Laryea Kingston blasts Hearts over poor camping facilities
Posted On Thursday, 6th September 2012
Ousted Laryea Kingston is unhappy with Hearts camping facilities
By Patrick Akoto
Hearts midfielder Laryea Kingston has slammed the poor camping conditions at the team’s base in Sekondi and fears it could cripple their ambitions of annexing the title.
GHANAsoccernet.com broke the news of the sacking of the 30-year-old prima donna for breaking camp rules on Tuesday.
Head trainer CK Akunor claimed the ex-Ghana international could be a bad influence on the players after he refused to drive away his Four-wheel Jeep vehicle from the team’s training session.
The former Vitese Arheim enforcer is also reported to have taken his own drinking water and mattress to the camp which infuriated the ex- Ghana captain.
But the experienced enforcer has denied the circusmatnces that led to his dismissal from camp and claims their camping facilities in the Western region are below standard for the 2000 African champions.
“The condition at the camp is bad. There is no water at where we are staying. All these conditions are not good,” Kingston told Kumasi-based Fox FM
“We are made to go to the bush to even ease (shit) ourselves. We have to jump walls to go and take our bath. We even have to walk to the stadium,”
“All these things I didn’t say anything. You are the coach and the leader and claims you are satisfied with the conditions. But you leave the players to their own faith while you go and sleep in big hotels in town,”
He claimed the conditions could affect the players’ phsyche ahead of the upcoming season.
“How can the players be in the right frame of mind to work for you? Before arriving at the camp, they told me they had some special place for me to sleep but I declined insisting it wasn’t proper for me to be treated in a different way,”
“I told them I was going to stay at the same place where the players were sleeping. They even attempted to eject someone for me to sleep there but I stronghly objected,”
“I went to the press box at the stadium, clean the place, bought my coil and laid my mattress to sleep,”
“You know I love the team and if you will remember anytime I came to Ghana when I was in Europe, I visisted the team and helped them in my own small way and so nobody can question my loyalty,”
“How many Hearts players have shown such open love to the club than me?
“But how can players be treated like that and you expect them to give off their best and win the League title?
“Even if I leave Hearts today, nobody can question my commitment to the club. But the right things must be done.”
Hearts are desirous of ending their three-year wait for the title after playing catch ups to emerging forces like Berekum Chelsea and Aduana Stars.
Their sworn rivals Kotoko won the League last term.
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If this is true then It’s a shame ooo!
If what Laryea is saying is really the case at the team’s camp, that surely is despicable a great club such as Hearts. I am a fabulous fan but football in Ghana gets hotter, exciting and more competitive when Kotoko and Hearts are in shape. Clearly something isn’t right. What is management’s side of this story?
I don’t want to believe it.How can u camp a professional footballers like this in the 21st century .It is only in Hearts of OAK that this thing can happen.Eeeeeiiiiiii hearts what a disgrace team.If u can’t afford camping expenses ,stay at home and be relegated to the first division .FAAAAAABU the best
Which bush is it that they go to shit? Laryea should t ell us. Is it near the stadium or where? You can’t disgrace your club in this way. Evenm if that was the case the manner he put it was wrong. Anyway are you sayingLaryea is 30 years of age? Ei these footballers.
You don’t get it abi? What disgrace? Or u don’t wanna hear the truth? What is wrong with what he said? …and what’s wrong if he took his own mattress and water? Some people here cannot analyze simple stuff! Look, if there was clean drinking water….or if there were better mattresses…in other words, if the players were living comfortably, why would Laryea take his own water? After all, what is water? Why should C.K sack him over bringing his own water or mattress? Does the water or mattress influence play?
The other locals who haven’t played outside before are always timid….they are afraid to speak in case the get black listed—-for all who don’t know, nobody can bully Laryea….cos he’s seen it all before and he’s speaking for the other boys!
What he’s said is perfectly true! Hearts is where it is now cos of gross MISMANAGEMENT…and they have Togbe to thank, else, trust me…it would have been disaster!
C.K must come out and explain to us why he goes to sleep in town…plush hotel with the other management members and leave the players to their fate! Does C.K not drive to training each morning? So why should the players walk? Is anybody listening at all….PHOBIA FANS…wake up and let management answer some questions, else forget about any trophies o….cos the players will sabotage the coach. Do u really wanna know why Jones Attuquayefio won so much laurels?….Cos he was one with the players…cos he fought for the players…as such, the players were ready to die for him…..they played for him…not the club!
Now let me ask readers…and even coach C.K….do you think any of your current players are ready to die for u?? Am done here…word to the wise….’Chikena’!
Beats me! African mentality….Hearts won’t win with this attitude in a long, long t
I salute u my brother, I can promise u that the players will never die for the coach because he only thinks of himself n no one else. This selfish attitude will not bring unity between him n the players. I have been with the team before n I seriously know what I am talking about. Sabato is right. Keep the good work bro Laryea( efintso3).
I think its true. But that doesn’t warrant such acts of indiscipline. But he should also remember that commitment to play supercedes a lot of nasty things. If this is happening in Hearts of Oak, I wonder how some other clubs are doing!! If its true, the FA should sanction them, or there should be some form of sanction!!
What indiscipline? You don’t get it abi? What is wrong if he took his own mattress and water? Some people here cannot analyze simple stuff! Look, if there was clean drinking water….or if there were better mattresses….in other words, if the players were living comfortably, why would Laryea take his own water? After all, what is water? Why should C.K sack him over bringing his own water or mattress? Does the water or mattress influence play?
The other locals who haven’t played outside before are always timid….they are afraid to speak in case the get black listed—-for all who don’t know, nobody can bully Laryea….cos he’s seen it all before and he’s speaking for the other boys!
What he’s said is perfectly true! Hearts is where it is now cos of gross MISMANAGEMENT…and they have Togbe to thank, else, trust me…it would have been disaster!
C.K must come out and explain to us why he goes to sleep in town…plush hotel with the other management members and leave the players to their fate! Does C.K not drive to training each morning? So why should the players walk? Is anybody listening at all….PHOBIA FANS…wake up and let management answer some questions, else forget about any trophies o….cos the players will sabotage the coach. Do u really wanna know why Jones Attuquayefio won so much laurels?….Cos he was one with the players…cos he fought for the players…as such, the players were ready to die for him…..they played for him…not the club!
Now let me ask readers…and even coach C.K….do you think any of your current players are ready to die for u?? Am done here…word to the wise….’Chikena’!
Beats me! African mentality….Hearts won’t win with this attitude in a long, long time!
Whaaaat???lol pls smeone shld tel me is nt true!no wonda u dont want to play the top ì.faaabu papa paaaaaa!!!
Hmm! Inspite of all these glaring professional incompetence and leadership blunders haunting H of Oaks over the years, some people will just come out and try to unreasonably justify these unproud leadership incompetence. Well, like I always say on this forum, H of Oaks as a club can be characterized to an overused cracked basket, whatever good goes into it profusely drains out.
@pota circle 150 chairman, holland learn how to mind your own business and stop pomping yr nose into people’s problem. U’re even proud of yr uncivilise suporters who can’t express themselves anywhere,so we also luv hearts the way they are.
Wait and listen to the management’s side of the story as is done by many elite people. Hearts do not share a bottle of fanta for eight players by “tot, tot” as you do.
GNS are u sure of this
below is the full interview Laryea had with fox FM.
Former Black Stars midfielder Laryea Kingston has challenged Hearts of Oak head coach C.K Akunnor to come out and say so if he has a problem with him.
Kingston was asked to leave Hearts of Oak’s pre-season training camp in Sekondi, but he told Kumasi-based FOX FM that he has always shown Akunnor respect, even though the head coach asked him to leave the camp.
‘I have always shown him respect, even before I returned to Hearts of Oak. If he has a problem with me, he should come out and say so. If my presence is intimidating him, he should say so.’
Kingston narrated the sequence of events that led to his expulsion from the camp, beginning with when he delayed in joining the team because of a malarial attack.
‘I was supposed to join the team in pre-season, but I had an attack of malaria. So I informed management and presented the relevant medical reports to them. I was asked by the doctor to rest for a week, after which I join my team mates in camp.’
Kingston also told FOX FM that he resolved to take some things to Sekondi after he had heard of the conditions in camp, noting that he informed the team manager that he has to drive there on his own.
‘I had information that the players were sleeping on student mattresses on the ground in camp, so I decided to take my duvet and my bedsheets since such things will not be available there. I also looked for certain accessories which will help me in camp and I got them. So I informed the team manager that because I had a lot of things on me, I had to go there on my own.’
According to the winger, he was told on arrival that the team was playing a match at the stadium and so he went there.
‘When I got to the camp, I was told that the players had gone to play a match. So I went to the match centre to meet them and I parked my car in the stadium.’
Kingston revealed that Akunnor asked him the next day to get someone to remove his car, giving him two days to do so, and the midfielder agreed.
‘C.K told me at training on Monday that he had seen my car around and he told me to get someone to take the car back to Accra. I explained to him that I needed the car because of the many things I brought to the camp. C.K then told me that he was giving me two days to remove my car from the camp. I told him that I will agree to that.’
Laryea Kingston told FOX FM that the two days elapsed without success in getting anyone to take the car away, which resulted in his expulsion from camp yesterday.
‘The two days elapsed without my getting someone to come for the car. So the day after that, C.K asked me why I had ignored his instructions. I explained to him that I had not been able to get anyone to take the car back and at any rate, my things were a lot and so I needed the car around. C.K then told me that if that was the case, I should leave the camp immediately. I told him that since he is the head coach, I would do as he says, but I asked him to inform the club’s management about it. He told me that he would do so.’
Kingston described the conditions in the pre-season camp as terrible, adding that the lack of water supply caused a lot of problems.
‘The conditions in camp are terrible. There is no water supply and as a result, you cannot even go to toilet in the facilities provided. We had to use the bush. We had to go outside and bath before coming to the stadium.’
The dead ball expert then criticized Akunnor for sleeping in a hotel whilst the players endured such conditions.
‘Even with all these things, I have said nothing. You as our head coach and leader, you think the facilities are good enough for us. Why then are you sleeping in a hotel in town, instead of staying with the players?’
Kingston also told FOX FM that because he wanted to be with his team-mates, he rejected attempts to give him a special place on his arrival in Sekondi, adding that he slept in an area infested with mosquitoes.
‘Even before we went to camp, I was offered a special place outside camp and I refused because I wanted to be with my team-mates. Eventually I chose an area of the stadium where the press normally does commentary and cleaned the place thoroughly so that I could use the space as a sleeping area. The place was infested with mosquitoes and so the team manager went to town to get me a fan so that it would ward the mosquitoes off.’
Kingston revealed that he informed top club officials of the situation and he has been told that the issue will be resolved.
‘I have informed some Board members and the club’s PRO of the issue and I was told that they will sit down with C.K so that a resolution to the problem will be found.
Oh Hearts of Oak even 4th division team will never do this. what a shame act.Laryea is right 100%
i listen to Laryea on Fox fm over the issue.our management must do something now to prevent any problem in camp now.