A member of the Black Stars management committee Wilfred Osei Palmer says the decision by the FA to cover up reports of indiscipline and player revolts in the Stars camp in Brazil is partly to blame for the Stars’ early exit.
The FA’s communications team mounted a strong denial to reports of player revolt in the Stars’ camp and singled out Joy FM and its tournament correspondent Tony Bebli for criticism, accusing him of fabrication.
Bebli had reported that some players, including Kevin Prince Boateng had confronted the coach for deploying the wrong tactics and the wrong players against USA, a game the Stars lost by 1-2.
But the FA denied the report rather vehemently.
Days after the denial, it emerged that Kevin Prince Boateng had a verbal altercation with the coach and was sacked from the team’s camp.
His compatriot, Sulley Ali Muntari, who also slapped a management member after a botched negotiation over payment of appearance fee was also given a sack.
The Stars then lost by 1-2 against Portugal in the final Group G game which ended any hope of Ghana advancing to the next stage of the competition.
Discussing the exit on Joy FM’s Ghana Connect programme, Friday the once Board chairman and CEO of Tema Youth Football club, Osei Palmer said the strategy by the FA’s communication to cover up back fired.
He was also critical of his own management team accusing it of being culpable.
“Definitely when you put the issues in perspective you cannot absolve the management from certain issues. We are also culpable.
“I have a problem, especially with information flow. When certain things happen in camp and we try to cover up, we try to embellish or decorate it to the extent that this boys will sound good in the eyes of the public, i don’t think it helps anyone of us.
“If you look at the fact that the first Joy report that Tony put out there was a denial now subsequently it became very clear that things are not well in camp
“So it has to be management of information. I don’t think we manage information well,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Sports analyst Nana Agyemang is calling for the immediate resignation of the Kwasi Nyantakyo led management team of the Ghana Football Association.
