We Expect More From Hearts Of Oak Players– Togbe Afede

Hearts of Oak Executive Board Chairman, Togbe Afede, says the board expects so much from the players because they have everything they need to win games.

The business mogul cited the building of the Pobiman facility as something that brings players comfort and would not need to sit in a bus for hours to get to training. There are hostels in the facility players reside in.

Martin Koopman’s team has only one win from five games in the Ghana Premier League, scoring just one goal, and sits in the relegation zone with five points.

Speaking at Hearts of Oak’s Annual General Meeting, Togbe explained why the team should have been performing better than they are doing now.

“Let me assure you that while we are doing all these investments, we still have our eyes on the trophies.

“Let me also add this, imagine the past without Pobiman, the bus sets off five hours ahead of training to pick the first person going around Accra picking people.

“By the time they arrive at the training pitch, the first person they picked would have sat in the car for five hours. After training, the same way they will start dropping them, it means the last person to alight would have sat in the car for five hours.

“Today, the bus doesn’t have to go round picking them so we don’t have to pay for the cost of petrol and we don’t also get the players tired. Because of Pobiman, when they wake up, seconds they are on the pitch. That’s why we expected so much from them than we are seeing today. They don’t have to sit in the bus for hours. That is why the coach is able to train two times a day because they are all there.”

“Let me also add this, imagine the past without Pobiman, the bus sets off five hours ahead of training to pick the first person going around Accra picking people.

“By the time they arrive at the training pitch, the first person they picked would have sat in the car for five hours. After training, the same way they will start dropping them, it means the last person to alight would have sat in the car for five hours.

“Today, the bus doesn’t have to go round picking them so we don’t have to pay for the cost of petrol and we don’t also get the players tired. Because of Pobiman, when they wake up, seconds they are on the pitch. That’s why we expected so much from them than we are seeing today. They don’t have to sit in the bus for hours. That is why the coach is able to train two times a day because they are all there.”