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Please stop mentioning alluding to or crediting directly or indirectly Paul Cook, in any way whatsoever. Thanks!
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Why? you can't change history, which includes Paul Cook bringing in a number of players that then formed a large part of the success following his departure.
It’s funny how so many players seem to respect him when he’s such a limited old school manager. But yes, he was vital to attracting some of those players.
Cook actually did an amazing job of player recruitment, KM has certainly benefitted from it, Cook just couldn't put the pieces of the Jigsaw together.
Must have been such a difficult job signing loads of players he already knew/who were obviously good when we were the biggest club in the division paying excellent salaries. You’re right what was I thinking he was and is a genius.
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Yes he didn’t get the team to gel or work - perhaps due to lack of his established assistant. Too much change and perhaps not a good enough manager.
13 or 14 key players for McKenna to work with. Very high success rate.
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Must have been such a difficult job signing loads of players he already knew/who were obviously good when we were the biggest club in the division paying excellent salaries. You’re right what was I thinking he was and is a genius.
Did the hard work in totally tearing apart a failing team, with no sentiment, and with no fear of fan backlash. That takes balls. Bought in a lot of players that we have come to look at with nothing but fondness and great memories, just couldn't get them working with any cohesion, which we all know takes time, and he was working with a tiny and pretty under experienced coaching team ( I know he chose to bring them in, but still).
Obviously, we moved onto better things, but you can't under play the work he did, or his success as a manager, we're really the bleak spot on a pretty decent CV. Decent guy by all accounts.
Did the hard work in totally tearing apart a failing team, with no sentiment, and with no fear of fan backlash. That takes balls. Bought in a lot of players that we have come to look at with nothing but fondness and great memories, just couldn't get them working with any cohesion, which we all know takes time, and he was working with a tiny and pretty under experienced coaching team ( I know he chose to bring them in, but still).
Obviously, we moved onto better things, but you can't under play the work he did, or his success as a manager, we're really the bleak spot on a pretty decent CV. Decent guy by all accounts.
Fair play to him, he managed to destroy the team spit of two whole sets of players in under a year.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Why? you can't change history, which includes Paul Cook bringing in a number of players that then formed a large part of the success following his departure.
Half of whom he wanted to replace by December 2022.
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