Prioritise right,Ghana.

Any tie involving our dear Black Stars and any other national team is always an improtant game and it is even more important as the next of such important games is againt the 3 Lions of England. Yes, I mean England. The same England John Terry captains, the same England Wayne Rooney plays for and the same England who break hearts (including mine) at major international competitions. That's huge,folks.Real huge.
However,this England vs Ghana should take the back seat and why should it? It's simply because we have a masssive game in Brazzaville against Les Diables Noirs of Congo in an AFCON 2012 qualifier on Sunday. A game which could have huge repercurssions on whether we'll be at the competition in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon next year and possibly fulfill the head gaffer's dream of winning the continental trophy for the first time since 1982 but it seems the bright lights and the lure of London has led some of the top football officials to forget this simple scenario and they have been queueing up at the British High Commission to get visas for the London trip and fortunately (or unfortunately dependin on how you look at it), they were refused.
Maybe we need to be reminded of how crucial this weekend's game is. After picking up a point against Sudan at home in the last round, we opened the door for Sudan and Congo to catch up and put the Stars under pressure and should it all go wrong in Brazzaville, we will fall 3 points behind Congo and then we put ourselves at the mercy of playing a series of must-win games to close the gap and face the possibility of ''mathematics'' at the end of the series. Furthermore, this game is worth 3 points. 3 points which can improve our FIFA ranking and give us the opportunity of playing world class opposition later on in the year. I do not think this is too difficult for our football ''elders'' to understand, is it? Well, for some it is and it is the reason why they hopped up and down and went visa chasing.
In my opinion, this is a snap shot of how we sometimes look at issues in this country. There is a perpetual failure to do what is necessary and right and instead we enjoy labouring tirelessly for what seems pleasing to the eye, pocket and sometimes stomach. In an era where the local game is blighted with so many challenges in terms of general match quality, poor officiating and financial difficulties for clubs, huge sums of money were going to be spent on officials for the trip to Wembley on Tuesday and when it was all over, these officials would return to Ghana and find the game in the same state they left it. Huge marks for prioritising for our top men.
I am hoping that we get it right in Brazzaville and play some good football against England on Tuesday because we have to but to our officials who wanted to go to Wembley and forgot all about Brazzaville,let the words of my good friend, Gary Al-Smith, guide you:
''Our approach to the England and Congo games is akin to telling your wife to wait while your girlfriend uses the loo''. Think about it.