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Black Stars goalkeepers' trainer Yakubu lacks requisite quality - Kwarasey

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  • kpata 9 years ago

    NO WONDER WE GOT NOWHERE

  • moyo 9 years ago

    Football game has evolved over the years and the reason some countries with good technical bench perform wonders whilst those with skillful players and a bad technical bench perform poorly. Akwasi Appiah is not qualified to c ...
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  • Mr.N 9 years ago

    So sad that we have people who have primitive thinking in charge there are they are there for the money from Kwesi A the coach who does not know what he is doing and praying on am Ghanaian nonsense with Kwesi N who want every ...
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  • Alhaji Mohammed germany 9 years ago

    Believe me dear brothers,The truth will very soon comes out.Otherwise we are going to losse more good und interlligent players, both young and seniors......Kwarasey is the first ,very soon others will follow...Kwarasey is abs ...
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  • James Kwofie 9 years ago

    Bro, i really respect you so much. I love your intelligence and dedication.
    You are a great goalie.
    thanks for exposing corruption and ineptitude.

  • Ikemens 9 years ago

    Ghanaians as a matter of fat will always lose good things because of foolishness and stupidity. How on earth do you maltreat your very best. These guys love Ghana so much that they want to commit their best to Ghana but zombi ...
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  • GHFUO, wat is your Legacy/Purpose?! 9 years ago

    MAHAMA MUST DISSOLVE GFA!
    APPOINT TONY BAFFOE AS INTERIM FA HEAD, DESAILLY AS INTERIM COACH...
    DONT WAIT FOR FIFA OR ANY FOOLISHNESS. MAHAMA MUST SIMPLY DISSOLVE GFA. THERE IS NOTHING FIFA CAN DO TO GH. FIFA AND CAF NEED GH ...
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  • KojoLee@Dilemma-Situation 9 years ago

    Now the donkey has been forced to talk and it WILL ONLY TAKE DISCERNMENT ONES TO UNDERSTAND HIM AND PAY HEED TO WAHT HE WAS SAYING AND REACT TO IT.

    Black Star is at the edge of disintegration. We need some wise men or a w ...
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  • Mensah Poku 9 years ago

    i love this young man. we all know the truth but fail to express it. this is the whole truth from Kwarasey.

  • Yahaya Musah 9 years ago

    This is the truth. we have a lot of incompetent people in office and that is why Ghana has problems.

  • Kwaah 9 years ago

    U speak truth to power.
    Corruption thrives bcos we are afraid to speak. Thank you Kwarsey.

  • yaw 9 years ago

    the truth shall surely come out soon, hahahahahhah

  • KWARASEY NOT GOOD 9 years ago

    KWARASEY IS RATHER THE ONE LACKING QUALITY. HE WAS SHAKY IN THE FIRST GAME AND ALLOWED 3 SAVEABLE AND STUPID GOALS. HE SHOULD NEVER BE CALLED BACK TO THE BLACK STARS PERIOD. HE IS NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR A 5TH DIVISION SOCCE ...
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  • Okro Mouth 9 years ago

    You are an idiot. See the first goal that beat the US keeper against Belgium. It is the same type of goal Kwarase failed to save against US. As for the 2nd goal, it first hit the ground before going in. No keeper can save suc ...
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  • KKB 9 years ago

    Please dont waste your time arguing with fools.

  • Nii 9 years ago

    WHAT AN INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN.
    HE MAKES VERY VALID POINTS.
    BUT GHANAIANS DONT LIKE THE TRUTH.
    GFA IS CORRUPT.

  • GC/USA 9 years ago

    THERE ARE NO QUALITY TECHNICAL SKILLED DIRECTIVE TEAM IN GHANA. THESE SO CALLED TECHNICAL ARE ALL FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATES WHO HAVE NOT READ MODERN FOOTBALL BOOKS/TRAINING MANUAL FOR YEARS OR NEVER. THE ONLY BOOKS THEY READ ARE ...
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  • mugu yaro 9 years ago

    re GC/USA in response to your comment sorry to say this but non of the technical team has thought about reading modern foot ball books the last time i checked they are cassava farmers and the highest book they have read is Ko ...
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  • AMERICA LOVER 9 years ago

    Exactly! Okro Mouth,nice comment.

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    Let me add my voice to Okro mouth's, that you are an idiot. If you are not able to see any sense in what Kwarasey was saying, then it is better you stay out of this conversation. The man is saying there is no clear cut direct ...
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  • PATO 9 years ago

    Ghanians don,t like the truth and he is speaking the truth and with this attitude of favoritism and all is about money Ghana will go nowhere on the international stage. Another thing l ave noticed with indigenous Ghanaian s i ...
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  • Luther Kings 9 years ago

    did u mean what u said? kwarasey is not good yet he is the best goalkeeper in Norway, where the league is much superior to that of south Africa where dauda is a third choice goalkeeper who sits with the fans most of the time. ...
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  • Ganu 9 years ago

    I support Kwarasey 100%. God bless him.
    he is a great goalie.

  • 4 Year Old 9 years ago

    Kwarasey is a useless goalkeeper.

  • KOFI - USA 9 years ago

    YOU REALLY TALK AND THINK LIKE A 4 YERA OLD. YOU NEED TO GROW UP. I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR COMMENTS AND EITHER YOU ARE STUPID OR YOU DO NOT HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO WRITE INTELLIGENT STUFF OR DOES NOT HAVE THE VOCABULARY TO E ...
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  • 4 Year Old 9 years ago

    Who is this so-called Kofi- USA who thinks that what he says should be taken as final? You are probably a drunkard. What is stupid about anybody expressing that Kwarasey is the worst goalkeeper in Ghana? It appears you don't ...
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  • KOFI - USA 9 years ago

    KWARASEY IS BETTER THAN DAUDA YOUR BENCH WARMER FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. AT LEAST KWARASEY WON THE TITLE WITH HIS CLUB. WHAT HAS DUADA WON, NOTHING AND YET WE KEEP FIELDING HIM. FOR YOUR INFORMATION AGAINST USA HE DID NOT ALLOW 3 ...
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  • Ikemens 9 years ago

    Idiot!!!! What do you know about soccer? Your poor defense caused you not Kwarassey.Do you think Kwarassey would that stupid thing that Dauda did against Portugal? Idiot!

  • Akamai 9 years ago

    They are managing hearts and kotoko players... These Europe based players have a level of expectation based on the high level management they have playing for their clubs... These illiterate GFA management don't have a clue h ...
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  • Frank 9 years ago

    What is his qualification. This is Ghana Black Stars AND NOT A LOCAL TEAM. When these players compare the preparation and training techniques to our local coaches, it makes it difficult for them to take local coaches seriousl ...
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  • KWAA 9 years ago

    “People who can communicate with the players properly. The goalkeepers’ trainer never exchanged a single word with me after I was dropped, not even how do you feel. It is not about whether I play or not, the idea is that ...
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  • Kojo 9 years ago

    Awesome. Wish we had more people like Adam Kwarasey. Fire the mumu coach and fire Nantakyi. Bunch of useless administrators and technical bench.

  • Omega 9 years ago

    Nicely said. These are the comments we need from the disastrous campaign so we can improve. GFA cannot say that they performed well. They have to man-up and get the right things done next time. The only positive thing from th ...
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  • African Consciousness 9 years ago

    All Kwarasey had to do was keep a clean sheet and he would have been number one. Kwarasey needs to take charge of the defense and the defensive midfielders and when the other team attacks with numbers he has to scream for all ...
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  • Adjaloo 9 years ago

    Are you really serious, bro? Sad to hear comments like this. When you are in Rome do as Romans do even when the Romans are cutting their noses to spite their faces, or if the Romans are raping destroying their own country, t ...
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  • OGOGLO QUARTER! ! 9 years ago

    WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND YET WE CAN'T NOT DEVLP AND ADVANCE, WE HAVE TALENTED PLAYERS YET WE GOT NO WHERE IN BRAZIL. .WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANINGS OF (NO WHITE MAN RULING US) WHEN WE CAN'T TAKES CARE OF OURSELVES.WE HAVE A REAL ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 9 years ago

    Adam is 100% correct-anybody who had the Chance to watch him at the Club Level would never bench him .
    it was obvious that -the Goalkeeper Trainer was bias ,corrupt, and Racis and that guy must be sacked with immediate ef ...
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  • Reshuffle GFA and the Coach 9 years ago

    I vouch for the coach to maintain you in the post, after the lose to the USA because of your height and agility. obviously the keeper trainer had suggested the coach pick Dauda without doing their due diligence to psych you u ...
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  • owusu 9 years ago

    I have been suporting Akwasi Appiah all along but if what Kwarasey is saying is true,then A.A and his management team should go now rather than later

  • Ghfuo, wat is your Purpose/Legacy 9 years ago

    U have village leaders like aa and nyantakyi. Why won't you have primitive, outmoded things like this. Now, we have all sweet ur incompetence. USELESS gfa and useless coach must all go. As long as aa and nyantakyi are there, ...
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  • OGOGLO QUARTER! ! 9 years ago

    WHAT A SHAME,GHANA MUST BE FORCED TO TALK....

  • THE ONE AND ONLY WAHJAHKAMAN 9 years ago

    Yes, we have the quality in our team to beat any team in this world cup tournament,but with the lower 3rd class technical team we bombed out early. GFA Over rated Coach Appiah and his clueless team must go and the former Spo ...
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  • Ike 9 years ago

    I AM TIRED OF PLAYERS BLAMING OTHERS FOR THEIR WEAK PERFORMANCE AT THE WORD CUP.I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS FOR KWARASEY TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE AHEAD OF DAUDA.WELL WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENE ...
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  • jj 9 years ago

    Go back and watch our first game. The goals that beat Kwarasey will beat any keeper, any time even Van dar sar. Watch the goals that beat dauda, its a shame.

  • Tuobodom School Teacher 9 years ago

    Ike, make sure you check your grammar in your future postings and stop accusing players who want to reveal what went wrong.

  • Sage 9 years ago

    He knows he is no likely to get called up again, together with the other mercenaries. He is playing psychology to raise his stature, and also to make it look like he didn't want to come anyway in case he doesn't get called up ...
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  • Abpapafio@aol.com 9 years ago

    Message to be posted to IKE. The goalkeeper can not be blamed for the first or the second goal. What were the defenders dreaming about when Clint Demsey weaved his way round them before neatly placing the ball beyond the adva ...
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  • OGOGLO QUARTER! ! 9 years ago

    KWARASEY GOT 2, DAUDA GOT 2 (a gift to cr7 + 1)=4 . ADAMS THE 3RD KEEPER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE LAST MATCH.BUT MUUUU-LIKE KEEPER TRAINER CUM MUUUU-LIKE COACH WERE MUUUUUUUUUUING AND COULD NOT GIVE THE 3RD KEEPER A CHANG ...
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  • Frank 9 years ago

    None of the goals were his fault. Pls go and consult with BOYE. How much do you know about football?

  • Soweto- London 9 years ago

    Thank you Adam; this shows how well u love Ghana and her BlackStars. We wish u well. Please honour the call for Morroco and bring your own personal trainer to develop yourself at the expense of the government if they will not ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

    Two fleas from Detroit had an agreement to meet every winter in Miami for a vacation.

    Last year when one flea gets to Miami, he's all blue, shivering and shaking, damn near frozen to death!

    The other flea ...
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  • Uncle Sam 9 years ago

    Can someone out there call or contact all the players individually so we can know what actually happened. I don't think the players will be telling lies just to disgrace their technical handlers. Know that most of them play ...
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  • SpeakTruth 9 years ago

    Adam, thank you for pointing all these things out! Ghana has the talent to go places. The technical team needs to boost their quality too! If truly GFA wants to take the Ghanaian technical team to new heights, they really nee ...
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  • papa alajo 9 years ago

    Am hundred percent behind you brother Kwarasey. Stay bless.

  • AKOH 9 years ago

    He wanted to be featured throughout in order to get market exposure for a fat contract with a club. He is bitter because he got dropped.

  • DEFENDER 9 years ago

    OKOH KWARASEY IS A TOP GOALKEEPER IN NORWAY.DAUDA A BENCH WARMER IN SOUTH AFRICA.

  • kofi Sam 9 years ago

    if all the players could be this articulate and intelligent we would have fewer problems.
    Kwarasey God bless u for exposing corruption.

  • Komivi 9 years ago

    I wish the FA will take this intelligent piece from Adam and act on it. It will be a very sad affair if this young man who could have featured for the Norwagian national team is forced by circumstances to quit at this tender ...
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  • Whatever 9 years ago

    Dauda's error which gifted Ronaldo his only goal made me feel that something was wrong with out Goal keeping training. At that level, you don't expect to see Goal keepers panicking and punching balls into the center of things ...
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  • mugu yaro 9 years ago

    Dauda told me that he felt so bad for Ronaldo being the most valuable player without scoring a single goal in the tournament so out of kindness he just decided give him one goal by throwing the ball directly him Ronaldo to sc ...
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  • Victor A, Young 9 years ago

    Thanks Adam Kwarasey, for showing courage and having the guts to share what others won't want to talk about. I've posted here on Ghanaweb that our Black Stars goalkeeper trainer doesn't possess the requisite qualification to ...
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  • KojoLee@Dilemma-Situation 9 years ago

    The fact that we do possess talented players does not necessary means any unqualified biaa can handle the good players that we have. Lack of proper management, lack of good tactical coach plus unscrupulous technical bench is ...
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  • Gh 9 years ago

    Very intelligence piece. We have everything to go far as a footballing nation but because if our mismanagement we are suffering. It is not for nothing that Ghana produce 4 players for other nations: Menphis-Holland, Bawua Bal ...
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  • sam darkwa 9 years ago

    adam talks too much

  • sam darkwa 9 years ago

    if you said the coach is useless when in our history a local coach qualify for world cup and by saying so the sacking has to comes from the top the president first

  • Wofa Koo 9 years ago

    Ghana BS have quality players and super stars just like any country in Europe and south America.Therefore BS deserve quality coaching staffs.

  • Allotey 9 years ago

    Very well said, Adam. Those corrupt officials may not call you again for spilling all the beans and your constructive criticism but hey it's their own funeral. Black star will continue to be in tatters if they dont address th ...
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  • FRANKIE 9 years ago

    Adam say's "His idea of training is to get us diving around all day" thanks Adam for that info, b'cus that explains why Dauda dived strangely to a ball going far out of bounce in the first half during the game with Germany. ...
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  • Gbagbladza 9 years ago

    Kwarasey you said it all. But why dont you simply say that these handlers are backward period. And you will be right.

  • ASH TOWN ABRANTIE MMROM KSI 9 years ago

    This is the most sensible statement on this 2014 Black Stars fiasco Kwarasay is 100% right. Kelvin was right. Our officials lack the skills for modern day competition. Even Akwasi Appiah is outmoded, is colo. These officials ...
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  • sam darkwa 9 years ago

    appiah took ghana to world cup he need to praise

  • Papa USA 9 years ago

    Sam Darkwa or whatever you call yourself. People like are the reason why Ghana is poor and can never move forward. This guy is saying the truth and him saying that is wrong because Akwasi Appiah qualified Ghana to the worldcu ...
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  • Frank 9 years ago

    If the Black Stars Coach was smart enough,he would have consulted with Kwarassey and obtain his input and proper training techniques but he too busy working for Dauda to secure the number position

  • focus 9 years ago

    Some of us knew that all along. A big team with amateurish handlers.

  • Kwame Canada 9 years ago

    This is what he said as his criteria to select the number goalie:

    "The mental attitude of the player is very important. Sometimes you watch the person workout and you can deduce the person is not very prepared. The personâ ...
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  • Nii from Mamprobi 9 years ago

    Thank You Kwarasey for providing a clear analysis of GFA Amateur Operations and logistics.

  • NII 9 years ago

    MR KWARASEY, THE GOALKEEPER TRAINEE IS A RACIST AND INCOMPETENT. HE WILL ALWAYS PICK DAUDA OVER YOU AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOSE. IN GHANA WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO SATISFY A SPECIFIC GROUP. YOU ARE IN THE WRONG TEAM AT THE WRONG ...
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  • PATO 9 years ago

    This is the truth and we all knew this before the tournament but your revelation and what happened in brazil has just confirm our fears. In my opinion Ghana should never hire a local coach again and all those who were campaig ...
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  • Daddy Free 9 years ago

    please stop insulting Kwarasey. He has seen the truth and he is saying it. If we had a goal keeper who will be better than him our so called technical men would have called him as they claim Richard Kingston and some old expe ...
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  • Sankofa 9 years ago

    All is not well in the Black Stars camp.

    The revelations from the payers are disturbing and point to dissatisfaction with the way things are run.

    Football requires thought and knowledge to be played well. Thorough prepa ...
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  • Planner 9 years ago

    Dont be afraid ADAM ,PLS. tell us the whole truth about Black Stars.Nobody can do u any harm.

  • COMMON SENSE 9 years ago

    THIS GUY TALK SENSE THAN KEVIN BOATENG.

  • Alex 9 years ago

    The coach being soo cheap is on the pay roll of asamoah gyan so he can tell the coach what to do and he does it.
    Thats very bad, he has let his team down, the problem the players were facing is true so why is he keeping quie ...
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  • SMOOTH 9 years ago

    KWARASEY, WELCOME TO GHANA.....YAKUBU IS NOT ALONE, PRESIDENT OF GHANA, ALL MP'S, ALL POLITICIANS, POLICE ETC....THE ARE ALL NOT GOOD

  • Adjaloo 9 years ago

    This Kwarasey guy is a hero. He kept his interview short, candid and brutally frank hitting the issue at the right places and suggesting alternatives in the process.

    My only question is, what was he thinking when he opted ...
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  • Simon, Austria 9 years ago

    Hey GFA, follow the ideas of this guy, its very professional.

  • GhanaBoy 9 years ago

    You are 100% Right

  • still rastafari 9 years ago

    the FA & Coaching staff are poor

  • BOAKYE 9 years ago

    wHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A TRAINER WHO IS DEALING WITH A GOALKEEPER FROM NORWAY? THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX ALONE IS ENOUGH TO COMPEL HIM TO CHOOSE FATAU DAUDA OVER KWARASEY... REMEMBER THESE PEOPLE CANNOT STAND KIDS WHO ARE BOR ...
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