tellmema
Monster Midfielder
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Post by tellmema on Feb 4, 2015 23:34:48 GMT
I like the orange and green kit. We could do with a nice bright kit ourselves. Might make us pass better.
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Post by Everton News. on Feb 9, 2015 17:19:44 GMT
Christian Atsu's Ghana lost out on the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations title but the winger scooped two individual honours. The Black Stars faced Ivory Coast in Sunday's final, which was decided in dramatic fashion on penalties. Despite suffering defeat, there was some consolation for the player on loan at Everton from Chelsea, as he was awarded the Player and Goal of the Tournament accolades. Atsu played the full 90 minutes of the final followed by 26 of the further 30 in extra time, but the score remained 0-0. Spot-kicks were therefore required in Estadio de Bata and Ghana went 2-0 ahead, only to surrender that advantage and allow the Ivory Coast to make it 3-3 and enforce sudden death. But after each subsequent effort from 12 yards, a tally of 9-8 was finalised when the Elephants' goalkeeper Boubacar Barry slotted past opposite number Razak Braimah. Atsu impressed throughout the tournament for the Black Stars, notably netting a goal in each half of their quarter-final victory over Guinea. And it was his sublime long-range effort in that 3-0 win that earned Atsu the Goal of the Tournament award. The 22-year-old will now return to Finch Farm, but is ineligible to face his parent club in Everton's trip to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
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Post by evertonfan1968 on Feb 9, 2015 17:28:19 GMT
I would like to see him given a bigger opportunity to prove himself at Everton. Anybody else?
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Post by Everton News on Feb 23, 2015 17:26:32 GMT
CHRISTIAN ATSU hopes to use his Africa Cup of Nations success to kick-start his Everton career, and says he is desperate to put “smiles on the faces” of Blues fans.The Ghanaian winger has found it tough to establish himself since arriving on loan from Chelsea last summer. The 23-year-old has made just one league start, but made an impact as a substitute in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester City at Goodison Park. It was his cross which led to Everton’s late equaliser, eventually credited as a Matthew Upson own goal. Atsu, unlike the majority of his teammates, has at least started 2015 with some positive form. He was named player of the tournament as Ghana went all the way to the final of the AFCON in Equatorial Guinea, picking up the goal of the tournament for good measure. Now, he hopes he can take his form into his club career. Atsu said: “I came here to put a smile on the faces of fans. At the start, it did not go so well, but after the AFCON, I am full of confidence to give my best to Everton. “For me it is a great achievement. I thank God for that. It is a big encouragement in my football career, and I hope I can build on that.” Atsu is in line to make a rare start when Everton take on Young Boys in the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie this Thursday. And the wide-man says he will work hard to take any chance that comes his way. “I always train to start games,” he said. “I don’t know what the gaffer will decide, but I accept every decision. I can only keep working hard in training and we will see what happens. “It is always a pleasure to play in front of the Everton fans. We are looking forward to the next game, and I hope we will make them happy this time around.” By Neil Jones, Liverpool Echo
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Post by Football News on Jun 25, 2015 20:48:14 GMT
Ghana 'ball boy' receives same fee as players at 2014 World CupConsider a world in which the England kit man is paid as big an appearance fee as Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart or Raheem Sterling. Tough to imagine? Not so if you worked for Ghana's Football Association at the 2014 World Cup where their "equipment officer" earned $100,000 (£64,000). In a 396-page report which investigates the Black Stars' first-round exit in Brazil, payment for a role also defined as "ball boy" is highlighted. Ismail Hamidu was the lucky recipient of a sum equal to that earned by individual players, doctors, coaches and manager James Kwesi Appiah. The report also found a fee of $5,263 (£3,345) was paid to Ghana's official drummer. His beat was not enough to help the team beat Portugal in their final group fixture to reach the second round, a match which followed the country's FA flying $3m out to South America to settle a pay dispute with players. Two sentences in the Dzamefe Report that perhaps sum up the frustrations and difficulties of Ghana's World Cup campaign are: The government's decision to pay $100,000 to each of their 23 players "reduced the tension" "The players however insisted on being paid in cash and this reignited the tension" The report aims to unpick myriad financial issues surrounding Ghana's World Cup campaign, including some payments which could not be verified or accounted for. The African side received $8m (£5m) for their group-stage exit, but spent almost $4m more than that on their campaign from the beginning of qualifying.
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