Abedi Pele: We need to take bold decisions to improve Black Stars
Posted On Tuesday, 19th June 2012
Ghana coach Akwasi Appiah
By Ameenu Shardow
Ghana legend Abedi Pele says ‘bold’ decisions need to be made to ensure the progress of the Black Stars.
Ghana has seen mixed fortunes in the opening fixtures of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
The Black Stars suffered a painful 1-0 loss to Zambia just days after clinching a magnificent 7-0 win over Lesotho.
Many have suggested it is time to change the guard at the Black Stars with the ageing players giving way to the fresh up and coming stars.
And Pele without going into details seems to agree with this assertion by saying current coach Akwasi Appiah needs to take the ‘bold’ decisions to enhance the fortunes of the team.
“The future is very bright but we need to make some few bold decisions,” he said.
“I met him (Akwasi Appiah) before he went to Kumasi (for Lesotho game) and we strategized, I mean we talked a lot.
“And we came to a conclusion that it will be better for him to take his own decisions and fail than rather letting others take decisions for them and fail.”
Ghana is chasing a third straight World Cup appearance at the global showpiece which will be hosted in Brazil in 2014.
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Indeed a lot of home work need to be done.We can’t afford to lose another game and with proper planning,hardworking and prayers we sail through.We have so many talented players and we have the skills,so with the above mentioned we never fall again.However,this Zambian defeat has only thought us a lesson,and it is good in some ways because it serves as a wake up call which will help build us very well.
very true
suley was the only old player when we played against zambia and yet we lost that game.i think pele want akwasi to fail thats why he is giving him these advise.we can never do away without experience players,period.
Pele is 100 per cent right. Take a bold decision now or u kep losing 2 zambia.
u picked this info from TGIF, conduct ur own interview. u did not even give recognition to the programme and the host. shame
YOU PEOPLE MUST KEEP OFF AKWASI APPIAH. THE OTHER DAY, SOMEONE SUGGESTED FOR THE INCLUSION OF SOME OF THE OLD GUARDS [EXPERIENCED ONES]. TODAY ABEDI IS ALSO SUGGESTING THAT THE OLD GUARDS MUST BE DONE AWAY WITH, SO WHAT AT ALL DO GHANAIANS WANT AKWASI TO DO? YOU ARE ONLY TRYING TO CONFUSE HIM PERIOD. ENEMIES OF PROGRESS.
Where in the above article, did Abedi say we should do away with experience players huh? All Abedi was saying is, we should take bold decisions in order to progress!! If the writer think in saying that, Abedi means we should do away with experience players, that is his own cup of tea!!
Published: June 15, 2012
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Black Stars mess up Levy Stadium dressing room
AFTER failing to get satisfaction from accosting Tunisian referee Med Kordi on the new Levy Mwanawasa Stadium pitch in Ndola at the weekend, the vanquished Ghana’s Black Stars took their frustrations to their dressing room.
The Ghanaians trashed the room with all sorts of garbage, leaving the place a total mess to sum up their anger of losing twice to the Chipolopolo in four months.
In February this year, Zambia knocked Ghana in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations.
Despite the stadium staff providing litter bins in the dressing rooms, the Ghanaian players opted to flood the floor with water, toilet tissues and banana peels.
A bathing tower from Moba Hotel in Kitwe where the Black Stars were lodging was also found dumped behind the dressing room lockers.
The mess was discovered by stadium staff after the Ghanaians had left for Kitwe following the 0-1 loss._”It’s unbelievable that the (Ghanaian) players whom we thought were civilised could leave such a mess in the dressing room.
We expected them to behave well despite losing here. How can they just throw things around like that,” a disappointed worker at the stadium, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said
Earlier, after the final whistle, the Ghanaian players had vented their anger on Kordi, whom they accused of poor officiating, and the police officers had a torrid time before calm returned on the pitch.
Gentlemen leave the Coach alone,Zambia has beaten us under 2 different Coaches and there is no excuse,they are a better team than us at the moment.Mwaufwa bane
Akwasi Appiah you are the man -we beat Lesotho 7-0.
These days football is about intelligence/TACTICS/STRATEGIES, planning and speed. AKWASI WENT TO ZAMBIA WITH NONE OF THESE. HE JUST WENT THERE N TOLD THE PLAYERS TO “PLAY FOR ME, WAI!”…MUAHAHAHAAAAAA. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHAT COACH SAYS THAT? EVEN FERGUSON OF MAN U WOULDNT EVEN SAY THAT. AKWASI SAID HE GO FIT. SO LET HIM DO THE JOB. IF WE FAIL TO GO TO BRASIL, THATS DAT…….
Pele is not saying Coach Appiah should drop old aging players just because they old. The way i understood dis whole talk is going towards selection.We need the best available players to fixture for Black Stars not someone at GFA making selections. If an old player is playing his best game of course u keep him but if he fails then that individual does not merit a call up simple as ABC!We need more homework to be done!
Thank you, bold steps could mean many things. KPB, Adomah, Essien, Quincy, Nyarko, Gyan and Warris. All these guys can play for Ghana if bold steps are taken before our next games.
Oh at least one person, that could read and understand!! Ghanaians today hate read and understand. All Abedi said was, we should be able to take bold decisions to ensure progress. If this writer thinks by saying that, Abedi meant we should do away with our experience players, that is his own beef!! I could conclude, that this writer has simply got a minnow brain or he wants to just cause confusion b/n the illiterates and those who don’t like reading.
From the above, it shows selections are tempered with no wonder all better local players were benched.
Local players need to prove themselves in Ghana and Africa before the world. Patrick Antwi cost us loss in a friendly in the USA against the Mexicans. We love our local boys but we also have so many quality foreign players all over the world.
Abedi is an ass hole.very short.selfish and wicked.He is trying to undermine Kwesi Appiah so that he can take over his job,like the way he did in the captainship saga.Be smart Kwesi Appiah,a second fool is a fool.
Hmm,Abedi is trying to take Appiah’s job like the way he did in senegal 92.This short boy Abedi is very selfish and wicked.Kwesi appiah be smart because, second fool is a fool.
JORDAN AYEW IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE COACH TO LET HIM PLAY FOR 90 MINUTES. GHANA SHOULD MAKE A BOLD DECISION TO REPLACE HIM. OUT OF 15 APPEARANCES IN MASAILLES HE SCORED ONLY 3 GOALS. I STRONGLY BELIEVE LOCAL PLAYERS WHO WERE SITTING ON THE BENCH – EMMANUEL CLOTTEY AND BEN ACHEAMPONG ARE FAR BETTER THAN JODAN. AT THIS TIME, GHANA SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM FAVORITISM ETC. BECAUSE JORDAN IS THE FATHER OF ABEDE PELE SO WE HAVE TO INCLUDE HIM EVEN TOUGH HE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE INTEREST OF BLACK STARS AND GHANA SHOULD BE FIRST AND FOREMOST INSTEAD OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS PUSHING FOR IN ACTIVE PLAYERS.
“And we came to a conclusion that it will be better for him to take his own decisions and fail than rather letting others take decisions for them and fail.”
…WAT IM GETTING HERE IS DAT SOMEONE OR SOMEGROUP ARE INFLUENCING AKWASI APPIAH. AKWASI SHOULD REMEMBER THAT IF WE FAIL TO GO TO BRASIL, GHFUO WILL GO AFTER HIM, NYANTAKYI.