As a result, most pundits have written us off and I came under strong pressure from the media in Ghana but we have pulled our socks up and are determined to give our fans in Germany something to cheer about.

We missed several key players at the tournament but should have done better. We were a bit unlucky in the end as we went out on goal difference and Senegal got through even though we had beaten them.

We have to win our next two matches against Senegal and Zimbabwe, it's that simple.

It would be nice of their manager Tommy Taylor to ring us rather than go to the media, especially when it is a contracted player. Tommy should know better.

What appealed to us -- aside from the fact that the more media exposure you get, the better -- is that it involves the consumer. With other book awards, the choices are made by committees removed from the public. But this is more like the People's Choice Awards.

This is not media hype. This is a real issue for us.