[Dreaming Spire]

maccawozzagod, on 13 May 2013 - 11:03 AM, said:

As a Stanley fan I'd love to hold on to Rommy for a few reasons.

1. he's a good player and we're short of them - and every May/June/July we become even shorter
2. he's a good guy.

There was a comment a little earlier about his career having not taken off and he's been at a few clubs, I think is as much down to him being a lonely fella who moved around a bit early on due to taking bad advice off people. At Accrington the first time around he was around 19/20 years old and just flown in from somewhere in France. His Engleesh is not gut at this moment in time and he was living in a flat above a launderette in a little towny village called Great Harwood. He used to come into the pub after matches and had a little entourage with him, lady on each arm and he would order
"your goodest champagne Mr Bar keeper"
"six quid Rommy"
That wasn't him being a flash *** in the arrogant way that you might expect Rio Ferdinand to behave, but a young man living the high life on three hundred quid!

He left Accy because he was lonely and wanted to be somewhere that offered more to do. So he went to Sligo! **** knows how they sold him that idea, but it was Cook who did. His career was good there and he continued to play International football for his native Benin. I don't know what happened next but he ended up at Sligo two or three times with spells in China and Burton in between.

This time around at Accy he has got back to loving playing football. He is important to the team and club, the fans love him and he has a settled home life with a young family - I could be entirely wrong but I don't think he really wants to move away. He knows that he could pick up 25-50% more wages at probably 10-15 clubs in the North, but he could spend the last 5 years of his career being unhappy. If its true that he's asked for triple wages at Chesterfield maybe he's taking that into account? We pay roughly half of a players true worth and he's asking for what he's worth and then some more to make it worthwhile, I cant see much wrong with that. By your own admissions you'd be soon on his back if he didn't hit the ground running, and as a confidence player it could destroy him, he then becomes another lightweight midfield player with a good touch and nothing else.

If he does sign for you then look after him please!

Thanks for the interesting insight and for taking the time to let us all know his background. Good luck for the forthcoming season.

[Bonnyman]

maccawozzagod, on 13 May 2013 - 11:03 AM, said:

As a Stanley fan I'd love to hold on to Rommy for a few reasons.

1. he's a good player and we're short of them - and every May/June/July we become even shorter
2. he's a good guy.

There was a comment a little earlier about his career having not taken off and he's been at a few clubs, I think is as much down to him being a lonely fella who moved around a bit early on due to taking bad advice off people. At Accrington the first time around he was around 19/20 years old and just flown in from somewhere in France. His Engleesh is not gut at this moment in time and he was living in a flat above a launderette in a little towny village called Great Harwood. He used to come into the pub after matches and had a little entourage with him, lady on each arm and he would order
"your goodest champagne Mr Bar keeper"
"six quid Rommy"
That wasn't him being a flash *** in the arrogant way that you might expect Rio Ferdinand to behave, but a young man living the high life on three hundred quid!

He left Accy because he was lonely and wanted to be somewhere that offered more to do. So he went to Sligo! **** knows how they sold him that idea, but it was Cook who did. His career was good there and he continued to play International football for his native Benin. I don't know what happened next but he ended up at Sligo two or three times with spells in China and Burton in between.

This time around at Accy he has got back to loving playing football. He is important to the team and club, the fans love him and he has a settled home life with a young family - I could be entirely wrong but I don't think he really wants to move away. He knows that he could pick up 25-50% more wages at probably 10-15 clubs in the North, but he could spend the last 5 years of his career being unhappy. If its true that he's asked for triple wages at Chesterfield maybe he's taking that into account? We pay roughly half of a players true worth and he's asking for what he's worth and then some more to make it worthwhile, I cant see much wrong with that. By your own admissions you'd be soon on his back if he didn't hit the ground running, and as a confidence player it could destroy him, he then becomes another lightweight midfield player with a good touch and nothing else.

If he does sign for you then look after him please!

The words "another lightweight midfield player" frighten me more than anything...we have had them in there droves.

[shaun1866]

bonnyman, on 13 May 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

The words "another lightweight midfield player" frighten me more than anything...we have had them in there droves.

He also gave a good reason for why he would become that and our fans have done that to players in the past in droves too.

[Town_Fan]

I had to laugh at the bloke who thinks anyone could only be happy in Accrington and that it would take extra money to move from this paradise on Earth.

[spireitenumber1]

maccawozzagod, on 13 May 2013 - 11:03 AM, said:

As a Stanley fan I'd love to hold on to Rommy for a few reasons.

1. he's a good player and we're short of them - and every May/June/July we become even shorter
2. he's a good guy.

There was a comment a little earlier about his career having not taken off and he's been at a few clubs, I think is as much down to him being a lonely fella who moved around a bit early on due to taking bad advice off people. At Accrington the first time around he was around 19/20 years old and just flown in from somewhere in France. His Engleesh is not gut at this moment in time and he was living in a flat above a launderette in a little towny village called Great Harwood. He used to come into the pub after matches and had a little entourage with him, lady on each arm and he would order
"your goodest champagne Mr Bar keeper"
"six quid Rommy"
That wasn't him being a flash *** in the arrogant way that you might expect Rio Ferdinand to behave, but a young man living the high life on three hundred quid!

He left Accy because he was lonely and wanted to be somewhere that offered more to do. So he went to Sligo! **** knows how they sold him that idea, but it was Cook who did. His career was good there and he continued to play International football for his native Benin. I don't know what happened next but he ended up at Sligo two or three times with spells in China and Burton in between.

This time around at Accy he has got back to loving playing football. He is important to the team and club, the fans love him and he has a settled home life with a young family - I could be entirely wrong but I don't think he really wants to move away. He knows that he could pick up 25-50% more wages at probably 10-15 clubs in the North, but he could spend the last 5 years of his career being unhappy. If its true that he's asked for triple wages at Chesterfield maybe he's taking that into account? We pay roughly half of a players true worth and he's asking for what he's worth and then some more to make it worthwhile, I cant see much wrong with that. By your own admissions you'd be soon on his back if he didn't hit the ground running, and as a confidence player it could destroy him, he then becomes another lightweight midfield player with a good touch and nothing else.

If he does sign for you then look after him please!

Cheers! Nice to know a bit more abou the player

[Scooby Doo]

maccawozzagod, on 13 May 2013 - 11:03 AM, said:

As a Stanley fan I'd love to hold on to Rommy for a few reasons.

1. he's a good player and we're short of them - and every May/June/July we become even shorter
2. he's a good guy.

There was a comment a little earlier about his career having not taken off and he's been at a few clubs, I think is as much down to him being a lonely fella who moved around a bit early on due to taking bad advice off people. At Accrington the first time around he was around 19/20 years old and just flown in from somewhere in France. His Engleesh is not gut at this moment in time and he was living in a flat above a launderette in a little towny village called Great Harwood. He used to come into the pub after matches and had a little entourage with him, lady on each arm and he would order
"your goodest champagne Mr Bar keeper"
"six quid Rommy"
That wasn't him being a flash *** in the arrogant way that you might expect Rio Ferdinand to behave, but a young man living the high life on three hundred quid!

He left Accy because he was lonely and wanted to be somewhere that offered more to do. So he went to Sligo! **** knows how they sold him that idea, but it was Cook who did. His career was good there and he continued to play International football for his native Benin. I don't know what happened next but he ended up at Sligo two or three times with spells in China and Burton in between.

This time around at Accy he has got back to loving playing football. He is important to the team and club, the fans love him and he has a settled home life with a young family - I could be entirely wrong but I don't think he really wants to move away. He knows that he could pick up 25-50% more wages at probably 10-15 clubs in the North, but he could spend the last 5 years of his career being unhappy. If its true that he's asked for triple wages at Chesterfield maybe he's taking that into account? We pay roughly half of a players true worth and he's asking for what he's worth and then some more to make it worthwhile, I cant see much wrong with that. By your own admissions you'd be soon on his back if he didn't hit the ground running, and as a confidence player it could destroy him, he then becomes another lightweight midfield player with a good touch and nothing else.

If he does sign for you then look after him please!

Thanks for taking the time out to provide some information on a player who you clearly enjoyed watching at Accrington Stanley. I am certain that if a player of Mr Boco's quality chose to joined Chesterfield FC as long as he put in 100% effort for the team he would be adored by the fans.

Good luck for next season and I hope when we visit you this coming season the weather is kinder than last time

[Skywalker]

freelander2, on 01 May 2013 - 07:20 PM, said:

I thought our interest in Boco had cooled and Linganzi was the new target?

Well done Mike - spot on as always.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

I'm told Boco has talked himself out of any deal at Town, making all manner of demands way beyond those someone with his limited pedigree should.

It seems he's used to being a big fish in the very small pond that is Accy. That's simply not gonna happen at CFC.

[spireitenag]

MDCCCLXVI, on 17 June 2013 - 07:14 PM, said:

I'm told Boco has talked himself out of any deal at Town, making all manner of demands way beyond those someone with his limited pedigree should.

It seems he's used to being a big fish in the very small pond that is Accy. That's simply not gonna happen at CFC.

Listened to Chris Turner earlier on Radio Sheff and he stated that there was still interest in Boco.

[Spire Power]

spireitenag, on 17 June 2013 - 08:07 PM, said:

Listened to Chris Turner earlier on Radio Sheff and he stated that there was still interest in Boco.

The other Chris says it aint gonna happen. Which one do we believe?

[JonB]

If suggest its probably a bit of both...as it stands he's pricing himself out of a move but if he was to reassess and lower his demands to a more realistic level then we'd still be interested in signing him.

[metallilad]

Ego's. Many a career is killed by them.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

JonB, on 17 June 2013 - 08:30 PM, said:

If suggest its probably a bit of both...as it stands he's pricing himself out of a move but if he was to reassess and lower his demands to a more realistic level then we'd still be interested in signing him.

If we sign someone else in the interim period whilst he considers his wage demands, it might not matter how much he drops his sights when he rejoins the real world

[spireitenag]

Spire Power, on 17 June 2013 - 08:27 PM, said:

The other Chris says it aint gonna happen. Which one do we believe?

Personally I've no reason to doubt what either of them say.

We might sign him or we might not.

If we don't I'm sure Paul Cook will sign someone else,

All will be revealed in the next couple of weeks.

[Mr Mercury]

Spire Power, on 17 June 2013 - 08:27 PM, said:

The other Chris says it aint gonna happen. Which one do we believe?

Both, yes there will still be interest in Boco if he realises he can't demand the Earth and him and his agent start being sensible.
Easy to understand really!