{"id":209124,"date":"2024-08-15T17:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T17:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/15\/countryman-songo-declares-war-on-john-paintsil-after-utv-appearance\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T17:43:43","slug":"countryman-songo-declares-war-on-john-paintsil-after-utv-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/15\/countryman-songo-declares-war-on-john-paintsil-after-utv-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Countryman Songo declares war on John Paintsil after UTV appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 19 February 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2024-02-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/116\/11664761.295.jpg\" alt=\"Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang\" title=\"Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, alias Countryman Songo, has vowed to deal with former Black Stars right-back John Paintsil following the latter\u2019s perceived unpopular comments about the state of Ghana football. <\/p>\n<p>Countryman Songo believes that the comments made by John Paintsil during his appearance on UTV\u2019s United Showbiz programme on Saturday, February 17, 2024, painted a dishonest view of the state of Ghana football and that he [Songo] will make him a topic on his Fire for Fire show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow will be scary. He will feel his foolishness,\u201d he tweeted on Sunday, February 18, 2024, in reaction to a tweet highlighting Paintsil&#8217;s comment. <\/p>\n<p>John Paintsil has become the subject of attacks by some Ghanaians on social media following his comments on UTV, during which he made efforts to dismiss notions that Ghana football is in a bad state.<\/p>\n<p>The former Fulham defender called for clarity on the matter, insisting that the failures of the Black Stars in recent tournaments are not enough evidence of the poor state of football in the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to know the point of the demonstration. If it\u2019s Ghana football, then we are not talking about the national team. The national team comes once every four months,\u201d John Paintsil said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when we talk about the Black Stars, they qualified for the World Cup. We have to see that we are still building. It\u2019s not the responsibility of the FA to look after local-based players. It\u2019s up to the teams to develop well,\u201d Paintsil said.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cEvery national team coach has a philosophy, and they want to do well to improve their CV. It\u2019s not the FA who determines which local player is called. The so-called interference is hearsay; there is no truth in that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Tomorrow will be scary yes my brother????he will will feel his foolishness ???????? https:\/\/t.co\/S8HqEqcgDE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Osei-Agyeman (@countrymansongo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/countrymansongo\/status\/1759205438925500421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>EK\/NOQ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 19 February 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2024-02-19 Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, alias Countryman Songo, has vowed to deal with former Black Stars right-back John Paintsil following the latter\u2019s perceived unpopular comments about the state of Ghana football. Countryman Songo believes that the comments made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Countryman Songo declares war on John Paintsil after UTV appearance - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/15\/countryman-songo-declares-war-on-john-paintsil-after-utv-appearance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Countryman Songo declares war on John Paintsil after UTV appearance - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sports News of Monday, 19 February 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2024-02-19 Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, alias Countryman Songo, has vowed to deal with former Black Stars right-back John Paintsil following the latter\u2019s perceived unpopular comments about the state of Ghana football. 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