{"id":778952,"date":"2020-01-09T01:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T01:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/why-hearts-of-oak-are-struggling\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T01:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T01:08:35","slug":"why-hearts-of-oak-are-struggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/why-hearts-of-oak-are-struggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hearts of Oak are struggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  9 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2020-01-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/64734773.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hearts of Oak team\" title=\"Hearts of Oak team\" width=\"295\" height=\"210\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Hearts of Oak team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">Former Ghana international, Mohammed Ahmed Polo, has revealed why his former side, Hearts of Oak have failed to end their trophy-less jinx.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Premier League heavyweights are on a quest to end their nine years trophy-less run in the ongoing 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n<p>The club is with no point after two matches played. Their first home defeat led to the exit of Kim Grant as the head coach of the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, Polo, who is a legend of the club believes the club is failing to put in place proper structure to help them win the topflight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of players have been a problem for Hearts of Oak,\u201d he told Asempa FM. \u201cThe club needs to have a structure but they have consistently failed to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the European players we see them pass through the various structures before emerging as top and quality players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t concentrate and build your academy as a club, you will always have a problem. You have to invest in that to ensure the progression of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can buy players but when you develop them, they play together as a unit with one spirit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak will be hoping to bounce back from their 3:0 humiliation by Medeama SC in the match-day two fixtures when they host struggling Ebusua Dwarfs at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: adomonline.com 2020-01-09 Hearts of Oak team Former Ghana international, Mohammed Ahmed Polo, has revealed why his former side, Hearts of Oak have failed to end their trophy-less jinx. 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