2 year deal and £90k a year ? £50k too much if its true

Not true.....

I don't doubt him but this has got to be his chance

he is the type of nonsense player we needed in the squad

Another "in the know" poster eh.

nah, just read his post on facebook

Thread cleaned up.

Lets try to stay with the thread topic please.

its now up to Ben to clean up his act off the field if he does good signing

I thought the rumours were a wind-up! Hopefully he'll be the handful on the pitch Paul Cooke and Paul Reilly were against us.

Does signing Cockayne mean that we would get the HKR following at fev?

Thought he wasn't signing for you

If the winks and comments are you looking for a pat on the back for a guess, you were wrong - signed for 1 year

Correct with a one year option so two years. I didn't just make it up you know

Wrong mr philb. It's a one year deal. However if ben proves himself then negotiations will begin early to extend and improve the deal. Was with him on Saturday and that is the deal that's been agreed. Was offered a year with a years option but he wanted to show the club he's serious about keeping out of trouble and prove what he can do on the pitch and asked for a one year deal to prove himself on and off the pitch in order to get a new deal. He has vowed to keep his nose clean and I can tell he's serious about this. I don't think he'll mess this up and he will end up being a big asset to the club

Ben is 100% effort and I am sure you will see lots of quality from him!

Now, where have I heard that before?

2009 or 2011?

Great signing for you guys.

I honestly think that most of his problem at HKR was Justin Morgan and how he dealt with certain issues at the club. Hopefully under RA things will be different. Fingers crossed.

How does he feel about the fact that you post all the intimate details of his contract negotiations on here, together with what appear to be quite personal statements about his desire to keep out of trouble?

And the worst thing is you actually believe what you have typed

So your telling me that Justin Morgan is renound for his disciplinarian stance towards things? Don't think so.

Think someone has a crush on Mr Cockayne ...

Im with philb on this one.Ryan those 2 got on great and in the coming weeks if you get chance to ask BC,you will be told no doubt that Ben and justin got on great.6 years was it with us and JM ?
He wouldnt have stayed so long and got so many games if those 2 had a probo.If fact BC had a further contract sorted under JM b4 the latest prob and b4 JMs departure.

Nowhere have i stated that those two had any issues with each otherr. I was merely stating that BC may have got away with more under JM than he possibly will do under RA. After all one is known more for discipline than the other.

Paul Cooke certainly didn't, I don't agree Morgan was Bens problem, however Agar certainly did seem to root out the boozing culture at FC.
All those saying he shouldn't be signed etc, my advice is give him a chance and if he gives anywhere near the same effort and enthusiasm to the team that he did at Rovers I think a good many doubters will be eating their words by mid season. Good Luck Charlie and thanks for all your efforts for our club.