Kwabena Appiah

I think regular 1st team football will help him, can only develop so much in the NYL. regular football will get him playing better IMO.

In the NYL he can score goals and stands out with pace alone.

He has the potential to become as good or better than Hersi, but needs first team experience.

In the NYL he can score goals and stands out with pace alone.

He has the potential to become as good or better than Hersi, but needs first team experience.

this, imo he has has had some amazing matches for us, he is no Hersi but he is young and can get there, if he had amazing decision making(which will hopefully come with time) then he could dominate matches

Edited May 15, 2014 by UncleGoat

watch Kubi this season. if he is given game time he will rip it up

 

 

#freecas

watch Kubi this season. if he is given game time he will rip it up

#freecas

You see how much he improved going from season 1 to season 2, if he gets the similar amount of game time this season I expect to see an improvement to his game as much if not more this coming season!

 

Freecas? Shouldn't it be #freekubi

it should be #freekwabs or #freeappiah...his name is not kubi anymore! yeah i hate it to when sportsmen change their name mid-career, why couldn't he have done it 1 year earlier?! but i/we gotta stop calling him kubi!

 

anyway he's only 21, comparisons to hersi are unfair, give him a few more years, he played very well in ACL last season, played very well in the 2012-13 grand final v ccm, he lacks the final pass or shot at goal, and the kicking the ball 30 meters in front of himself when dribbling, i guess that worked well as a junior, surely they can train that out of him

 

gradual improvement and consistency each season should be the expectation, anything more is a bonus

So reading in between the lines of Mack and Taurus' posts in the "squad development thread", am I correct in assuming that Kubi may be on the way to the Phoenix? 

The biggest problem I see now with the Kubi to Wellington rumour is I don't think Ernie is stupid enough to take him off us.

The biggest problem I see now with the Kubi to Wellington rumour is I don't think Ernie is stupid enough to take him off us.

 

It is starting to get that way. If Kubi isn't careful he is going to find himself in state level football never mind another HAL club.

 

As things currently stand I would personally fly him to Wellington and deliver him to Ernie's door.

 

But whilst he remains a WSW player we have to hope he can turn it around.

Edited August 12, 2014 by WSWBoro

it should be #freekwabs or #freeappiah...his name is not kubi anymore! yeah i hate it to when sportsmen change their name mid-career, why couldn't he have done it 1 year earlier?! but i/we gotta stop calling him kubi!

 

anyway he's only 21, comparisons to hersi are unfair, give him a few more years, he played very well in ACL last season, played very well in the 2012-13 grand final v ccm, he lacks the final pass or shot at goal, and the kicking the ball 30 meters in front of himself when dribbling, i guess that worked well as a junior, surely they can train that out of him

 

gradual improvement and consistency each season should be the expectation, anything more is a bonus

 

Did he play well in the 2012-13 GF though? I recall CCM had him well bottled up for the majority of the game, we really missed Hersi that game.

Let him go, he hasn't done enough.

Kwabs seemed to have grown a fair bit during the last few ACL games earlier this year, but having seen him in the first few friendlies and now having listened to the effort against Adelaide City I suspect he has regressed. The raw potential that we all know he has, particularly in terms of speed, is not maturing. If he is potentially on the Nux radar and they lodge an offer for him I think the bullet needs a good old gnawing, and Popa should let him go. Perhaps he can develop further in another club's systems; with us it has been one step forward one step back almost since the get-go.

I have no doubt that his unclear future at the club is causing him to give up.

There were a few reports in the media stating Popa was set to offload him.

Maybe this has gone to the young boys head and has caused him some self esteem issues.

I have no doubt that his unclear future at the club is causing him to give up.

There were a few reports in the media stating Popa was set to offload him.

Maybe this has gone to the young boys head and has caused him some self esteem issues.

Well an uncertain future for a professional footballer goes hand in hand, it is the nature of the game.

 

Two ways players can go in such circumstances..... they can let their heads drop and 'give up' as you put it.

 

Or graft like a bastard and go out there and prove to people you can cut it and let that desire lift your performance.

 

My feeling is Popa was / is really expecting him to take a step up by this season and he is struggling to cope with that expectation. But all is not lost, he has show ability in the past but *** he is playing some rubbish at the moment.

Edited August 13, 2014 by WSWBoro

I have no doubt that his unclear future at the club is causing him to give up.

There were a few reports in the media stating Popa was set to offload him.

Maybe this has gone to the young boys head and has caused him some self esteem issues.

 

I can't believe he is giving up, and from what I saw against the Rams and Canberra there was no indication he has lost motivation that I could see. He has been running as hard and as fast as he was last season and the season before, and he still looks committed in attack. It's his judgment when on the ball, his personal skills and his inability to physically mix it (especially in either the oppo's box or when defending) that have not improved.

 

What has been particularly disappointing so far in this pre-season is he seems to have lost the 'mini-Hersi' moves he had. Now it seems like all he can do is run hard at the right side goal line and when he gets there it goes nowhere. The K-Man in no.22 was doing more on his side against Rams than Kwabs has done in the two pre-season games I've seen.

I would have loved to see him blossom with us, but from all accounts it doesn't appear that he's progressing - perhaps he needs a different environment to truly come out and succeed?  Hopefully that's in Europe.. not here lol. 

 

As much as like his posts on IG with Fofanah and the lads .. cut him. I don't want another Dino..

 

 

inb4negged

inb4lifeban

I would have loved to see him blossom with us, but from all accounts it doesn't appear that he's progressing - perhaps he needs a different environment to truly come out and succeed?  Hopefully that's in Europe.. not here lol. 

 

As much as like his posts on IG with Fofanah and the lads .. cut him. I don't want another Dino..

 

 

inb4negged

inb4lifeban

 

There is no such thing as wanting another Dino...

 

There is but one Dino, the truth, the light, the back heeled way.

 

Here endeth the lesson...

I think he needs to be told he's not playing golf. he has to stop aiming for the flag.

Could try him up front like before he signed but he wouldn't be able to play the back to goal role very well.

#farkkubi

I think Kabs' greatest weakness is simply his ability on the ball. He's got limited control - the main thing that really distinguished Hersi from him was that Hersi had control of the ball at speed, whereas Kubi struggles heavily in that regard. His distribution isn't amazing, either - he just seems like he doesn't know what to do other than run with it. If Popa wants to give him one last shot this season then I could deal with it, but if I was in the box seat he'd be going to the Nix or to an NSWPL side.

Why this animosity all of a sudden? None of this is new. Since when are we publicly bashing up one of our players? Some seem to have had too much ESFC for breakfast today.

Why this animosity all of a sudden? None of this is new. Since when are we publicly bashing up one of our players? Some seem to have had too much ESFC for breakfast today.

I think what you say is both right and wrong FCB. Yes, Kwabs' problems are not new per se, but what has been most troubling is there were a few games during the ACL campaign where he looked to have shrugged off his limitations, and he has not sustained that improvement. Unlike say a Marc Warren at the House of Smurf who has always been shït Kwabs has been up and down like a bride's nightie. Plus there are the ramifications of guys who were cut or not given another chance to stay at the Wanderers, and they were arguably more worth retaining than Kwabena.

 

And let's not forget, we demand high standards from our players, as we do from our own supporting efforts. We were asking the same questions of He of the Blessed Back Heel, or D'Apuzzo, or Aaron etc. Throw in the disappointment of last night's result, is it any wonder we've been a bit harsh.

Needs to spend less time posting pics of himself on instragram & more time practicing to shoot *****.

Needs to spend less time posting pics of himself on instragram & more time practicing to shoot *****.

He is shoot ***** - except with a camera, instead of a soccer ball!    

If he had a beard would you feel the other way?

 

Needs to spend less time posting pics of himself on instragram & more time practicing to shoot *****.

He is shoot ***** - except with a camera, instead of a soccer ball!    

 

 

I'm not on instragram or snapchat etc, but I'm told that he has a love affair with the camera lens.  

I think about 3 pages back and 6 months ago I said he was Wenger's Walcott. A headless chicken who if comes good can be lethal. 

 

Can't give up on him now. Keep going Kubi hopefully you come good next week in ACL!

I haven't given up on him yet. He is fast, he doesn't score goals - he might have a RB hidden within him.

He does seem to do his defensive work when on the park.