have read all the comments but no one wrote about tangible or plausible steps to take to redress the stalemate. I wish to comment on what we need to do though these are my ideas, I am ...
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  What governing body does GFA answer to? I have read all the comments but no one wrote about tangible or plausible steps to take to redress the stalemate. I wish to comment on what we need to do though these are my ideas, I am not an expert in this field. First, we should collect at least 10,000 signatories from concerned Ghanaians to be presented to the President with the intent to zerobase the entire GFA administration. 2. Lets place a someone with integrity and respect in charge of GFA... eg Attorney Amidou 3.Let GFA revisit the criteria and literature on conduct, selection process, benefits, incentives for players and consequences for violators etc. 4. There should be transparency and accountability with checklists for all Ghanaians to bi-annually evaluate the performance of GFA. I hope readers will add to or what I have written for the Governing body of GFA to step up its game.

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• Dan Boya 10 years ago

  As long as the game of football wild be played the way the Black Stars played on Monday, Ghana will never win a football game. We have realise that football is not Golf. Football is a sport full of running, while Golf is a sp ...
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  As long as the game of football wild be played the way the Black Stars played on Monday, Ghana will never win a football game. We have realise that football is not Golf. Football is a sport full of running, while Golf is a sport full of walking. if you wached the game on Monday, you will only noticed that the Black Stars were only walking while the Senegal were running.So please advice the boys to play football instead of playing Golf.

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• luca 10 years ago

  i do not feel sorry for the team...they can do whatever they want...win draw or lose.the gfa is just incompetent right now.they have managed the black stars badly...its about time the black stars players hired their own publi ...
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  i do not feel sorry for the team...they can do whatever they want...win draw or lose.the gfa is just incompetent right now.they have managed the black stars badly...its about time the black stars players hired their own public relations officer.cos if they don't gfa would shift blame onto them all the time and they would be able to defend themselves well.

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• Ato Asare 10 years ago

  Very nice piece. You could not put it any better. Thank you.

  Very nice piece. You could not put it any better. Thank you.

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• Nana Yaw 10 years ago

  It is true that we are all entitled to our opinions. But for the most part, opinions are shaped by events and circumstances arising out of an issue or issues. I feel strongly that the whole "money" issue arising from the Blac ...
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  It is true that we are all entitled to our opinions. But for the most part, opinions are shaped by events and circumstances arising out of an issue or issues. I feel strongly that the whole "money" issue arising from the Black Stars camp, should be laid at the feet of the Management group and not the players. Whiles it is a privilege to play for one's country at the highest level, modern day sports dictates that athletes be compensated for their sacrifices.I feel that the so called officials with the team are the cause of all this mess. Why should they even be paid bonuses?? Apart from the Technical Team - Coaches, medical personnel, I don't see the need for even the GFA chairman to be paid a bonus?? That Ghanaians are unhappy with the Black Stars, is due to the propaganda machine, which made the players look like they were holding the nation to a ransom.I salute the gallant men(players), who have endured unwarranted insults and are out there trying to make Ghana proud. We should rather vent our anger on the GFA and Black Stars Management group.

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