Soccer News of Tuesday, 27 February 2001
Source: BBC
The knives are out in Ghana for the head of Cecil Jones Attuquayefio after the national team's second consecutive World Cup qualifying defeat, in Sudan on Sunday.
The loss was the third in a row altogether under the Ghanaian-born coach, who took local side Hearts of Oak to a quartet of titles last season, including the African Champions League and the Super Cup.
Defeat to Congo Kinshasa in a Nations Cup qualifier last month and a 3-1 humiliation against Liberia in Accra has made Attuquayefio unpopular well before his three-year contract expires in 2004.
Against Sudan, Attuquayefio ran into criticism for fielding his best strikers, Ishmael Addo and Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, in their wrong positions.
Jones has also been hounded for not taking a bold move to use the entire Hearts of Oak squad for the World Cup qualifiers as the fans lose confidence in the foreign-based players.