WC 2010 - Match 8 - Group D: Serbia vs Ghana

[spideybuff]

Is all about respect. He could celebrate behind closed doors, not when the camera rolling. I feel he do the right thing by showing no emotion.

Besides, any of we will have mixed emotions if we realise we play a part in preventing our country from progressing or winning the world cup.

[Jumbie]

spidey.. I was saying the same thing to mehself eh.. but why chuck off the men.

[Arimaman]

I'm all for being patriotic and I really feel for the position the Ghanaian coach was in. but his reaction to the what seemed like assistant coaches after the final whistle was in poor taste. Did you all see when the whistle blew and the assistant coaches went over to him jumping and hugging, he chuck them off with ah facking sour face? At least be happy for the people who signing you friggin paycheck nah!

That is a terrible assumption to make.  We have no idea why the man acted that way?  Fuh all we know the man was stressed to capacity and just wanted to shake the opposing coach's hand and get to the locker room and celebrate.  I don't know about poor taste.  Only until we know his reasons would I choose to make an issue.

[dinho]

anybody got a video clip?

[Trini Madness]

yea i remember that, at first i thought why is he acting like that, but if you think about it he isnt the only coach to have a straight face after a victory. i think that he was just being professional, after all its the first game. ghana still has plenty of work to do.

[DeSoWa]

I saw that, it looked kinda iffy, but I understand that he just coached angainst and beat his home country, not a nice position to be in 

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[Jumbie]

wish I had a clip to share. As mentioned, my problem is the way he shrugged off the assistant coaches..kinda peel dem off him with haste.

I fully understand that he was in a 4cup position, just done beating his homeland.

[Daft Trini]

De coach is a Serbian.... He has had some managerial roles with some of the players

[Deeks]

It comes with the territory. If you have issues  playing or coahing against your birth place, don't take the job. Although you don't want to jump to conclusions about his reaction, it makes you wonder. I don't like some of the overexuberant celebration, but I think players and coaches should celebrate a victory. The WC is a once in a lifetime for most teams and people. So why the heck they should not celebrate.

[FF]

what if it was the other way around?

[DeSoWa]

what if it was the other way around?

yuh lost me there Like if Serbia had won instead? or if the serbs had a Ghanian coach? 

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[FF]

what if it was the other way around?

yuh lost me there Like if Serbia had won instead? or if the serbs had a Ghanian coach? 

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If de serbs had a ghanaian coach and dey beat ghana and he refuse to celebrate..

it have men does score against they old teams and doh celebrate...

look kenwyne do it against stoke... and shrug off men de same way... is respect

[DeSoWa]

what if it was the other way around?

yuh lost me there Like if Serbia had won instead? or if the serbs had a Ghanian coach? 

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If de serbs had a ghanaian coach and dey beat ghana and he refuse to celebrate..

it have men does score against they old teams and doh celebrate...

look kenwyne do it against stoke... and shrug off men de same way... is respect

Oh ok, yeah that is my take too...but it just looked funny the way he did it...like he was mad vex 

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[Bakes]

I really dunno what all the to do is about... maybe the man just expected more out of his team than tuh eke out ah win against this Serbian squad.  No disrespect to them but Ghana could have played much better and destroy them. 

Or maybe the man realize that this is the first step... come like some ah deez black Americans holding all kinda big block party and thing fuh dey chirren when dey graduate... high school.

[Babalawo]

I'm all for being patriotic and I really feel for the position the Ghanaian coach was in. but his reaction to the what seemed like assistant coaches after the final whistle was in poor taste. Did you all see when the whistle blew and the assistant coaches went over to him jumping and hugging, he chuck them off with ah facking sour face? At least be happy for the people who signing you friggin paycheck nah!

Man im with the Ghanian coach and do the same.  Its was not like when Terry Fenwick clout one of his players . He wants them to act professional and like you been there before and expected to win.  I know it was historic but them was acting like they won the entire world cup or beat Italy 5-0. Come on it was one game won by a penalty.  He's putting in discipline into the African culture, which they fail to adapt to for decades. Thats the reason why them African associations always have to go out and get a discipline non-african coach.  They eh know how to be have at all.

[DeSoWa]

Bakes and Bab, did you guys see the reaction that is in question? I agree that over celebrating is uncalled for, but the players are entitled to enjoy their victory don't matter how it came about...but this is not about them, it's about the coaches reaction, we just debating and assuming the reasons why he reacted the way he did, weather right or wrong..and I think the people who saw it have a good reason to question his actions...even if we are reading too much into it.

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[Bourbon]

Look some second half highlights.....down to de end yuh see part of de reaction.

http://www.d1g.com/video/space/sports/show/?id=3789107

[ribbit]

what if it was the other way around?

yuh lost me there Like if Serbia had won instead? or if the serbs had a Ghanian coach? 

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If de serbs had a ghanaian coach and dey beat ghana and he refuse to celebrate..

it have men does score against they old teams and doh celebrate...

look kenwyne do it against stoke... and shrug off men de same way... is respect

is a hypothetical yuh looking at. dem ting doh happen in real life. steups.

[palos]

Allyuh feel Capello go be sour if England beat Italy?