{"id":115074,"date":"2023-10-31T09:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/31\/2023-24-ghpl-poor-pre-season-affecting-us\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T09:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T09:53:05","slug":"2023-24-ghpl-poor-pre-season-affecting-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/31\/2023-24-ghpl-poor-pre-season-affecting-us\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\/24 GHPL: Poor pre-season affecting us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"495\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-133016-696x495.png\"   alt=\"Kingsley Owusu Achau\" title=\"Kingsley Owusu Achau\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingsley Owusu Achau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chairman of Bechem United,\u00a0Kingsley Owusu Achau has\u00a0identified poor pre-season preparations as the reason for their slow start to the 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite finishing among the top four on two consecutive seasons, the former FA Cup champions sit 12th on the league log with 8 points.<\/p>\n<p>After seven games into the season, the Hunters have recorded two wins, two draws and three losses.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Owusu Achau explained that, because they had agreed to play a pre-season tournament with the elite clubs from the Brong Ahafo Region, they could not travel south to Accra to play as they often did during their preseason preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, they were disappointed when the regional tournament was cancelled forcing them to play preseason games with the same third division club multiple times to warm up ahead of the start of their league campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This way of preparation, he said, didn\u2019t help the team to adequately assess their strength and readiness for the season as the stamina level of most of their players were exposed when the league started.<\/p>\n<p>But he remains optimistic that they will finish in the top four since they are improving day by day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re improving day by day and we\u2019ll still play the Top 4. We are very optimistic and that\u2019s our target,\u201d he gave the assurance.<\/p>\n<p>Having recorded a 1-1 draw against Asante Kotoko over the weekend at the Baba Yara Stadium, Bechem United will host Accra Great Olympics in the matchday eight games at the Nana Fosu Gyeabour Park on Wednesday with kick-off scheduled at 15:00GMT.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Vgw0f8KGDfY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Potable Water: MP hopeful lobbies for construction of boreholes for Obronikrom community (30-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vgw0f8KGDfY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingsley Owusu Achau Chairman of Bechem United,\u00a0Kingsley Owusu Achau has\u00a0identified poor pre-season preparations as the reason for their slow start to the 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League season. 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