Boateng Gone

Didn't show the consistency for me. In fact, looked as if couldn't give a fig alot of the time.

Shame, as I'm sure he can do better....just we'll never see the benefit of it.

Another good move by dc.

I thought in his early performances he started games well and faded from the 60 minute mark onwards. In the recent Bury game I thought he started appalling but got better and better as the game wore on. Against Shrews he was probably the worst player on the pitch, which was quite an achievement since it was our worst performance since Braintree.

Okay maybe with a run of games he would've been better, but I think the majority of the people calling for him to play more were blinded because he was on loan from a big club, I think if we'd got him on a free from an unfashionable club people would've rated him about as highly as Craig Stanley, except I actually think he was a lot worse than Craig Stanley.

Clear the decks for action, January 1 is almost upon us.   

Flattered to deceive,not enough effort,not enough fight and therefore not a DC type of player.
I won't miss him.

I remember during one home game the bloke next to me said "I'm 70 and I can run faster than Boateng"! I agreed with him that he seemed extremely slow, to put it mildly. I think he had one, maybe two good games/sub appearances.

I'm questioning where those who say he has great potential have got this from.

I see it like this; you have two mates who are chefs. One is called Pierre, is from France and works in a Michelin Starred Kitchen; the other is called Gary, from Patchway and works in a microwaved burger and a pint of John Smiths for £4.95 type establishment.

You go to Pierre's for a dinner party and to be frank it's pretty crap, you're very disappointed but by the morning you and the missus agree he's French and works in a decent restaurant so he must've just had a bad night. The next night you go to Gary's and the food is of a similar standard, again you're disappointed but you kind of expect it because he's hardly a high calibre chef.

My point is if Boateng had a CV like Craig Stanley I think we'd be writing him off as crap, yet Boateng is seen as having potential because he plays for a decent club and a couple of Plymouth fans seemed to rate him.

Well one has too wonder if we should bother with a youth policy and an academy given the experts here write off 20 year old so easily.

Because they can. Not saying it's right as we are all entitled to opinions. I think Boateng showed glimpses of what he is capable of but not often or constantly enough for DC to want to retain his services for the rest of the season. I wish him well but it just did not work out for either party.

Potential is a much abused word on football forums,probably 'my opinion' would be a better term.
Posts about Ellis Harrison often mentioned his 'potential' until last season,why ? were scouts from clubs higher up the league than Rovers coming to matches to watch him ?.
Graydon,Lloydd,and Mabbutt for instance had potential and that is proven because big clubs watched them,saw their potential and bought them.
I saw comments 2 seasons ago that Blissett had potential !, I thought that LDV looked good when I saw him obviously scouts and managers didnt and thats what matters.
I wonder how many players at Rovers now would be offered a contract by a club higher up the League,Taylor ? someone might take a chance as he is a goalscorer, who else though?.