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Perhaps they should have outsourced the management of the games and accommodations.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Samoh Wallang <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:48 am
Subject: Re: South Africa rubbishes Ghana's soccer hosting
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> Long grass!! - a perfect hiding place for Osama, right? Guess why he still
> hasn't been spotted all this while.  Despite that scathing assessment 
> of
> Ghana2008, I have found the games very entertaining. In fact some have
> attributed Cameroon's dismal performance and whipping by the more superior
> defending champions Egypt, to the fact that their Georgia hotel in Kumasi
> was still under construction when they arrived for the games and had 
> to put
> up somewhere else.  Africa, we are all the same!!  Na who well now??
> 
> Samoh Wallang
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> On Jan 24, 2008 10:24 AM, Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Let the games continue....in the meantime, the mess continues.
> >
> > Osama is hiding in the bushes of Accra Stadium - you want to bet? You
> > better believe it!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > *Subject:* south african paper rubbishes ghana's soccer hosting
> >
> >    [image: allAfrica.com]
> >
> >
> > *Three Days in, and This Thing is a Total Shambles*
> >
> > Business Day (Johannesburg)
> >
> > OPINION
> > 23 January 2008
> > Posted to the web 23 January 2008
> >
> > By Mninawa Ntloko
> > Johannesburg
> >
> > So, a mere three days into the African Nations Cup and the thing is
> > already a strong contender for most embarrassing shambles of the year.
> >
> > They have been putting out fires daily in Ghana and have moved from 
> one
> > crisis to the next since what is supposed to be the continent's football
> > showpiece got under way at the weekend.
> >
> > But judging by the litany of schoolboy howlers that have become so
> > synonymous with the limping event over the past few days, this thing 
> will
> > have embarrassed the continent even further by the time it comes to 
> an end on
> > February 10.
> >
> > Perhaps the alarm bells should have gone off last week after guests
> > arriving in Ghana apparently found out that the hotel they thought they'd
> > booked into was still under construction.
> >
> > The organisation of the tournament spiralled into complete chaos 
> from that
> > point and it seems the organisers of this clumsy mess still do not 
> have a
> > plan and have simply made it up as they go along.
> >
> > Every day has been such an unfortunate adventure that journalists were
> > also unwilling co-stars of this horror movie after they spent hours 
> waiting
> > for their accreditation to Sunday's opening game between Ghana and Guinea.
> >
> >
> > Apparently the police and soldiers were so desperate to see their 
> mugs in
> > the newspapers that they roughed up the hapless members of the media 
> while
> > they waited for their accreditation.
> >
> > Those who were able to make it into the stadium found to their 
> horror that
> > they were expected to work in an area that did not have desks or 
> even power
> > sockets.
> >
> > And just so you understand that nobody is immune to the chaos, the 
> Ghananational soccer team was kicked out of their hotel after the 
> owners decided
> > to allow greed to get the better of them.
> >
> > The Black Stars, as the Ghana national team is known, were enticed into
> > booking into this luxury establishment at a reduced rate months ago 
> and they
> > went to their Abu Dhabi pre-tournament training camp happy in the
> > knowledge that accommodation was taken care of.
> >
> > But they found out on their return that their bookings had been cancelled
> > -- remember, they were at a reduced rate -- because the owners 
> decided to
> > take advantage of the unexpectedly huge demand for accommodation and 
> are now
> > charging something in the region of R2000 a night for a standard room.
> >
> > Matters on the pitch are just as crazy, as Ghana coach Claude le Roy
> > unwittingly informed the world this week. The Frenchman was so 
> horrified by
> > the state of the pitch during Ghana's encounter against Guinea that 
> he
> > described it as the worst he had ever seen in his life.
> >
> > *Hell, the grazing hills in the Eastern Cape village of Tsomo 
> Mission are
> > a lot more even than that bumpy cabbage patch at Ohene Djan Stadium 
> -- it
> > had grass long enough to keep Osama bin Laden hidden for months. *
> >
> > Anyway, things were happily moving along at a chaotic pace at that point
> > and perhaps only a handful were surprised by what was to be bungle 
> of the
> > week.
> >
> > Millions of people around the world looked on as the floodlights failed
> > just minutes before Monday's match between Benin and Mali started.
> >
> > The place was plunged into darkness and the two teams completed their
> > pre-match formalities in the dark.
> >
> > Play started after a 12-minute delay, much to the delight of those who
> > love to associate everything and anything with the 2010 Soccer World 
> Cup in
> > SA.
> >
> > Those cynics who are in Ghana for the sole purpose of finding some
> > sadistic way to further cast doubt on our ability to host the World 
> Cup
> > could not resist the urge to ask if the scenes in this West African 
> nation
> > were not a prelude to what will happen in SA in two years' time.
> >
> > They've been rather quiet -- too quiet, in fact -- and were 
> definitely not
> > going to pass up the opportunity to ridicule SA, though it's becoming
> > increasingly evident that this World Cup is not going anywhere.
> >
> > But unfortunately, this African Nations Cup tournament is going to provide
> > enough material to keep them entertained for weeks because, let's 
> face it,
> > the smart money is on more embarrassing bungles coming out of Ghana.
> >
> > *Ntloko is deputy sports editor.*
> >
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