Once Hudge goes

strange, I distinctly remember fitzhenry stating in the media on numerous occasions last year that he wanted to extend his contract and stay, now what country did he come from and what happpened to him again?

Without Cooke we'd have being relegated imo in 2007 so yes 100%

Cannot say that is 100% true though, nobody can say you would have gone down if he hadn't moved across.

Not so sure. His arrival happened at the same time as a mini slump at rovers if I remember correctly. You'd had a good start prior to his arrival and who's to say it wouldn't have continued

We won 2 of his first 3 games

When has Cooke been fully fit? He had a double chin and a paunch when he signed for you and never improved. You are better without him.

If/When he goes.

I'anson gets injured - what do we do?

recall him from his loan? Lots of teams do this to there up and coming stars, send them out on loan when more experienced players are available and then call them back to gain valuable first team experience if/when injuries hit

he was a gob sh**e when he was at hull, doesn't seem to have changed.
glad when he left hull.
glad he will be leaving the city of hull
my deepest sympathy to wakefield on receiving this toss@r

What if you'd de-registered Cooke first?

Where is Hudgell? Hardly the coach's role to front up to the press about this sort of contractual thing, is it?

nice

Mixed feelings on this one. I'm convinced he was largely the catalyst for our survival in 2007 and also believe he took an unfair share of criticism from our own support during the last two seasons. Having said that, it's fair to say that over the period we had him Rovers never quite gained the player that FC lost.
I think the move to Wakey might take him away from the constant sniping and scrutiny and we'll probably see more of what he's capable of. For him it's the best move. For us, who knows? Short term he'll be missed I suspect, but long term the gap will be filled.

They wouldn't have to de-register him, just come up with a way to ensure that enough of his wages came off the the cap to accommodate any overspill from Clinton. For instance, if they could demonstrate that a loan agreement was just about tied up and promised not to play him in the meantime...

And Clinton and Cooke never took the field together, it all becomes clear.

What difference does that make, we were still paying both players wages

bit hard that when the word is rovers are still picking a chunk of his wage bill while at wakey

Cookies problem has always been a simple one.
He was in a team where he was a God who won the challenge cup for them and his display at Saints got them to the GF.
He then moved to a Team where the Fans (me included) made him the mesiah but he would never be bigger than Morgan as he assured that and Webster.
He went from being the man to be being one of many men, Several players get a louder clap on the team sheet read out than Cooke and have done for a while.
He has spat his dummy and just like my boss would his boss has apparently said if you dont like it you know where the door is.
Rovers (and HUDGE being more specific) had a choice, they let cooke go or Morgan goes i know who my choice would be.

Read Kosh's post.

And you honestly think the RFL base the way they audit the salary cap on what might or might not happen?

Depends how far advanced negotiations are. Look, it took Clinton 12 weeks to get here, and Orford 5, amid speculation that Rovers needed to offload a player to accomodate Clinton. Clinton arrives in the country, Cooke's dropped immediately and 11 days after Clinton's debut is shipped out to West Yorkshire. All entirely coincidental, I'm sure.

If Paul Cooke was playing superbly well and we were winning games you may have a point, however he wasn't and we weren't.

He's removed and we turn our form around. It's been well known Justin has wanted rid for a very long time, possibly as long as when he was dropped for the derby for been "Unfit for selection"

Wakefield have space after the Terry Newton fiasco and obviously have contacted Rovers about a player John Kear is a known admirer of and doesn't look like he is in the first team picture at his current club

The only thing I can say about cookie is thank god if he goes he should not have come in the first place he thinks he is better then wot he is I can name players who cookie can not lick their boots go now please and don't come back





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Thread cleaned up. While weird scatological revenge fantasies are not explicitally forbade by the AUP, we can certainly do without them.