Ghana coach Appiah fires discipline warning, accepts Ayew apology
Posted On Monday, 22nd October 2012
Andre Ayew's apology to coach Kwesi Appiah and the Black Stars has been accepted
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has accepted the apology by midfielder Andre Ayew but has warned his players that he will not tolerate any acts indiscipline in his team.
This means the Marseille midfielder has escaped sanctions for his reaction when he was substituted in their match against Malawi last week.
Ayew was issued with an ultimatum to apologise to his team-mates and technical team for his actions which has been condemned in many quarters as disrespectful.
According to local media reports, Ayew directed some unpleasant words and gestures at the technical bench when he was taken off during the game.
He was given the one-week ultimatum to apologise to the Black Stars Technical Team, playing body for the action which drew the ire of the coach.
He beat the coach’s deadline with a statement apologizing to the Black Stars and the technical team for his actions.
Coach Appiah has accepted the apology by has cautioned his players that disruptive behavior by any player in the Black Stars squad will not be accepted.
“I have received the letter of apology sent by Black Stars midfielder Andre Ayew,” the Black Stars coach said in a terse statement.
“I have accepted Andre Ayew’s apology in good faith.
“I wish to remind all players of the Black Stars that any act of indiscipline will not be tolerated as we focus on preparing for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.”
The Black Stars manager responded to questions from certain quarters questioning who ordered Ayew to issue the apology insisting.
He revealed that they attempted to solve the issue internally but his quest to yielded no results which prompted the seven-day ultimatum.
“I wish to state clearly that I requested Andre Ayew to apologise to the technical team and his team-mates over his reaction when he was substituted during the match against Malawi,” Appiah said in his statement.
“We tried to resolve the matter internally after the game at a meeting but it yielded no results which resulted in my ultimatum.”
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OH PLEASE AKWASI. LET GYAN OR KP BOATENG OR ABEYIE BRING BIG MONEY AND ALL WILL BE FORGOTTEN. I LIE?
you are right bro
IDIOT! Your mother is a whore and you deserve 1000 slaps!
Ghanaman why do you always use hash words to your brothers is too bad, you better stop that, you don’t behave like a Ghanaian,because a good citizen of Ghana will never use those words to his fellow Ghanain,so please try and change those words you are using,thank you
I will change it… Some times it annoys me when people have unfair comments to make though.. I will learn to forgive and forget
thank you my Ghanain brother
Akwasi Appiah should be extremely cautious with these discipline issues. Minor offenses like that of Dede should be allowed to slide.
Over discipline destroys a good team: Appiah, please be warned. Even Balotelli, Ibrahimovic, Hadji Douf, Adebayo, Cassano etc are playing regularly in their clubs.
So What…lol
What a statement from the coach: We tried to resolve the matter internally after the game at a meeting but it yielded no results which resulted in my ultimatum.”Coach you needed Ghanian to help you discipline a player?gosh.What happen you could not resolved it internal?Asem be ba oooooooo,if not the media and people of GHANA WILL Dede apologized?BIG NO.The coach is not firm enough.WAKE UP
U people think coaching is an easy job. What happened btwn tevez nd mancini? Cn any player behave lyk that under mourinho? U shd advise Dede rather than jst hating akwasi appiah. Back-biters…shame on u
Paul you have spoken..!
Playing for the national team needs dedication, you can’t bring misunderstanding to the team and just go free, this is a national assignment.
Dede really needs to cool off. he needs to understand that there are other very good players in the teams and who have a lot of talent and a lot to offer to the national team. something we need in order to win afcon. not a big deal though it happens a lot to young and upcoming players.
What a coward of a coach. If you have that big of a mouth why didn’t you use it to swiftly resolve the issue behind close doors. Only an idiot and uncle tom of a coach will use the media to descipline his players.
What have you achieved by sounding off in the media? Nothing, but rather have made yourself to be a bufoon and a weak ass kisser to the GFA. Your attitude have shown your lack of experience to be a leader of the Black Stars. Your unqualified ability will expose you one of these days.
There was no need to humiliate one of Ghanas dependable players in the media. No capable and competent coach will ever do such an abominable act. Remember, what goes around comes around. I hope and pray that you win all your games and qualify the B/S to the World cup. If not you will go down in history as one of the worst that ever coached the B/S.
Are you now claiming that you tried behind the seen to resolve this issue and were not successful? What a bunch of crock. If you couldn’t then that shows your lack credibility among your players. They do not respect your skills and ability to take them to the next level.
I still cannot believe the ineptitude of this Akwesi Appiah guy. I have never ever seen such an incompetent coach like his type ever, using the national media to descipline one of his dependable players?
I believe he has just lost the respect of his players. I bet they will never ever trust him ever. If he thinks by his actions the players will respect him more, he has just misjudged.
Dede’s actions left the coach no choice. He was never a fan of Coach Appiah from the get go and his act of disrespect was no surprise. Even Dugarry has said that Dede is not yet at his best and so if he is substituted for someone else he should just sit on the bench and keep working hard to regain his top form.
After going through major surgery he has to be patient to work his way back to peak form and not be disruptive to the whole team when he is substituted.
On the question of discipline the Coach has to make sure that players that represent the National team should not be allowed to sag their shorts so their underwear is showing. That is disrespectful of the country they represent. I do not see good disciplined teams like Brazil and Germany showing their underwear on international games.
@mojahadie….seems u knw natin.wat have u achieved as far as ghana is concerned.at least appiah has played for ghana sm years back. Moreover so many players hv played for the blackstars….u shd rada advice dede to conduct himself cos not even his dady did.