{"id":241387,"date":"2024-10-29T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/gpl-hearts-of-oak-problem-is-not-coaching-frank-nelson\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:16:31","slug":"gpl-hearts-of-oak-problem-is-not-coaching-frank-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/gpl-hearts-of-oak-problem-is-not-coaching-frank-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL: Hearts of Oak problem is not coaching \u2013 Frank Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Frank Nelson Nwokolo, says coach Aboubakar Ouattara should not be faulted for the club\u2019s current poor performance in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hearts of Oak have won two matches, drawn three and lost four matches after match day nine of the ongoing season, leaving the club on 9 points from a possible 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A section of the club\u2019s support base has accused their Burkinabe coach of the clubs\u2019 poor results and are urging the management to sack the outspoken gaffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But speaking to Luv Sports in an interview, Frank Nelson stressed the need for the club to go for quality players, saying the problem of Hearts of Oak is purely the lack of quality players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, I won\u2019t blame the coach, I won\u2019t blame the playing body but we need to look at the problem holistically and know exactly where the problem is coming from. We need to be sincere to ourselves and ask if we are doing the right recruitment, are the players we got into the club players that can play for Accra Hearts of Oak?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I don\u2019t think these are the best players in Ghana for Accra Hearts of Oak. Accra Hearts of Oak I know in those days is the club that goes for the best players, like going for Yaw Sakyi from Kotoko, going for Eric Gawu from King Faisal, Anthony Annan from Hasacas etc,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Nelson is urging the club to go in for tried and tested players in the local league and stop buying players from the lower division since that is not the recruitment style of Accra Hearts of Oak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo for players who are tried and tested not playing for Division One or Two clubs but players who have tasted the premiership and achieved laurels with their clubs. Everybody knows Gawu\u2019s influence on the King Faisal team then, everybody knows what Yaw Sakyi was doing with Kotoko. Accra Hearts of Oak we are not used to mediocrity, we don\u2019t accept anything that is below average so I sincerely think that we need to take a look at how we do our recruitment again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Nelson, who lost his place on the Hearts of Oak Board during the last AGM, has meanwhile called for a strong scouting team that can identify the best talents on the scene for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we should also look at our scouting, in terms of recruitment I don\u2019t think we should wait till at the end of the season then we do a wholesome recruitment as we did this season. For instance, this season I know we recruited about fifteen players into the club and that\u2019s not the best for a club that wants to progress. And the season before I\u2019m sure that the same number of players were recruited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So every season you get fifteen or ten players coming in, another ten exiting, then there\u2019ll be no consistency in the team, so I think we should be very strategic. That\u2019s why I advise that we should have a strong scouting team that will be able to help us scout the best players ahead of the season,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hearts of Oak will next travel to face Medeama SC at the Tarkwa T&amp;A stadium in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Frank Nelson Nwokolo, says coach Aboubakar Ouattara should not be faulted for the club\u2019s current poor performance in the Ghana Premier League. 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