Frimpong needs more work - Appiah

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Sarskoberta 12 years ago

Frimpong, I believe is not healthy
and must not be used against Sudan.
He is seriously feigning.
Lets save him for Zambia.

Frimpong, I believe is not healthy
and must not be used against Sudan.
He is seriously feigning.
Lets save him for Zambia.
Aubergine 12 years ago

Sucker...

Sucker...
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

“Once you can speak the language you mix up with the boys so easily and he feels so comfortable,” he added.

IS DAT WHY ADAM KWARASAY IS THERE. IS DAT WHY U REFUSE TO CALL ABEYIE? IS DAT WHY YOU WENT ON UR HANDS N KNEES ...
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“Once you can speak the language you mix up with the boys so easily and he feels so comfortable,” he added.

IS DAT WHY ADAM KWARASAY IS THERE. IS DAT WHY U REFUSE TO CALL ABEYIE? IS DAT WHY YOU WENT ON UR HANDS N KNEES TO BEG KP BOATENG LIKE A POODLE? THIS PSYTO PE TEACHER IS TRASH....
UNCLE KOFI 12 years ago

IS THAT WHY PRINCE BOATENG, KWARASEY AND OTHERS ARE LEFT OUT. POOR MANAGER

IS THAT WHY PRINCE BOATENG, KWARASEY AND OTHERS ARE LEFT OUT. POOR MANAGER
Na mee say 12 years ago

Come again Mr Appiah! "The language"??? What is that? That statement of yours is ludicrous, because the last time I checked this country had more than one language. You need to go back to school.

Come again Mr Appiah! "The language"??? What is that? That statement of yours is ludicrous, because the last time I checked this country had more than one language. You need to go back to school.
Wow 12 years ago

The last time I checked the players communicated in twi on the field.

The last time I checked the players communicated in twi on the field.
wo haw ne den? U.S.A. 12 years ago

TWI AND GA.

TWI AND GA.
GOD IS MY JUDGE HONESTNEST 12 years ago

AA YOU HAVE HIDDEN AGENDA WHY USE THE WORD LANGUAGE? WHICH LANGUAGE ETC,ETC

AA YOU HAVE HIDDEN AGENDA WHY USE THE WORD LANGUAGE? WHICH LANGUAGE ETC,ETC
Champ, Billings, MT. 12 years ago

The cat is out of the bag here, Appiah!! Apparently this sense of not belonging, re language, may have disinterested KP Boateng and perhaps the Ayews as well. These European grown Stars Can be too comfortable around the con ...
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The cat is out of the bag here, Appiah!! Apparently this sense of not belonging, re language, may have disinterested KP Boateng and perhaps the Ayews as well. These European grown Stars Can be too comfortable around the constant TWI-ing inthe BS Camp. Can we encourage an English only policy in official BS activities now??!!
Champ, Billings, MT. 12 years ago

can't be

can't be

Slimzay**The Unshakable Shaker** 12 years ago

Goodfather, why invited the player? Anyway, I wanted to join this comment to yours and for strange reason it was attached somewhere else. Can you answer me this though? Here is what the article indicated

“He is doing wel ...
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Goodfather, why invited the player? Anyway, I wanted to join this comment to yours and for strange reason it was attached somewhere else. Can you answer me this though? Here is what the article indicated

“He is doing well so far, just that I still need to work on him a little bit," Coach Appiah pointed out.

Why called a player when the coach knew that the player was not ready, that the player wasn't fit, as I may put it? A personal call (not invitation) from the coach could have been placed to the player for him to know that he is still in mind but want him to work on his fitness first. To me, the player could have taken it wisely and work hard to boost his fitness.

Who brought the player into the Stars' fold to begin with? Was the coach advised or ordered to call the player? Even if someone was to recommend Frimpong to Appiah, didn't Appiah access the player after the recommendation through one of Frimpong's club matches? If Appiah had the time to watch the player's performances in club level, wouldn't he had noted the fitness level of the player? Are you telling me Appiah didn't evaluate the players before he invited them? Is that what the article telling me?

Do we need an unfit player in camp with the position we are being placed? Like I mentioned in one of my comments, our backs are lean toward the wall. Zambia has been given 3 free point and 3 free goals from Sudan's mistake; however, we have to bear the consequences. Though, we had nothing to do with it. If Sudan was to play with the right registered players, I don't think Zambia could have beaten by that 3 goals given to them by Fifa. Now even if we beat Sudan, we have to defeat them by 3 goals in order to have the same goals aggregate. I know Head-to-Head rule would be used first when we are tired with Zambia, but after that goals aggregate is next.

Therefore, Appiah should know that this is not the time for mistakes. If a player isn't ready, one ready should should be called. Little mistakes like that could come back and hunt us. Appiah will need to think before he reacts.
Mr.N 12 years ago

Coach Appiah is not his own man and beside he is in try and error mood what can I say I am under the snow

Coach Appiah is not his own man and beside he is in try and error mood what can I say I am under the snow
Slimzay**The Unshakable Shaker** 12 years ago

“He is doing well so far, just that I still need to work on him a little bit," Coach Appiah pointed out.

Why call a player when the coach knew that the player was not ready, that the player wasn't fit, as I could put it? ...
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“He is doing well so far, just that I still need to work on him a little bit," Coach Appiah pointed out.

Why call a player when the coach knew that the player was not ready, that the player wasn't fit, as I could put it? A call could have been placed to the player for him to know that he is still in mind but want him to work on his fitness.

Who brought the player into the Stars fold to begin with? Was the coach advised or ordered to call the player? Even if someone recommended Frimpong to Appiah, didn't Appiah access the player during one of Frimpong's matches played in club level to know the fitness level of the player? Are you telling me Appiah didn't evaluate him before he called him? What are all these little mistakes being done by the coach?

At this particular time do we need an unfit player into camp? Like I mentioned in one of my comments, our backs are lean to the wall. Zambia has 3 free point and 3 free goals from Sudan's mistake and we have to bear the consequences; though, we had nothing to do with it. Therefore, Appiah, Coacheto, this is not the time for mistakes. If the player wasn't ready, one ready should have been called.

Appiah will need to think before he does his things. This is not good on his CV.
POW@Appiah, W/C or get fired 12 years ago

Slim, tell journalists to interview Appiah in twi and all these nonsense will cease. If you follow the story line carefully, you'll realise a serious language expression there, which suggest that Appiah couldn't express himse ...
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Slim, tell journalists to interview Appiah in twi and all these nonsense will cease. If you follow the story line carefully, you'll realise a serious language expression there, which suggest that Appiah couldn't express himself well. It's just so sad why after 50 something years of independence we're still struggling with english language.
Slimzay**The Unshakable Shaker** 12 years ago

Are isn't good in the Queen's language? I thought he was. Are you certain about that, POW? Were they interviewing him in twi during press conference in South Africa?

" It's just so sad why after 50 something years of indep ...
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Are isn't good in the Queen's language? I thought he was. Are you certain about that, POW? Were they interviewing him in twi during press conference in South Africa?

" It's just so sad why after 50 something years of independence we're still struggling with english language." POW mentioned.

Bro, I will disagree with you on this one a little. The coach shouldn't be forced to speak a language he is not comfortable in speaking. Why can't he speak twi, the language he feels comfortable with, for someone to translate for him? Why the GFA wouldn't pay for someone to do so for him? Who is Appiah's PR? Milovan brought his own interpreter. Isn't it? When a coach or a player from Spain or Italy doesn't he speak his own language during interview? Don't they translate for them?

Yesterday, I was watching a documentary on the greatest player, Diago Maradona. He wasn't speaking in English but his own language. Even after his successful WC matches, during his interviews, it was his language he used through out. So why Appiah has to force himself to speak a language he can't express himself with?

To me, Appiah should feel free to speak what he feels comfortable in.
POW@Appiah, W/C or get fired 12 years ago

Check all our boxers that made it to the world stage, track and field stars, musicians, footballers,actors, actresses, name them. They just "totow paa paaso" all the time bços we're shy to speak our language which we're very ...
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Check all our boxers that made it to the world stage, track and field stars, musicians, footballers,actors, actresses, name them. They just "totow paa paaso" all the time bços we're shy to speak our language which we're very confident in, in public. Most of us are timid but put us behind close doors and you'll marvel the type of parrot you're dealing with. You go to kumasi, meet any beautiful lady and boldly tell her "I love you"in english and her immediate response will be "Oh bla paaa". Dare say that in twi and she doesn't like you, you'll smell pepper. This same lady sees microphone and vedio cameras and she immediately wants to speak english. Another kaa was coming from this direction and another kaa was coming from this direction. Another kaa buu the kOf and another kaa buu the kOf. But infomsciously ewurade ei mete gbai and an accident occured".
Slimzay**The Unshakable Shaker** 12 years ago

POW, you made my day! What Paa? Bla paa?

POW, you made my day! What Paa? Bla paa?
Quincy owusu abeyie 12 years ago

I saw it comin.he wants to play that shit rabiu instead so that if he wins it will be like frimpong didn't make him win.

I saw it comin.he wants to play that shit rabiu instead so that if he wins it will be like frimpong didn't make him win.
Ern 12 years ago

"he speaks the language and that is the good part of it" - he speaks THE language? what language are you on about? English? or is there only one language in Ghana? You should have said he speaks "Twi", or ONE OF the local lan ...
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"he speaks the language and that is the good part of it" - he speaks THE language? what language are you on about? English? or is there only one language in Ghana? You should have said he speaks "Twi", or ONE OF the local languages, not THE language. Who told you that Twi is THE language of Ghana?
Kwesi Appiah, I have been supporting you all along. Please do not tell me that all the people who say you are tribalistic are correct!! You will disgrace me! Please be impartial ooooh!!!
AFLC 12 years ago

Dwelling on absurd trivialities. Does it matter whether the 'boy' spoke Kokomba of Dagari? And was any particular language mentioned in the piece at all?

Dwelling on absurd trivialities. Does it matter whether the 'boy' spoke Kokomba of Dagari? And was any particular language mentioned in the piece at all?

Ekow Hanson 12 years ago

please,please,please,the official local language of Ghana is not Twi but ewe and ga.we don't want all these anti akan people to abuse us.They can even use Hausa as their official language its ok with us because we have Fanti ...
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please,please,please,the official local language of Ghana is not Twi but ewe and ga.we don't want all these anti akan people to abuse us.They can even use Hausa as their official language its ok with us because we have Fanti ,Akuapim, ashanti and all the akan languages.
Nii 12 years ago

What does it mean to speak the language? Is Appiah referring to Akan? Is language a criteria to be a national player? What is the coach talking about?

What does it mean to speak the language? Is Appiah referring to Akan? Is language a criteria to be a national player? What is the coach talking about?
Anokwale 12 years ago

I do not know why people want to overreact to this. He was just trying to point out how he was socializing well with the team. He is not making language a requirement or trying to elevate Twi over Ga, Fanti, Ewe or any othe ...
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I do not know why people want to overreact to this. He was just trying to point out how he was socializing well with the team. He is not making language a requirement or trying to elevate Twi over Ga, Fanti, Ewe or any other language.
GOD IS MY JUDGE HONESTNEST 12 years ago

This is not overreacting just accept his mistakes and move on right

This is not overreacting just accept his mistakes and move on right
OGOGLO QUARTER 12 years ago

THE NAME SHOWS .IF HE SPEAKS HIS OWN SHIT ,WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THAT?.HE MAY EVEN LIKES OGOGLO FOR REAL.DAT MAY BE BEST.EHHH.YOU SUCKER!!!!!

THE NAME SHOWS .IF HE SPEAKS HIS OWN SHIT ,WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THAT?.HE MAY EVEN LIKES OGOGLO FOR REAL.DAT MAY BE BEST.EHHH.YOU SUCKER!!!!!
Wenchi Moke 12 years ago

He could have given the interview in Twi and the journalist translated verbatim per verbatim.

He could have given the interview in Twi and the journalist translated verbatim per verbatim.
GC/USA 12 years ago

MR. NII, K. APPIAH IS TALKING TRIBALISM.

MR. NII, K. APPIAH IS TALKING TRIBALISM.
sam tio 12 years ago

what they have done to quency owusu abeyie, the same treatment will be given to frimpong.i still dont understand why quency is always left out of the team even though he is doing well in his club.no big man to speak for him. ...
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what they have done to quency owusu abeyie, the same treatment will be given to frimpong.i still dont understand why quency is always left out of the team even though he is doing well in his club.no big man to speak for him. very bad.
AGHAHOWA...TSITO 12 years ago

rilli? where is ghfuo be serious? i admire your comments paaaaaaaaaaaaa

rilli? where is ghfuo be serious? i admire your comments paaaaaaaaaaaaa
cool 12 years ago

He want to play Rabiu instead of Frimpong, bcos Rabiu will pay to play.
Akwasi Appiah, we are watching you.

He want to play Rabiu instead of Frimpong, bcos Rabiu will pay to play.
Akwasi Appiah, we are watching you.

Victor 12 years ago

Oh Mr Appiah!! I now see why u didnt want to use the likes of the Ayews and so many other like prince boateng etc...THEY CANT SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE TWI...Yhat explains a lot. Let me ask you this
1.Does David Bechamp speak fren ...
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Oh Mr Appiah!! I now see why u didnt want to use the likes of the Ayews and so many other like prince boateng etc...THEY CANT SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE TWI...Yhat explains a lot. Let me ask you this
1.Does David Bechamp speak french?
2. Does Essien speak Spanish
3.Does Asamoa Gyan speak Arabic
4. Did Drogba speak Chinese
5.Does Robinho speak Itallian?
You have just exposed your self. You are not qualified for the job if you creat a team where by language is hinged to team cohesion.
You need to be Fired!!
Marseille 4Ever, Vancouver BC 12 years ago

Good luck to Sudan and Zambia! I am out.

Good luck to Sudan and Zambia! I am out.
THE chosen One-USA 12 years ago

All u people complaining about the LANGUAGE I'm sure u speak it too so just shush and move on with ur lives..

All u people complaining about the LANGUAGE I'm sure u speak it too so just shush and move on with ur lives..
Awotwi 12 years ago

AA i think u need a spokesman...what? am suspecting u got a deal with frimpong, since ur days in london..did he pay? what has language got to do with team anticipation?what about those who dont speak it? let the foot do the ...
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AA i think u need a spokesman...what? am suspecting u got a deal with frimpong, since ur days in london..did he pay? what has language got to do with team anticipation?what about those who dont speak it? let the foot do the talking..twiaaaaa kor yor b3 da coach.
MOKOTO 12 years ago

OK JUST SHUSH YOU ALL COMPLAINING GHANAIANS Y'ALL JUST WHINE TOO MUCH

OK JUST SHUSH YOU ALL COMPLAINING GHANAIANS Y'ALL JUST WHINE TOO MUCH
Nana-Bee 12 years ago

The defacto National Language is, of course, Twi and all the players of the Black Stars should learn to speak it. It makes it easy for them to mingle nicely.

The defacto National Language is, of course, Twi and all the players of the Black Stars should learn to speak it. It makes it easy for them to mingle nicely.
FUFUFO DADESEN 12 years ago

It's better AA don't speak at all.JESUS,language?..wtf

It's better AA don't speak at all.JESUS,language?..wtf
JALALDEEKOSIJAH 12 years ago

LET US NOT ESPECTS MUCH FROM DEBUTANTS. TO SET THEM TENTION FREE.

LET US NOT ESPECTS MUCH FROM DEBUTANTS. TO SET THEM TENTION FREE.
Champ, Billings, MT. 12 years ago

correction: can't be

correction: can't be

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