| Paul Cook 15:15 - Dec 3 with 4566 views | cleggo |
the stick that Cook is getting from the numbskulls on Twitter and here really does beggar belief.
He inherited a team that had no style, couldn’t score and may as well have not bothered turning up against any top of the table sides.
Ok, he’s been backed financially and results haven’t been great.. but we’re half way through a season and up there with the top scorers in the league and had a couple of massive results against good sides. The biggest issues have been solved, now we just need to tighten up at the other end and we’ll be flying. Get a grip and get behind the team! |  | | |  |
| Paul Cook on 15:18 - Dec 3 with 2507 views | Yallop |
Well said that man |  | | |
| Paul Cook on 15:19 - Dec 3 with 2507 views | Reusersgreasymop |
Wow, are you sure this is the platform for you?
Sounds like you may actually be talking sense.
Well said Cleggo, in Cook we trust.
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| Paul Cook on 15:22 - Dec 3 with 2487 views | clive_baker |
Some of our fans are complete morons, they really are.
I think it's entirely reasonable to question why and how we're 11th in a league campaign that promised so much more, but the amount of bed wetting and over analysing of every word he says is tragic. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 15:25 - Dec 3 with 2449 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
Cook having kicked out that shower after last season remains the best thing he's done so far. We needed to get rid as many of them as possible.
It's necessarily not about results. His favourite formation and stubbornness to it makes us no threat for the top teams. He doesn't seem to be willing to tweak/change it therefore it won't be surprise at all if we end up after 46 games where we are now. |  | | |
| Paul Cook on 15:26 - Dec 3 with 2434 views | Vaughan8 |
I understand some of the stick he's getting. We wanted instant success, along with some people making out like our players would walk this league - "we have a championship team" blah blah.
It seems no-one can wait for anything. If these new investors wanted to go up this season, I think he'd be gone by now.
So it suggests to me, rightly or wrongly, they are willing to wait? | | | |
| Paul Cook on 15:29 - Dec 3 with 2385 views | Keaneish |
It’s funny because I remember a few Pompey fans coming on here at the start of the season saying what a good manager we had and that we might have a slow start but Cook always comes good. It was around the same time the board asked for patience and Cook himself said we might have a slow start.
Fast forward a few months and Pompey fans are still saying the same as are the club but a small band on here and social media are stamping their feet.
Stand strong glass hall full crew, the benefits are just around the corner. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 15:31 - Dec 3 with 2362 views | homer_123 |
Yes, I make you right. Almost top scorers, couple of decent wins and 11th in L1.
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| Paul Cook on 15:33 - Dec 3 with 2334 views | Beckets |
| Paul Cook on 15:29 - Dec 3 by Keaneish |
It’s funny because I remember a few Pompey fans coming on here at the start of the season saying what a good manager we had and that we might have a slow start but Cook always comes good. It was around the same time the board asked for patience and Cook himself said we might have a slow start.
Fast forward a few months and Pompey fans are still saying the same as are the club but a small band on here and social media are stamping their feet.
Stand strong glass hall full crew, the benefits are just around the corner. |
Can you define "just around the corner" so I can manage my expectations. One week, one month, two months? |  | | |
| Paul Cook on 15:34 - Dec 3 with 2335 views | Fixed_It |
Yes, we know Steve. It's not good enough. But sacking the manager is not always the answer. Sometimes you have to hold firm and weather the storm. If his previous track record was iffy it would be a different matter. But we have a proven manager. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 15:36 - Dec 3 with 2293 views | FightingEssex |
I didn't realise it was the supporters fault he's made such a big stuff of his job. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 15:38 - Dec 3 with 2278 views | LankHenners |
Be interested to know what you thought the biggest issues were and how they've been solved. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 15:41 - Dec 3 with 2257 views | homer_123 |
| Paul Cook on 15:34 - Dec 3 by Fixed_It |
Yes, we know Steve. It's not good enough. But sacking the manager is not always the answer. Sometimes you have to hold firm and weather the storm. If his previous track record was iffy it would be a different matter. But we have a proven manager. |
"Past performance is no guarantee of future results."
Sometimes change is needed. | |
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| Paul Cook on 15:42 - Dec 3 with 2260 views | homer_123 |
| Paul Cook on 15:38 - Dec 3 by LankHenners |
Be interested to know what you thought the biggest issues were and how they've been solved. |
Individual mistakes
Gelled as a team
Switching off
Off the ball work
Subs having a positive effect when made
In game tactical changes | |
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| Paul Cook on 15:46 - Dec 3 with 2240 views | Bluedandy |
Social media is a medieval cesspit ... PC needs to be given the whole season ... the nerdy wall to wall second by second armchair analysis of every tactical emission of wind is so dull ...
If PC fails to make top 6 by end of season then it's the chop ... until then give the bloke a break .. | | | |
| Paul Cook on 15:52 - Dec 3 with 2208 views | Illinoisblue |
How much stick is he actually getting? I see lots of discussion and frustration but not a lot of stick or abuse.
We’re failing miserably in the third tier. You can dress it up and spin the “top scorers and two good away results” all you like but the simple fact is Cook has not yet delivered. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 16:07 - Dec 3 with 2134 views | Basuco |
I am not pro or anti Paul Cook, but Town were in 7th place when he took over as manager, spent a lot on wages to put a very competitive looking side together, he has not yet managed to get his Town side up to 7th place as of yet. Long way to go and lots of points to play for, but purely on league position with the squad at his disposal, he must expect to be questioned on performance. We will see what the remainder of the season brings, 27 points off 20 games is not a great return for a big budget squad. |  | | |
| Paul Cook on 16:12 - Dec 3 with 2083 views | jayessess |
Heck of a lot of naivety and blind faith on this thread. Cook might come good but it's odds very much against at this point. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 16:31 - Dec 3 with 1980 views | cleggo |
| Paul Cook on 15:52 - Dec 3 by Illinoisblue |
How much stick is he actually getting? I see lots of discussion and frustration but not a lot of stick or abuse.
We’re failing miserably in the third tier. You can dress it up and spin the “top scorers and two good away results” all you like but the simple fact is Cook has not yet delivered. |
“Cook has not yet delivered” - we are not even at Christmas yet. What exactly has he not delivered?! | | | |
| Paul Cook on 16:41 - Dec 3 with 1931 views | MattinLondon |
A team, as you put it, with no style, couldn’t score and may as well have not bothered turning up against any top of the table sides, still managed to have more points than what Cook’s team has?
And some wonder why others have issues with Cook. |  | | |
| Paul Cook on 16:41 - Dec 3 with 1929 views | itfcjoe |
| Paul Cook on 16:31 - Dec 3 by cleggo |
“Cook has not yet delivered” - we are not even at Christmas yet. What exactly has he not delivered?! |
Wins, good form, points, hope. |  |
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| Paul Cook on 16:43 - Dec 3 with 1916 views | monty_radio |
"The biggest issues have been solved". If we're talking structure, investment and an attractive-seeming squad, then I make the O.P. right. If we're talking reasonable levels of entertainment, then right again. But if we're wanting genuine movement in terms of our match-readiness and really beginning to boss games, excepting a couple of rightly trumpeted but ultimately non-trendsetting displays, the league table means that it's a slightly happy but one-handed clap from me. And I can't find myself just hoping that tomorrow is set to be brighter when the only consistency we've displayed is in falling away after bright starts while the manager utters witty but distancing platitudes to keep all naysayers at bay. | |
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| Paul Cook on 16:44 - Dec 3 with 1912 views | blueboyd |
idiotic post | | | |
| Paul Cook on 16:47 - Dec 3 with 1900 views | jayessess |
Mystifying to me why so many seem so confident that 9 months of bad results is likely a prelude to years of success.
Fair enough, you've got faith, but people aren't "numbskulls" for anticipating the most likely outcome - that bad results are usually simply a prelude to more bad results. | |
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| Paul Cook on 17:00 - Dec 3 with 1834 views | Illinoisblue |
| Paul Cook on 16:31 - Dec 3 by cleggo |
“Cook has not yet delivered” - we are not even at Christmas yet. What exactly has he not delivered?! |
He’s been in charge 9 months, still doesn’t know his best team, and we’re still struggling to compete in division three. | |
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