We Missed It By A Whisker,Oh That We'd Been More 'Streetwise'

Dear Ghanaians,
It's been quite a while that we could praise the Black Stars with true pride.Not the 'paid praise singing' we'd gotten used to.Now who are those saying no one gave them a dogs chance?Was it not these same guys who'd been through some serious slug outs with U.S.A,Germany and Portugal? Wherefore then could Algeria, Senegal and South Africa be so threatening,if they were bulls weren't we serious matadors?Didn't we gift 3 goals at the World Cup? We gifted goals,whaaat,you go fit GHANA?

As for the Germans any time they remember how they escaped our clutch, their liver quivers and them blood pressure high, me a tell you aya.Those of you who are quite familiar with my 'Utopian Opinionations' know right well how I've blocked your ears with 'Oh ye 24 million coaches,Black Stars are the best in the world but that it was quintessential to have the enhanced skills of super speedster Quincy OwusuAbeyie to achieve that 'living fantasy'.Yes I was dead serious,for we had no true 'speed skater' to get us out of al sorts of hazardous 'quicksands'.That was all we lacked. That lack of supersonic speedy dribbling told on us so much during the African Cup finals.

Yet these were the GH boys with enough clout to drill the dreaded Germans, yet fell short of 'the glory of God. Yes when the GH boys meet it's a completely different ball game altogether and I've always said 'GHANA BLACK STARS IS A COACHES' DREAM', or if you are a bit of a smart Alec like Coach Milo,you'll know the true meaning of THE GHANA BLACK STARS.Just look at what experienced Avram has just cleverly juggled,you think if it were a Tanzania or Kenya or a Zimbabwe he'd beable to repeat the admirable feat.Look how his boys neutralised the Ivorians so much so that they were completely at sea as to how to plant the ball in our net.

It was cool,calm and calculated,no nerves whatsoever as we soaked up all they had to offer,but their defenders were also giving us the tightest of markings and there was no authentic speedster to overrun them[like Quincy did in K'si,Sunday Mbah also overrun them in Afcon 2013],for Atsu tried but his short legs couldn't outstride the tall stout Ivorian defenders who were fast enough to neutralise Dede,Appiah as well as Atsu [when I say Quincy will solve a myriad of attacking problems I really meanit]look how difficult it was to enter their box,yes,so difficult was it that smart Atsu whacked a 22 yarder which hit the post and I remembered similar archery from

KalushaBwalya in the Zambia/Nigeria '94 Afcon Final.This was the highest pedestal short of the World Cup and fantastic we were in defence mode but the attacking was so atrocious,if the match had gone on for 5 hours we'd have been at sea and that is what we have to solve,one on one body swerving,stepping over dribbling skills into thebox to even solicit a penalty,we needed proper dribbling skills,we'd gotten by in all the other matches but now when true class was demanded, with the Cup present and gleaming, goal scoring was too difficult for us and that is UnGhanaian to the hilt.I was ashamed, for we 60's born Ghanaians really used to play a soccer game named 'dribblings to goal', a game for 5 or 6,played whilst awaiting the other playmates,a keeper in goal and whoever had the ball wasn't supposed to pass but to dribble the

3 or 4 and score, so imagine me having to watch such total attacking bankruptcy when the stakes were so high,'ebeiooh',wheredeyQuincy,make he demonstrate what 'de I say',it was our shortcoming,no lightening pace outwitting of opponents for astounding breakthroughs,yes the dribble with 'contemptuous ease' was unavailable, our 'supers' bridled by Kolo Toure and company,truly GH is only exposed when the stakes are glorious, you'll only realise you need Quincy in these mega matches and so don't expect to see us struggle in our subsequent matches for our attacking bankruptcy shall not be exposed unless in high profile friendly matches so the self deceit shall go on unabated for Quincy was 'obliterated' from the squad in 'can of worms' circumstances and it's a skeleton in our wardrobe,high level toxicity,angering men and angels alike.

I grieved,not a single goal in sight,ohno,just too bad,truth me a tell you.So commitment and patriotism was never in doubt for Black Stars were playing with post Brazil Psychological Duress.As though the movie villain was holding their loved ones hostage with a WIN being the ransom.

So the game wound on,Gervinho,Yahaya,Bonney,GERROUT,Afful,Rahman,Boye and Mensahdemonstrated.At the other end was a likewise GERROUT GH Bwai!Everyone say Yahaya GERROUT Then the 120 mins are up and history is unfurling some serious drama at whose expense? 10 minutes to kickoff 'dumsor' visited and I had to make a move [DUMSOR has visited less than a minute after I called his name] so the dudes at where I went to watch can attest to how I raised the vim before the 1st kick,'ebaashibar, ebaashi bar'meaning,'it'll knock the bar' and knock the bar it did. As they take the 2nd kick Dada Boat shouts 'over the bar' and over it went!

Then we sang the Accra Stadium tune that they sing when one shoots nastily over the bar,yes, in the Ga language loosely translated 'you saw the goalposts looming large,yet you played it over the bat', surely this was too good to be true.We were delirious,was it not signed and sealed?Them spoil 2 penalties equals GH slot 2 more!!What must 'I was no dunce in school' do?

The Utopian in me instinctively knows that penalty expert Andre Ayew must step up,oh,it's Afriyie Acquah instead. HeyRay,since when did Afriyie join the team to be taking the 3rd kick in our'bottom box'/'tusker for men' match of matches.AndreAyew,didn't you have that fast thinking when you offered Jordan your penalty to bail him in the Guinea match?Don't you know we have but 2 to slot to glory?And you stood there waiting to take which last kick of 'what glory'?

Let me share a secret with you.Prior the World Cup, I had a dream in which Andre had scored a goal and as he comes to the centrecircle Quincy is there in his all white and green flags are flying[green means GO] yes,Walahi,God strike I dead if I didn't dream this dream.Didn'tDede score at the World Cup? So when I'm talking and it is lofty please be informed that Rastaman takes pride in his relatioship with the Most High than in piles of dollar bills. Any man who spoke against Quincy sinned against God,Ghana and the Sacred Game of Soccer.

The Ayew's own P.R.O,FCNyanya spokesman said on the DIVAS SHOW ON tv 3 when Goran chose Quincy,'it's not because of Dede,but is the coach telling us that in all his galavanting around Europe Quincy OwusuAbeyie was the only one he was able to see?EwuradeNyame'[Lord God]Blasphemy be dis,coupled with deciet and outright envy , this is what the Ayews' 'lyricist' said on national tele,and all my love for Abedi VANISHED[JAH knows how I rooted for him in '93 against Milan].

Can you imagine Abedi advocating Kevin Princes return when his boys failed against Zambia,can you imagine,never a good word for Quincy but rather the slithering opportunist Kevin,Don Abedi gave such 'straight to perdition' advice for it was unpalatable. Since when? And you say you ain't seen Quincy,below the belt to the hilt.

Afriyie missed[no blame apportioned whatsoever],I wasn't alarmed,things can be rectified,then who steps up for the 4th,Frank Akyeampong who was a new member, how can 'Ronnie Wiseman' allow this?Why,na you dey chop last for school?His spirit hasn't settled into the team yet,but how can MATERIAL MEN decipher this spiritual 'something'.Bayernvs Chelsea European Cup Final,Bayern get a penalty and Robben steps up and I say to Flava, 'how can the German players leave this their'bottom box' penalty to a Dutchman,it just wasn't right but you must have serious spiritual antennae to be on this.

Robben missed it,you proud German, your Cup winning penalty you left for Holland Champion?FrankAkyeampong blew it[no blame apportioned] yes, he blew the cup away, before Dede made mincemeat of Barry with an expert slot, but the momentum was gone,where was Dede's presence of mind as the Captain at the time? Yet he'd had the presence of mind to gift his brother his penalty in the semis.Destiny's moment was lost on Dede,the Math was beyond him.That is what the Angel of the game used to handover the title to the Ivorians,yes it was too close to call and Andre should have stepped up and I know by now smart Alec must have figured this blunder out.It is not taught in school.So you see how great GH is?

So what will happen when we invite Quincy and unbridled Mahatma [he was shabbily treated in my estimation]men,can you imagine?I repeat Quincy is faster than all the GH forward line,you resist and learn the painful,heartbreaking,patheticway.The Cup was ours to take for I put my MEGA GRUDGE aside and supported unlike in 2012,2013,2014,when I told all and sundry without any apology that Quincy was quintessential!!

GTV decided to make Sunday afternoon an Ayew family boot licking session.What did they do,hey Ray what did they do? They had selective amnesia and showed the 90minute reel of GHANA/IVOIRE GROUP MATCH AFCON'96 and clips of Abedi's goals as against Dede's.My 'constituents'were all ready,the 'thing had brought itself',today you people

will have to show that 2008 Bronze medal match and Tawale said 'if dem show the clip of Quincy,if they like make dem no call him name, 'guiltiness' rest on them concience'.

See how Kidiab and his troop were so appreciative of their bronze medal]yesman,instead of showing us that more important match they showed us an opening group match in SouthAfrica'96.I called my righthandman,watch GTV and see if Abedi was faster than Quincy?[I'll spare you the details].Surely they'll show the whole clip of the 4-2 thrashing after the '96 match,which would reveal Quincy OwusuAbeyie's 'ponkoabodam' crazy horse gallopping,or should I say 'cheetah runner' or refer to the GAZZELLE [as he's known in Europe] see how deep the conspiracy against Quincy and his 'Utopian Father' was.

You lie Natty not a single clip from that fantastic show of Quincy's, when Kojo Asamoah and Dede used to relax on the bench according to Claud Le Roi[I campaigned and Milo took him to World Cup 2010 and then 'they' conspired to keep him out of the Uruguay game,just because he'd scored Latvia[Kevin Prince's debut] just when I was trumpeting him and jostling even Nana Agyemang and SanniDiarra who'd dared 'badmouth' my 'beloved son'.Asante Kotoko Express graciously allowed me to use their privileged pages for all these national duties.

I jostled Nana and Sanni on Fridayand Quincy elevated me with a goal in London the very next day!Evactly the same way AsamoahGyan elevated me with a goal in Kinshasa when I resisted his omission by Coach Arday in 2004,yes in the Weekly Spectator I did that duty all because Asamoah had latched unto my centre arc to penalty box crisp ground pass,the speed to reach the ball,the 'aponkyebrake',the pullback and toss was headed narrowly over the bar amd the crowd at Dansoman Kari Kari Park roared!!

Rasta, you no dey see say he dey spoil chances paa?' My street boys would legitimately ask and I'd reply'haven't you noticed how people can play for an hour and create no clear cut chance,and you have a Gyan who'll get a scoring chance in a trice,hell spoil 2 and slot 1,the fact that he can even get those chances shows how clever he is knowing instinctively where an intelligent thief must stand.'Just 1 game alongside him and I knew him.Enough lessons for today, Congrats Black Stars crew, seeya!!