Could be the worst signing this year in super league. Can the guy actually play a ball properly ?

Found your scapegoat already?

Matt Cook my Scapegoat for Saints getting beat by Bradford on Sunday ?

welham was worse

think it would be hard to pick any positives from tonight , alot of them were poor

What did Morgan say on Briscoe's injury, my mobile/radio went flat during his interview and missed the bit on injuries picked up? Gather Scott Wheeldon injured too (broken nose) but he came back on again.

shot out 4 times and missed resulting tries

Briscoe out for 6 weeks. P Cooke hurt his wrist again, going for a scan. Oh dear

Thought some poor decisons leading upto and including their 3rd try (looked offside to me) were the turning point and their tails went up from then on when we were just getting on top! How was that not a knock on by Tomkin and how on earth was Colbon's a knock on??

only the 2nd game

matt cook isnt a bad player. hes a good hard runner and am sure rovers fans will come to love him if he plays like he did at bulls although he does tend to come up with silly plays and give a few penaltys away though but if he cuts them out of his game he is a good player

Couldn't agree more

A blow about Brisc but a chance for Ben as he certainly isn't a centre. Hopefully Ratu back next week. Cookey didn't do a great deal tonight so I'Anson could certainly do no worse IMO. Hopefully Cookey scan just a precaution. Ah well it's only Hudds next week

Believe me, you were never getting on top at all, and i'm as unbiased as you can get.... It must have looked different on the TV.... The difference in pack size was the biggest difference, but a round of applause to Vella, tried his heart out.

I know this thread is about Matt Cook so I'm obviously digressing here, but does anyone else think that Welham has actually lost weight/ bulk this year? Vs Salford I couldn't believe how weak he looked, and I know he's always been skinny, but he's appears even more lightweight it that's possible. Even Charlie looks like he's thinned a bit - we must have the lightest squad in SL



We're going to get mullered this season IMO

Not really. Wigan were slicker and have hit the ground running this year.

Id say no.
But time will tell.
But of course one bad performance makes him a rubbish player doesnt it

I agree, there seems to be some serious knee jerking going on. Both on here and your 'secret' forum. It's 1 game against a decent team away from home. Nice home game next week and everything in the garden will be rosy again.

I do get fed up of threads like this that slag players off. Last night was just one of them nights where nothing went right at all. So Id prefer it if people get off Matt Cook's and Kris Welham's back. Thought the whole team was pretty poor but thought Vella, Fisher and Newton made a difference in their efforts to ge us in the ame. We don't to be like the dullers when they always pick on certain players who they feel are at fault when it is not the case at all i.e Graeme Horne, Tommy Lee. Was wondering earlier how someone like Graeme is deemed not good enough for a team that finished twelfth last season but be a first choice second row at Huddersfield where there are some talented back rowers such as Gilmour and Faalogo.

You would be best asking Nathan Brown that question but do you think that if both Stephen Wild and Simon Finnegan were fit Graeme would be first choice?

I guess he is the kind of player with utility value that the Giants were looking to add to their squad.

Maybe you should give Mills another go ahead of cook?

Cook had a poor game but that's all it was 1 poor game. Let's get off the lads back and see how he goes over a number of games before we decide he's this years scape goat.

Bit silly when you consider they play different positions

Agree, couple of school boy errors sure it will be a one off..He looked good in the Testimonial game tbf

Dont let Zoddy hear you saying this, according to him you've a team of giants all weighing 18 stone so size cant be a problem