Who is leading the 'PHD' agenda in Ghana?

I am sure many people would be wondering what do I mean by 'PHD'. Well, in this case, its got nothing to do with someone's level of education or someone's educational background.

In Ghana, 'PHD' is always described as a certain syndrome that affects almost every body in Ghana.
'Pull Him Down' (PHD)  attitude has gained grounds in Ghana football to the extent that many soccer crazy Ghanaians always seek one way or the other to bring someone down.

I want to lay emphasis on our attitudes towards coaches of the various national teams as well as players who, by dint of hard work or a little bit of luck, always get the nod to defend the national flag.

A couple of years back, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) was stampeded into a decision to settle for an indigenous coach for the senior national team, the Black Stars. This was after  majority of Ghanaians became certain that a Ghanaian coach could achieve a lot for the Stars with all the neccessary support from authorities.

We gambled, some what, with James Kwesi Appiah  in the 2013 Cup of Nations and his semi final achievement was tagged a total failure.

Authorities kept faith with him and he (Kwesi Appiah) is on the verge of taking the Black Stars to its third consecutive World Cup after that superlative performance by the Black Stars against the Pharoahs of Egypt.

Then, all of a sudden, a certain German coach by name Klaus Toppmoller came into the picture. What is unclear is the reason behind this rumour and the personalities leading such a crusade. There is this notion that Kwesi Appiah and Maxwell Konadu may need extra support in their bid to surpass the record of former coach Milovan Rajevac.

We all admit the handlers of the Black Stars may need extra hands, but do we need to bring in a technical director in the name of a German coach at this time?

There have been occassions when local coaches were nominated to help national coaches so why are we trying to depart from such arrangements. Is it not ironical that we have lost trust in our local coaches when in fact, local coaches are on the verge of taking the nation to another World Cup?

Why is it difficult for people to accept our own?

What at all do foreign coaches do differently to bring out the best in our professional players within a maximum of three weeks that our local coaches can't do? Can't we draw moral lessons from the fact that coaches Kwesi Appiah and Maxwell Konadu carved an unconquering side against Egypt because they were given ample time and support?

I don't know what is informing this Topmoller argument but whoever is behind this agenda should realize that we are not at Brazil yet so they shouldn't start counting their profit.

Any selfish desire or 'PHD' attitude at this moment may rock the boat to Brazil so the earlier we support our own, the better for all us.

In my opinion, there are more talented and motivated young coaches who would like to make a name for themselves by scouting for the Black Stars coaches. We should give them the chance to serve mother Ghana in that direction and drop the idea of a foreign coach at this time.

It would be unfair for some one to bring in a foreigner to quash Kwesi Appiah's dream of leading the Black Stars to the World Cup in Brazil.

Whoever will lead such an agenda would be seen as the number one 'Pull Him Down' (PHD) holder in Ghana.

That person should rather channel all his efforts in ensuring that FIFA rescinds its decision to allow Egypt to host the Stars in Cairo or ensure the safety of our players in Egypt when FIFA insist that we play the second leg in Cairo.