Former Asante Kotoko head coach Mas-ud Didi Dramani has pointed out lack of proper planning and patience as the key reasons why all senior national teams are unable to to succeed at major competitions.

The Black Stars are yet to win the AFCON after their last triumph in in 1982 and Dramani believes that there has not been any conscious effort to end the 38 years trophy-less run.

The deputy trainer of FC Nordsjaelland believes that to achieve results at the senior level, there must be proper projection of players into the national team and a conscious effort to end the run by authorities.

The former Ghana U20 and Black Queens manager adds that Ghana’s failure to produce the best football talents at the senior level is due to the nation’s over reliance on immediate success at the youth level.

“When you look at the way sometimes we pick our U17, do we pick them based on the our projection of where they will be in 10 years?

“Do we consider that in 10 years they should have played in our U20 and U23 teams?” Dramani, currently a youth coach with Danish side Nordsjaelland, told YAC Media.

“You should be thinking that in 25 years, they should be able to win something for the country.

“When we are able to think like this, we will be experts in putting people in their right places, because when you think about immediate success, then you are only thinking about today and tomorrow.

“It means you are only thinking about how to win and qualify for the U17 Afcon and when you begin to think about just qualifying for the Afcon, it means you have relegated players who would have been able to fit in for the 2025 period.”

Ghana are noted for their excellent record in CAF and FIFA youth tournaments having won the world U17 and U20 major competitions.

The West Africa giants have however struggled to translate that success at senior level after failing to win a major title for the past 38 years.