Kiwi Players Elsewhere

Kwabena Appiah (Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand)

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about 7 years ago
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about 7 years ago

To be replaced by Usain Bolt??

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about 7 years ago

RR wrote:

Coochie will be devastated

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about 7 years ago

sthn.jeff wrote:

RR wrote:

Coochie will be devastated

It’s pro football SJ, players get turfed all the time.

Sure Appiah was shark at the Nix, but just don’t agree with a logic that players can’t improve/get better.

Part of the reason coaches exist

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about 7 years ago

coochiee wrote:

sthn.jeff wrote:

RR wrote:

Coochie will be devastated

It’s pro football SJ, players get turfed all the time.

Sure Appiah was shark at the Nix, but just don’t agree with a logic that players can’t improve/get better.

Part of the reason coaches exist

Its not that players don't improve, its that some players don't look to have much ability to improve. Appiah's quick, he's fast and he's got pace but he ain't a footballer and no coach will change that at this point in his career.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Him and Jimmy Downey are cut from the same cloth.

a.haak

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about 7 years ago

Nelfoos wrote:

coochiee wrote:

sthn.jeff wrote:

RR wrote:

OFFICIAL | Incheon United have terminated the contract of Australian winger Kwabena Appiah-Kubi. #kleague

— Korea Football News (@KORFootballNews) January 16, 2019


Coochie will be devastated

It’s pro football SJ, players get turfed all the time.

Sure Appiah was shark at the Nix, but just don’t agree with a logic that players can’t improve/get better.

Part of the reason coaches exist

Its not that players don't improve, its that some players don't look to have much ability to improve. Appiah's quick, he's fast and he's got pace but he ain't a footballer and no coach will change that at this point in his career.

  He's been a professional footballer since 2012
You know we belong together...

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about 7 years ago

Oska wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

coochiee wrote:

sthn.jeff wrote:

RR wrote:

OFFICIAL | Incheon United have terminated the contract of Australian winger Kwabena Appiah-Kubi. #kleague

— Korea Football News (@KORFootballNews) January 16, 2019


Coochie will be devastated

It’s pro football SJ, players get turfed all the time.

Sure Appiah was shark at the Nix, but just don’t agree with a logic that players can’t improve/get better.

Part of the reason coaches exist

Its not that players don't improve, its that some players don't look to have much ability to improve. Appiah's quick, he's fast and he's got pace but he ain't a footballer and no coach will change that at this point in his career.

  He's been a professional footballer since 2012

"footballer"

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

What do you think he's being paid to do?

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about 7 years ago

Impersonate a professional footballer but in an amateurish way?

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about 7 years ago · edited about 7 years ago · History

Oska wrote:

What do you think he's being paid to do?

Well he doesn't have a club, so he's not being paid to do nothing.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

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about 7 years ago

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

that's a good question, averages 17 appearances a year (Wiki doesn;t break down into stats v subs) and has scored a massive 3 goals in pro football, not a great record for a winger!

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about 7 years ago

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

Very good question, I'd like to know myself. They all released him for not doing it anyway

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One of those goals was a tap-in, one was a tackle on a keeper who couldn't get the ball out from under himself, and the other was a decent finish but into a pretty much open net. He has a terrible touch, which he gets away with because of his pace, and he isn't a clever player. He would have grown up burning defences and rounding goalkeepers, but you need more than that at an A-League level, just look at Krishna. I think he could have been a decent poacher 15-20 years ago, but those guys disappeared for a reason.

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about 7 years ago

Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

Very good question, I'd like to know myself. They all released him for not doing it well anyway

FTFY
You know we belong together...

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about 7 years ago

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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about 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

Could've sworn he scored in an FFA Cup game for us?

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

Could've sworn he scored in an FFA Cup game for us?

My bad, looking at one screen. https://us.soccerway.com/players/kwabena-appiah-ku...

No not for us, was only on the bench but scored another two goals for CCM in the FFA. It also brings up his number of games played as has FFA Cup as well as Asian Champions league.

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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about 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

Could've sworn he scored in an FFA Cup game for us?

My bad, looking at one screen. https://us.soccerway.com/players/kwabena-appiah-ku...

No not for us, was only on the bench but scored another two goals for CCM in the FFA. It also brings up his number of games played as has FFA Cup as well as Asian Champions league.

Must've been a friendly then, I remember a goalkeeper kicking on into him and it rolling into the net, definitely while he was playing for us.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Oska wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

Very good question, I'd like to know myself. They all released him for not doing it well anyway

FTFY

I know we're arguing semantics and that technically, yes, he is/was a professional football player. He just wasn't a particularly good one and didn't show much sign of improvement over the time I watched him play. Will be interesting to see if he gets another A-League contract.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

Could've sworn he scored in an FFA Cup game for us?

My bad, looking at one screen. https://us.soccerway.com/players/kwabena-appiah-ku...

No not for us, was only on the bench but scored another two goals for CCM in the FFA. It also brings up his number of games played as has FFA Cup as well as Asian Champions league.

Must've been a friendly then, I remember a goalkeeper kicking on into him and it rolling into the net, definitely while he was playing for us.

He scored twice against Miramar in a pre season friendly at Alex Moore. 

https://thejourneyfan.blogspot.co.nz/

New Zealand Football Media Association Website of the year 2015 & 2016

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Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

Very good question, I'd like to know myself. They all released him for not doing it well anyway

FTFY

I know we're arguing semantics and that technically, yes, he is/was a professional football player. He just wasn't a particularly good one and didn't show much sign of improvement over the time I watched him play. Will be interesting to see if he gets another A-League contract.

Totally agree with that.  My feeling is that he's one of those players who is probably a bit too good for NZFC/NPL level but not up to A-League standard, although his move to Korea was a reward for a decent run of form for the Mariners.  He could probably continue to carve out a pro career in the likes of Thailand and India if he wanted to, à la Kayne Vincent.

I think I defend him on here a bit because he seems like a decent guy who has worked hard to become and remain a pro footballer despite his limitations, so I think the comments saying he's not a footballer, or the incessant and unfunny comparisons with Usain Bolt, are pretty unfair. 

You know we belong together...

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about 7 years ago

Oska wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Oska wrote:

Let me rephrase.  What did his four past clubs, for who he's made a total of 104 first team appearances (according to Wikipedia), pay him to do?

Very good question, I'd like to know myself. They all released him for not doing it well anyway

FTFY

I know we're arguing semantics and that technically, yes, he is/was a professional football player. He just wasn't a particularly good one and didn't show much sign of improvement over the time I watched him play. Will be interesting to see if he gets another A-League contract.

Totally agree with that.  My feeling is that he's one of those players who is probably a bit too good for NZFC/NPL level but not up to A-League standard, although his move to Korea was a reward for a decent run of form for the Mariners.  He could probably continue to carve out a pro career in the likes of Thailand and India if he wanted to, à la Kayne Vincent.

I think I defend him on here a bit because he seems like a decent guy who has worked hard to become and remain a pro footballer despite his limitations, so I think the comments saying he's not a footballer, or the incessant and unfunny comparisons with Usain Bolt, are pretty unfair. 

You're right. Bolt has potential.........

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 7 years ago

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

106 games of which he started 45 of them. He averages about 40mins on the field (played 4163 mins).

He has scored 3 goals of which 2 where Central Coast and one while with Incheon.

Still its good work if you can get it!

Could've sworn he scored in an FFA Cup game for us?

My bad, looking at one screen. https://us.soccerway.com/players/kwabena-appiah-ku...

No not for us, was only on the bench but scored another two goals for CCM in the FFA. It also brings up his number of games played as has FFA Cup as well as Asian Champions league.

Must've been a friendly then, I remember a goalkeeper kicking on into him and it rolling into the net, definitely while he was playing for us.

He scored twice against Miramar in a pre season friendly at Alex Moore. 

And won us a FFA Cup game against CCM with the goal Nelfoos describes. Our only ever win in the FFA Cup
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about 7 years ago

Currently trailing with the New Castle Jets.

Mr Positive

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about 7 years ago

Now officially at the Jets till end of season.

Mr Positive

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about 7 years ago

Usain Bolt Ver 2.0 - Speed galore and nothing else above college level.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

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about 7 years ago

limited yes... but a professional nonetheless 

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about 7 years ago

all these professional football coaches that obviously dont what they a talking about... 

The guy is a professional footballer he must have something other than his speed. 

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about 7 years ago

I honestly do believe there's a coach somewhere that can get some a league level performances out of him. Dunno if it's merrick as he's tried before and failed, but I really think half of Appiah's downfall is him just panicking when he gets near the box. Just make him train crossing five days a week or something

Annual finals disappointment enthusiast.

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about 7 years ago

He played pretty well for Okon at the Mariners. Good enough to get bought by a kleague club.

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about 7 years ago

And gets released almost as quickly from each of those clubs after they find out what he hasn't got.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 7 years ago

His one season overseas is better than Rojas three.

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about 7 years ago

MetalLegNZ wrote:

His one season overseas is better than Rojas three.

At a significantly weaker club, plus Rojas was good at FC Thun

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about 7 years ago

Ryan wrote:

He played pretty well for Okon at the Mariners. Good enough to get bought by a kleague club.

And yet Mariners fans regard him as a joke as well.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 7 years ago

Roast at Thun was not a success otherwise they would have signed him after his loan.

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MetalLegNZ wrote:

Roast at Thun was not a success otherwise they would have signed him after his loan.

He was good enough for Thun to triple the length of his loan until the end of his contract, there are many reasons he may not have signed

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