Afranie Yeboah states claim for Kotoko’s midfield

17-04-2010

Getting to play in Kotoko’s midfield may be a daunting task as there are good materials to compete with, by to the not regularly featured midfielder, Afranie Yeboah, his intention is to through hard work and dedication to the cause of the club, capture the Kotoko midfield.

He has also stated that he was in no mood to let go the lifeline that has been handed him by Coach Johnson Smith.

According to the former Sporting Merrin hard tackling midfielder who played his third match of the season on Sunday against Liberty Professionals F.C, he has always been around except that he did not command a starting line-up.

“I do not believe that my not getting a regular slot was as a result of poor performance on my part. However, I have put whatever happened in the past to the litterbin and that am looking forward to consolidating the position that has been offered in the team”.

“I know it will not be an easy challenge to put up, but I am ready for the competition and I know that when it gets to a point to be crowned, I will emerge victorious”.

Assessing his own performance as he put up against Liberty Professionals, Afranie says though he did well by adhering to the instructions he believes he was not up to his full capacity:

“And since there is more room for improvement on my performance, I will go back to training and do more work so as to play better in my next match”.

His major problem in the match was how to get a telepathic playing partner in the middle and this has come about because of the fact that he has not played under match conditions with his colleagues and so most of them did not understand his passing concept.

“All these would end when I get more playing time in the team. Over time, we will get to understand our selves and the many wayward passes we made will be a thing of the past because they will know where to run to when I get the ball in the middle”.

“On the whole, the team did well”.

On the way forward, he assured that he was doing well and that he is ready to do all the he could to get into the playing form.