| As we’re all talking about Cook 15:31 - Jan 5 with 4356 views | Illinoisblue |
What are your most depressing memories from his time in charge. Lots to choose from, obviously, but I’d go for:
Ipswich 2 Bolton 5 for sheer mind-numbing collective incompetence
Cambridge 2 Ipswich 2 for what seemed at the time to be the 37th time under Cook we were unable to hold on to a lead.
Rochdale 0 Ipswich 0. Watched this on IFollow and question my existence every five minutes. Don’t think we had a shot on goal against a team destined for L2
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:59 - Jan 5 with 1172 views | ArnieM |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:40 - Jan 5 by Marshalls_Mullet |
You know what they say about sarcasm... |
I wasn’t being sarcastic .
Time will tell re Ashton . |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:59 - Jan 5 with 1168 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:43 - Jan 5 by Herbivore |
It was hardly inexplicable. And I'd say his sacking was one of the better memories I have of his time here. |
It was hardly sudden. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:00 - Jan 5 with 1168 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:59 - Jan 5 by ArnieM |
I wasn’t being sarcastic .
Time will tell re Ashton . |
I'm not Ashtons biggest fan.
...but Cook was woeful. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:02 - Jan 5 with 1159 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:22 - Jan 5 by homer_123 |
Did we take a step forward under Cook? |
The league position would very much suggest not.
I actually think Lambert would have done far, far better with similar resources.
....and I'm not a fan of Lambert. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:20 - Jan 5 with 1133 views | BlueBadger |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:28 - Jan 5 by ArnieM |
His very sudden and inexplicable sacking by Mark Ashton ! |
....if you ignore the piss-poor results. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:27 - Jan 5 with 1112 views | itfcjoe |
When I read the demolition man stuff and realised all the younger players who came through here were being chucked under the bus as well as the old one - he never earned the right to do what he did |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:29 - Jan 5 with 1092 views | clive_baker |
Mostly they were last season for me. It was really frustrating, with a decent run in and only a few points off the playoffs we needed to park any thoughts of 'tomorrow' and just try and sh1thouse some points in the short term to see where it took us. We were 2 points off the playoffs when Cook came in. 4 points off Sunderland in 4th and we had a game in hand. It went to sh1t so rapidly, he used so many players, combinations of players, frankly garbage loanees who seemingly had little interest in being here. The likes of Harrop and Parrot were awful for the most part, I think back to Wimbledon away losing 3-0, throwing them all under the bus. Persisting with a formation and style that didn't at all suit what we had.
Don't get me wrong, it was never going to be easy, and it was unlikely that we would've gone up, but tomorrow never comes, balls to looking beyond the end of our noses at that point lets just bully our way to a few results in the short term if we can. People forget we had won 3 on the bounce before Cook came in, it was pragmatic and not pretty, not 'possession based', but effective enough probably to be there or thereabouts. Just felt like an opportunity to blow some smoke up the backsides of a few players and galvanise and make good of what we had, give them some carrots to go after and 'have a go'. All felt far too cute and a missed opportunity to throw in the towel on the season so pathetically. The first game against Gillingham set the tone really, plenty of the ball but completely toothless and asked nothing of them all game. Might as well have given Matt Gill the rest of last season in hindsight. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:32 - Jan 5 with 1074 views | BlueBadger |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:38 - Jan 5 by textbackup |
Cambridge 2 Ipswich 2 for what seemed at the time to be the 37th time under Cook we were unable to hold on to a lead.
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was after this game that i started to go off PC a bit.... |
That was definitely the 'I'm starting to think it wasn't maybe just the players last season letting us down, I wonder if there's a common denominator here' point. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:38 - Jan 5 with 1064 views | BlueBadger |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:30 - Jan 5 by Swansea_Blue |
At times, I'd say so. We were so painfully slow going forward previously under Lambert, which made some of the games this year feel like a breath of fresh air. And we've scored some crackers this season. The step (or 2) backwards ultimately cancelled out the brief good times though, granted. Ultimately we went nowhere under him, but there were some highlights. |
We went from plodding on the spot to dancing on the spot.
Neither actually got us any closer to where we wanted to be, but one was more fun to look at. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:39 - Jan 5 with 1058 views | tractorboy1978 |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 15:56 - Jan 5 by Kropotkin123 |
Throwing away the lead at Cambridge was the worst. By that time he had had enough time to coach the team and make the correct subs to see out a game. |
I went to that game along with Accrington and Cheltenham. Carbon copy performances, comfortable first halves and may as well have stayed in the changing room second half. All three knocked the stuffing out of me! |  | | |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 17:40 - Jan 5 with 1059 views | wkj |
When I finally realised that Cook's run here was pretty much the same as Paul Jewel's - all except for the porno video and excuse of being out of the game for a while. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 18:34 - Jan 5 with 1020 views | strikalite |
Yep has to be Bolton, six games in and still no win, the Bolton game felt like someone had taken a sledge hammer to my car....anger, sadness, even disbelief...
From the highs of new owners, decent Manager, good recruitment, to hearing the boos ring out whilst getting ripped apart by a Club who I used to feel sorry for was as low as it could be.. |  | | |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 18:46 - Jan 5 with 994 views | jeera |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:02 - Jan 5 by Swansea_Blue |
Yet we also had some rather excellent performances and goals of the like we haven't seen for years. What a strange tenure Cook's was. On the pitch it was one step forwards, one backwards and then there was the whole shouty/key change interview idiosyncrasies. It would be unfair to portray it as all bad times, yet ultimately he didn't deliver what was needed. |
"Like watching a different side every week" as another poster said to me.
I was a bit bemused as early as the first training video clip where he was shown there holding the requisite cuppa prop and waving the other arm shouting for the players to "get up there".
It resonated as the games we played as kids and that's what the goalie would always shout as he attempted to boot the ball as far up the pitch as possible for us to chase.
Of course it would be stupid to think a man of that calibre could be judged on a clip like that. I'm just saying how I felt watching it.
Mind you, he then did the same thing at the side of the pitch during actual matches too.
Wearing an (ill-fitting) tracksuit for no apparent reason other than to look sporty. I wouldn't look good in a tight fitting tracksuit either but if I'm not considering doing any actual physical activity myself I normally opt for regular clothes.
Maybe a suit would have been more appropriate if you're only there to observe and hold a cup of tea and wave an occasional arm. That would at least give an air of authority.
As someone posted last week, it was a bit Kevin Keagan like in that respect. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 19:18 - Jan 5 with 962 views | Basuco |
Cambridge for me, 2 - 0 up and well in control of the game, then the second half, Cambridge totally in control and many Town fans in the away end expecting to lose the game and it was a huge relief that we were able to hang on for the draw. The fact that a very poor Cambridge side was able to take control of the game after a half time tactical change and Paul Cook and his coaches were unable to respond to those changes. At that point I knew they were out of their depth at Town. |  | | |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 19:28 - Jan 5 with 944 views | Illinoisblue |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 15:54 - Jan 5 by IpswichKnight |
Didn’t we then repeat that trick against Northampton and lost! We were total Fisons finest manure that day.
Crewe this season was one of the worst, comfortably ahead at 2-0 should go on and win 3/4-0 but no they make a couple of subtle changes and we look lost, what do we do bring on 2 subs and move 4 players around and get even worse. |
Indeed we were even worse against Northampton. Even now it’s hard to comprehend how bad we’ve been in division 3. The third tier and we struggle year after year. Beyond disgraceful. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 19:28 - Jan 5 with 942 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:22 - Jan 5 by homer_123 |
Did we take a step forward under Cook? |
Yes, around September 28th we took a decent step forward culminating in comfortably winning at Portsmouth a few weeks later.
It was the 3 steps back in between and 5 steps back shortly after that made them even more painful. If Cook had never got anything right he would have gone earlier and there would be even fewer fans going "we didn't give him long enough ... let him get us mid table this season and then next season he will show us what he can do". |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 19:42 - Jan 5 with 917 views | Churchman |
Cheltenham. It was pathetic. Bolton was a good solid second. Beaten out of sight, the same as Swindon did to us a year ago. New faces, new t shirt, new players, new coffee cup, new coaches - zippo improvement.
Cook can tip blame anywhere he chooses and he started today. With resources greater than anyone else we are marooned in mid table looking up at the big boys like Accrington and MK Dons. Blame MA, the media, Saturn, the players, the position of East Anglia, the pitch, Greggs whatever. Down to you Paul suck it up and move on. |  | | |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 21:27 - Jan 5 with 841 views | Illinoisblue |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 16:02 - Jan 5 by Swansea_Blue |
Yet we also had some rather excellent performances and goals of the like we haven't seen for years. What a strange tenure Cook's was. On the pitch it was one step forwards, one backwards and then there was the whole shouty/key change interview idiosyncrasies. It would be unfair to portray it as all bad times, yet ultimately he didn't deliver what was needed. |
3 good games in 44. | |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 11:02 - Jan 6 with 726 views | Garv |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 19:18 - Jan 5 by Basuco |
Cambridge for me, 2 - 0 up and well in control of the game, then the second half, Cambridge totally in control and many Town fans in the away end expecting to lose the game and it was a huge relief that we were able to hang on for the draw. The fact that a very poor Cambridge side was able to take control of the game after a half time tactical change and Paul Cook and his coaches were unable to respond to those changes. At that point I knew they were out of their depth at Town. |
Have to say I don't remember Cambridge being in control that day, not until late in the half. They definitely didn't have the whole second half.
We were the side looking more likely to score the next goal early in the second half, albeit we were struggling for a final ball. Then the subs came, which completely killed us. Aluko, Chaplin and Fraser all coming off, all players well capable of keeping the ball, replaced by three much more 'hit and miss' players in Burns, Celina and Edwards. After that we couldn't sustain any kind of possession up the pitch, and we simply invited pressure.
Was one of the oddest things I saw Cook do. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 11:57 - Jan 6 with 697 views | SE1blue |
When we needed defensive coaching and innovative training…the arrival of 65 year old Peter Reid.
A poor man’s Paul Daniels. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 11:59 - Jan 6 with 688 views | Herbivore |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 11:02 - Jan 6 by Garv |
Have to say I don't remember Cambridge being in control that day, not until late in the half. They definitely didn't have the whole second half.
We were the side looking more likely to score the next goal early in the second half, albeit we were struggling for a final ball. Then the subs came, which completely killed us. Aluko, Chaplin and Fraser all coming off, all players well capable of keeping the ball, replaced by three much more 'hit and miss' players in Burns, Celina and Edwards. After that we couldn't sustain any kind of possession up the pitch, and we simply invited pressure.
Was one of the oddest things I saw Cook do. |
Despite having about 8 players capable of playing in those roles I don't think he ever got the balance of the three behind the striker right. You need a combination of ball players and those who will give you more directness in that attacking trio but too often we went with a three that seemed to be one or the other but not a blend of both. |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 12:16 - Jan 6 with 671 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Walking down Highgate Hill and heard we'd drawn 0-0 at home to Barrow. I knew, then, the writing was on the wall. A shame, because he seemed the perfect appointment at the start. |  |
| Trust the process. Trust Phil. |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 12:39 - Jan 6 with 642 views | WeWereZombies |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 18:46 - Jan 5 by jeera |
"Like watching a different side every week" as another poster said to me.
I was a bit bemused as early as the first training video clip where he was shown there holding the requisite cuppa prop and waving the other arm shouting for the players to "get up there".
It resonated as the games we played as kids and that's what the goalie would always shout as he attempted to boot the ball as far up the pitch as possible for us to chase.
Of course it would be stupid to think a man of that calibre could be judged on a clip like that. I'm just saying how I felt watching it.
Mind you, he then did the same thing at the side of the pitch during actual matches too.
Wearing an (ill-fitting) tracksuit for no apparent reason other than to look sporty. I wouldn't look good in a tight fitting tracksuit either but if I'm not considering doing any actual physical activity myself I normally opt for regular clothes.
Maybe a suit would have been more appropriate if you're only there to observe and hold a cup of tea and wave an occasional arm. That would at least give an air of authority.
As someone posted last week, it was a bit Kevin Keagan like in that respect. |
Maybe not the most depressing moments but the shots from that first training video of Kenlock walking away with a 'You're not the boss of me' look on his face and Cook trotting after him but being careful not spill his Costa. Perhaps he never lost the dressing room because he felt he could never win it in the first place and had to buy loyalty with the big clear out and a new squad? |  |
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| As we’re all talking about Cook on 13:07 - Jan 6 with 618 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
Cambridge away was the start of my frustrations with him.
Rotherham at home and the manner of the defeat has made my mind up.
Him not seeing anything beyond 4-2-3-1 was arguably the most annoying thing.
The only good thing he has done for the club was that demolition job and getting rid of the players who had been letting the club down for years. |  | | |
| As we’re all talking about Cook on 13:52 - Jan 6 with 566 views | BiGDonnie |
Signing Wigans kitman to be our first team coach.
Read that back again.
FFS |  |
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