{"id":432601,"date":"2017-10-31T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/hearts-has-lost-its-identity-former-board-member\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:30:29","slug":"hearts-has-lost-its-identity-former-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/hearts-has-lost-its-identity-former-board-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts has lost its identity \u2013 Former Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 31 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/16996891.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ernest Thompson44\" title=\"Ernest Thompson44\" width=\"295\" height=\"291\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ernest Thompson says Hearts has lost its identity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909143345973\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909143345973\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1509456629_829_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Hearts of Oak former Board Secretary, Ernest Thompson, has insisted that the club has lost its identity.<\/p>\n<p>The Phobians under Harry Zakkuor\u2019s led administration in 2000 conquered Africa by winning the CAF Champions League, FA Cup and the CAF Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, the Accra giants won the maiden edition of the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Since Togbe Afede XIV took over the club six years ago, the club has failed to win any major silverware. The closest they came was last Sunday in the finals of the MTN FA Cup but they got whitewashed 3-1 by their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the true identity of hearts is fading off because the team have failed to uphold the rainbow spirit as well as reposing confidence in their irrepressible supporters,\u201d he told Kumasi-based Nhyira FM.<\/p>\n<p>Why should hearts for the past 8 years failed to win Ghana premier league\u2019\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I think  this is not the Hearts of Oak we know so there is something wrong and  we should all put our shoulders to the wheel to solve this problem.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019 I  Suggest that if the board still want to stick to the floatation of shares, then they should make it attractive to the fans to buy more to generate money to the team.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019 Secondly, I also suggest that if the board want to generate enough money to finance the club through the floatation of the shares, then those that the club owe should not be allowed to replace the debt with buying of shares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-10-31 Ernest Thompson says Hearts has lost its identity Hearts of Oak former Board Secretary, Ernest Thompson, has insisted that the club has lost its identity. 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