Albert Appiah

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144 Edition

The Medeama Courier

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad30 Apr 2029

Words exchanged at Medeama

Ernest Ohemeng and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad30 Apr 2029

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Emmanuel Asante

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Medeama will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad30 Apr 2029

A row about effort at Medeama

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Promise Anyanwu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Albert Appiah gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market30 Apr 2029

Still no signature from Joseph George

3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Medeama could get for him.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Isaac Mintah has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Medeama will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Emmanuel Yeboah has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Emmanuel Yeboah has written the date down.

Squad30 Apr 2029

“I want to play”: Albert Appiah speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Emmanuel Onu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

  • Boardroom The Medeama production line keeps running
  • Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Medeama
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134 Edition

The Medeama Courier

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market19 Feb 2029

Samuel Owusu Ansah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Medeama can pretend not to have heard.

Market19 Feb 2029

Only the photograph left for Ebenezer Nkrumah

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ebenezer Nkrumah will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Medeama the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Medeama

Emmanuel Yeboah 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.

The terraces19 Feb 2029

The crowd has taken to Joseph George

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match17 Feb 2029

At last: Medeama win one

5 matches without a win, and then this, against Great Olympics. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.

Match17 Feb 2029

Medeama see off Great Olympics

Three points for Medeama, 1‑0 the final word against Great Olympics in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

Sabelo Sithole was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

Samuel Owusu Ansah stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.75 on the card, and the Medeama support went home talking about one name.

The dugout19 Feb 2029

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Gladson Appiah, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief