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Ghana – Congo –It Wasn’t That Bad.

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  • wilson 11 years ago

    food for thought. i agree with you on many of the points but i think kwadawo asamoah was comfortable playing at that position.
    certainly this should be the last tournament for paintsil, asamoah djan, derek boateng and even a ...
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  • MC, K'Bu 11 years ago

    Hmmm? Many many angles if you ask me......of looking at the Black Stars' performance on Sunday. I find it very amusing for those still complaining about K. Asamoah's positionin that match. Must we do what everyone is doing so ...
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  • king james 11 years ago

    i sense the writer as bias bias hater.
    trying to be sarcastic and poking jabs here and there... u fo0ol pass

  • Mark 11 years ago

    There's nothing wrong with the team that cannot be fixed. The last thing a player should run out of is endurance. Be fit for 90 mins period. A fit team like Congo could have scored 2 or 3 goals in the last 10 mins of the game ...
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  • Asempa Bankye 11 years ago

    WHERE is STUPID ESSIEN ?? !! WHAT a Totally Unreliable Ghanaian. No sense of NATIONAL COMMITMENT. ONLY thinking of his own SELFISH interests.

    SHAME OF THIS USELESS MAN! So after running from black stars how is Real doing i ...
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  • Jones 11 years ago

    I buy into the analysis of the writer, if the coach will heed to it.

  • OH GHFUO, WHY SO PRIMITIVE? 11 years ago

    THIS IS YOUR FIRST GAME. IF U ARE UP BY 2 GOALS. WHY NOT PLAY DEFENCE. SAVE YOUR PLAYERS FROM INJURY. STRENGTHEN UR DEFENDERS N WALK AWAY WITH FULL 3 POINTS? YOU R UP BY 2 GOALS IN YOUR FIRST GAME. WHY GO FOR MORE GOALS? U PU ...
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  • Koo Nana 11 years ago

    I always wonder how much more can Derek Boateng offer to the Black Star. His endurance has woefully diminished. Derek has been a substitute player time and time, and he still gets call up into the national team. Whatever re ...
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  • OH GHFUO, WHY SO PRIMITIVE? 11 years ago

    HE DEY BORE ME FUCKIN...THAT DEREK BOATENG...IF I WAS AA, HE WOULDNT EVEN BE IN THE RESERVE GBSTAR SQUAD. FOOLISH PLAYER..

  • Akwasi Asempa 11 years ago

    That was the first game the Stars played. They did not lose but had a draw with another team that was as good as the Black Star.They have to regroup and come back the next game and I sure you the will beat Mali 3 goals to one ...
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  • Frederich 11 years ago

    Guys, had we defended after the 2-0 lead, we wouldnt be having this conversation. I blame Akwasi! The guys should have been rested and defended well by bringing in fresh legs. Akwasi didnt. It takes a few matches to be compet ...
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  • SANTACLAUSIAN, Croydon 11 years ago

    just like most, I was not impressed with our performance in the DRC game. Having said that, there were a few positives. We have a good goalkeeper in Dauda, K Asamoah influenced a competitive game for the BS for the first time ...
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  • J.O 11 years ago

    You would write better articles if you have have no special love for the Ayew families and hatred for the coach.

  • Siisi 11 years ago

    Please in the 1982 Afcon, our first game was against the host nation Libya, and not Cameroun. We played Libya again in the final.

  • benzy 11 years ago

    Kwesi Appiah should know better that Asamoah Gyan plays in a league that is nt that competitive and should have played a 4-4-2 formation.

  • MC, K'Bu 11 years ago

    I guess you have given a fair assessment of the game and your rating on the players as you saw it.. That is the kind of comments that we love to read, that turns to build the national team rather than the INSULTS and characte ...
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  • mankind 11 years ago

    i dont blame u when wiil we stop calling ourselves pooor starters,just look atsu he was out of the game.

  • Alhaji Lawani 11 years ago

    wonderful analogy,somtimes am suprise to see people bring in such commts or informations that our tichnical team themselves could not do.Thanks mr writer.

  • Egya-K 11 years ago

    Spot on!

  • RAS-VULTURE 11 years ago

    Was i watching different soccer match than what most Ghanaian watch DERRICK BOATENG on D-DAY wasnt bad at all.His inter-sections and how he moved the team into attack by his passes.

    How about his nice through pass that ASM ...
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  • Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

    Ras, some of these people never played colts football let alone interco soccer or division two soccer and have no understanding of soccer so they talk foolishly.

    Derek Boateng played a great game but it seemed to these wan ...
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  • Blow 11 years ago

    Annan was out of sorts with his backward passing. Let's give Akaminko one more chance instead of Afful.

  • Africanus 11 years ago

    Derek did well occasionally, but for large spells of the game he was lost, just like Badu and Atsu. But overall I think the Black Stars put up a fight. In fact the game is described in most foreign media as a great and very e ...
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  • Anokwale 11 years ago

    I think that Derrick Boateng is a critical player. He gets attacked because he ends up having the most touches on the ball. As a result he is a major focus so his good plays and bad plays are always easy to see. It is easy ...
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  • tru boy 11 years ago

    shut ur big mouths,fuck off all ya guys. ghanaians talk too much. k asa moah was good at left back. d boateng was ok. atsu will pick up. asamoah had 3 shots on target. so what the fucking hell are u guys talking about. kwasia ...
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  • Jn Shocker 11 years ago

    You are right Appiah, Papa...the starting XI should be goalie: Dauda center backs:boye and vorsah, left back: afful, right back: Painstil, midfields: annan, badu, atsu,and rabiu, forwards: wakaso and gyan

  • Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

    Are you really serious? Rabiu and Annaqng? Are you kidding me? Where is Kwadwo Asamoah, the best Player amongst the Blacstar team? Kissi Boateng should play number three with Jonathan Mensah forced to man the number two posit ...
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  • KINGSLEY 11 years ago

    Ghana need Ayem Brothers

  • Ghanaian dont tell the truth (Akyem B 11 years ago

    There is no hope here for kotoko boys

  • menka 11 years ago

    try knowing ur players b4 talking,,how do u field 3 central defenders in a 4 321 formation. boye, mensah,vorsah...aaaa ghanaian can talk!

  • Mercy Oppong 11 years ago

    u are a useless analyst if u believe afful should make the team

  • Nyame Ekuma 11 years ago

    Agya Appiah , ur 'akpeteshie' selection is not bad. But u don't really know Derek. Wait a little and u will see , u are damn wrong.

    Shut up and watch Kwesi Appiah.

  • kyere andrew 11 years ago

    Ghana should live kwesi appiah to do his own work

  • African Consciousness 11 years ago

    Your team selection is good but your comments are harsh. This is the time to lift the players' spirits and not criticize them. They need all the encouragement we can heap on them.

  • Nick 11 years ago

    Wakasu proved himself, but Atsu really sucked on de day. Given another chance, I'm sure Atsu would lyk to improve on his game. He was really useless on the day.

  • Osei 11 years ago

    What a comedian!Appiah u can't be serious

  • kwakuyaw 11 years ago

    why do we think we are better than other countries ? any country that makes it to the CAF COMPETITION has to be taken seriously . this is where we go wrong . 2-2 is not a bad start for a tournement . we need to support the b ...
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  • Ibrahim Alah 11 years ago

    It is tough to draw or lose when you are favored to win, but, all teams playing in a tournament can be favored to win. Congo Kinshasa, as I call them have been a side to reckon with when it comes soccer in the African contin ...
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  • ben bella 11 years ago

    we are talking about modern soccer,enough of this old school references people are making...pettiness and stuff..we are there to win the ultimate so let call a spade a spade,we in for a disaster against if the coach does noth ...
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  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 11 years ago

    no problem GHANA WILL BEAT MALI 3-0

  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 11 years ago

    no problem GHANA WILL BEAT MALI 3-0 BUT ASU MUST PLAY HE IS VERY GOOD TO TAKE THE BALL TO 18 HE PLAY LIKE AYEW, OUR ASAMOAH GYAN IS THE PROBLEM

  • Ibrahim Alah 11 years ago

    Why is Asamosh Gyan the problem? We are only one game into the tournament. Is this an open hatred to the player or the coach? Do we still remember the 1978 Cup of Nations when Ghana struggled against Zambia and Nigeria (Gh ...
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  • Abongo 11 years ago

    Are you guys going to leave the Ayews out of this tournament? These are two average players. The transfer window is open let see whether a team will come up with 10 million to buy.

  • dosso 11 years ago

    I find it crazy any time i hear a ghanaian coach dropping a player for lacking respect. Respect to whom? The coach ? This to me is a meer stupidity for a coach to drop a player just because of misunderstandings. They should l ...
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  • Kojo 11 years ago

    I agree with you 100% and i keep saying this before the start of the game...As a matter of fact we need a foreign coach because if a player doesn't respect, who cares?? all we need from him is his good performance for us to w ...
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  • Ibrahim Alah 11 years ago

    If lack of respect on the part of a player on our national team is nothing, then, ethic should not be a problem when it comes to our politicians, which means they should engage in drug trafficking and stealing government mone ...
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  • RAX DOE,Amsterdam.Holland 11 years ago

    Shut up my friend,performance counts not the shirt or the #.Idiot

  • KWAME 11 years ago

    I just completed my watch of the Nigeria-Zambia exciting match.The Zambians are a delight to watch, creating spaces, supporting one another,attacking and defending as team and being aggresive to equalize the one goal defecit. ...
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