| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 22:44 - Dec 4 with 2441 views | Dubtractor |
Christ he did a terrible job. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 23:01 - Dec 4 with 2380 views | Churchman |
Not sure I needed a reminder of that. But it made me smile |  | | |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 10:00 - Dec 5 with 2111 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 22:44 - Dec 4 by Dubtractor |
Christ he did a terrible job. |
Bit harsh, he at least tried save us. As for Cook, talk about false prophet. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 10:02 - Dec 5 with 2112 views | BlueBadger |
"Hang your heads in fking shame… 20:27 - Dec 4 with 811 views Keaneish
Mullet
Gtsb
Blue badger
Bloots
N2 Blue
ITFC Joe
…and the rest.
Do you not understand that these forums have massive sway these days? You’ve killed it. We may go on to bigger better things, who knows? Your bitching and whining on here is picked up and has a massive ripple effect. Fking knobs the lot of you. For weeks you’ve been stamping your feet like little girls and it gets picked up when all you needed to do was ride it out for a bit. Pathetic. Cook always comes good, he always has done, talk to any Pompey, Wigan or Chesterfield fan.
I’m in Pompey tonight and they’re all shaking their heads. Dkheads the lot of you. Happy to get banned on the back of this. You’re ridiculous. The ramifications are massive which may be placated with money but fk me; learn to kick a ball and know what you’re talking about before you lash out in anger.
A massive shame and a massive shame on you. Cook is working hard. What are you doing other than idly pointing fingers and drawing on nonsense stats.
Nothing but contempt for you lot and your baseless insights into football when you’ve never even kicked a ball. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 10:04]
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:09 - Dec 5 with 1978 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 10:02 - Dec 5 by BlueBadger |
"Hang your heads in fking shame… 20:27 - Dec 4 with 811 views Keaneish
Mullet
Gtsb
Blue badger
Bloots
N2 Blue
ITFC Joe
…and the rest.
Do you not understand that these forums have massive sway these days? You’ve killed it. We may go on to bigger better things, who knows? Your bitching and whining on here is picked up and has a massive ripple effect. Fking knobs the lot of you. For weeks you’ve been stamping your feet like little girls and it gets picked up when all you needed to do was ride it out for a bit. Pathetic. Cook always comes good, he always has done, talk to any Pompey, Wigan or Chesterfield fan.
I’m in Pompey tonight and they’re all shaking their heads. Dkheads the lot of you. Happy to get banned on the back of this. You’re ridiculous. The ramifications are massive which may be placated with money but fk me; learn to kick a ball and know what you’re talking about before you lash out in anger.
A massive shame and a massive shame on you. Cook is working hard. What are you doing other than idly pointing fingers and drawing on nonsense stats.
Nothing but contempt for you lot and your baseless insights into football when you’ve never even kicked a ball. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 10:04]
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Whatever happened to that guy? So confident despite being consistently wrong. | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:17 - Dec 5 with 1946 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:09 - Dec 5 by Mullet |
Whatever happened to that guy? So confident despite being consistently wrong. |
With those levels of self-belief, he must have a seat in the shadow cabinet, surely. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:20 - Dec 5 with 1933 views | Reuser_is_God |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 22:44 - Dec 4 by Dubtractor |
Christ he did a terrible job. |
I think the idea was right in that we needed a complete reset & a fresh start. However his execution of that idea was woeful.
We owe a lot to several of the players that came here that summer purely because he was manager. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 13:21]
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:34 - Dec 5 with 1875 views | FrimleyBlue |
We owe a lot to that fella tbh
You talk of current legends, Morsy, Chappers etc they literally only came here because of him, so yes, didn't work out as a manager, but we might not be where we are today if it wasn't for him.
likewise he still preferred toto over wolfenden at the time, so he really didn't help himself |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:43 - Dec 5 with 1865 views | Churchman |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:20 - Dec 5 by Reuser_is_God |
I think the idea was right in that we needed a complete reset & a fresh start. However his execution of that idea was woeful.
We owe a lot to several of the players that came here that summer purely because he was manager. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 13:21]
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We do. Cook has a good eye for a player. In his shotgun approach he also brought in some dross, but all managers do that.
I thought Cook would do well here when appointed. His track record before and since us says it all. But as ITFCJoe said at the time (paraphrase), he was a poor fit for the club.
He was utterly woeful. The blowing up in interviews when the players threw in the towel was funny, kind of refreshing but totally the wrong thing to do. The bomb squad was wasteful and counter productive. His subsequent collecting players to try and throw a team together was the equivalent of chucking mud at a wall and hoping some of it would stick. It felt amateurish to me.
I was all for giving him a chance at the time and though to the end of October was a good review point. He kept picking up the odd hopeful win (Portsmouth, Wycombe) and follow it with abject performances. I was wrong. They should have ditched him a lot sooner than October, let alone December. | | | |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:52 - Dec 5 with 1847 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:34 - Dec 5 by FrimleyBlue |
We owe a lot to that fella tbh
You talk of current legends, Morsy, Chappers etc they literally only came here because of him, so yes, didn't work out as a manager, but we might not be where we are today if it wasn't for him.
likewise he still preferred toto over wolfenden at the time, so he really didn't help himself |
They came here because of money. Ashton sorted the deals, Morsy didn’t want to leave Boro until we worked something out which suited him.
Chaplin was another one paid Championship money in league one.
The fact fans forget that baffles me. It wasn’t even a secret. The desire to give the bloke every remnant of credit is fascinating. As well as funny. | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:57 - Dec 5 with 1811 views | FrimleyBlue |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:52 - Dec 5 by Mullet |
They came here because of money. Ashton sorted the deals, Morsy didn’t want to leave Boro until we worked something out which suited him.
Chaplin was another one paid Championship money in league one.
The fact fans forget that baffles me. It wasn’t even a secret. The desire to give the bloke every remnant of credit is fascinating. As well as funny. |
No it's not forgotten we were paying well
What you don't forget is that neither Chappers nor Morsy would have even been in M/A's thoughts.
Morsy himself
"Asked if he would've dropped down a division for any other manager, the 29-year-old said: "Not a chance. We’ve been very successful together and I think he’s built a very exciting squad. "
Chaplin
"Obviously I know the gaffer well from our time together at Portsmouth and he was a big part in me coming here"
It's ok to give credit to someone who failed Mullet,
But it's also easy and right to acknowledge on how he was sht at actually managing those he brought in.
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:58 - Dec 5 with 1796 views | BlueBadger |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:52 - Dec 5 by Mullet |
They came here because of money. Ashton sorted the deals, Morsy didn’t want to leave Boro until we worked something out which suited him.
Chaplin was another one paid Championship money in league one.
The fact fans forget that baffles me. It wasn’t even a secret. The desire to give the bloke every remnant of credit is fascinating. As well as funny. |
Might as well credit Paul Lambert for getting us relegated and forcing Evans' hand in finding a buying for us. | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:04 - Dec 5 with 1759 views | SE1blue |
You don’t see enough managers drinking tea on the training pitch these days.
Franny Jeffers and Peter Reid on the staff…magical times. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:12 - Dec 5 with 1692 views | Swansea_Blue |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 10:02 - Dec 5 by BlueBadger |
"Hang your heads in fking shame… 20:27 - Dec 4 with 811 views Keaneish
Mullet
Gtsb
Blue badger
Bloots
N2 Blue
ITFC Joe
…and the rest.
Do you not understand that these forums have massive sway these days? You’ve killed it. We may go on to bigger better things, who knows? Your bitching and whining on here is picked up and has a massive ripple effect. Fking knobs the lot of you. For weeks you’ve been stamping your feet like little girls and it gets picked up when all you needed to do was ride it out for a bit. Pathetic. Cook always comes good, he always has done, talk to any Pompey, Wigan or Chesterfield fan.
I’m in Pompey tonight and they’re all shaking their heads. Dkheads the lot of you. Happy to get banned on the back of this. You’re ridiculous. The ramifications are massive which may be placated with money but fk me; learn to kick a ball and know what you’re talking about before you lash out in anger.
A massive shame and a massive shame on you. Cook is working hard. What are you doing other than idly pointing fingers and drawing on nonsense stats.
Nothing but contempt for you lot and your baseless insights into football when you’ve never even kicked a ball. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 10:04]
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That was a beauty. One of the best rants I’ve ever seen on here. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:15 - Dec 5 with 1661 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:57 - Dec 5 by FrimleyBlue |
No it's not forgotten we were paying well
What you don't forget is that neither Chappers nor Morsy would have even been in M/A's thoughts.
Morsy himself
"Asked if he would've dropped down a division for any other manager, the 29-year-old said: "Not a chance. We’ve been very successful together and I think he’s built a very exciting squad. "
Chaplin
"Obviously I know the gaffer well from our time together at Portsmouth and he was a big part in me coming here"
It's ok to give credit to someone who failed Mullet,
But it's also easy and right to acknowledge on how he was sht at actually managing those he brought in.
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And yet, you’ve still got it wrong again. | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:15 - Dec 5 with 1657 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:04 - Dec 5 by SE1blue |
You don’t see enough managers drinking tea on the training pitch these days.
Franny Jeffers and Peter Reid on the staff…magical times. |
At least it was tea I guess | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 17:29 - Dec 5 with 1524 views | Dubtractor |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 14:04 - Dec 5 by SE1blue |
You don’t see enough managers drinking tea on the training pitch these days.
Franny Jeffers and Peter Reid on the staff…magical times. |
I'd forgotten about Peter Reid as a 'consultant'.
No idea how or why Ashton allowed that to happen, unless it took place before the takeover? | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:01 - Dec 5 with 1467 views | algy |
Cook was never going to be here for long once Gamechanger took over as he did not fit O'Leary and Ashton's vision for the coaching/management style/structure and once they had identified the person that did they wasted no time in making the change. Cook should always be credited for clearing away the relics of Evans's Era of Mediocrity. |  |
| Veni Vidi Participatur. Now we can get back to competing. |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:02 - Dec 5 with 1462 views | LankHenners |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 17:29 - Dec 5 by Dubtractor |
I'd forgotten about Peter Reid as a 'consultant'.
No idea how or why Ashton allowed that to happen, unless it took place before the takeover? |
Pretty sure he came in a few weeks into the start of the 21/22 season then obviously left with Cook only a couple of months later.
Agree was a bit of an odd one, Cook's reasoning for it didn't sound particularly convincing and I suspect he wanted more of 'his' men around him with all the other Ashton hires in the building. Maybe Ashton liked the idea of rubbing shoulders with a popular football figure or knew he was going to sack Cook sooner or later anyway so wasn't bothered to object to it. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:29 - Dec 5 with 1420 views | Churchman |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:02 - Dec 5 by LankHenners |
Pretty sure he came in a few weeks into the start of the 21/22 season then obviously left with Cook only a couple of months later.
Agree was a bit of an odd one, Cook's reasoning for it didn't sound particularly convincing and I suspect he wanted more of 'his' men around him with all the other Ashton hires in the building. Maybe Ashton liked the idea of rubbing shoulders with a popular football figure or knew he was going to sack Cook sooner or later anyway so wasn't bothered to object to it. |
It was very odd. Ashton officially started work on June 1st. When he talks about it, he was clearly in contact with Gamechanger and O’Leary long before that so how that fitted with his job at Bristol C god only knows.
The sequence of Cook, takeover, Ashton, mass recruitment, the boot for Cook, recruitment of McKenna seemed odd at the time and still does. Not sure we will ever learn the truth of it. I can’t imagine what Reid was employed for. He seemed to just sit there like an unwanted smelly old uncle at a Christmas dinner.
Re Cook, I suspect you are right in that Ashton was not bothered as PC was toast anyway. | | | |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:37 - Dec 5 with 1392 views | backwaywhen |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 13:17 - Dec 5 by You_Bloo_Right |
With those levels of self-belief, he must have a seat in the shadow cabinet, surely. |
I think you will find he is in the current cabinet !!!! | | | |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:55 - Dec 5 with 1364 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:01 - Dec 5 by algy |
Cook was never going to be here for long once Gamechanger took over as he did not fit O'Leary and Ashton's vision for the coaching/management style/structure and once they had identified the person that did they wasted no time in making the change. Cook should always be credited for clearing away the relics of Evans's Era of Mediocrity. |
You mean setting us back massively, spending his time on the piss and generally not doing his job well enough.
He shouldn’t be credited with anything other than that. It’s a lot better than making stuff up to fit a narrative. Literally everything he gets praised for was down to Gamechanger and Ashton behaving like grown ups. | |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:59 - Dec 5 with 1350 views | MK1 |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 10:02 - Dec 5 by BlueBadger |
"Hang your heads in fking shame… 20:27 - Dec 4 with 811 views Keaneish
Mullet
Gtsb
Blue badger
Bloots
N2 Blue
ITFC Joe
…and the rest.
Do you not understand that these forums have massive sway these days? You’ve killed it. We may go on to bigger better things, who knows? Your bitching and whining on here is picked up and has a massive ripple effect. Fking knobs the lot of you. For weeks you’ve been stamping your feet like little girls and it gets picked up when all you needed to do was ride it out for a bit. Pathetic. Cook always comes good, he always has done, talk to any Pompey, Wigan or Chesterfield fan.
I’m in Pompey tonight and they’re all shaking their heads. Dkheads the lot of you. Happy to get banned on the back of this. You’re ridiculous. The ramifications are massive which may be placated with money but fk me; learn to kick a ball and know what you’re talking about before you lash out in anger.
A massive shame and a massive shame on you. Cook is working hard. What are you doing other than idly pointing fingers and drawing on nonsense stats.
Nothing but contempt for you lot and your baseless insights into football when you’ve never even kicked a ball. [Post edited 5 Dec 2024 10:04]
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That's priceless. Couldn't stand Cook and he merry men of scousers. The way he ran out before the players was cringeworthy. With the squad he put together, we should have been top by a fair country mile. |  |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:59 - Dec 5 with 1353 views | algy |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:55 - Dec 5 by Mullet |
You mean setting us back massively, spending his time on the piss and generally not doing his job well enough.
He shouldn’t be credited with anything other than that. It’s a lot better than making stuff up to fit a narrative. Literally everything he gets praised for was down to Gamechanger and Ashton behaving like grown ups. |
You've obviously never got over him seeing off your hero Chambers, the epitome of Evans's Era of Mediocrity. | |
| Veni Vidi Participatur. Now we can get back to competing. |
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| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 19:06 - Dec 5 with 1334 views | Mullet |
| It’s the anniversary of one of the greatest days in our history on 18:59 - Dec 5 by algy |
You've obviously never got over him seeing off your hero Chambers, the epitome of Evans's Era of Mediocrity. |
My hero Chambers? You’ll have to explain that one with something that’s not made up | |
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