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00:00 Good morning, let's do sports now on the AM show with me Muftahu Nabila Abda and we start

00:06 from the camp of Kumasi Asante in Kota Kora.

00:08 Exactly a year ago, the Pocket Prime Warriors were in the news following the decision of

00:13 then head coach Dr Prasbhanath Ogun to resign from his position as the head of the technical

00:20 team.

00:21 One year on, he's back leading the technical department of the team following the decision

00:27 of Manchiat to dissolve the management committee as well as the board of the club.

00:36 On Saturday, the life patron of the club, Otoomfo Osetitu II, announced an interim management

00:43 committee to study the affairs of the club and to such a time a permanent management

00:49 committee or substantive management committee is appointed and they will be headed by Nana

00:55 Ampinkra Kweisi-Ewa and Dr Prasbhanath Ogun as the head coach.

01:01 James Kweisi-Apea, he's been tasked to do lots of stuff.

01:06 We understand that during the meeting with Otoomfo Osetitu II, Kweisi-Apea was asked

01:12 to oversee the technical department of the team.

01:16 Kweisi-Apea himself had held a plethora of meetings with Otoomfo before this meeting

01:22 was held last week, Friday, before the interim committee was appointed.

01:27 Emmanuel Newton Dasubre, he has been the administrative manager of the club since Nanaia Amponsa came

01:34 into office in August 2020 and he's been maintained as part of the interim management committee

01:42 as they are tasked to put together structures that will ensure that the club participates

01:47 in the immediate competitions that are coming up, i.e. the top four competition that's

01:53 going to be organised by the Ghana League Club Association.

01:56 Though we understand Kotoko might withdraw from the competition, they've been tasked

02:00 to prepare a team that will be in shape to be able to compete and also prepare the team

02:05 to compete in the Ghana Premier League expected to start in September this year.

02:11 Now let's move on and hear from former Black Stars captain Stephen Apea.

02:16 He's been speaking about the recent pressure that has been mounted on the head coach of

02:20 the Black Stars, Chris Hilton.

02:22 Team manager of the senior national team, Aminish Shadoo, had claimed that the Black

02:26 Stars were having better off with former coach Oto Addo.

02:30 And then two executive council members of the Ghana Football Association, notably Randy

02:35 Abbey and former management committee chairman of the senior national team, George Amwako,

02:41 all claiming that the Black Stars have been unimpressive since Chris Hilton took over

02:46 the leadership of the Tainika team.

02:48 But Stephen Apea has called for patience within the rank and file of the leadership of football

02:55 in the country, as well as supporters.

02:56 According to him, the backroom staff of the senior national team is deficient and he wants

03:02 people to throw their weight behind head coach Chris Hilton to be able to deliver success

03:07 that is required by Ghanaians.

03:09 The football that we are all seeing is not about what we see on the pitch.

03:19 The force is about the people who are on the bench, the technical staff.

03:24 That's why today you will see that Chelsea, Man City, they are even more than the team

03:30 itself.

03:31 Oh yeah, we have the backroom staff.

03:33 Yeah, we have people who...

03:34 Italy went to the Euros.

03:35 Ah, we did the Euros together.

03:36 We kept so many backroom staff.

03:37 Yeah, so you have a particular person who is focusing on Ireland.

03:43 You have a particular person who is focusing on Messi.

03:49 You have a particular person who is trying to look at the goalkeeper.

03:55 But I don't think that we have the...

03:57 So our technical team is deficient.

03:58 No, I'm not saying that because I'm coming there.

04:01 So I'm trying to say that at the end of the day, all this thing is money.

04:06 Do we have the money to do that?

04:09 No.

04:10 So we are deficient in our technical team.

04:12 But there are other people who also talk about the chop and change.

04:16 There hasn't been that consistency.

04:18 Is that also a challenge?

04:19 No, it can be because, you see, I think we are living in a country where we don't have

04:24 patients.

04:26 We saw when you read Ferguson books.

04:30 When he started, I mean, it wasn't good.

04:37 But they allowed him to do his job.

04:41 And we have to know one thing that any code that you bring, it comes with a different

04:46 style of play.

04:47 So the players will never get used to a particular play.

04:53 That's why maybe it looks like we are not getting what we want to see.

05:03 Our time, it was one code that we had.

05:10 And look at the way we played.

05:11 I can close my eyes and I know where Asamoah Jan is or Matthew Amwa is and I'll give him

05:16 the ball.

05:18 But today it looks as if we are not, I don't want to use the word confused.

05:23 It's too harsh.

05:25 We are not getting it.

05:27 So changing code is to distract the system of the play of the team.

05:38 Former captain of the Black Stars, Stephen Appiah speaking.

05:41 Now let's hear from one player who is seeking to break into the Syrian National Team, the

05:47 Black Stars.

05:48 He has called off many times, but he's yet to make his debut with the Black Stars.

05:53 He's Montario Kamahene, a council player.

05:55 He's football in Israel with Ashdod FC.

05:57 He's a left back.

05:59 He's a product of Dreams FC.

06:01 He's been speaking about those who criticize the president of the Ghana Football Association,

06:09 Ket Okriku, saying that many of the people who criticize him probably do not have an

06:14 idea about the vision he's got for football.

06:16 But I have asked the president of the FA to ensure that he focuses on delivering his mandate

06:23 that he's promised the football community.

06:25 You know, I always say that, you know, in this world, whether you do bad, they will

06:32 talk, whether you do good, they will criticize.

06:33 Everything you do, you know, and football is all about that.

06:37 Even for us playing the football, this is how it is.

06:41 People will criticize you, you know, you understand.

06:43 But it depends on you how you're going to take it.

06:45 You understand me?

06:46 But you don't need to pay more attention to people in your life who criticize you.

06:51 You understand?

06:52 Just try to pick something good out of that.

06:54 So I think, you know, for him, the brain that he has is more than that.

07:02 It's more what people are talking.

07:04 You understand me?

07:05 It's more what people are talking.

07:07 So would you say that those of us, or those who criticize Ket, they don't know the kind

07:13 of person he is and the knowledge and the vision he's got for God?

07:16 Yeah, this is what I'm saying.

07:18 I can't tell maybe those who criticize him that they don't know.

07:21 You understand?

07:22 Because this is what they say, like, you know, this is what they see.

07:27 And they want to talk about it.

07:29 You understand me?

07:30 So if someone criticizes you about something, you know, like, you don't need to tell the

07:34 person you don't know.

07:37 Maybe this is what they see.

07:38 You understand me?

07:39 So you have to work to prove them wrong.

07:41 But this is what I'm saying.

07:43 The brain that he has is more, or he's seen like far beyond maybe what people are talking.

07:50 You understand?

07:51 But I feel sometimes, you know, like patience is everything, you know, when people talk,

07:56 blah, blah, blah, and stuff like this.

07:59 So and you see, like, everything is gradually, you know, he's making more waves, he's promoting,

08:05 you know, everything, you know.

08:07 And let me say, not even one day God used to create the earth.

08:10 Yeah, not one day.

08:12 You understand me?

08:13 So even if God never used one day to create something, what about human beings?

08:18 So it's all about patience.

08:19 You understand?

08:20 So Ghanaians should be patient with him.

08:21 So it's like a process.

08:23 Yeah.

08:24 But even like if I say patience, like, it seems like maybe when you're not doing something

08:29 good and someone tells you, you need to be patient with this person.

08:32 No, but he's doing the job.

08:34 Because he's a hardworking man.

08:35 He's doing the job.

08:37 So if he's doing the job, you know, what do you want again?

08:40 You know, you understand me?

08:41 And trust me, if you have someone who got a vision, who got like the plans and everything,

08:46 you know, it's all about time and process.

08:48 You understand?

08:49 You see that everything, and you can see he has done a lot.

08:53 Sharing boots, like football shoes to the clubs, pitches and everything.

08:58 Sharing football to clubs themselves.

09:00 You understand?

09:01 Something that never happened before.

09:03 So this one needs to tell you, people who are criticizing, this one alone needs to tell

09:07 you that, oh, you know, there is...

09:10 When the resources are there, we will do more.

09:13 There is something big coming.

09:16 Let's go on the phone right now and speak to the head coach of the Black Galaxies, Masoud

09:21 Didi-Odramani.

09:22 He's screening players as he gets himself ready to build a formidable team that can

09:27 compete at the continental level.

09:29 Over the years, the Black Galaxies have struggled.

09:32 And this year, when they participated in the Shand competition, they exited at the run

09:38 of 16 of the competition.

09:40 And this led to many people questioning the skill of leadership of the Ghana Football

09:47 Association, as well as the technical team, which was led to the competition by...

09:53 Who's been...

09:55 This man has been reappointed as the head coach of the Great Olympics, Arnold Walker.

09:59 Now let's go and speak to Didi-Odramani, who is replacing Arnold Walker.

10:02 Didi, thanks very much for your time this morning.

10:05 Tell us pretty quick, there isn't any major assignment coming up, but you've assembled

10:10 many players at Pram Pram.

10:13 What is actually happening?

10:14 In actual sense, this is...

10:17 Thank you very much for having me this morning, even though it's eating into my operational

10:24 time, but your institution is equally as important as what we also do here in terms of making

10:30 people understand what we're trying to put in place.

10:34 So first of all, it is to assist with the acknowledgement of what we have domestically.

10:42 And you know, if you had me, Chris, and then George all over the place, we're traveling

10:48 across to watch games and then in appreciation of what we saw, it's to bring players close

10:54 view so that you understand the player better.

10:58 And also, it's to institute a domestic-based B national team that can always come in when

11:07 it becomes necessary in terms of proximity and in terms of needs of players, the support

11:14 in the A national team.

11:15 And in so doing, you need to bring them on close view so that you'll be able to understand

11:22 how you saw him from distance and then what you think the player has.

11:26 We actually need to support players based on their natural tendencies, and then we can

11:32 try as much as possible to also manage them as well.

11:36 And so I put in place our analysis, you know, players in different phases, 24 in each, 21

11:44 years, three goals, working for three days.

11:47 The report, this group reported on Sunday at dinner, and then we had our culture in

11:54 integration test.

11:56 And then after that, we have our training sessions this morning, and then in the evening

12:01 we give them a style of play view.

12:03 And then the next day, they have the opportunity for another style of play, both offense and

12:09 defense.

12:10 And then on the third day, they will play an internal control game where the player

12:15 wins themselves.

12:16 And then they are off to go.

12:19 This gives them a certain orientation in terms of what we do at the A level.

12:25 A level, there's not much time for longer training session, longer campaign.

12:29 You know, it is for you to watch some videos and then have some walkthroughs, have some

12:33 low intensive sessions, and then you need to be able to integrate and adapt.

12:39 So it's a work in progress.

12:41 Some will be seen now, some will be seen when the league is on, and then that's how we try

12:45 as much as possible to find the program going on.

12:48 So this is just the first one.

12:50 How long do you intend to do this, Didi?

12:53 We are going to, we started on the 17th of July, and then the program is supposed to

12:59 end on the 12th of August.

13:02 Okay.

13:03 Considering the fact that many of these players, they often move out.

13:10 If there are opportunities for them to move, they are definitely going to take it.

13:14 Isn't it challenging that you started screening as many as 96 players if the numbers available

13:22 are anything to go by, and you are expected to trim that number down to a size that you

13:29 can work with?

13:30 Okay, so what it means is that you said it all.

13:33 You answered your own question.

13:34 You said they normally would travel out.

13:40 It is the wish of every coach to see to it that players are traveling out clearly.

13:44 When the players travel out like that, that is a good mark.

13:48 And once they travel out in those cases, then it gives us the opportunity to know that this

13:54 player needs to be tracked.

13:55 We have to continue to monitor the player.

13:58 Why do you stop a domestic player from traveling outside the country?

14:01 Every player everywhere in the world wants to have the opportunity to try something.

14:06 You saw Kiki winning the Champions League at the highest level, but still players still

14:12 want to move to different environments.

14:14 And that is what all this program is about.

14:17 We will see a lot more players, and that is why I said it is a waiting program.

14:22 If the 96 players all move out of the country, I will bring another 96 and even more, because

14:27 I have over 500 domestic players on the database.

14:32 It is a work in progress, and I believe that you are part of it.

14:36 Everyone is part of it.

14:37 Let's embrace this institution and be able to support our local leagues.

14:44 I am not even talking about the Premier League, I am talking about the local leagues.

14:47 That is the Premier League, the First Division, the Junior National Team, the University.

14:52 I try to go around to see who is in it.

14:55 Most of the boys that I brought, some are coming from the Division 1 Premier League

14:59 team, some are coming from the very low Division, Division 2.

15:03 Those who excel very well in the Division 2, I brought them in to watch them on a close

15:09 view.

15:10 Do you have any immediate assignments coming up to prepare the team?

15:16 But I think you said it all.

15:17 You said there is no immediate assignment.

15:20 It is just to get some clarity, to appreciate what you are doing right now.

15:25 Yes, the immediate assignment is what I told you.

15:29 It is to have a close view.

15:30 And then you will be able to understand that if something comes up for proximity purposes,

15:38 and then you need someone that will fill in to the 18, you cannot just pop into your head

15:43 to say that, "Oh, I know about this player."

15:45 At least you need to have some substance by saying that, "I saw this player on a very

15:49 close view."

15:50 And I think that on the view of having someone to fill in that situation, this player will

15:55 be able to do it without even thinking.

15:57 Because you have seen him in training, you have seen what he brings, you have seen his

16:01 strength, and you have seen his level of integration and adaptation.

16:05 The A-National team is all about integrating and adapting because the time is very, very

16:10 short for preparation.

16:11 Coach, my final question, just before I let you go.

16:14 Yes, because you are eating into my time now.

16:18 What will make this program a success?

16:22 For me, success is all about the mindset.

16:28 Success is all about the ability to be deliberate, and we are deliberate about this.

16:37 The ability to remain very consistent, and we are consistent on this matter.

16:41 The ability to be patient around it.

16:45 Patience in the sense that integration takes a process to be able to find peace.

16:50 And so this is what we want to do.

16:54 And then the other aspect is clubs.

16:57 Clubs knowing that we need to, as much as possible, to support because these players

17:03 that we are handling here are their players.

17:05 The nation has no players.

17:07 Every player belongs to a club.

17:09 And so they need to communicate, strong communication.

17:12 That's the challenge.

17:13 You invite a player and then the team knows that the player is not around and nobody is

17:18 communicating with you to tell you that, please, the player is traveling so that you can plan

17:23 around it.

17:24 You need a certain magic to be able to adjust your programming.

17:28 And I think that that one is a very low bar in terms of the way we support this athlete.

17:36 And I want to believe that we need to move even more better in terms of how we communicate.

17:44 Communication is crucial when it comes to team organization.

17:50 Thank you very much, Coach Didi Dramani, the head coach of the Black Galazis.

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