{"id":307981,"date":"2017-04-04T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307981"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:45:21","slug":"ghanaians-react-to-kwesi-appiahs-appointment-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/ghanaians-react-to-kwesi-appiahs-appointment-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians react to Kwesi Appiah\u2019s appointment on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has been buzzing with varied reactions to the appointment of James Kwesi Appiah as new Black Stars coach.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of speculation, the former Black Stars coach and player, was handed the job by the Ghana Football Association ahead of Hugo Broos and Willy Sagnol.<\/p>\n<p>The three men were interviewed last Friday, and after an assessment by the Ghana FA\u2019s Executive Committee of their performance, Appiah was considered the best and appointed two years after leaving his post.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FA, about 95 people applied for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans are however now too pleased with the news and they shared their thoughts via Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kwesi Appiah again? Good luck with that<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mash \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded (@mash_233) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mash_233\/status\/849243359835238401\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The return of Kwesi Appiah as Blackstars coach may just end up like Mourinho and Chelsea. Not impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samuel Fahren Otoo (@samuelotoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samuelotoo\/status\/849245090086256640\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Kwesi Appiah accept the offer again?<\/p>\n<p>I guess he&#8217;s cool with insults\/attacks from Ghanaians. Smh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #newsybase (@NanaReagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NanaReagan\/status\/849244196666060801\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kwesi Appiah named new Ghana Coach | News | Black Stars |<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jU3xabif3V\">https:\/\/t.co\/jU3xabif3V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BfVHkE7MKL\">https:\/\/t.co\/BfVHkE7MKL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iz8pCjRT4e\">pic.twitter.com\/iz8pCjRT4e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana FA \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded (@ghanafaofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghanafaofficial\/status\/849236766833946624\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kwesi Appiah ?? I will never watch black stars match again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DR. ACQUAH JAMES (@nanachingy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanachingy\/status\/849248198770163714\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good Luck Coach Kwesi Appiah for the second opportunity to handle the Black Stars. May you succeed!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Nyarko (@simonnyarko1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonnyarko1\/status\/849245085535526913\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcaaYeah! Happy my man is back.<br \/>\nJames Kwesi Appiah named as new Black Stars Coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ms TILDA (@tildagh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tildagh\/status\/849244987430764544\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Avram Grant&#8217;s successor was his predecessor&#8230;.. welcome Katakyie Kwesi Appiah<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dennis gucci (@DennisGucci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DennisGucci\/status\/849247713866772481\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAppiah will officially begin work on May 1, 2017 and there are rumours that he will be taking a salary of USD 35,000.<\/p>\n<p>There are also hints of a fixed accommodation and an official vehicle but none of these have been confirmed for now.<\/p>\n<p>Such variables are at the discretion of the team\u2019s headline sponsor, GNPC. The corporation\u2019s sponsorship for the team is where the head coach\u2019s salary is drawn from.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has been buzzing with varied reactions to the appointment of James Kwesi Appiah as new Black Stars coach. After weeks of speculation, the former Black Stars coach and player, was handed the job by the Ghana Football Association ahead of Hugo Broos and Willy Sagnol. The three men were interviewed last Friday, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142,11],"tags":[455,3,746],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghanaians react to Kwesi Appiah\u2019s appointment on Twitter - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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