@asaberekwame Remember Ivory Coast and Senegal got criticized for defending towards the end of their games. Safe to say no one size fits all in this situation.
I’m keeping things in perspective. We had a terrible team that was not supposed to make it out of the group, but they did and added another iconic World Cup moment for us - the England draw. I don’t believe we could’ve done better but we can certainly do better going forward.
It’s always fascinating how the Black Stars often mirror the Ghanaian economy.
There are deep structural issues, but a few good performances can temporarily obscure them and create the impression that everything is fine.
Take our game against Panama, arguably the weakest opposition we faced at the World Cup. Even in a match we won, there were clear structural problems in our attacking play. We struggled to progress the ball consistently, create high-quality chances, and sustain attacking pressure. But because we got the result, those issues quickly faded from the conversation.
We do something similar as a country. A stronger cedi, higher GDP growth, or a good fiscal report can create optimism, but they don’t automatically mean the underlying structural problems have been resolved.