{"id":437302,"date":"2017-11-15T02:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/kwesi-appiah-runs-the-rule-over-ghana-new-boys\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T02:14:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:14:06","slug":"kwesi-appiah-runs-the-rule-over-ghana-new-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/kwesi-appiah-runs-the-rule-over-ghana-new-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah runs the rule over Ghana new boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 15 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-15<\/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\/20661306.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah Mexico\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah Mexico\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>James Kwesi Appiah, Black Stars coach<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541642576\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541642576\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510712046_647_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Black Stars coach rates his new players after the end of the World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah is largely impressed by the level of performance of newly-introduced players in the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over as Ghana boss in May, Appiah has embarked on a rebuilding exercise, dumping many of the &#8216;old guards&#8217; 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