Striker Asamoah Gyan will remain Black Stars captain- Saanie
Posted On Wednesday, 27th February 2013
Asamoah Gyan will stay as the Black Stars captain
Communications Director of the Ghana football Association, Ibrahim Saanie Dara has reiterated that calls for Asamoah Gyan to be stripped off the Black Stars captaincy are baseless, adding that the Al Ain forward would be maintained as the leader of the senior national team.
Asamoah Gyan who was confirmed captain of the Black Stars barley six months ago has come under severe criticism for failing to offer any form of inspiration and leadership when the going got tough for the senior national team at the recently ended Africa cup of Nations in South Africa.
Gyan who has been Ghana’s target man for the last six years scored only once for the Black Stars at the tournament but head coach Kwesi Appiah has continually maintained that the technical team was highly impressed by Gyan’s overall contribution despite scoring few goals at the tournament.
Gyan took over the captaincy from defender John Mensah who was also criticized for lacking the ability to inspire at difficult times. The two have often been measured by the high standard demonstrated by Stephen Appiah who led the Black Stars to two successive world cups in 2006 and 2010.
Appiah has been by popular acclamation described as the best captain in the history of the Black Stars but the GFA has given Gyan the backing to succeed as captain of the team.
“Asamoah will be maintained as captain, the GFA is very impressed with the way he behaved himself and the way he encouraged the other players at the recently ended Nations Cup on South Africa.”
Asked whether Muntari was not ahead of Gyan on the seniority ladder, Sannie stressed that it should not be a problem at all.
“John Paintsil is senior player; Derek Boateng came into the Black Stars long before Gyan but they all had no problems with Gyan so Muntari would have no problem with the Al Ain striker’s leadership.” Sannie said on GTV’s Stage Africa sports programme
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quite black star and have a free of mind.im afraid to say no world cup for black star come Brazil 2014.sack Nyatakyi and his gang and save our dear black star from collapsing.CORRUPTION.CORRUPTION.CORRUPTION
You guys at the GFA are a bunch of stupid idiots, your decision to give this mediocre player the captain’s band and the continuous proclamations on keeping him still as the captain has nothing to do with experience, merit or anything on that line. It is purely based on economics.
As long as they keep him in the national team, the more gifts and underhand moneys he passes along to them greedy bastards and parasites. This is the bottom line for everyone in that organization.
Players like Asamoah Gyan and Derek Boateng keeps getting callups in place of capable players, even though we have all seen them incapable of performing at the recent international levels.
Look at how many clear chances were created for him by others that he could not convert. If he had converted even half of them, we would be celebrating our 5th AFCON title. But these blinded bloated buffoons at our GFA do not see any of this nor dare criticize him but keep showering him with praises that he does not deserve.
It’s no more about quality, but more to do with elbow greasing. My fellow Ghanaians this is the sad state of our GFA and Black Stars. If you can pay you will be called to the national team.
So, what happened to the principle that the captainship is given according to seniority? Double standards. The GFA has really lost focus and the team has lost the kind of unity that took us to our two previous world cups. We can’t go to Brazil with this kind of management. Oh my Black Stars!
GFA needs HOUSE CLEANING as soon as possible. All this could have been avoided if Akwasi Appiah had been replaced after the Afcon. A new coach can safely undo the DEADLY mistakes of GFA. Nepotism is wrong.
I can’t believe everyone in the GFA is just failing to show a bit of common sense.And now this guy too has been added to the most corrupt group of football politicians ever to take charge of our national pride. Asamoah Gyans captaincy and Akwasi Appiah’s appointment were all wrong decisions and just because of kick backs these dudes are still defending it and making a mockery of themselves. We all fought for an independent FA but is now time we had a government intervention. Forget FIFA sanctions cos we need a lot of house cleaning and can’t allow these few to waste our taxes
I am disappointed in the GFA particularly Sannie, he once said Ghana’s captaincy is strictly due to seniority so how then do u say this? The GFA is a disgrace and they r wasting tax payers money. Shame on you all.
Why do we ghanaians talk too much?
Asamoah Gyan what has he done?