Ghana U-20 coach marking out sluggish foreign-based players in justifier
Posted On Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Ghana U-20 coach Orlando Wellington
By Ameenu Shardow
Ghana U-20 coach Orlando Wellington has identified some sluggish players after Tuesday’s training session with the foreign-based stars.
The originally invited 19 players are in day two of a three-day justify-your-inclusion exercise at the Legon Presec Park in Accra.
The exercise is aimed at giving the technical team the opportunity to work with the foreign-based players that will augment the local stars for the qualifiers for the African Youth Championships.
And after two-days of grueling and intense training, Wellington is beginning to identify the fitter players that will make the final cut.
“In fact it has been a little bit encouraging. You can see that most of them when they break from Europe they came and started enjoying themselves, they were not training because they came for holidays,” he told GHANAsoccernet.com.
“You can see some too are really ready that when they are asked to play a match they can withstand the task.
“Few of them are playing very well, they have the ideas of playing very good football. The way they move without the ball, they way they move with the ball, you can see they have something good to offer.”
The exercise which ends on Wednesday will be capped with a friendly game against a yet to be named side from Akosombo.
The Black Satelites are looking to recapture their lost glory after clinching a historic World Cup three years ago in Egypt.
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Full of overage players…Africa should stop using grand-fathers
Errmm. Do he have a track record for discovering great football talents?
Errmm. Does he have a track record for discovering great football talents?
Christian atsu should feature in the U20 or what do you think?
Massa…Training is not enough. The boys should play at least two friendly games and one with the local based players before you select.
We wnt anoda world cup dis yr go Ghana go coachieeeeeto!!!
EVERYTHING WELLINGTON TOUCHES TURNS TO SHIT. YET HE IS BEEN ALLOWED TO TOUCH MORE TINGS. GET RID OF HIM. HE IS NO GOOD
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
That’s so true….and you wonder who made George Afriyie the U-20 chairman–cos he’s also shitty!
Look, this exercise is damn futile. Why? We know players like Kingsley Boateng of AC Milan, Hottor, etc….they don’t need to prove themselves!
Some of these playes just finished a very long season…they come home to take some rest, and you are busily taking them thru grueling exercises? Is that idiocracy or stupidity? U think they will give off their beest if you don’t give them at least some days off…make them play matches and games so that you select the best? What will training and exercises give you Wellington?
Look, its either the U-20′s get back the cup they won (under Borbor) and cheaply surrendered (under this idiotic coach) else, the whole management including the so called chairman must be fired!
What’s wrong with Ghana…or is it Africa? Damn it!