Fawaz Zowk Takes Swipe At Hearts

Hearts of Oak former management member, Fawaz Zowk claims the current heads of the club lack leadership skills.

According to him, the woes of the club of late is down to poor management by board and management.

The Phobians have been in the news recently for various reasons, notably their failure to lure top players to the club and friction between head coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi and managing director Vincent Odotoi Sowah.

“In the past, the board and management members sacrificed their own resources to make sure that Hearts get good players for the club,” Zawk told Otec FM.

“We were also having prominent management and board members who did recruitments with a magical touch, something the current administration lacks. They lack several things to manage the club to be honest.” He added.

Zawk also called on the hierarchy of the club to sacrifice Sowah ahead of Kenichi if the former is the cause of the confusion.

However, he aadvised Kenichi to respect his employers.

“Odotey Sowah should be sacrificed and let things be like that if indeed he’s making things difficult for the coach.

“It’s not good for us to sack the coach in the middle of the season. United we stand, divided we fall. So for me, let’s all rally behind the coach because looking at where we are on the league log, it is not bad as compared to last season.

“We have to give the coach the support to complete the season and then we assess his performance and behaviour.”

He added: “I want to advice the coach to give full respect to management because we all want the best for the club.”

Hearts are fourth on the league log after the first round of the season with 26 points, two less than leaders Wa Stars.

Fawaz Zowk Takes Swipe At Hearts

Hearts Coach, Kenichi Has Shocked Me - Fawaz Zowk

Former Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Fawaz Zowk has confessed that he is shocked by the start the club has made to the  2015/16 Ghana Premier league.

The Phobians have won three of their opening four league matches and have drawn the other, and this, Fawaz Zowk is impressed with.

When Hearts first appointed Coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi he promised to lead fans of the 2000 CAF Champions League winners to force him out of the club when they started recording some dismal results in pre-season.

But he has now changed his mindset on what he earlier called and has now ask fans of the club to throw their weight behind the Japanese-American even in difficult times.

“It has been a very good performance in the league so far, i can’t remember the last time we [Hearts] won three matches and drew one at the beginning of a season. The players have shocked me, the technical men have also shocked me and I hope that this spirit will continue,” Fawaz Zowk told Kumasi based Otec FM.

He added: “We are looking forward to winning the league. Nothing will apiece the supporters including myself if we end  the season without the league”.

Fawaz Zowk also called on supporters not to abandon the club when difficult times arise.

“I will say the supporters should go to the stadium to support the team and encourage the players. I am entreating them to try and travel with the team to away matches as well so that the morale will always be high,” he said.

“I want to add that when the team is not playing well, they should be patient and keep on supporting because they have truly proved all of us wrong with their output so far,” He stated.

Hearts Coach, Kenichi Has Shocked Me - Fawaz Zowk

No Bad Blood At Hearts - Nelson

Hearts of Oak board member Frank Nelson Nwokolo has rubbished claims that there is bad blood between the incumbent board and the old directors of the club.

The 2000 CAF Champions League winners has been in turmoil since Togbe Afede XIV took over the head administration after the flotation of shares in 2011.

Former directors who headed the club to achieve success in the late 1990s and early 2000s claim the decline of the club from grace to disgrace is down to ‘autocratic’ leadership style of Togbe Afede XIV.

Aziz Haruna Futah, a renown fan and former board member led a hymn in the last three years for fans together and take over ownership of the Rainbow club from the majority shareholder.

Harry Zakkour, Fawaz Zowk and many others have echoed the calls of Aziz Futah to reclaim the club after the resignation of Gerald Ankrah last week , but Frank Nelson insist there are no problems between the current board and the board of old.

“There are no issues in Hearts of Oak. If you ask Nii Ayi Bonte, he can’t say he’s an old or new member of Hearts of Oak, the only thing he can tell you is that he’s a supporter and he works for the club 24 hours,” Frank Nelson told Happy FM.

“I can tell you all the things perceive of Hearts of Oak, some of them are not true. Some of the things are normal because it happens even in our families… there can be disagreements at times, but at the end of the day we are all fighting for the well-being of the club.

“For instance, last season when results were not good, Nii Ayi Bonte, Alhaji Hearts, Harry Zakkour and co.  all drove to Obuasi just to give the team morale support, what shows there’s bad blood between us?” He quizzed.

“From where I sit, I don’t think there is any issue at Hearts of Oak to be solved.” He stated.

No Bad Blood At Hearts - Nelson

I Will Serve Any Position To Rejuvenate Hearts - Fawaz

Former Hearts of Oak Board Member Alhaji Fawaz Zowk has promised to give the club’s fans his full backing in their bid to take over ownership of the club from current Board Chairman Togbe Afede over the club’s managerial crisis.

Many board members of the club have resigned in the past six years, and some believe majority shareholder Togbe Afede XIV ‘autocratic’ style of leadership has led the club to it’s current predicament.

The club has also changed coaches  and changed the playing body within the same period in a quest to return to Hearts of Oak of yesteryear.

But nothing seems to be working. Earlier this week, Managing Director of the club Gerald Ankrah resigned from his post for reasons spokesperson of the club termed as ‘personal’ whilst media reports suggested that he took that decision to honorably relinquish his position due to poor conditions.

Others claim he was at the verge being sacked and he acted swiftly to avoid embarrassment.

And the former Board Member , Fawaz Zowk who was part of the club’s successful campaign in 2000 and 2004 CAF inter-club football competitions journey says Togbe Afede XIV is an educated illiterate.

“I’m ready to serve the club at any position as far as my advised will be taking. I’m coming to Ghana to help the supporters to get the club back to its glory days, I have spent my life at this club I will not sit down for my darling club to get relegated. We not have gone to University but we have brains to run the club,” Fawaz told Happy FM.

“He has to hand over the club to us (old administrators) if we make money we will pay him (Togbe Afede) off to leave the club, and if he fails to do so the supporters should boycott the club’s training and matches and Insha Allahu Hearts of Oak will be well,” he added.

Hearts of Oak has not won a premier crown nor any other silverware since the Premier League successin 2009.

They finished 13th on the premier league last season, a position the clubf aithfuls believes is way below the standard of the club.

I Will Serve Any Position To Rejuvenate Hearts - Fawaz