So you were right Matt. I suppose we'll never know how much justification there is for Mr Turner's statement on Boco's departure, but although we did offer the chance for him to extend his league career we did offer the least we could, the latest we could. It would be interesting to know when we started to wake up and offer him a proper contract.
I think in fairness to the player someone might mention how much better a team we were with him than without. On just a quick calculation, which could be wrong, I reckon he played 19 times for us, we won 10, drew 4, lost 5. I know some of them were cup games and slightly easier opponents, but then he did play against Huddersfield too. That level of form if converted into points for league games would have had us chasing automatic promotion.
We are going to miss him and despite the Fat Controller's bluster, he did a good job for us. I can't believe that if matters had been left entirely in Mr Cook's hands that Romauld Boco wouldn't be an under-contract Chesterfield player. His decision may have let Mr Cook down, but the club itself is left looking pretty disingenuous too. (Property development in Plymouth will hardly be easy to oversee from the sub-continent.)
I think in fairness to the player someone might mention how much better a team we were with him than without. On just a quick calculation, which could be wrong, I reckon he played 19 times for us, we won 10, drew 4, lost 5. I know some of them were cup games and slightly easier opponents, but then he did play against Huddersfield too. That level of form if converted into points for league games would have had us chasing automatic promotion.
We are going to miss him and despite the Fat Controller's bluster, he did a good job for us. I can't believe that if matters had been left entirely in Mr Cook's hands that Romauld Boco wouldn't be an under-contract Chesterfield player. His decision may have let Mr Cook down, but the club itself is left looking pretty disingenuous too. (Property development in Plymouth will hardly be easy to oversee from the sub-continent.)