David Appiah

Attacking Midfielder (R) - WAFA
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346 Edition

The WAFA Post

14 Mar 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout14 Mar 2033

Felix Asamoah says WAFA went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad14 Mar 2033

Words exchanged at WAFA

Thomas Atiemo 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.

Match12 Mar 2033

WAFA rescue it on 87 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 87. Inter Allies had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad14 Mar 2033

Jonathan Addo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonathan Addo and WAFA agree another 3 years.

Player ratings14 Mar 2033

a squad player was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 17. 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.

Squad14 Mar 2033

Jonathan Addo 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.

Match12 Mar 2033

WAFA share the spoils with Inter Allies

A 1‑1 draw with Inter Allies leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout14 Mar 2033

No place for Abraham Mohammed on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at WAFA pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

The dugout14 Mar 2033

Nana Schlupp: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

In brief

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The WAFA Post

15 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Nov 2032

32 days out for Abraham Kyereh after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. WAFA will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad15 Nov 2032

Words exchanged at WAFA

Abraham Addo 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.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

The manager makes an example of Samuel Partey

“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.

Looking ahead15 Nov 2032

Ebenezer Adukwaw goes back to face Bechem United

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ebenezer Adukwaw’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and WAFA needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Squad15 Nov 2032

a squad player remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at WAFA would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

Market15 Nov 2032

The Osman Nuhu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

When it matters, Abeiku Asante plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

The manager makes Baba Adjei a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at WAFA. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

David Appiah 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

256 Edition

The WAFA Post

23 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Jun 2031

Nana Amoah 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.

Market23 Jun 2031

WAFA promote Daniel Mensah from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Mensah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market23 Jun 2031

Patrick Wakaso steps up from the WAFA academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Wakaso has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market23 Jun 2031

One of our own: Kamaldeen Afful joins the WAFA first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kamaldeen Afful is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market23 Jun 2031

WAFA promote David Appiah from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Appiah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad23 Jun 2031

Francis Paintsil 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.

In brief