“A lot is expected of me”: Hackett intent on making the most of ‘new challenge’ at Police FC

– Story and Photos by Jemima Holmes

There will be a new staple in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Football Club’s midfield when the seventh edition of the Elite League begins this weekend.

Ryan “Boom Boom” Hackett made a bold move from the soldiers’ camp at the Guyana Defence Force FC to the Police, which sent shockwaves around the local football fraternity. Now, as the midfielder prepares for the Elite League with his new squad, he has chalked up the move to his search for a new challenge.
“I feel that it was a good team I come from, we win everything in them couple years I was there, so I feel that it would be good for a new challenge and I feel that Police is the team for that new challenge,” Hackett told Guyana Times Sport during a training session.

As the Golden Jaguars player spoke exclusively with this publication, he shared what he hoped to bring to the Police team and how fitting in has been thus far.
He envisioned for his time at Police FC, “Nothing different, just the basic. Just communicating, look to assist in many goals that I could assist and play a good role in this Police team to help them going forward, at least to win the League.
“It’s easy because the guys them accept me as a player, not only as a player, as a family, as a friend, as a brother. So, it’s easy to come around and just enjoy the training and we getting along very well,” “Boom Boom” further explained.
Quizzed about not only his transfer but the busy January window in general, Hackett noted that he was not too concerned with how the other teams were stacked, expressing confidence in having a good season with his new home.
“What I could say is it’s going to be a good League, it’s a good team, good signings. So, I 100 per cent just aim to bring it home with Police too. I’m just looking to train hard with the players, execute what we coach tell we and look to bring it home not only for us, but for Police FC and the entire Police Force,” the midfielder shared.
“My basic is not looking at what the other teams sign, my focus is to come here and get the guys them to up the standard to play against these good teams ‘cause once we up to standard and be focused and prepare, I know we could win it. That’s what we training for, to go and do it as a team and as players so much is expected of in this league.”
As “Boom Boom” envisions a championship- winning season for the lawmen, he admitted that a lot is expected of him when he dons the blue uniform.
Hackett expressed, “I could tell you it means a lot, because a lot is expected from me. A lot is invested for me to come here so, it would mean a lot for me to just go out there, not only play for myself, just play for the Club and look to bring it home once again, because a lot depending on me, not only from players, big staff, my family. So, it would be a great new challenge for I come Police and win it and add another title to my story.”
The Elite League is set to kick off this Sunday, March 9.