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 A supporter’s plea
By: David Kyei
Posted: 28th May 2008
Last Sunday was not a particularly good day for many a Kotoko supporter because they did not get to achieve the targets they had harboured and were hoping to achieve over Hearts of Oaks at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Whilst many have been making all sorts of arguments as to what exactly accounted for why Kotoko could not beat their archrivals as anticipated, some people on the other hand have taken the arguments too far by pinpointing people and apportioning blame at their doorstep.
This phenomena, though may one way or the other be helping fans to get over with their pain, it has been described by one concerned supporter and benefactor of Kotoko, David Siribour-Boateng, as a dangerous practice that must be nipped in the bud before it brings greater problems into the team.
According to the Tema based clearing and shipping agent, the success story of Kotoko in recent times has come the way of the club through very tough means and so no one should by his or her action or utterances be allowed to destabilize the unity and peace of mind that is making the team churn out the spirited performances lately.
“Any serious minded person with an eye in observing the team will observe that the success we are enjoying in the team has not come on by accident, and so we the supporters must be careful in the way we handle things relating to our handling of the post Kotoko-Hearts of Oak match discussions”.
“It will be wrong for any one to start apportioning blame because doing that will be like crying over spilt milk. It will not help the course of the club if people will start vilifying players for mistakes they make in the team”.
Seriously not enthused by the chastisement of players Siribour-Boateng had a peace of advice for Kotoko supporters.
“There is no doubt that we are all not happy with the way thing went for the team, but I will however advice that we hold our peace and allow the players concentrate to conclude our league championship aspirations. Any attempt at getting at the players for their mistakes in matches will be like we the fans hitting the self-destruct button”.
“Kotoko has gone too far in our achievements for us to take ourselves back into the times gone by when we always left the stadium with grief because the team did not win, even when we won, we still were not happy because the team did not play well”.
“What I recommend is for us all to be patient with ourselves and with the players because we have a lot to achieve together. Our being patient with the team will take pressure off the team we still have eleven matches to play and so we have to be careful not to do anything to give advantage to our opponents”.
David Siribour-Boateng, who is the executive chairman of Hail Him Shipping Agency in Tema, has been a long standing benefactor and donor to the course of Kotoko. His last act was when he fully paid for the hotel bills of Kotoko for the two days the team camped in Tema to play the local side, Tema Youth.
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