mack Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 Kwabena Appiah Date Of Birth: 10/19/1992 Nation: Australia Birthplace: New Zealand Squad Number: 14 Position: Wing Forward Secondary Positions: Joined Wanderers: 06/26/2012 Contract Details: 2 year initial contract. Signed 1 year contract extension on 3 September 2013. Contract Finish: 2014/15 Previous Club: Parramatta FC Wanderers Debut: 6th October 2012 vs Central Coast Mariners Wanderers A-League Appearances: 25 Wanderers A-League Goals: 0 Wanderers ACL Appearances: 12 Wanderers ACL Goals: 0 Wanderers FFA Cup Appearances: 1 Wanderers FFA Cup Goals: 0 Wanderers Club World Cup Appearances: 0 Wanderers Club World Cup Goals: 0 Wanderers Total Appearances: 38 Wanderers Total Goals: 0 Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2012/13: 13 (0), 2013/14: 17 (0) International Team: TBD International Caps: 0 International Goals: 0 Club Exit Date: 02/01/2015 Individual Awards: Wanderers Club ACL Player Of The Tournament (2013/14). Team Honours: A-League Premiership Winner (2012/13), Asian Champions League Winner (2014). Highlight: Highlight: Highlight: Description: A flying young striker, born in New Zealand, from family of Ghanian immigrants, he was picked up by Popovic after impressing for Parramatta FC. Despite having numerous chances throughout his career at the Wanderers he never truly shined and left the club in the January 2015 transfer window. View full record
NickosCPC Posted September 19, 2012 Posted September 19, 2012 aside from Mooy, has been our only spark in attack during all pre-season matches. Hopefully he gets a good crack at the first team.
Pabzy Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 i agree, he is a standout player!! give him a couple matches to see if he can become confident in the A-league, and if he does he can even become the best player we will have
Erebus Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Will be a great impact playing coming on around the 70th minute to run at tiring defences
charonis Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 He's also very good at taking out defenders....
srsen Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 THis guy is mates with my bro-in-law, good bloke, there's a new article on him - mentions RBB! http://onlyuptodate.wordpress.com/
RobDog Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I cracked a hat-trick on Fifa 13 with Kwabena last night. He has so much acceleration in this game!
mack Posted January 27, 2013 Author Posted January 27, 2013 I really hope one match he gets to play up front, with the tactics changing from long bombs to having Ono and Mooy trying to get him in behind.
Boban Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 For the time he was on last night, he worried their defence. I am peeved that I didn't record his go with the RBB. That was great.
marron Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 for all hersi's skill and effort (and winning the peno), he was getting in behind to the byline where hersi wasn't - that pace is a nice weapon to have once hersi's run his legs off.
chenko Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Great exciting player......love watching a young kid with blinding pace have the confidence to just take the defence on......might not always work out but damn its good to watch wonder what his speed over 100m would be
srsen Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 HIs megaphone chant last night was the best! My phone ran out of battery and storage right when he started it, im sure someone recorded it and can upload here. would love to see it again!
mack Posted January 27, 2013 Author Posted January 27, 2013 for all hersi's skill and effort (and winning the peno), he was getting in behind to the byline where hersi wasn't - that pace is a nice weapon to have once hersi's run his legs off. Hersi cuts inside most of the time. Against Hoffman (he might be a **** striker, but he still actually is a striker and not a left back right?) he probably should have been instructed to just burn the guy down the touchline. Kubi just did what he normally does on the wing which is go outside with his pace.
marron Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 for all hersi's skill and effort (and winning the peno), he was getting in behind to the byline where hersi wasn't - that pace is a nice weapon to have once hersi's run his legs off. Hersi cuts inside most of the time. Against Hoffman (he might be a **** striker, but he still actually is a striker and not a left back right?) he probably should have been instructed to just burn the guy down the touchline. Kubi just did what he normally does on the wing which is go outside with his pace. Yep. Other thing I noticed which was pleasing was that when Kubi did get there he managed to out-muscle and get around his marker too.
GunnerWanderer Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 popa is bringing him along nicely. Just needs to keeps his composure but does appear to have bright future.
Montalbano Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Kubi needs to watch how Hersi plays. Hopefully Hersi can be a mentor for him. All Kubi needs his more variation in his play, and he will start to cause more problems for other teams.
ATP Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Kubi was solid in the preseason... Hes solid now... When he comes up against decent defenders he can get manhandled a bit but keep in mind hes still a kid, with time & minutes comes discipline & strength training lol
TheSweeper Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Hopefully he gets a start replacing hersi in the derby , has impressed as a sub.
Nnnnnathan12 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I hope he chooses Australia, Ricki herbet has already talked to him about being an all white..so where is holger???? at least have a chat to himHolgerOut
Mattski Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Kwabena is what 20? 21? Holger won't be interested until he is another 10 years older or does a Splinters and goes to every numpty league on the planet and not get a run
paxtonpale Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 Impressed me during preseason but he struggles and I think gets intimidated by good defenders and finds it hard to beat them with pace or skill. Has hard shoes to fill in with the upcoming Grand Final but hopefully keeps his composure and has the guts to beat defenders and also and more importantly presses well.
Nnnnnathan12 Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 Impressed me during preseason but he struggles and I think gets intimidated by good defenders and finds it hard to beat them with pace or skill. Has hard shoes to fill in with the upcoming Grand Final but hopefully keeps his composure and has the guts to beat defenders and also and more importantly presses well. one advantage that he has tomorrow is that, unlike hersi, he wont be targeted and shutdown by defenders, mariners will go for ono and bridge before appiah-kubi, so hopefully this can create some space for him to use his pace. then open up for ono to weave his magic
WSWJuve Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 I have a bad feeling Rose will own him all game. I hope I'm wrong.
Neverbloom Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 I have a bad feeling Rose will own him all game. I hope I'm wrong. i have a feeling he will have his best game tonight
WSWJuve Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 Let's hope. He hasn't really impressed me so far this season. He is still young and has plenty of room for improvement though
Neverbloom Posted April 20, 2013 Posted April 20, 2013 agreed he has been exciting but not delivered as of yet, plenty of potential and has been a good player just not as much as i expected
TehSmileyBandit Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Wow. He saved THAT performance for the Final! Great game by the lad. Most confident he has ever looked on the ball, actually tried to use his pace to get past Grandpa Rose a number of times. Looked very threatening and strong on the ball. Well done Kwabs. MOTM.
zelge Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Could learn a bit from Hersi.. Hope we keep him though massive room for improvement.
TehSmileyBandit Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 I think if you look at all of his appearances this year, he HAS learned from Hersi. That's what makes him so exciting.
mack Posted April 22, 2013 Author Posted April 22, 2013 He needs to lift more. Eat some protein bars. I think Popa will get even more out of him next year.
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