Mathematics was not my forte in school but I can make some very good deductions. My ‘non- maths’ brain has been able to reach a conclusion that a Serbian coach is good for Ghana’s senior national team Black Stars.

The simple deduction is that if the first Serbian Coach Ratomir Juscovic was able to qualify the Black Stars for the World Cup for the first time surviving the first round in that debut and a second Serbian, Milovan Rajevac, took the Black Stars to their second successive World Cup and reached the quarter finals for the first time; then a third Serbian, no matter the name, is most likely to send the Black Stars beyond the quarter finals in the next World Cup, Quod Erat Demonstradum (QED) as my late mathematics teacher at ABUSCO, the revered O.K.Monney used to say.

In my estimation, this is a very simple matter I am therefore greatly surprised at the entire hullabaloo surrounding the failure of Milovan to renew his contract to train the Black Stars. The Ghana Football Association has to my mind been harshly criticized for not ensuring the renewal of Milovan’s contract. There is also this accusation of the FA pampering foreign coaches much to the detriment of local talent.

This accusation should be dismissed with the contempt it deserves because almost all the so called top Ghanaian coaches have one time or the other handled the Black Stars without much success. They know their shortcomings and therefore lack the courage to handle these top professionals. More about this seeming media campaign for local coaches later but what tickles me most is the attack on Serbian coaches who are being accused of coming to Ghana apparently with weak backgrounds only to enrich their CVs and vamoose.

I find this an interesting riddle. If these so called second rate coaches are capable of transforming the local game and put Ghana on the World map then it should be a bonus for the country if you consider the type of money we pay for their services.

If for the kind of money Ghana can afford to pay, Serbian coaches come in quite handy, what is all the fuss about especially when they have proved their worth on both occasions as good tacticians.

It is my considered opinion that instead of trying to give the Serbians a bad image   as some kind of dupers, Ghana should rather sign a bilateral agreement with Serbia to give us coaches on a regular basis. They can come to Ghana and polish our talented players to reach the top and in the process improve their CVs. This, to me, is a fair bargain. Both parties gain in the long run.

It is surprising that some people should expect any coach worth his salt with abundant World Cup credentials to accept to be put on a single spine salary when there is so much to gain elsewhere. Let’s be realistic.

All this talk about Ghana and foreign coaches is much ado about nothing. This topic has been debated years back and one thought that having made giant strides in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010, this should not be the time to take any retrogressive steps.  Let’s move forward.

All those who care to know can point out what has made Cameroun and Cote d’Ivoire such regulars at the World Cup. There is no short cut to success.

Cheers everybody and keep loving sports.