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Kotoko coach defends Uriah Asante over facebook message

Posted On Tuesday, 20th March 2012

Uriah Asante has been criticized for wishing Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu well

By Patrick Akoto

Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has jumped to the defence of under-fire Hearts of Oak  player Uriah Asante over the midfielder’s well-wising facebook message to him.

The 21-year-old has incurred the wrath of the supporters over the incident with others threatening to beat him up when he shows up at the team’s training ground.

His loyalty has been questioned after he replied to a comment on the social networking site where he urged Konadu to win Wednesday’s league match at champions Berekum Chelsea.

Asante wrote: “I pray you win” in response to Konadu’s status update which read: “No retreats no surrender at Berekum on Wednesday.”

But the ex-Ghana Olympic assistant coach insists the player did no wrong in responding to his comment.

“I don’t think Hearts fans should be alarmed over a harmless response to my post on facebook,” Konadu said

“I coached him at the Under-23. He’s my friend just like a lot of the people at Hearts and so he should not be ostracized for wishing me well.

“I have many friends at Hearts who call me to congratulate me on what we’re doing at Kotoko and also offer me wishes. Would you say that’s a betrayal as well?

“Please he’s a young promising player and he needs our encouragement to get to the top.

“The era of beating up players is in the past and so the fans should not read any unnecessary meanings into it. It’s absolutely nothing.”

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READERS COMMENTS

  1. Kotoko management is using konadu to induce uriah asante to come kotoko just like Taylor but dis time around no way coz we have strong board, management and even died hard suporters not mouth talk suporters dan them.

  2. Kpogas says:

    Hearts fans should stop that b/c we’re all Ghanaians. S3 wamma wo yonko antwa 9 wontwa 10. Football is a game of unity if u don’t know. Gud taught coach!

  3. Kwadwo Addai says:

    Uriah has done nothing wrong.

  4. ERIC ADJEI,S-POLY says:

    If you can beat us join us.Asante is exhibiting the spirit of sportsmanship and nothing else.

  5. pak says:

    Konadu.u rather making the whole thing worse..i don’t know if you trying to play mind game to make the hearts team confuse or something..because coming out saying most of the hearts players calls you to congratulate you shows that the is something fishing out here.i don’t think kotoko.fans will be happy to see a top player of a kotoko wishing hearts best of luck to win a match..Never will this happen in kotoko.

    • KOO says:

      Pak! you had it all wrong, The coach never said the players call him after matches, rather he said he has many friends in Hearts who call to congratulate him on what they are doing at Kotoko and I quote
      “I have many friends at Hearts who call me to congratulate me on what we’re doing at Kotoko and also offer me wishes. Would you say that’s a betrayal as well? So please don’t make things worse!

  6. Lexlee says:

    That is a well spoken sense from my best coach @ de moment.pls concentrate on winning the league for us and put this matter behind u.thank u

  7. Kk says:

    Coach Konadu, dont confuse yourself. This is not professional. Remember Kotoko and Hearts are all chasing the same cup. Can a player in Man u wish city coach the best in his matches in the EPL? Certainly no. Please wrong is wrong. Uriah is becoming unbecoming. He wants to betral the club.

  8. Fifa One, says:

    People should stop reading unnecessary meanings to things like this, and get more matured, are the heart fans telling me that even all the players who are playing for their team support heart of oak? we were all in Ghana here where Emmanuel Osei Kuffour played for Heart Of Oak and on many countless times scored against Kotoko whiles every one in Ghana knows very well that he was a full time Kotoko fan, but he was doing his professional work and he work to get paid, how then just a comment on internet forum generate this kind of hatred, again, people should get more matured that we are in a civilized and professional world now.

  9. KT says:

    Whatever the case is, the Oak Tree is bigger than anything else to us Phobians. If Uriah wants to join the Porcupines, let him go. Maybe the tree is too big and his spirit cannot handle it. Phobia survived without Shamo Quaye, Ishmael Addo and even Taylor. We will be bigger.

  10. Thegreatest says:

    This guy is smart ooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. Hardi says:

    OMG! Wishing someone on the other side good on a personal note?

  12. Rajai says:

    Beating players and chasing coaches is uncivilize

  13. Noza says:

    Ghanasoccernet says “The 21-year-old has incurred the wrath of the supporters ” and Maxwell Konadu say he coached him at under 23…so what is this guys age???

  14. city says:

    @Noza, what is wrong for a 21yr old to play for the under 23?

  15. Fabio says:

    Some people dnt know nothing about football but rather makes unnecessary noise anytym something comes up.What is wrrong with a 21yr old playing 4 under 23.No wonder u re a hearts supporter.@Noza.

    • SETH says:

      @FABIO,FABIO, AHBA!21 YEARS,SOMEBODY WHO HAS COMPLETED VARSITY”….OH MY GOD. LET ME ASK YOU FABIO,CAN C-RONALDO CALL GADIOULA AND WISH BARCA WELL,K-P BOATENG WISHING INTER MILAN WELL. FABIO COME AGAIN

  16. boamah says:

    hearts fans should shut up because their players are no much to kotoko players.





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