𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲.
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By the time 🇬🇭 Ghana appointed Carlos Queiroz, the Black Stars already had deep structural problems. No coach was going to overhaul this team in a few months.
The mistake many fans made was expecting Queiroz to become something he has never been.
His football has always been about organisation, discipline and tournament survival. Not attacking flair. Never.
So when Ghana defended better but struggled to create chances, it shouldn't have been a shock.
Jerome Opoku captured it perfectly after the Colombia defeat, telling me:
"We can defend, defend, defend but if we don't get that one goal to relieve pressure off the defense, then we can't succeed."
Exactly.
Ghana conceded just three goals in four World Cup matches, but scored only two despite having forwards like Antoine Semenyo, Jordan Ayew, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Fatawu Issahaku.
That, my people, is no accident. It is the the trade-off for having the 73-year-old.
This isn't about blaming the forwards. Semenyo came into the tournament after arguably the best goalscoring season of his career. Brandon Thomas-Asante had earned a much bigger conversation about his role. Jordan Ayew often looked isolated. The issue wasn't simply personnel; it was the system.
And that system was exactly what Queiroz has built everywhere he has coached.
For me, he was the right man for a very specific job: stabilise Ghana, restore defensive credibility and guide us through the World Cup with respectability.
Mission accomplished.
But that's also why I don't think he should lead the next phase.
World Cup football and a qualifying campaign are different assignments.
The next Black Stars coach must build on the defensive foundation Queiroz has laid—but also unleash one of Ghana's most exciting attacking generations in years.
Thank you, Carlos.
You did the job you were hired to do.
Now it's time for someone else to take this team forward. I'll be surprised if the GFA allowed him to take us into the future.
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Alidu Seidu, Baba Rahman, Sibo, Owusu, Inaki, Jordan, Kamaldeen
These 9 players only occupying spaces in this black stars team, blocking the chances of more productive players..they got no business to be part of this team moving forward
The Ghana Reset should start from the GFA there. @JDMahama we need a proper forensic audit in the @ghanafaofficial. The GFA president is destroying our football. A very evil self centered guy.
The guy is using the black stars to market his useless players abroad. This is where the crime scene starts from.
Ghanaians had planned for three matches at the World Cup, but Carlos Queiroz gifted them with an extra game in Kansas, which many could only catch on TV. It was refreshing to dream once more, to celebrate what felt like an overachievement by making it to the round of 32. Acknowledging this isn’t a lack of ambition; it’s simply facing reality. Now comes the real challenge: rebuilding the Black Stars, aiming for AFCON qualification, and striving for consistency in performance. Let’s not be fooled, the World Cup was a band-aid that covered our sores. The hope is that politicians and football officials won’t sabotage that progress with verbal incontinence, favouritism, and mismanagement. There is a glimmer of hope ahead for the Black Stars.
Exatos 2 meses de recuperação hoje. Resiliência, dedicação diária e muita FÉ, visando a evolução constante. DEUS tem nos sustentado em cada etapa 🙌🏽. Vamos pra cima! 🙏🏽💪🏽🚀