Southampton extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to 14 games after resoundingly beating Blackburn Rovers 4-0 last weekend, Jon Dahl Tomasson’s Riversiders second best all afternoon at St Mary’s as Russell Martin’s men showed no mercy in a rampant display. Martin’s use of the substitutes bench came in clutch in this contest, with Sekou […]
Hearts of Oak legend Mohammed Polo has described the club’s decision to part ways with Dutch trainer Martin Koopman as annoying. The Phobians fired Koopman 10 games into his three years contract, with a series of draws marking Koopman’s tenure. Hearts of Oak are on a run of four games without a win, including a […]
Southampton have now extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to 13 matches, despite picking up successive draws away from home to stop a lengthy winning streak. Russell Martin’s Saints have won six of their last ten matches in the division, putting themselves firmly in the promotion reckoning as a result. Blackburn Rovers are the […]
Former Hearts of Oak coach Martin Koopman has once again taken aim at certain members of the club’s board, expressing doubt over their ability to assist owner Togbe Afede to manage the club. This latest verbal volley comes hot on the heels of the board’s response to Koopman’s earlier accusations, where he claimed they wielded […]
Southampton, once a bastion of intelligent recruitment and transfer window proficiency, quickly became a case study of how things can go so wrong so fast for clubs in the Premier League if decision-making at the highest level isn’t up to scratch. Having once signed the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane, Dejan Lovren, Morgan […]
Whilst Southampton are as many as 10 points adrift of Ipswich Town in the second automatic promotion spot, they are at least eight points inside the Championship’s top six with a shot at Wembley potentially awaiting them come the end of the campaign. After a rocky start, Russell Martin could yet take the Saints up […]
Vincent Sowah-Odotei, a Board Member of Hearts of Oak says they have no regret Martin Koopman’s appointment did not work. The 67-year-old was named as Slavko Matic’s successor on a two-year deal before the start of the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season. After recording two wins out of 10 games, the club announced that they […]
Accra Hearts of Oak’s board has responded emphatically to Dutch coach Martin Koopman’s recent allegations, asserting that they had bestowed upon him full responsibility over player selection. This rebuttal comes on the heels of Koopman’s departure from the Phobians following a string of disappointing results, with the Dutchman suggesting that the board had imposed restrictions […]
In a bid to quell the rising storm of controversy surrounding the departure of former coach Martin Koopman, the Hearts of Oak board convened a press conference on December 4th, 2023, staunchly defending their decision to hire Koopman based on what they termed “experience and maturity.” The board’s response comes in the wake of serious […]
In a swift and stern response, the Hearts of Oak board has labeled former Dutch coach Martin Koopman’s recent statement as “very distasteful,” vehemently denying the allegations that they interfered with his team selection. The Ghana Premier League side addressed the controversy in a press conference held today, December 4, 2023, shedding light on the […]
