Gladson Awako has attributed the Hearts of Oak’s disastrous 2022–23 season to the several technical changes.
According to Awako, the club suffered last season as a result of too many coaching staff changes.
“Too many changes in coaching impacted negatively on our performance last season. We started with Samuel Boadu, then later Matic who didn’t last long, followed by David Ocloo. All these coaches had different philosophies which warranted time for players to adapt and this affected our performance” he told Akoma FM.
“We were improving under Matic, it was just unfortunate that he left, David Ocloo tried his best but because the pressure was too much it couldn’t work”
“Coaches needs time, you can’t appoint them and expect magic or instant results, so I feel the changes at the technical side and injuries affected our performance”
“Yes, the departure of Slavko Matic really affected us and it didn’t help at all. Before Matic we were at the 12th position but we moved to the 3rd position with him in charge and now see where we ended the season” he added.
Prior to Slavko Matic taking over in October 2022, Samuel Boadu started the season.
However, the Serbian was forced to leave in March 2023 by furious club supporters, and David Ocloo took over for the remainder of the campaign.
Hearts of Oak ended the season in 12th place with 46 points.
