Marked for Jonathan Acquah
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match19 Sep 2026
Chastening afternoon for WAFA
A 1‑4 beating by BA All Stars was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Edmund Acquah was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Nobody left the WAFA dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Mohammed Ayew's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
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Squad
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
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Player ratings
A costly moment from Mohammed Ayew
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Market
The shop window has Edmund Inusah in it
Back issues
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
Chastening afternoon for WAFA
A 2‑6 beating by Medeama was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match12 Sep 2026
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about WAFA and Medeama in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Christian Mohammed has improved at 27, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Beaten 6 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Felix Baba
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at WAFA
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to New Edubiase United to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Kwame Adjei in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 5.72. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Abeiku Boakye again, and this time the name on the line is Heart of Lions. WAFA are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonathan Acquah, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Acquah and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Edmund Acquah was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Baba falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.