Former Hearts of Oak board secretary Ernest Thompson believes the club is recruiting bog-standard players.
He explains this trend what contributed to the club's ten-year trophyless run.
''Hearts of Oak SC cannot have the same type of players of the same standard, you need what we call two or three mark key players,'' he told Nhyira FM.
''In the year 2000, Hearts of Oak had Sammy Adjei, Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo, Don Bortey and Charles Taylor who could make a difference in any given game
''So when Hearts of Oak is doing recruitment they should make sure that they have few players who are above average, you may not have best of eleven players at a time
''So Hearts of Oak should focus on recruiting good players who are not on the same standard, winning laurels will be difficult.
''Management of Hearts of oak must take a look at the quality of recruitment. The recruitment policies needs to be changed.''