“If you ask me if I feel like I’m the right person for this job, the answer is yes,” coach Chris Hughton
This maybe the worst first half in the history of the Black Stars since its formation in 1959 and though the team over the past decade has exited only by name because they have not been able to manage two win consecutively
But come to think of this From 2008 to 2017, Ghana made it to at least the semifinals of each AFCON tournament. However, it ended there. Missed 2018 WC, had to rely on an own goal to make it to the shootouts of a R16 2019 AFCON tie against Tunisia which we lost.
2021 AFCON: Experienced arguably the worst performance.
2022 World Cup: Matched the worst performance arguably.
A renowned sports journalist and writer saddick Adam’s (sports Obama) in his opinion believes this stroke of bad luck will get worse, because there’s absolutely no plan in place to build a strong team that can consistently compete at highest level. He further explained that The plan has always been to lazily chase after average players with six games at an average European side whose surname sound Ghanaian Sneak in one or two agency players on the blind side and try top it up with one or two popular names. Rotate coaches and keep the cycle in motion.
The senior national team in the past years have witness coaches like Kwesi Appiah, CK Akonnor, Milo and Otto Addo at the helm.
If you go through all these and think the problem has been from coaches, you would have a lot to prove
Until we build a team from the basics with clear philosophy, we will always depend on the average international players and we will come back to square one with same discussion.
