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The former Portsmouth gaffer continues to incur the wrath of many local for continuously snubbing outfield players for national assignments. The president of the Premier League Board, Welbeck Yaw Abra-Appiah, has lamented Ghana coach Avram Grant�s persistent overlook of home-based players, calling the Israeli a �lazy man�. The former Chelsea manager claims the quality of talent in the local league has not been up to his demand, drawing the ire of local pundits. �I find it difficult to agree with those who think our local based players are not qualified to be playing for the Blacks Stars,�Abra-Appiah told Starr FM. �If you had your assistant [Maxwell Konadu] in charge of the CHAN team [home-based Black Stars] and there is a friendly in Washington, what prevents you from adding some local players? �This is because at least five or six players in the team will boost their morale and confidence for future call ups than still inviting the known faces.� Ghana played Canada on October 13 in an exhibition in the USA with an almost foreign-based contingent, as has largely been the case under Grant, with Ashgold goalkeeper Fatau Dauda the only home based included. Abra-Appiah added: �Our coach is a lazy man. He shouldn�t be talking like that. He even doesn�t watch matches and can't identify talents.� The Black Stars are set to face Comoros in the second round of the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers in a two-legged affair in November. However, beside Dauda, it is unlikely Grant would call up any member of the home-based Black Stars team that defeated Cote d�Ivoire 2-1 in the African Nations Championship qualifier on Sunday.